Karara and Lochada Important Bird Area

The Karara and Lochada Important Bird Area is a 2404 km2 tract of land in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about 30 km east of the town of Morawa and 320 km north-east of Perth.

It contains large areas of Acacia shrubland with some open eucalypt woodland.

It lies at an altitude of 280–400 m above sea level in pastoral country adjacent to the wheatbelt.

Its average annual rainfall of about 300 mm is highly variable and falls mainly in winter.

[1] The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it supports populations of the vulnerable malleefowl and the restricted-range western corella, as well as of Bourke's and regent parrots, western bowerbirds, rufous treecreepers, black honeyeaters, slaty-backed thornbills, chiming wedgebills, chestnut-breasted quail-thrushes and western yellow robins.