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==Distribution and habitat==
==Distribution and habitat==
[[Important Bird Area|Sites]], identified by [[BirdLife International]] as being important for black-eared miner conservation, are areas containing relatively intact mallee woodland in north-western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and south-eastern [[South Australia]]. They comprise [[Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area|Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello]], the [[Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area|Riverland Mallee]], and [[Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat Important Bird Area|Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Black-eared Miner |accessdate=2012-11-04 |work=Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5QE8rvIqH?url=http://www.birdlife.org/ |archivedate=10 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
[[Important Bird Area|IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Area) Sites]], identified by [[BirdLife International]] as being important for black-eared miner conservation, are areas containing relatively intact mallee woodland in north-western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and south-eastern [[South Australia]]. They comprise [[Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area|Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello]], the [[Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area|Riverland Mallee]], and [[Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat Important Bird Area|Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Black-eared Miner |accessdate=2012-11-04 |work=Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5QE8rvIqH?url=http://www.birdlife.org/ |archivedate=10 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==

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Black-eared miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Manorina
Species:
M. melanotis
Binomial name
Manorina melanotis
(Wilson, 1911)
Distribution of the black-eared miner

The black-eared miner (Manorina melanotis) is an endangered honeyeater endemic to mallee woodland in south-eastern Australia.

Taxonomy

It is closely related to the much more widely distributed yellow-throated miner M. flavigula, and the taxonomic status of the black-eared miner is the subject of some controversy, with some researchers considering it a subspecies of M. flavigula.

Behaviour

Black-eared miners are co-operative breeders, living in colonies during the breeding season, and dispersing into the bush during non-breeding periods. Little is known of their movements during these periods.

Distribution and habitat

IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Area) Sites, identified by BirdLife International as being important for black-eared miner conservation, are areas containing relatively intact mallee woodland in north-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. They comprise Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello, the Riverland Mallee, and Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat.[2]

Conservation status

Black-eared miners are listed as endangered on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[3]

The species' conservation status in several Australian states follows:

  • New South Wales: Listed as "Critically Endangered" by the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 as of May 2015.[3]
  • South Australia: Listed as "Endangered" by the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, as of June 2011.[3]
  • Victoria: Listed as "Threatened" by the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988), as of April 2015, and as "endangered" on the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna.[4][5] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Manorina melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ "Black-eared Miner". Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Manorina melanotis — Black-eared Miner". Australian Government, Department for the Environment. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0.
  5. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Archived 18 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Archived 11 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine