Appendix E (TABLE E1). Classifications of 78 bird species surveyed by Baker et al. (2002) in woodland and heath plots in southeastern Australia. Species from the study not present in either of these two habitat types were omitted. Species are organized by the original quantitative, but non-statistical classifications of Baker et al. (2002). Multinomial model classifications are shown using P = 0.05 and P = 0.005. Classifications that differ from the original are indicated in bold type.
Species and Original Classification (in Baker et al. 2002) |
Scientific name |
Multinomial classification (K = 2/3, P = 0.05) |
Multinomial classification (K = 2/3, P = 0.005) |
Total Woodland abundance |
Total Heath abundance |
Woodland Specialist | |||||
Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | Generalist | Generalist | 59 | 10 |
White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis | Generalist | Generalist | 16 | 4 |
Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica | Generalist | Generalist | 22 | 7 |
Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 27 | 0 |
Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 187 | 24 |
White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaeus | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 107 | 0 |
Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 45 | 0 |
White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | Woodland specialist | Generalist | 127 | 20 |
Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 357 | 19 |
Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 109 | 0 |
Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 37 | 0 |
Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 249 | 25 |
Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 46 | 2 |
Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 59 | 0 |
Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 74 | 3 |
White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | Woodland specialist | Too rare | 14 | 0 |
Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 25 | 1 |
Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 58 | 0 |
Heath specialist | |||||
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater | Phylidonyris melanops | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 1 | 95 |
Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 0 | 41 |
Southern Emu-wren | Malurus lamberti | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 4 | 402 |
Habitat generalist | |||||
Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | Generalist | Generalist | 49 | 40 |
Beautiful Firetail | Stagonopleura bella | Generalist | Generalist | 15 | 10 |
Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | Generalist | Generalist | 19 | 9 |
Variegated Fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti | Generalist | Generalist | 64 | 30 |
Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops | Generalist | Generalist | 153 | 47 |
Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | Generalist | Generalist | 6 | 11 |
Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | Generalist | Generalist | 84 | 18 |
White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris nigra | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 19 | 74 |
Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 20 | 44 |
New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 153 | 260 |
Uncategorized species | |||||
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus | Generalist | Generalist | 10 | 6 |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Generalist | Generalist | 12 | 5 |
Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | Generalist | Generalist | 11 | 5 |
Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 0 | 20 |
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 1 | 15 |
Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 0 | 20 |
Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | Heath specialist | Heath specialist | 0 | 9 |
Fairy Martin | Hirundo ariel | Heath specialist | Too rare | 0 | 5 |
Musk Lorikeet | Glossopsitta concinna | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 19 | 0 |
Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | Woodland specialist | Too rare | 15 | 0 |
Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 26 | 2 |
Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 25 | 0 |
Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 24 | 0 |
Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | Woodland specialist | Woodland specialist | 25 | 0 |
Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Too rare | Too rare | 0 | 2 |
Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrhocephalus | Too rare | Too rare | 2 | 0 |
Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Too rare | Too rare | 0 | 1 |
Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | Too rare | Too rare | 0 | 1 |
Latham’s Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Too rare | Too rare | 0 | 1 |
Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 2 |
Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | Too rare | Too rare | 11 | 0 |
Little Lorikeet | Glossopsitta pusilla | Too rare | Too rare | 4 | 0 |
Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | Too rare | Too rare | 5 | 0 |
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | Too rare | Too rare | 7 | 1 |
Southern Boobook | Ninox novaeseelandiae | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus | Too rare | Too rare | 10 | 0 |
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Lewin’s Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii | Too rare | Too rare | 8 | 0 |
Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris | Too rare | Too rare | 6 | 3 |
Scarlet Honeyeater | Epthianura tircolor | Too rare | Too rare | 3 | 0 |
Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 1 |
Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | Too rare | Too rare | 2 | 0 |
Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | Too rare | Too rare | 6 | 0 |
Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | Too rare | Too rare | 3 | 0 |
Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | Too rare | Too rare | 3 | 0 |
Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | Too rare | Too rare | 9 | 0 |
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Too rare | Too rare | 6 | 0 |
Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | Too rare | Too rare | 4 | 0 |
Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | Too rare | Too rare | 3 | 0 |
Grey Currawong | Strepera versicolor | Too rare | Too rare | 1 | 0 |
Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | Too rare | Too rare | 5 | 0 |
Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | Too rare | Too rare | 2 | 0 |