Grazing ducks and plumed whistling-duck 8 25 geese Migratory common sandpiperCJ 1 25 Charadriiform wood sandpiperCJR 1 25 shorebirds Australasian darter 5 1 50 Australian pelican 26 11 1 75 Eastern great egretJ 1 25 hoary-headed grebe 5 25 Piscivores pied cormorant 3 25 sacred kingfisher* 1 5 1 3 100 whiskered tern 1 25 white-faced heron 2 1 1 75 white-necked heron 1 25 Rails and shoreline black-tailed native-hen 55 25 gallinules black kite 1 2 50 Raptor nankeen kestrel 3 25 whistling kite 2 2 1 75 Australian white ibis 1 25 Large wading birds brolga 2 25 yellow-billed spoonbill 5 25 J= listed under JAMBA; C= listed under CAMBA; R= listed under ROKAMBA; V=Vulnerable (NSW TSC Act); E= Endangered (NSW TSC Act); *= breeding activity observed Figure : Species richness recorded across sites in 2015-16 monitoring period. Figure : Number of waterbirds/ha recorded across sites in 2015-16 monitoring period. To further describe patterns in bird community composition, multivariate analysis was undertaken on species abundance data. From the nMDS plots, there appeared to be separation of the data when grouped by season and zone (Figure N8). However, PERMANOVA analysis suggested these differences were non-significant. While the differences between groups were non-significant, SIMPER analysis suggested that different species were associated with each grouping (Table N4).
Grazing ducks and geese plumed whistling-duck 8 25 Migratory Charadriiform shorebirds common sandpiperCJ 1 25 wood sandpiperCJR 1 25 Piscivores Australasian darter 5 1 50 Australian pelican 26 11 1 75 Eastern great egretJ 1 25 hoary-headed grebe 5 25 pied cormorant 3 25 sacred kingfisher* 1 5 1 3 100 whiskered tern 1 25 white-faced heron 2 1 1 75 white-necked heron 1 25 Rails and shoreline gallinules black-tailed native-hen 55 25 Raptor black kite 1 2 50 nankeen kestrel 3 25 whistling kite 2 2 1 75 Large wading birds Australian white ibis 1 25 brolga 2 25 yellow-billed spoonbill 5 25 J= listed under JAMBA; C= listed under CAMBA; R= listed under ROKAMBA; V=Vulnerable (NSW TSC Act); E= Endangered (NSW TSC Act); *= breeding activity observed Figure : Species richness recorded across sites in 2015-16 monitoring period. Figure : Number of waterbirds/ha recorded across sites in 2015-16 monitoring period. To further describe patterns in bird community composition, multivariate analysis was undertaken on species abundance data. From the nMDS plots, there appeared to be separation of the data when grouped by season and zone (Figure N8). However, PERMANOVA analysis suggested these differences were non-significant. While the differences between groups were non-significant, SIMPER analysis suggested that different species were associated with each grouping (Table N4).
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