Gibraltar Range National Park Explained

Gibraltar Range is a national park located in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi) northeast of Glen Innes and north of Sydney. The Park is part of the Washpool and Gibraltar Range area, which is designated as a World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. This area was inscribed in 1986 and was later added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.^[1]

Birds

The Gibraltar Range a national park encompasses an area of 366-square-kilometre (141 sq mi) and is recognised as the Gibraltar Range Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is a block of highland forest that supports one of only five remaining populations of the vulnerable rufous scrub-bird, as well as significant populations of green catbirds, Australian logrunners, paradise riflebirds and pale-yellow robins.^[2]

See also

• Protected areas of New South Wales
• Pappinbarra River
• Camden Haven River
• High Conservation Value Old Growth forest

Gallery

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External links

• Gibraltar Range National Park at the Department of Environment and Climate Change (New South Wales)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gibraltar Range National Park . N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service . 25 December 2023.
2. Web site: IBA: Gibraltar Range . 2011-06-24 . Birdata . Birds Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 6 July 2011 . dmy .