The black throated finch Poephila cincta was once distributed from northern New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula. These finches live in grassy woodlands dominated by eucalypts, melaleucas or acacias near water. They mostly eat seeds of grasses, and now survive principally on grazing lands where they build grass nests on branches and in hollows of trees.
Many iconic Australian animals such as the frilled-neck lizard, eastern grey kangaroo, koala, Irwin’s turtle, black flying fox and the northern hairy nosed wombat are native to the Burdekin dry tropics region.
Over the past number of years, the Lower Burdekin has become a focus for wetland and riparian area protection. NQ Dry Tropics worked in conjunction with WetlandcareAustralia and the Burdekin Shire Council to carry out works in this area – primarily at Sheepstation and Barratta creeks.
Other areas where work was carried out include Plantation, Kalamia and Saltwater Creeks.
The types of work carried out included: weed control, fencing to allow controlled grazing, revegetation, controlled burns and the removal or modification of fish passage barriers.
The black throated finch Poephila cincta was once distributed from northern New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula. These finches live in grassy woodlands dominated by eucalypts, melaleucas or acacias near water. They mostly eat seeds of grasses, and now survive principally on grazing lands where they build grass nests on branches and in hollows of trees.
