Southern NSW Mallee Important Bird Area

The Southern NSW Mallee Important Bird Area comprises an irregularly shaped 8232 km2 tract of land in south-western New South Wales, Australia.

It lies north-west of the town of Balranald, north of Robinvale and east of Mildura.

The climate is semi-arid; temperatures range from a mean maximum in January of 33 °C to a July minimum of 4.5 °C; mean annual rainfall is about 280 mm.

[1] The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it either is known to support, or contains suitable habitat for, a significant population (estimated at 500 individuals) of the vulnerable malleefowl.

[2] Other notable birds recorded in the IBA include flame robins, black and pied honeyeaters, Major Mitchell's cockatoos, purple-crowned lorikeets, regent parrots, shy heathwrens, southern scrub-robins, hooded robins, chestnut quail-thrushes and Gilbert's whistlers.