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Home Birds
and the harbourWhere
to see Birds
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Large areas of parkland ensure the population has access to open areas. Centennial Park is one of the major areas. Its
original heaths and wetlands have been altered and reshaped into grassed areas, restructured ponds and cultivated plants.
These provide ideal habitat for a variety of birds which reflect the variety of plants and microhabitats available. Magpie-larks
Grallina cyanoleuca and Galahs Cacatua roseicapilla, as well as other cockatoos, enjoy the open spaces,
while Yellow-tailed Thornbills Acanthiza chrysorrhoa and wrens can be encountered about the edge of hedges and
shrubs. Wastelands provide an ideal haunt for the Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis. The Australian White
Ibis Threskiornis molucca prefers swamps, lagoons, floodplains and grasslands, but it has also become a successful
inhabitant of urban parks and gardens. The introduced Rock Dove (feral pigeon) Columba livia is found throughout
Sydney in modified habitats, along with the native Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes which requires access to fresh
water provided by park ponds.
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