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East Australian mangroves

Country/Territory Australia
Area 0 km2
Altitude 0 - 0 m
Priority -
Habitat loss -
Knowledge -

General characteristics

This Secondary Area is defined by the range of its one endemic species, Mangrove Honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis, which lives in mangroves (frequently visiting flowering shrubs in towns adjacent to mangroves), ranging from Townsville in Queensland to northern New South Wales (Blakers et al. 1984).

Restricted-range species


Species IUCN Red List category
Mangrove Honeyeater (Gavicalis fasciogularis) LC

Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)
Country IBA Name IBA Book Code
Australia Broad Sound
Australia Fitzroy Floodplain and Delta
Australia Great Sandy Strait
Australia Moreton Bay and Pumicestone Passage
Australia Repulse Bay to Ince Bay
Australia Shoalwater Bay (Rockhampton)

Threat and conservation


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: East Australian mangroves. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/415 on 22/11/2024.