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. 2013 Feb 1;111(4):499–529. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct008

Table 3.

Bird species associated with Lepidosperma

Bird species Lepidosperma Community type Location Part Use References
Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae L. carphoides Heath Victoria Fruit Food 1, 2, 3
Burrow-nesting seabirds – penguins, shearwaters, petrels and gulls L. gladiatum Islands, coastal dunes Michaelmas Is., Western Australia Sward Nest habitat stability / cover 4
Short-tailed shearwater – Puffinus tenuirostris; Little penguin – Eudyptula minor L. laterale Coastal dunes Cape Queen Elizabeth, Tasmania – Nest habitat stability/cover 5
Australasian bittern – Botaurus poiciloptilus (E) L. effusum Lake edges Lake Muir, Western Australia – Habitat 6
White-throated treecreeper – Cormobates leucophaea; superb fairy-wren – Malurus cyaneus; grey shrike-thrush – Colluricincla harmonica; grey fantail – Rhipidura fuliginosa L. laterale Vegetation community boundaries Southern Victoria – Habitat 7
Red-browed finch – Neochmia temporalis L. carphoides L. tetraquetrum Creeklines, heath SW Western Australia Fruit Food 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Beautiful firetail – Stagonopleura bella; red-eared firetail – Stagonopleura oculata L. angustatum, L. gladiatum, L. persecans Forest, coastal vegetation SW Western Australia Fruit Food 9, 13, 14, 15, 16
Red-eared firetail L. angustatum Coastal vegetation Southern Western Australia Fruit Habitat, food 17, 18
Western bristlebird – Dasyornis longirostris (E) Large L. spp. Southern Western Australia – Habitat 15, 19, 20, 21, 22
Eastern bristlebird – Dasyornis brachypterus (E) L. forsythii Unburnt habitats – Habitat 23
Rufous bristlebird – Dasyornis broadbenti (E) L. [elatius], L. laterale, L. gladiatum L. sp. Coastal areas Victoria Swards Leaves Habitat, nest material 22, 24, 25, 26
Pilotbird – Pycnoptilus floccosus L. elatius Wet forests Southern Victoria Tussocks,leaves Preferred habitat, nest site/material 27, 28, 29, 30
Ground parrot – Pezoporus wallicus L. sp. Heath SE Australia Fruit Food 31, 32
Ground parrot L. filiforme Heath Tasmania Fruit Food 33, 34
Western ground parrot – Pezoporus flaviventris (E) Unnamed sp. (as L. brunonianum) Heath Western Australia Fruit Food 35, 36
Crimson rosella – Platycercus elegans L. laterale L. spp. Various Gardens SE Australia Fruit Food 34, 37, 38
Eastern rosella – Platycercus eximius L. laterale SE Australia Fruit Food 34, 39
Orange-bellied parrot – Neophema chrysogaster (juveniles) (CE) L. filiforme SE Australia Fruit Food 34, 40
Orange-bellied parrot (CE) L. spp. L. gladiatum L. sedgelands South Australia Fruit Habitat, food 41
Turquoise parrot – Neophema pulchella L. laterale SE Australia Fruit Food 34, 42
Kakapo – Strigops habroptilus (E in New Zealand) L. australe Codfish, Stewart Is., New Zealand Culms Food 43
Noisy scrub-bird – Atrichornis clamosus (V) L. sp. Manypeaks Large (R. L. Barrett RLB 2476) (as L. longitudinale or L. persecans); L. effusum, L. gladiatum, L. tetraquetrum Dense shrubland, wet gullies East of Albany, Western Australia Tussocks, leaves Nest site and material 15, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, S. Comer, pers. comm.
Western whipbird – Psophodes nigrogularis subsp. leucogaster & subsp. nigrogularis (V) L. spp. Tussocks Nest site, nest material 50, 51, 52, 53
Superb fairy-wren – Malurus cyaneus; splendid fairy-wren – M. splendens; southern emu-wren – Stipiturus malachurus Swamp margins – Habitat 49
Superb fairy-wren Large species Tussocks Nest site 54, 55
Variegated fairy-wren – Malurus lamberti L. spp. Wet gullies Habitat 56
Blue-breasted fairy-wren – Malurus pulcherrimus L. sp. Western Australia Tussocks Nest site 57
Red-winged fairy-wren – Malurus elegans L. effusum, L. longitudinal, L. persecans, ?L. tetraquetrum Dense L. spp. stands, stream & swamp margins SW Western Australia Habitat 49, 58, 59
White-winged fairy-wren – Malurus leucopterus L. sp; probably L. gladiatum Coastal heath SW Western Australia Occasional habitat 49
Mt Lofty Ranges southern emu-wren – Stipiturus malachurus subsp. intermedius (E) L. longitudinale Open wet forest South Australia Fruit, tussocks Food, nest site 60, 61
Eyre Peninsula southern emu-wren – Stipiturus malachurus subsp. parimeda (V) L. viscidum Low woodland, mallee South Australia Habitat 62
Striated fieldwren – Calamanthus fuliginosus L. spp. Regrowth understorey Tussocks Occasional nesting 63
Striated thornbill – Acanthiza lineata; jacky winter – Microeca fascinans; crested shrike-tit – Falcunculus frontatus; rufous whistler – Pachycephala rufiventris Forests Bega, New South Wales Habitat 64
Spotted quail-thrush – Cinclosoma punctatum subsp. anachoreta (CE) L. semiteres Open eucalypt woodland Habitat 65
Helmeted honeyeater – Lichenostomus melanops subsp. cassidix (E); Lewin's rail – Rallus pectoralis (E); spotless crake – Porzana tabuensis; southern emu-wren L. laterale L. spp. Sedge-rich Eucalyptus camphora swamp Victoria Co-occurrence, nesting habitat 66, 67
Yellow-throated honeyeater – Lichenstomus flavicollis L. sp. N Tasmania Tussocks, leaves Nest site, nest material 68, 69
Spotted pardalote – Pardalotus punctatus L. spp. Habitat 64, 70

Abbreviations: V, Vulnerable; E, Endangered; CE, Critically Endangered. These categories refer to current National listings under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act, Australia) unless otherwise specified.