BIRDS OF BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, SOUTH BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, YOTING TOWN RESERVE AND YOTING WATER RESERVE

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Introduction: Birds were recorded on Badjaling Nature Reserve (BNR), South Badjaling Native Reserve (SBR), Yoting Town Reserve (YR) and Yoting Water Reserve (YWR) as part of an integrated survey of the birds of the Western Australian wheatbelt involving 25 reserves (Kitchener 1976). For location and details of the reserves included in this paper see Chapman (this report). All dafa were obtained by me, except that G. Harold also recorded birds from 4-11 May 1975. Dates of the bird survey are 11-18 November 1974, 4-11 May 1975 and 5-8 September 1977.

In the annotated list I summarise the status of each species at the time of my survey and list the vegetation formation type in which it was recorded. I also list for each reserve the vegetation location numbers where recordings were made (these loco numbers are directly referable to Muir, this report, which should be consulted for habitat details). Breeding data and number of birds in each flock are given where relevant.

Status of each species is listed as scarce, uncommon, moderately common, or common, in the manner of Dell & Johnstone (1977). I have taken into consideration my experience with each species elsewhere in the South-West in evaluating its status. Nomenclature and taxonomic sequence follows Storr & Johnstone (1979).