Grey-crowned Babbler
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(New page: Image:Grey-crowned babbler.JPG '''Common Name:''' Grey-crowned Babbler<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Pomatostomus temporalis '''Size:''' 10 ½ - 11 ½ inches (25-29 cm) '''Habitat:''' ...) |
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'''Habitat:''' Australasia; Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The Grey-crowned Babbler is found in open forests and woodlands, favoring inland plains with an open shrub layer, little ground cover and plenty of fallen timber and leaf litter. May be seen along roadsides and around farms. In south-east Melbourne, small populations survive on golf courses. | '''Habitat:''' Australasia; Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The Grey-crowned Babbler is found in open forests and woodlands, favoring inland plains with an open shrub layer, little ground cover and plenty of fallen timber and leaf litter. May be seen along roadsides and around farms. In south-east Melbourne, small populations survive on golf courses. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Least Concern to Near threatened. Global population: Unknown. Grey-crowned Babbler populations have declined throughout their range as a result of land-clearing practices that leave habitats fragmented. When groups become isolated, numbers decline to a level where they cannot continue to successfully breed. Habitat degradation is also a factor in declines, with fuel-reduction burning, grazing, weed invasions and removal of timber decreasing leaf litter build-up, which then reduces the amount of invertebrate food available. Eastern populations are near threatened, while they are classified as endangered in Victoria and South Australia. It is locally extinct in the south-eastern region of South Australia. Overall populations have declined by 95% since European settlement. | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern to Near threatened. '''Global population:''' Unknown. Grey-crowned Babbler populations have declined throughout their range as a result of land-clearing practices that leave habitats fragmented. When groups become isolated, numbers decline to a level where they cannot continue to successfully breed. Habitat degradation is also a factor in declines, with fuel-reduction burning, grazing, weed invasions and removal of timber decreasing leaf litter build-up, which then reduces the amount of invertebrate food available. Eastern populations are near threatened, while they are classified as endangered in Victoria and South Australia. It is locally extinct in the south-eastern region of South Australia. Overall populations have declined by 95% since European settlement. |
'''Diet:''' Grey-crowned Babblers feed on insects and other invertebrates and sometimes eat seeds. They forage in groups of two to fifteen birds on the ground among leaf litter, around fallen trees and from the bark of shrubs and trees (they tend to use trees more than other babblers). | '''Diet:''' Grey-crowned Babblers feed on insects and other invertebrates and sometimes eat seeds. They forage in groups of two to fifteen birds on the ground among leaf litter, around fallen trees and from the bark of shrubs and trees (they tend to use trees more than other babblers). | ||
