Editing Staaten River National Park

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| name                   = Staaten River National Park
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The '''Staaten River National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[Queensland]], Australia, 1,640&nbsp;km northwest of [[Brisbane, Australia|Brisbane]]. It receives its name from the [[Staaten River]] which flows through the park.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/listing/1046500/australia/qld/tropicalqld/gulfsavannah/staaten-river-national-pa/ | title=Staaten River National Park | access-date=29 December 2010 | publisher=Total Travel}}</ref>

==Environment==
The park encompasses an extensive section of the least modified [[Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands|tropical savannas]] in Queensland.  The vegetation is [[savanna]] [[woodland]] dissected by [[ephemeral]] streams with a small number of permanent or semi-permanent waterholes.  It has few exotic [[weed]]s or [[introduced species|introduced animals]].<ref name=bli>BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Staaten River. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/10/2011.</ref>

===Important Bird Area===
The park has been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) by [[BirdLife International]] because it supports a large population of up to a thousand [[endangered]] [[golden-shouldered parrot]]s. [[Feral pig]]s destroy the parrots' nesting mounds and reduce the bird's food source.  When conditions allow the pigs population to grow significantly the animal is culled by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.<ref name="hfpcw">{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-07/hope-feral-pigs-cull-will-save-endangered-parrot/3716510 |title=Hope feral pigs cull will save endangered parrot |author=Kirsty Nancarrow |access-date=7 December 2011 |date=7 December 2011 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}</ref>

It also supports populations of [[Australian bustard]]s, [[bush stone-curlew]]s, [[black-throated finch|black-throated]] and [[masked finch]]es, [[varied lorikeet]]s, and [[yellow-tinted honeyeater|yellow-tinted]], [[banded honeyeater|banded]], [[yellow honeyeater|yellow]] and [[bar-breasted honeyeater]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Staaten River |access-date=2011-10-24 |work= Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
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{{Far North Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:Carpentaria tropical savanna]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Queensland]]
[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Australia]]



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