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Wooroonooran Important Bird Area

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22: 345: 84:, rising to about 1600 m and the highest peaks in northern Australia. Much of the area has previously been selectively logged, though the impact of such logging has been relatively minor and its 125: 306: 97: 389: 212:, all of which are endemic to the Queensland Wet Tropics. As well as the birds, the IBA is important for a range of locally endemic fauna including the 241: 418: 408: 413: 382: 375: 277: 88:
remains largely intact. The site contains, or largely overlaps with, numerous protected areas, including the
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comprises some 5125 km of mainly forested land in the
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The IBA is an important site for southern cassowaries
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Head and upper body of southern cassowary
Wet Tropics of Queensland
World Heritage Site
Far North Queensland
Australia
tropical rainforest
Port Douglas
Cairns
Lucinda
granite
Mounts Bartle Frere
Bellenden Ker
ecological integrity
Barron Gorge
Danbulla
Dinden
Girringun
Japoon
Kirrama
Kuranda
Malaan
Mowbray
Murray Upper
Tully Gorge
Wooroonooran National Parks
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
southern cassowaries
tooth-billed
golden bowerbirds

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