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==Distribution and habitat== |
==Distribution and habitat== |
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[[Important Bird Area|IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas)]], 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 |access-date=2012-11-04 |work=Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archive-date=10 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
[[Important Bird Area|IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas)]], 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 |access-date=2012-11-04 |work=Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archive-date=10 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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There remains 200 colonies with up to 20 birds within each colony.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-09/endangered-black-eared-miner-frisky-with-wrong-species/101222370</ref><ref>http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=449</ref> Manorina melanotis is probably Australia's rarest and most endangered bird.<ref>https://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/773</ref> |
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The [[Murray Valley Standard]] announced that over $125,000 has been dedicated to protect the endangered black-eared miner, a species nearing extinction due to habitat loss and hybridisation. The Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (MRLB) and their partners have received $125,267 in funding to protect the endangered species.<ref>https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/7812091/new-conservation-project-to-protect-endangered-species/</ref> |
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==Conservation status== |
==Conservation status== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Manorina |
| Species: | M. melanotis
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| Manorina melanotis (Wilson, 1911)
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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 Areas), 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]
There remains 200 colonies with up to 20 birds within each colony.[3][4] Manorina melanotis is probably Australia's rarest and most endangered bird.[5]
The Murray Valley Standard announced that over $125,000 has been dedicated to protect the endangered black-eared miner, a species nearing extinction due to habitat loss and hybridisation. The Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (MRLB) and their partners have received $125,267 in funding to protect the endangered species.[6]
Conservation status
Black-eared miners are listed as endangered on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[7]
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.[7]
- South Australia: Listed as "Endangered" by the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, as of June 2011.[7]
- 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.[8][9] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.[10]
See also
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Manorina melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704441A93968828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704441A93968828.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Black-eared Miner". Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-09/endangered-black-eared-miner-frisky-with-wrong-species/101222370
- ^ http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=449
- ^ https://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/773
- ^ https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/7812091/new-conservation-project-to-protect-endangered-species/
- ^ a b c "Manorina melanotis — Black-eared Miner". Australian Government, Department for the Environment. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Archived 18 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Archived 11 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Photos and audio of black-eared miner from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library
- Recordings of black-eared miner from Graeme Chapman's sound library