Warrego-Darling 2019-20 Annual Report - Appendix E Waterbird diversity

The Warrego River and its associated wetlands, including the Western Floodplain, supports a range of migratory waterbird species listed under various international migratory bird agreements (JAMBA, CAMBA, ROCAMBA) within the Junction of the Warrego and Darling rivers Selected Area (Selected Area; Commonwealth of Australia 2019). It also supports several species listed as vulnerable under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) including the freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa), brolga (Antigone rubicunda) and white-bellied sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster; Commonwealth of Australia 2019). As such, it supports high conservation value biodiversity and is likely to be an important refuge for waterbirds at a regional scale during dry periods (Capon 2009).