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=== Birds === [[File:Regenthoneyeater.JPG|thumb|left|Regent honeyeater (''[[Anthochaera phrygia]])'']] The red goshawk ''([[Red goshawk|Erythrotriorchis radiatus]])'' is listed as critically endangered under the [[TSC Act]] and is vulnerable under the [[EPBC Act]]. It is a large raptor with a wingspan of up to 60 cm that often preys upon smaller birds. It can be found nesting in tall trees along riparian vegetation.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Observations on the Biology of the Red Goshawk, Erythrotriorchis radiatus in Queensland|last = Czechura|first = G. V.|date = 2009|journal = Australian Field Ornithology|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The black-breasted button-quail (''[[Black-breasted buttonquail|Turnix melanogaster]])'' is also listed as critically endangered, due to 90% of its habitat being cleared since European settlement and the remainder of its rainforest habitat being highly fragmented.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Foraging by the endangered black-breasted button-quail (Turnix melanogaster) within fragmented rainforest of an agricultural landscape.|last1 = Smyth|first1 = A.K.|date = 2001|journal = Biological Conservation|doi = 10.1016/s0006-3207(00)00149-x|last2 = Pavey|first2 = C.R. |volume=98 |issue = 2|pages=149β157}}</ref> The rufous scrub-bird ''([[Rufous scrubbird|Atrichornis rufescens]])'' is a threatened bird on the [[TSC Act]]. This medium size (about 17 cm body size) ground-dwelling bird that relies on dense ground vegetation for nesting.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Rufous Scrub-bird Atrichornis rufescens monitoring at the extremities of the species' range in New South Wales (2010β2012)|last = Newman|first = M.|date = 2014|journal = Australian Field Ornithology}}</ref> Another threatened species is the white-eared monarch ''([[White-eared monarch|Carterornis leucotis]])'', a small bird which relies on insects for the majority of its diet and nests high in the canopy near the rainforest edges.<ref>{{Cite web|title = White-eared Monarch - profile {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|url = http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10540|website = www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-21}}</ref> The marbled frogmouth ''([[Marbled frogmouth|Podargus ocellatus]])'', related to the nightjars family, is a threatened bird listed on the [[TSC Act]]. It prefers rainforest creeks with Bangalow palms or ferns.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Marbled Frogmouth - profile {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|url = http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10640|website = www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-21}}</ref> Several fruit-doves are listed as threatened on the TSC Act, including the superb fruit-dove ''([[Superb fruit dove|Ptilinopus superbus]]),'' the rose-crowned fruit-dove ''([[Rose-crowned fruit dove|Ptilinopus Regina]])'' and the wompoo fruit-dove ''([[Wompoo fruit dove|Ptilinopus magnificus]]).''<ref name=":4" /> The park contains the largest known population of the threatened Albert's lyrebird ''([[Albert's lyrebird|Menura alberti]])'', which is listed on the [[TSC Act]].<ref name=":3" /> There has been a single sighting of the regent honeyeater ''([[Regent honeyeater|Anthochaera Phrygia]])'' at the park. Due to loss of habitat it is listed as critically endangered on the [[TSC Act]] and endangered on the [[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999|EPBC Act]]. The black and yellow bird with a wing span of 30 cm has been for the last two decades the focus of a national conservation effort to save the species from extinction.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal|title = The recovery programme for the Regent honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia: an example of conservation collaboration in Australia.|last = Liu|first = S. C.|date = 2015|journal = International Zoo Yearbook|doi = 10.1111/izy.12040|display-authors=etal |volume=48 |pages=83β91}}</ref>
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