IV Vertebrate Fauna

J. Dell and R.A. How

The vertebrate fauna of the Edjudina-Menzies Study Area was documented byintensive sampling in two survey areas and by opportunistic data recording inother locations within the Study Area. The two survey areas were selected tosample as many of the landform units as possible.

The Goongarrie (GG) survey area (29°55'S, 121°09'E) was selected because ofits location near the boundary of the Coolgardie and Austin Botanical Districtsand close to the South-west Vegetation Interzone (Beard 1978), and the proxi­mity of Goongarrie National Park. This provided an opportunity to sample verte­brate assemblages in an area which is transitional between the eucalypt dominatedwoodlands of the South-west Botanical Province and the AcaC£a dominatedwoodlands and shrublands of the Eremaean Botanical Province.

The survey area is a complex mozaic (Figure 3) of Broad Valley, Salt LakeFeature, Sandplain and Dunefield. It has areas dominated by mallee (Eucalyptusspp.) and AcaC£a shrubland and large seasonally inundated saltlakes with halophy­tic vegetation on the margins.

The Yundamindra (YM) survey area (29 0 18'S, 122°25'E) is situated mainly onYundamindra pastoral lease and slightly on Mt Celia pastoral lease. It is locatedin the Eremaean Botanical Province in the eastern part of the Austin BotanicalDistrict where the vegetation consists of elements that are transitional betweenthe Acacia aneura (mulga) dominated woodlands and the low Woodland ofAcacia aneurajEucalyptus youngiana over Triodia of the Helms Botanical Districtto the east.

Lake Carey is a north-west-south-east aligned saltlake on the edge of theYundamindra Study Area and is the dominant landform unit. Broad Valley andUndulating Plain are also well represented, and there are small areas of GraniteExposure, Hill and Breakaway.

Documentation of the vertebrate species occurring in the Goongarrie andYundamindra Survey Areas was made during three survey periods, in March 1979,October 1980 and July 1981. Representative specimens of most species of amphi­bians, reptiles and small mammals were taken and lodged in the Western AustralianMuseum. These are catalogued as R65660-66004 and M17538-17596 (March1979), R72555-72903 and M20035-20077 (October 1980) and R74598-74647and M20201-20215 (July 1981). Methods of survey are documented by BiologicalSurveys Committee (1984).

The survey site number, fieldcode, coordinates, vegetation type and faunalsampling regime of both survey areas are listed in Tables 6 and 7. Samplingwas intensive at survey sites where fenced pitlines, traplines and quadrats wereused, and largely opportunistic at other sites. The selection of sample sites wasintentionally non-random as all major vegetation types were to be sampledirrespective of their size. Other sites were chosen to supplement data from major

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Table 6. Fauna sites of the Goongarrie Survey Area (GG)

Fauna SurveyFP TL HQ GP

Site No. Field No. (GG) Site Co-ordinates Vegetation 123 123 123 123

DUNEFIELDEM3 RI,R2,R9.MLBl 29 55 20 121 07 55 Acacia coolgardiensis Tall shrubland XXX XXX XXX XXX

GRANITE EXPOSUREEM5a GD,WOD 29 54 121 14 Dams on lithic complex --- XXX

SALT LAKE FEATUREEM9 R7,M4,B4 29 55 25 121 14 35 Acacia aneura Low woodland XXX XXX XXX XXXEM9a R8 29 55 10 121 14 45 Cratystylis, Maireana Low shrubland XX- --- XXX

SANDPLAIN

"" EM 13 R3,R4,M2,B2 29 55 20 121 08 05 Eucalyptus leptopoda Malice XXX XXX XXX XXX<aEM 12 1st Fence 29 54 121 10 Eucalyptus oldfieldii Low woodland --- ;-- -- XXX

UNDULATING PLAINEM 15 M5,B5 29 53 40 121 10 45 Casuarina cristata Acacia aneura --- XXX XXX XXX

Low woodland

BROAD VALLEYEM22 R5,M3,B3 29 55 10 il 2 I 08 30 Eucalyptus concinna Malice XXX XXX XXX XXXEM21 R6 29 54 00 121 10 10 Casuarina cristata Low woodland XXX --- --- XXXEM21a M6 29 53 15 121 I I 45 Casuarina cristata Acacia aneura -- XXX XXX

Low woodland

Site No., refers to vegetation descriptions listed in Appendix Ill. Field No., M mammal. R reptile, B = bird. Fauna Survey,FP = fenced pitline, TL = trapline, BO = bird quadrat, OP = opportunistic sightings. Numbers indicate period of survey, I 1st survey(March 1979),2 2nd survey (October 1980). 3 3rd survey (July 1981).

Table 7. Fauna sites of the Yundamindra Survey Area (YM)

Fauna SurveyFP TL BQ OP

Site No. Field No. (YM) Site Co-ordinates Vegetation 123 123 123 123

BREAKAWAYEMla 29 17 00 122 18 30 Banded Ironstone Breakaway --- -XX

SALT LAKE FEATUREEM8 Rl,R5,Ml,Bl 29 15 30 122 24 15 Acacia aneura Low woodland XXX XXX XXX XXX

~ EM 11 R2 29 15 55 122 24 00 Atriplex nana Low shrubland XXX XXX XXX0

EM 11a B2 29 16 15 122 24 00 Cratystylis subspinescens Low --- XXX XXXshrubland

UNDULATING PLAINEM 14 B3,M5 29 16 35 122 24 00 Eucalyptus de/andii Low woodland XXX XXX XXXEM14a R6 29 18 20 122 25 00 Acacia stowardii Low shrubland -XX --- XXXEM14b Camp/Creeks 29 20 122 25 Acacia aneura Low woodland --- --- --- XXXEM17a Mine Hills 29 19 122 26 Acacia aneura Low woodland --- --- --- XXX

BROAD VALLEYEM20a R4,M4,B5 29 22 55 122 28 05 Acacia aneura Low woodland XXX XXX XXX XXXEM 19 R3,M3,B4 29 24 00 122 28 05 Acacia aneura Low woodland XXX XXX XXX XXX

See Table 6 for explanation.

vegetation types or by investigating minor vegetation types. Detailed descriptionsof the vegetation structure, floristics and soils of the sites sampled for fauna arepresented in Appendix Ill.

The relative efficacy of sampling is illustrated in Figures 4-8. Figure 4 showsthat there was little difference between the total number of reptile species atYM and GG, but GG had about 30 per cent more individuals for approximatelythe same collecting effort. It also shows that after the first survey period (March1979) few additional species were added for each survey area. The last surveyperiod Uuly 1981) added no additional species; in addition, few individuals wereactive because of the low winter temperature.

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100 200 300No. of individuals

400 500

Figure 4 Number of reptile and amphibian species and the number of individuals caughtat Goongarrie (GG) and Yundamindra (YM) study sites. Data are accumulatedfor the three study periods.

Figures 5 and 6 indicate the cumulative number of bird species and the totalnumber of individuals recorded during each survey period at GG and YM res­pectively. During the first survey at GG, the combined quadrat and opportu­nistic recordings only included 65% of the total species recorded in the area.The first survey at YM only included 63% of total species recorded.

At GG the five bird quadrats (Figure 5) included 55% of the bird speciesrecorded for the area. The five quadrats at YM (Figure 6) included 59% of speciesrecorded for the area.

Figure 7 shows that at GG each quadrat was continuing to accumulate speciesduring each survey period. It also shows that the mallee site EM22 had the highesttotal of individuals and had considerably more individuals in winter than anyother site. Although there were considerable differences between the total

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No of individuals

OPPORTUNISTIC

3200 4000 4800

Figure 5 The cumulative number of bird species and number of individuals recorded forthe three study periods at Goongarrie (GG). Data collected on bird quadrats areindicated separately for each study period (1,2,3) and combined as quadrat totals.Data collected opportunistically is indicated separately and also combined withquadrat data.

TOTAL80

OPPORTUNISTIC70

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Figure 6 The cumulative number of bird species and number of individuals recorded forthe three study periods at Yundamindra (YM). Data collected on bird quadratsare indicated separately for each study period (1,2,3) and combined as quadrattotals. Data collected opportunistically are indicated separately and also combinedwith quadrat data.

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number of individuals at the five, quadrat sites, differences between the totalnumber of species were less pronounced.

The situation at YM (Figure 3) was similar in that each quadrat was continuingto accumulate species and there were considerable differences in total number ofindividuals. One site, a halophytic lake ecotone EMlla had considerably fewerspecies and a much lower number of individuals than the other sites.

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Figure 7 The accumulation during the three study periods of number of bird species andtotal number of individuals at each of the census quadrats at Goongarrie (GG)and Yundamindra (YM) Study Sites,

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Amphibians and ReptilesFour amphibians and 67 reptiles were recorded from the Goongarrie and

Yundamindra study sites (Table 8) making this the richest herpetofaunal areain the Eastern Goldfields. There was, however, very little similarity in the com­position of the herpetofauna at these sites with only 25 (37%) of the reptilesand none of the amphibians in common.

The collection of Neobatrachus wilsmorei at Goongarrie is a significant south­easterly extension of its known range, while Pseudophryne occidentalis is nearthe inland extreme of its range.

These study areas are the type localities for two lizard species. The skinkCtenotus green has its type locality at EM19 site on Yundamindra Station;this species is also known from Mt Windarra and the Warburton area. An eco­tone between EM22 and Lake Goongarrie is the type locality of the gecko Gehyrapurpurascens.

The low number of reptiles in common between the two sites is indicative ofthe transition between the principally south-western fauna of Goongarrie and thedominant Eremaean elements of the Yundamindra fauna. Species such as Diplo­dactylus intermedius, D. maini and Lerista picturata are at their north-easterlyand inland extremes of their range at Goongarrie while L. macropisthopus,Varanus caudolineatus and V. giganteus are at the south-eastern limits of theirdistribution. The population of Ctenotus brooksi at Goongarrie represents asouth-western isolate of an eremaean species, while Diplodactylus ciliaris, D.strophurus and Nephrurus laevissimus are all at the south-western edge of theirdistributional limits. The skinks Ctenotus helenae, C. calurus and Egernia striataare at their most southerly limits while C. severus is at its most south-easterlylimit at Yundamindra.

The contrast in the faunas between the sites is best illustrated in the skinkswhere only 8 (31%) of the 26 species are common to both areas. Several speciesare replaced by their ecological homologues between these two sites e.g. Ctenotusatlas and C. quattuordecimlineatus, Lerista picturata and L. desertorum, andDiplodactylus intermedius and D. ciliaris. The latter species pair are parapatricat Goongarrie with D. intermedius occupying the mallee and D. ciliaris the mulgaareas. The congeners, Ctenotus uber and C. leonhardii, are parapatric at bothGoongarrie and Yundamindra with the former always occurring on loams associ­ated with higher geological surfaces and the latter on the heavy clays and loams oflower surfaces. Particularly high numbers of the gecko Nephurus laevissimusand dragon Ctenophorus fordi were recorded from EM3 and adjacent sites EM13and EM22 making these potentially important study populations.

The Eucalyptus transcontinentalis mallee over Triodia at the Goongarrie faunalcamp (EM22) has one of the richest reptile assemblages in the Eastern Goldfieldswith 19 lizards and 3 snakes recorded. An additional 6 species of lizard and onesnake were recorded in the structurally similar E. oldfieldii mallee over Triodiaat the nearby site of EMI9. The mallee/mulga - Triodia site EM19 at Yunda­mindra has an exceptionally rich assemblage of Ctenotus species, with 6 beingsympatric.

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Table 8. Amphibians and reptiles at Goongarrie (GG) and Yundamindra (YM)'survey areas indicating number of species and-individuals caught ineach sample site. The first figure indicates the number caught in fenced pit lines; the second figure indicates the number caught opportunistically; singlefigures indicate opportunistic collecting only. Numbers for the three survey periods are combined. Vegetation types are listed in Tables 6 and 7 anddescribed in Appendix Ill.

Goongarrie Yundamindra

Landform Code D G G L L S S S U V V V B L L L U U U V V

Vegetation Code (EM) 3 5a 5a 9 9a 13 13 12 15 22 21 21a Other NP la 8 11 11a 14 14a 17a 20a 19 Other

LEPTODACTYLIDAELimnodynastes spenceri I 8Neobatrachus sutor 0/1 5/0 10/0 1/0 1/1N. wilsmorei 1110 0/1 2 2/0Pseudophryne occidentalis 2

GEKKONIDAEDiplodactylus ciliaris 2

I0/2 1 1/0

D. conspicillatus 6/2D. granariensis 1 0/1 1/1

>l'- D. intermedius 2(Jl D. maini 3 1/1 0/1 X

D.pulcher 3 1

:10/4 3 1/0

D. squarrosus 1/0 3 1/0 3 1/1 4D. strophurus 4/3Gehyra purpurascens 0/2 XG. variegata 1/0 6 9 1/0 2 1 1/3 2

~I1 0/1 15 0/1 0/1 3

Heteronotia binoei 3 4 2 2 34 1Nephrurus laevissimus 18/0 12/0 6/0 1 0/2 2N. vertebralis

xl1/1 1/0

Phyllurus milii 2 9Rhynchoedura ornata 1/0 2/0 7 1/1 1/0 2/0

PYGOPODIDAEDelma nasuta 1/0 1/0Lialis burtonis 1Pygopus nigriceps 1 1/0 1 I 1 1/0

AGAMIDAECtenophorus caudicinctus I 12C. cristatus 0/5 XC.fordi 22/4 22/1 19/1 13/3 2/0 4

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Table 8 contd.

Goongarrie Yundamindra

Landform Code D G G L L S S S U V V V B L L L U U U V V

Vegetation Code (EM) 3 Sa Sa 9 9a 13 13 12 15 22 21 21a Other NP la 8 11 11a 14 14a 17a 20a 19 Other

C. inermis 1 1C. reticulatus 8 5 0/2 1/0 4 4 X 2 0/1 2 4/0 1C. salinarum 1 0/2 2/3C. scutulatus 1/1 1/0 0/3 1 1/2 3/4 2 X 0/1Moloch horridus 1 0/1 0/1 2 1Pogona m. minor 0/1 0/2 0/1 4 3 0/1 1/1 1 X 0/2 1/1 1 1 1/1Tympanocryptis cephala

SCINCIDAECryptoblepharus carnabyi 4" 1 I 0/1C. plagiQcephalus 0/3 0/1 XCtenotus atlas 1/3 2/0 1/0 3/1 1/0 XC. brooksi 23/1C. calurus 1/0

tl'-C. greeri 6/6

O'l C. helenae 1/0C. leonhardii 1/4 8/1

\X 0/2 0/5 4 1

C. pantherinus 3/1C. quattuordecimlineatus 10/1C. schomburgkii 3/1 1/0 5/0 4/0 3/2 3/0 1 X 14/1 2/1 0/2 5/6C. severus 1 6C. uber 6 1/0 1 X 2/1 2 5/1Egernia depressa 10 0/1 0/2 4/0E·formosa 1 2 5E. inornata 2/1 1/0 1/1 1 1/0E. striata 1/1Eremiascincus 1

richardsoniiLerista desertorum 6 1/1 0/6L. macropisthopus 2 0/1L. muelleri 2 0/1 1/0 I 3/2 9 0/1L. picturata 2Menetia greyii 1/0 3 1 0/1 0/1 0/1 1 1/1 1/0 XMorethia butleri 2 2 2 2 xl 2 6Omolepida branchialis 1 0/2Tiliqua occipitalis 1/0

Table 8 contd.

Goongarrie Yundamindra

Landform Code D G G L L S S S U V V V B L L L U U U V V

Vegetation Code (EM) 3 Sa Sa 9 9a 13 13 12 15 22 21 21a Other NP la 8 11 lla 14 14a 17a 20a 19 Other-VARANIDAEVaranus caudolineatus 1 1 1/0 xl 0/1 4/2V. giganteus 1V. gouldii 1 Oil Oil 0/2 2V. panoptes I Oil 0/2 1/0V. tristis 3 Oil

>l'> TYPHLOPIDAE..... RamphoryphwpshamatusI

1/0 1/0R. waitii lIO 0/2

ELAPIDAEDemansia reticulata 0/2Denisonia fasciata 1 IPseudonaja modesta lIO 0/3 1 XP. nuchalis 1 2 1Rhinoplocephalus lIO Oil 3

monachusVermicella bertholdi 1/0V. fasciolata 1/0

Twenty species were recorded from Goongarrie National Park. Except for Diplo­dactylus strophurus a species at its southern distributional limit, all species fromthe National Park were also recorded at the Goongarrie study site. D. strophuruswas collected in shrubs surrounding Deadmans Soak just inside the westernPark boundary. .

BirdsThe surveys of the Goongarrie (GG) and Yundamindra (YM) Study Areas

recorded 108 species of birds. This is considerably more than has been recordedby us in other parts of the Goldfields during this study. They comprised 44 non­passerines and 64 passerines of which .28 and 45 species respectively were com­mon to both areas. Tables 9 and 10 list these .species and indicate the number oftimes each species was sighted and the total number of ipdividuals in differentvegetation types"during each survey.

Of the total,' 101 species were recorded at GG and .76 at YM;.73 of these (or67%) were common to both areas. A higher percentage of non-passerines (35%)was restricted ~o' one area compared to passerines where only 28% were not re­corded at both__areas. Half of the non-passerines recorded only at GC were asso­ciated with semi-permanent water in dams (see Tables 9 and 10).

Most differences in the assemblage of passerines at the two sites are due tomajor habitat .differences between the sites. GG is located close to the climati­cally determined 'Eucalyptus-Acacia line' where the Sot!-th-western Phytogeogra­phic Interzon<: meets the so'uthern part of the Austin Botanical District of theEremaean Botanical Province (Beard 1980). This is the mulga-eucalypt line 'ofGardner (1942) and often mentioned by Serventy and Whittell (1967) as a majorboundary determining bird distributions. The GG study area· consisted ofelements of. ~ucalypt woodland and shrub-mallee characteristic of the South­west Botanical Province as well as Acacia aneura and Casuarina cristata wood­lands of the' Eremaean Province. The study site at YM.is situated in the EremaeanBotanical Province and is dominated by A. aneura low woodlands characteristicof the Austin Botanical District. Here there was only a small representativearea of Low Woodland of Acacia aneura/Eucalyptus youngiana over Triodiabasedowii impinging from the Helms Botanical District to the east.

Passerines characteristic of vegetation of the South-west ·Botanical Provinceand recorded at GG but not further north at YM included Cinclosoma casta­notum, Gerygone fusca, Malurus pulcherrimus, Lichmera indistincta, Meliphagaornata, M. leucotis, Melithreptus brevirostris and Corvus coronoides. Eremaeanpasserines recorded at YM but not at GG included Cinclosoma castaneothorax,Acanthiza. robustirostris, Epthianura aurifrons and Chlamydera maculata. Othertypically eremaean species recorded at either sit~ were Rhipidura albicauda(GG), Climacteris affinis (GG, YM), Certhionyx variegatus (GG, YM), Myzomelanigra (GG), Meliphaga plumula (GG, YM), Artamus personatus (GG, YM), A.supercil£osus (GG, YM-) and Corvus orru (GG, YM).

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Table 9. List of birds at Goongarrie survey site indicating numbers seen in each sample site. The intensive study sites (quadrats) areshown in the first columns followed by opportunistic observations. The first figure indicates the total number of individuals, thesecond figure indicates the number of observations. The three survey periods (March 1979, October 1980 and July 1981) areindicated as column 1, 2, and 3 respectively for each sample site. The number of observation days for the quadrat data was 5 andfor the opportunistic data was 7. Goongarrie National Park was examined only in October (4 days) and July (3 days).

Quadrals Opportunistic

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Salt GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMIS EM22 EM3 EMS. EM9 EMI3 EMI2. EMIS EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21. Margins Freshwater Park

CASUARIIDAEDromaius novaehollandiae X 8 X X 1 2 T 3 S 2 1 T ~A ~

21 60

Emu 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 S 10

ARDEIDAEArdea pacifica 1 2

Pacific Heron 1 2

Ardea novaehollandiae 21 4

White-faced Heron 10 2

ANATIDAETadorna tadornoides 14

Mountain Duck 7

Anas superciliosus ~ABlack Duck

Anas gibberifrons 2 2

Grey Teal 1 1

Chenonetta jubata 21

Wood Duck 2

ACCIPITRIDAEAccipiterfasciatus 1 1 1

Brown Goshawk 1 1 1

Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 1

Collared Sparrowhawk 1 1

Aquila morphnoides X iB 1

Little Eagle 1

OpportunisticQuadrats \

Salt GoongarriLake National

,Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EM5a EM9 EMI3 EMI2a EMI5 EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21a Margins Freshwater Park

Aquila audax I I 3Wedge-tailed Eagle, I I 2

Circus assimilis I I :HSpotted Harrier I I

FALCONIDAEFalco longipennis I IAustralian Hobby I I

Falco berigora I I I I I 2 2 IBrown Falcon I I I I I I 2 I

Falco cenchroides 3 I 5Australian Kestrel I I 4

PHASIANIDAECoturnix novaezelandiae IStubble Quail I

MEGAPODIIAELeipoa,ocellata old

MalleeFowl nest

TURNICIDAETurnix velox X 8 2 5 SA 8Little Button-quail 7 I 3 2 5

RALLIDAEGallinula ventralis 2Black-tailed Native Hen I

CHARADRIIDAEVanellus tricolor I 4Banded Plover I I

Charadrius rujicapillus ISRed-capped Plover 3

Chara4rius melanops IBlack-fronted Plover I

Table 9 contd

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Salt GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EM5a EM9 EMI3 EMI2a EMI5 EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21a Margim Freshwater Park

RECURVIROSTRIDAECladorhynchus ~CleucocephalaBanded Stilt

Recurvirostra 48novaehol/andiae 7

Red-necked Avocet

COLUMBIDAEGeopelia cuneata IDiamond Dove I

Phaps chalcoptera I 2 I t 8 2Common Bronzewing I 2 I I I 2

Ocyphaps lophotes 2X X :

6 2 2 I 9 10 8Crested Pigeon I 2 I I I 5 6 5

PSITTACIDAEPlatycercus zonarius X I 4 I 2 7 2 2 I 2 6 1 2 I 79 I 7Ring-necked Parrot t 2 I I 3 2 I I I 3 I I I 5 I 3

Platycercus varius X X 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 7 15Mulga Parrot 1 I I I 1 I I 4 5

Neophema bourkii 2 9 6 2Bourke's Parrot I 2 3. 2

Neophema splendida - - 2Scarlet-breasted Parrot I

Melopsittacus undulatus I 5 X X X X 2 15 619 1226~B

59 10 2~:HBudgerigar I 1 I 4 22 2 5 8 2

Nymphicus hol/andicus 9 4 2 4 2 20 52 143Cockatiel 1 2' I 1 1 3 17 49

Cacatua roseicapil/a X 7 4 4 2 2 62 2 6373175 ~E5;Galah 2 2 2 I I 5 1 517 4

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Salt GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EM13 EMlS EM22 EM3 EMS. EM9 EMl3 EMl2a EMlS EM14b EM22 EM21 EM21. Margins Freshwater Park

CUCULIDAECuculus pallidus 4 2Pallid Cuckoo 3 2

Chrysococcyx osculans I I X X I I I I 2 I 4 I 4Black-cared Cuckoo I I I I I I 2 I 4 I 4

Chrysococcyx basalis I S 2 X I I I iD I SHorsfield's Bronze Cuckoo I 5 2, I I I I 5

STRIGIDAENinox novaeseelandiae 2BoobookOwI 2

PODARGIDAEPodargus strigoides I 2Tawny Frogmouth I 2

AEGOTHELIDAEAegotheles cristatus I I I 2 3Australian Owlet-nightjar I I I 2 3

CAPRIMULGIDAEEurostopodus argus I I ISpotted Nightjar I I I

ALCEDINIDAEHalcyon pyrrhopygia I iHRed-backed Kingfisher I

MEROPIDAEMerops ornatus X X 2 5 8Rainbow Bee-eater I 3 I

HIRUNDINIDAEChaeromoeca leucosterna 3 2White-backed Swallow I I

Hirundo neoxena X 2 2 4Welcome Swallow I I I

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Sail GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EM5a EM9 EMI3 EMI2a EMI5 EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21a Margins Freshwater Park

Hirundo nigricans 7 3 I

Tree Martin I 1 1

Hirundo ariel 5 I

Fairy Martin 1 1

MOTACILLIDAEAnthus novaeseelandiae 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2

Richard's Pipit 2 2 2 I 1 2 2 2

CAMPEPBAGIDAECoracina maxima 6 -, 2 4

Ground Cuckoo-shrike I 1 1

Coracina novaehollandiae X 11 2 15 2 5 7 i2Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 3 2 I 2 2 5 8

Lalage sueurii X 2 2 :it' 1 1 9 2 6 6i;EG

White-winged Triller 2 2 1 1 6 2 1 2

PACHYCEPHALIDAEMicroeca leucophaea 11 5 4 2 6

iA 1 I

Jacky Winter 8 4 2 2 6 I I

Petroica goodenovii 2 1 5 11 63 8 8 2 1 1 3 15 9 21: ~F ~G

2~~A :Red-capped Robin 2 1 5 10 41 7 8 2 1 1 3 8 Jl 21 1

Petroica cucullata 2 1

Hooded Robin 2 I

Pachycephala rufiventris X 10 2 '14 I 3 4 12 I 1 14 3Rufous Whistler 9 2 14 1 3 4 10 I I 13 3

Colluricincla harmonica ~ :F X : X : X 8 2 I 3 I 2 1 I 2 I 6 3 I 5 4Grey Shrike-thrush 8 2 I 3 I 2 1 I' 2 1 6 3 I 5 4

Oreoica gutturalisX X : X i : X

4 2 I I 4 1 J 5 2 1 I 4 3 5 111 3 6 4 11 11 8

Crested Bellbird 3 2 1 I 4 I 1 42 I I 3 3 5 111 3 6 4 11 10 8

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Salt GoongnrrlLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EM13 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EM5a EM9 EMI3 EMl2a EMI5 EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21a Margins Freshwater Park

MONARCHIDAERhipidura albicauda 1 12F 1White-tailed Fantail 1 6 1

Rhipidura leucophrys 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 I I 2WilIieWagtail I I I 1 I 3 2 I I 2

ORTHONYCHIDAECinclosoma castanotum I X X I IChestnut Quail-thrush 1 I I

Pomatostomus superciliosus I 2 4 9 3 2 2White-browed Babbler I I I 3 I I 1

ACANTHIZIDAEAphelocephala leucopsis 22 41 24 19829 8 911 1,," 9Southern White-face 4 10 6 336 I 34 5 2

Smicrornis brevirostris 11610 21 4 5 54 57 44 225 1073 443040 iE 2 30 9Weebill 636 11 2 3 28 29 20 1 I 3 533 201216 1 18 3

Acanthiza apicalis 4 8 11 478 9 3 6 6 6 3 4 11 44 I fA 1 2 4 14GBroad-tailed Thornbill 3 6 6 3 4 6 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 7 33 I 1 1 3 7

Acanthiza uropygialis 2 1 ~IO 1 10 9 1440137 25 3 iEj 3 2 1 6 12 2 3 7 7 64 iHi 38 27Chestnut-rumped Thornbill I 1 4 3 144 7 17 7 3 10 I I I 1 2 4 I 2 3 3 32 14 9

Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 4 2 10 21> 11 2 3 IYellow-rumped Thornbill 2 1 5 14 4 I I 1

Acanthiza iredalei 2Samphire Thornbill I

Sericornis brunneus I 1 3 581 2 2~F i 2 2 I 4 2

Redthroat 1 1 2 461 2 2 2 2 1 4 2

Table 9 contd Quadrats o istic

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Salt GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EMS. EM9 EMI3 EMI2. EMIS EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21a Margins Freshwater Park

MALURIDAEMalurus splendens 15 3 2 6 13 33 8 5 10 10

Splendid F!iiry-wren 8 I I 4 4 I I 3 3 3 3

Malurus pulcherrimus 5 4 4 11

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren I I 3 5

Malurus leucopterus 14 3 2 I;A 2 5 7 8

White-winged Fairy-wren 5 I I I 2 2 3

SYLVIIDAECincloramphus mathewsi 2 I 2

~ERufous Songlark 11 I

Cincloramphus cruralis ~HBrown Songlark

DAPHOENOSITTIDAEDaphoenositta chrysoptera x I 2 I

Australian Sittella I I I

CLIMACTERIDAEClimacteris affinis I I 3 2

White-browed tree creeper I I 2 2

DICAEIDAEDicaeum hirundinaceum I 2 I X X I 2. 13 3 I I 4 I

Mistletoe bird I I I I 2 12 3 I I 4 I

PARDALOTIDAEPardalotus striatus I X I 11 4

Striated Pardalote I I 6 I, ,

MELIPHAGIDAELichmera indistincta I

Brown Honeyeater I

Certhionyx niger 3~F

2 I I

Black Honeyeater 2 I I I

Table 9 contd Quadrats o Of

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Salt Goongarri

- Lake Natlonnl

Locations EM3 EM9 EMI3 EMI5 EM22 EM3 EMS. EM9 EMI3 EMI2a EMI5 EMI4b EM22 EM21, EM21. Margins Freshwater Park

Certhionyx variegatus 2 3 4 19EPied Honeyeater I I 3 5

Meliphaga vireseens X X 2 1 1 3 1 32 1 5 6 2 3

Singing Honeyeater 1 1 1 2 1 31 1 5 3 2 2

Meliphaga ornata , 141 89 8'

'Yellow-plumed Honeyeater 39 18 1

Meliphaga plumula 12 3

Yellow-fronted Honeyeater 5 2

Meliphaga leueotis 3 1White-eared Honeyeater 2 1

Meliphaga brevirostris 5~E i iF

Brown-headed Honeyeater 3

Phylidonyris albifrons 10 68 14 16 8 33 5 1 2 1 9 43E 6 1320 5153 4 8 I 41 1926 7 15 21 44 2

White-fronted Honeyeater 7362 3 4 21 1 I 1 I 4 28 4 6 9 352 I 5 I 2077 2 I 2 2 7 1

Manorinajlavigula 1 11 60 X 22 13420 6 46 3 13G 22

Yellow-throated Miner 1 4 5 4 3 I 3 2 6 1 4 5

Aeanthagenys rufogularis 13 X 5 X X i X X 6 X X 1 8 3 6 1 2 : I (' 2212 4 14 5 67 14 11 19 15 3 ·1 20 8 11 2 17 3

Spiny-~heeked Honeyeater 9 3 6 1 8 2 4 I I I I 224 2 6 3 64 11 5 17 13 2 I 6 2 4 2 13 3

Anthoehaera earuneulata 1 5

Red Wattlebird 1 2

Epthianura albifrons 15 ~4AEWhite-fronted Chat 2

Epthianura trieolor X 2 18 . 17 6 ~FHCrimson Chat 1 7 2 2

PLOCEIDAE.,

Poephila guttata X 2 2 1 22 ! 2 46 8 ~FGZebra Finch 1 . 1 I 11 1 4 3

Table 9 conld Quadrats o ·if

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Salt GoongarriLake National

Locations EM3 EM9 EMl3 EMIS EM22 EM3 EMS. EM9 EMI3 EMI2a EMIS' EMI4b EM22 EM21 EM21. Margins Freshwater Pari<

GRALLINIDAEGrallina cyanoleuca 1

Magpie-lark I

ARTAMIDAEArtamus cinereus 6 1

~12 14

Black-faced Woodswallow I 1 6 7

Artamus personatus X 1 X31 18 I~F i~E

Masked Woodswallow 1 3 3

Artamus superciliosus ~HWhite-browedWoodswallow

CRACfICIDAECracticus torquatus I X X X 1 I 1 4 2 3 :c 4 6

Grey Butcherbird I 1 1 1 4 2 3 4 6

Cracticus nigrogularis X i X ;2 1

: :E;3 S 1 1 13 2 3 2 9 7

Pied Butcherbird 2 I 3 3 1 1 12 2 2 2 6 6

Cracticus tibicen X4 2

Australian Magpie 2 1

Strepera versicolor X I 3 I I 3 1

Grey Currawong I 2 I I 2 1

CORVIDAECorvusorru ·2 2

Australian Crow I 2

Corvus bennetti 140X

7 2 7 10 3 I 3 4 34087 27 60

Little Crow 2 1 1 3 3 2 I 1 1 4 S 14 II

A Includes adults with youngB Includes adult incubatingC Juveniles onlyD Fledgling being fed by foster parent

E Nestlings uot included in countF Eggs not included in cOllntG Nest buildingH Breeding but no other data

List of birds at Yundamindra survey site indicating number seen in each sample site. For explanation of data see Table 9.

I Quadrats I Opportunist'--

Site EMS EMlIa EMI4 EM20a EMI9 EMI EMS EMlI EMlIa EMI4 EMI4a EMI4b EMI7a EM20a EMI9 Mills

CASUARIIDAE T x T * * 6D~omaius novaehollandiae S 10 2

Emu I 2

ACCIPITRIDAEAccipiterfasciatus x 2

Brown Goshawk 2

Aquita morphnoides x I 2

Little Eagle I 2

Aquita audax X X X 2 4 I 2 I IWedge-tailed Eagle 2 2 I I I I

Circus assimitis 2Spotted Harrier 2

FALCONIDAEFalco berigora I I X 2 2 I I I I I 4 IBrown Falcon I I 2 2 I I I I I 2 I

Falco longipennis IAustralian Hobby I

Falco cenchroides 2 X 5 2 2 IAustralian Kestrel 2 5 2 2 I

TURNICIDAETurnix velox 2Little Button-quail I

OTIDAEOtis australis X 4

Australian Bustard I

CHARADRIIDAEVanellus tricolor 9 3 I

Banded Plover I I 1

Table 10.

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Table 10 conld Quadrats OPPortunist"

Cl~

Site EM8 EMlla EMI4 EM20a EMI9 EMI EM8 EM 11 EMlla EMI4 EMI4a EMI4b EMI7a EM20a EMI9 Mills

Slerna hybr/da IWhiskered Tern I

COLUMBIDAEPhaps chalcoplera I 2 16Common Bronzewing I I 5

Ocyphaps lopholes X 7 I I 3 2 4 7 I 6 I 6Crested Pigeon 5 I I 3 I 3 3 I I I I

PSITTACIDAEPlalycercus zonarius I I 8 5 2 9 7 6 4 8 23

:* ~I 2 I 6

Ring-necked Parrot I I 4 I I 4 5 I 2 4 4 I I I 5

Plalycercus varius 10 2 11 4Mulga Parrot 2 1 1 2

Neophema bourkii 4Bourke's Parrot 2

Melopsittacus undulalus 128 X X 8 9 X 42 19 1 2 9 2 8 28Budgerigar 6 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 6

Nymph/cus ho/landicus I X X X ~ 3/*5 2 2

Cockatiel 1 1 1 1

Cacalua roseicapil/a 2 I 23 3 X X 2 18 6 902 8 2 4 2 4 6 25Galah I 1 3 2 1 2 1 6 4 1 2 I 2 3 2

CUCULIDAECuculus pallidus. I X I I IPallid Cuckoo I I I I

Chrysococcyx osculans 2 1Black-eared Cuckoo 2 I

Chrysococcyx basalis I 3 3Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo I 3 3

PODARGIDAEPodargus sIr/go/des RTawny Frogmouth

Table 10contd Quadrats o tunisf

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Site EM8 EMUa EMI4 EM20a EMI9 EMI EM8 EMU EMUa EMI4 EMI4a EMI4b EMI7a EM20a EMI9 Mills

AEGOTHELIDAEAegotheles cristatus x I

i*I 2 2

Australian Owlet-nightjar I I I 2

CAPRIMULGIDAEEurostopodus argus 2Spotted Nightjlj£ I

ALCEDlNIDAEHalcyon pyrrhopygia

:* 6* IRed-backed Kingfisher 6 I

MEROPIDAEMerops ornatus X X 2 2Rainbow Bee-eater I I

HIRUNDlNIDAEChaeramoeca leucosterna 2White-backed Swallow I

Hirundo neoxena 2 2Welcome Swallow I I

Hirundo nigricansTree Martin

MOTACILLIDAEAnthus novaeseelandiae I 2 5 2 U 4 10 6 30 6Richard's Pipit I 2 3 I 2 3 7 5 10 5

CAMPEPHAGIDAECoracina maxima X 3 31 2 IGround Cuckoo-shrike I 9 I I

Coracina novaehollandiae 2 I 3 2 2 3 5 3 5 4* I 5 4Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 2 I 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 2 I 4 3

Lalage sueurii 36 26 3 3 8White-winged Triller 14 3 2 I 2

PACHYCEPHALIDAEMicroeca leucophaea I X 4 8 I 3 2 5Jacky Winter I 4 5 I I 2 5

Table 10 contd Quadrals Oooortunisf

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Site EM8 EMU. EMI4 EM20. EMI9 EMI EM8 EMU EMU. EMI4 EMI4. EMI4b EMI7. EM20. EMI9 Mills-

Petroica goodenovii 2 X 1 7 19 6 5 t4 3 3 1 2 3 1 ~2*;7

Red-capped Robin 2 1 5 16 5 5 U 2 2 1 2 3 I 6

Petroica cucullata' 2 1 , X I 1 1Hooded Robin 1 1 1 1 1

Pachycephala rufiventris X X 1 6Rufous Whistler 1 6

Colluricincla harmonica I X 1 2 1Grey Shrike-thrush 1 1 2 1

Oreoica gutturalis 1 X X X ~* X3 1 X 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 3 5 1 5 t 2 4 4

Crested Bellbird t 2 1 2'3 2 4 1 1 I 2 1 3 5 I 5 1 2 4 3.' ,

MONARCHIDAEPhipidilra leucophrys 9 3 I 1 2 I 2WillieWagtail 6 3 1 1 I I 2

'.ORTHONYCHIDAECinclosoma castaneothorax 1 2 1 I

Chestnut-breasted Quail- 1 1 .. 1 1

thrush

Pomatostomus superciliosus 3

White-browed Babbler 1,

ACANTHIZIDAE'AphelocejJhala leucopsis : 2 8 22 15 2 3 4 5Southern Whiteface 2 2·8 3 I 1 I 1

..Smicrornis brevirosiris 6 1 173225 8 t7 7Weebill 3 1 9 17 to 4 6 3

Acanthiza apicalis ~ 1 2Broad-tailed Thornbilr 1 1 2 .

.-. .,.

Acanthiza uropygialis '7 19 15 : 29 4~ 26 ,211420 5 7 3 14 12 U 22Chestnut-rumped Thornbill 1 8 6 . 8 158 9 5. 7 2 3 : 1 5 4 4 8

-Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 7 , 1 '7 4 2Yellow-rumped Thornbill 3 .. 1 3 1 I

Table 10 contd Quadrats o tunisf

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Site EM8 EM11. EMI4 EM20. EMI9 EMI EM8 EM11 EM11. EMI4 EMI4. EMI4b EMI7. EM20. EMI9 Mills

Acanthiza robustirostris 2 4 3Slaty-backed Thornbill I 2 2

Pyrrholaemus brunneus X IRedthroat I

MALURIDAEMalurus leucopterUs 6 7 7 11823 12 4 4 3 6 18 IWhite-winged Fairy-wren 2 2 I 6 5 6 2 2 I I 3 5 I

SYLVIIDAECincloramphus cruralis 2 3 7 5 7 8 IBrown Songlark 2 2 3 4 4 6 I

DAPHOENOSITTIDAEDaphoenositta chrysoptera 6Australian Sittella I

CLIMACTERIDAEClimacteris affinis 2 2White-browed Tree-creeper 2 I

DICAEIDAEDicaeum hirundinaceum , x 3 I IMistletoebird 3 I I

PARDALOTIDAEPardalotus striatus 2 :*Striated Fardalote I

MELIPHAGIDAECerthionyxvariegatus 2 2Pied Honeyeater I I

Meliphaga virescens 2 3 X X : ~ X : X2 3 I I 2 3 2, 2 I 2 I I 4

Singing Honeyeater I ~ 2 3 I I 2 2 2 I I 2 I I 2

Meliphaga plumula 21 10 13 2 3 2 10Yellow-fronted Honeyeater 14 7 8 I 2 I 7

Phylidonyris albifrons 2 I 2 I i XI I

White-fronted Honeyeater 2 I I I I I

Table 10 conld Quadrats o

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Site EM8 EMlla EMI4 EM20a EMI9 EMI EM8 EMII EMlla EMI4 EMI4a EMI4b EMI7a EM20a EMI9 Mills

Manorina jlavigula 9 I 2 2 13 X X 3 6 3 5 11 4 17*81 I I 27 3 9 3 6

Yellow-throated Miner 5 I I I I 2 I 2 I 7 I 6 7 I I 2 2 2 I 'I

Acanthagenys rufogularis I 7 2 7 4 I 2 4 I I 2 I I I I 2 5 I 3 I I

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater I 4 I 6 3 I 2 4 I I 2 I 1 I I 2 4 I 3 I I

Anthochaera carunculata X X 2 IRed Wattlebird 2 I

Epthianura aurifronsi X

I 2Orange Chat I 1

Epth(anura tricolor 65 6 89 I 16 10 18i~*::

18 6 6 13Crimson Chat 15 2 20 I 4 4 2 3 I 2 5

PLOCEIDAEPoephila guttata 13 15 9 10 X 8 2 4 10Zebra Finch 2 8 2 I 3 I 2 2

GRALLINIDAEGrallina cyanoleuca X 2 12 I 6 2 6 IMagpie-lark I 6 I 3 1 3 1

ARTAMIDAEArtamus personatus X X 30 X NO SO 42 SOMasked Woodswallow 2 7

Artamussuperciliosus X 2White-browed I

Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus 7 X I 24 19 X 3 3 6 8 4 6 19 7 4 I 25

Black-faced Woodswallow 3 1 7 12 2 2 3 2 2 4 7 5 2 I I

CRACTICIDAECracticus torquatus X 1 X X I I 3 I

~*3 4 5 I I 2 4

Grey Butcherbird I I I 3 I '3 4 5 I I 2 4

Cracticus nigrogularis 6 X X X X X I I 3 I 3 2 2 I:~* :~

I 3 1 IPied Butdierbird 5 I I 2 I 3 2 2 I I 2 I I

Cracticus tibicen I 2 I 8 I 3Australian Magpie I I 1 4 1 2

oelUconttl. I.luatlrats

Site EMS EMII. EMI4 EM20. EMI9 EMI EMS EMII EMII:i EMI4 EMI4. EMI4b EMI7. EM20. EMI9 Mills

S/repera versicolor X 2 2 1 1Grey Currawong 1 2 1 1

PARADISAEIDAEP/ilonorhynchus macula/us 1Spotted Bowerbird 1

CORVIDAECorvusorru X 1Australian Crow 1

Corvus bennelli ~ X X 4 X : X X X X : X2541 4 3 4 12 12 1931 15 6 1 11 4 1 16 5 2

Little Crow 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 9 4 :2 1 3 2 1 1 3 1

Tabl,

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T tracksNO numerous overheadSO several overhead* breeding dataR feathers only

Tables 9 and 10 indicate that a total of 4681 individuals of 95 species wererecorded at GG (those recorded on Goongarrie National Park are excluded) com­paed to 3966 individuals of 76 species at YM for approximately the same ob­servation time. The mean number of individuals per species at GG was 49.2 com­pared to 52.1 at YM. Thus, although YM had considerably fewer species than GG,the density per species was about the same. '

,In addition to the individuals ~entioned above,' a total of 74 'species (Table9) were recorded during the two surveys (totalling five days) 0.£ GoongarrieNational Park. These comprised a total of 1443 mdividuals. Taking into accountthe number of recording days in the Park as a comparison with data from outside(see above), the'mean number of individuals per species in the Park was 58.5:

At both GG and YM the non-passerines are dominated by graiJ.ivores. The ~3

species of non-passerines at GG totalled 1162 individuals of which 787 (68%)consisted of the 'seven species of psittacids. This can' be compared to the YMdata where the 32 species of non-passerines totalled '872 individuals,; of thesethe 6 species of psittacids included 687 individuals or 79% of the total.

There are considerable differences between passerine populations and feedingguilds at GG and YM. The 59 passerine species at GG comprised 3563 indivi­duals and a mean of 61.4 per species compared to 2301 individuals of 50 specieswith a mean of 46.02 at YM. A dominant component recorded at both areascomprised the nectarivores with 32.7% of individuals at GG and 26.2% at YM.The small foliage gleaning insectivore, Smicrornis brevirostris constituted 10.0%of all passerines recorded at GG, but only 5.1% at YM. The omnivore, Corvusbennetti, was a dominant species at GG comprising 16.9% of all passerines re-corded compared to only 8.3% at YM. '

There were considerable seasonal differences in numbers of individuals re­corded at GG and YM (Tables 9 and 10). At YM Anthus novaeseelandiae wasnot recorded in March and was most abundant in October, CoraCz"na riovaehbl­landiae was mainly present in October, Lalage sueurii and Cincloramphus cruraliswere only recorded in October, Pardalotus striatus and Anthochaera carunculatawere only recorded in July when low numbers reached this area as nomads fromfurther south, Epthianura tricolor, an eremaean nomad, was numerous'in October,and Grallin'a cyanoleuca was more abundant in Juiy. ' ,

At GG, Coracina novaehollandiae was absent in July, Lalage sueurii, Cinclo­ramphus mathewsii and C. cruralis were only recorded in October, Pardalotusstriatus was not recorded in March, Certhionyx niger and C. variegatus were notrecorded in July, Meliphaga ornata was common in July, but not recorded inMarch or October, M. plumula was only recorded in October, Phylidonyrisalbtfrons was more abundant in October, and Epthianura tricolor, Artamuspersonatus and A. superciliosus were present in October.

The surveys of the GG and YM recorded breeding data for 48 species of birds;these data are listed in Appendix IV. Most breeding records were obtained inOctober 1980 following good rains in May, June and July (see ombrothermicdata, Figure 2).

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MammalsTwenty-five species 'of mammal from 11 families were recorded from tht;

survey areas at Goongarrie and Yundamindra (Table 11). Nineteen species (76%)were common to both areas.

Little previous information had been recorded on the mammals of this region.Records of the Western Australian Museum (Kitchener and Vicker 1981) indi­cated that only the Euro, Macrop.us robustus and the bats Chalinolobus gouldii,Nyctophilus geoffroyi and Eptesicus pumilus had been collected in the degreesquare encompassing Goongarrie and only the goat Capra hircus and Euro hadbeen documented in the degree square encompassing Yundamindra. The bat E.pumilus was not recorded by us at either study area although its distributionsuggests it should occur there.

The record of Macropus filz"ginosus from the edge of Lake Carey at Yunda­mindra represents one of the most inland occurrences of this species. It was re­corded as individuals or in small groups dUring each of the first two trips (March1979, October 1980). The two Sminthopsis species, S. crassicaudata and S.dolz"chura, were symp~tric in thrt::t: trapping sites (Table 11). The small Ningauiridei was restricted to sandy soils with Triodia. It was difficult to determine thespecies of Notomys from Goongarrie. Both N. alexzs and N. mitchellii occurtogether with some specimens having intermediate characteristics; this populationis in need of further study as it lies on, and adjacent to, an isolated sanddunewith some distinctive south-western floral elements. Two species of Pseudomysoccur at Goongarrie but they occupy different substrates; P. hermannsburgensisoccurs on sandy soils higher up the landform, while P. bolami occupies the loamson the lower elements. There are marked vegetation differences between thehabitats of these two remarkably similar species (Kitchener et al. 1984).

The Goongarrie fauna sites EM21, EM9, EM21a, EM9a and EM15 are all subjectto grazing by sheep as they occur in the Jeedamya pastoral lease, while all sites atYundamindra are on that station's grazing lease. Additionally, large numbers ofgoats, with some herds in excess of 40 individuals, were recorded on the Yunda­mindra sites, placing heavy browsing pressure on the vegetation of this region.Rabbits were uncommon on all trips and were generally only seen adjacent torock outcrops. Camel tracks were observed iJ;! October 1980 on the edge of LakeGoongarrie near EM22 and fresh scratchings and tracks of an echidna were re­corded at EM15.

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Table 11. List of mammals recorded at Goongarrie and Yundamindra indicating number trapped in each sample site. Tracks are indicatedby T, C indicates skeletal material, and animal sightings by S (SI = <5; S2 = 5 -10; S3 = > 10 individuals). Totals for the threesurvey periods (March 1979, October 1980 and July 1981) are included.

Goongarrie Yundamindra

Landform Code: D G L L S S U V V V I Trip Totals IL L U U U V V I TripTotalsVegetation Code (EM) '3 Sa 9 9a 13 13 15 22 21 21a NP M 0 J 8 11 14 14a 17a 20a 19 M 0 J

TACHYGLOSSIDAETachyglossus aculeatus T I T

DASYURIDAE

Cl> Ningaui ridei 3 1 I 1 3 I 5 I 3 1 1-..I Sminthopsis

crassicaudata 1 1 1I ~

21 I 2 ' i 7

1 I ~8 1

S. dolichura 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 4

MACRO~ODIAE

Macropus fuliginosus S3 S31 S2 S3 S21 S3 ISIS2

M. robustus S2 SI S? SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SIM. rufus SI C SI S: SI S2 S2 SI S3 S3 S2 S3 S3 S2

MOLOSSIDAETadarida australis 1 1 I i 1Mormopterus planiceps 1

VESPERTlLIONIDAEChalinolobus gouldii 3 I ~

I 1 I 1Eptesicus vulturnus 1

Table 11 contd.

Goongarrie Yundamindra

Landforrh Code:' , D G L L S S U v v v I Trip Totals IL L U U U V V ITripTotalsVegetatiqn Coqe (EM) 3 Sa 9 9a 13 13 15 22 21 21a NP M 0 J 8 11 14 14a 17a 20a 19 M 0 J

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Nycticeius balsto.ni 1 Ij I 6 I~, Nyctophilus geoffroyi ' 3 4 9 1 8

MURIDAE'.

Mus musculus 2 2 4

I ~1

6 I 12 1

3 I i 1 2Notomys alexis 9 2 1 1 2 8

,"N. 11Jitchellii.. ' 3 1 3Pseudomyshermannsburgensis 1 2

I~1 I 1 1 1 2 7 I 7 2 3

P. bplomai 3en00 CANIDAE

Canis fam,iliaris T T

Iil T

TITVulpes vulpes T SI T T SI Si SI Si T

FELIDAEFeliscatus T

I TIT

BOVIDAE·Capra hircus C

I~ S31Ss S3 S3! S3 S3 S3

Ovisaries S3 S3 S3 S3 T S3 S3 S3

CAMELIDAECamelus dromedarius T*

IT

IT

LEPORIDAEOryctolagus cuniculus ,T S3 SI S2 I SI Si S2 I 1 1 S2 I 1. S2 1