Gibraltar Range National Park
New South Wales
The park is an important site for Australian logrunners
Nearest town or cityGlen Innes
Established1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)
Area253 km2 (97.7 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesNational Parks and Wildlife Service NSW
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

Gibraltar Range is a national park located in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi)northeast of Glen Innes and 493 kilometres (306 mi) north of Sydney. The Park is part of the Washpool and Gibraltar Range area, which is designed as a World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. This area was inscribed in 1986 and was later added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[1]

Birds

The Gibraltar Range a national park encompasses an area of 366-square-kilometre (141 sq mi) and is recognised as the Gibraltar Range Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is a block of highland forest that supports one of only five remaining populations of the vulnerable rufous scrub-bird, as well as significant populations of green catbirds, Australian runners, paradise riflebirds and pale-yellow robins.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gibraltar Range National Park". N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "IBA: Gibraltar Range". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-24.


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