Mangroves and Mangrove Birds of Western Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Mangroves and Mangrove Birds of Western Australia . Eighty- three blocks of mangroves were visited in Western Australia from Cambridge Gulf to Shark Bay between 1973 and 1982.The vegetation and substrate at each site are described. Twenty-two species of bird were found to be confined to mangroves or limited to them for at least part of their range. For each species, data are given on distribution, status, ecology, voice, food, breeding, colour of unfeathered parts, and for some species notes on geographic variation and taxonomy.

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Title Mangroves and Mangrove Birds of Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/efc2cba1-a081-48a6-b700-44c992ceee8d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
ron.johnstone@museum.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1973 - 01/01/1982
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Mangroves and Mangrove Birds of Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mangroves-and-mangrove-birds-of-western-australia