An Analysis of the Occurrence of Terrestrial Bird Species in the Lowland Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Woodland Remnants of the Australian Capital Territory

Abstract

A survey of birds was conducted along 28 fixed-width strip transects in woodland remnants in the Australian Capital Territory. Each transect was sampled four times, once in each season. The Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans was the most commonly encountered resident species in the woodland remnants, and the Grey Fantail Rhipidura.fuliginosa was the most commonly encountered migrant species. Most of the commonly encountered resident species were ground insectivores, whereas most of the commonly encountered migrant species were canopy or subcanopy insectivores. The frequency of occurrence of most of the species may be attributed to the variation across the landscape, alteration in the vegetation structure and floristic composition, and decline in nest-hollows within the woodland remnants .