Birds of the South-West Division of Western Australia

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Abstract: This paper is an annotated list of the 379 species and subspecies of birds resident in or visiting the South-west Land Division of Western Australia and the seas over the adjacent continental shelf. It is the most diverse part of the State, the climate varying between arid with hot summers in the far north-east and humid with cool summers in the far southwest. Almost all of the Division lies south of the mulga-eucalypt line and receives most of its rain between late autumn and early spring. Originally the dryland vegetation consisted almost wholly of forests, woodlands and shrublands; there was little grassland before European settlement. With more than 90% of the population this Division is by far the most environmentally disturbed part of Western Australia. The many changes resulting from these disturbances are dealt with in the species accounts.

Author(s) G. M. Storr : Part 1
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