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Yinberrie Hills Important Bird Area

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in small, scattered pools. Mean annual rainfall in the area is about 1000 mm, falling mainly from December to March. Key features of the habitat for the finches are that the lack of grazing, and few extensive
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freehold land held by the Barnjarn Aboriginal Corporation and Wagiman Aboriginal Land Trust.
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in the east. It consists of rolling hills with thin, sandy loam soils overlaid by angular
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Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
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The IBA supports a population of endangered Gouldian finches
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Index

Gouldian Finch perched on a twig
tropical savanna
wooded
Top End
Northern Territory
Australia
Katherine
Pine Creek
Gouldian finches
Nitmiluk National Park
Arnhem Land Plateau
cobbles
eucalypts
grasses
dry season
hot fires
cavity
wet season
Aboriginal
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
endangered
Gouldian finches
chestnut-backed buttonquails
bush stone-curlews
varied lorikeets
northern rosellas
hooded parrots
white-gaped
yellow-tinted

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