page_title: Cumberland Plain
section_title: Fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Cumberland Plain / Ecology / Fauna
caption_attribution_description: A seating area adjacent to the eucalyptus woods which border Prospect Creek, in Rosford Street Reserve (which adjoins Long Street Park), in Smithfield, a western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Eucalyptus species in the woodland include Eucalyptus amplifolia and Eucalyptus tereticornis.
context_page_description: The Cumberland Plain, an IBRA biogeographic region, is a relatively flat region lying to the west of Sydney CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Cumberland Basin is the preferred physiographic and geological term for the low-lying plain of the Permian-Triassic Sydney Basin found between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, and it is a structural sub-basin of the Sydney Basin.
  The Cumberland Plain has an area of roughly 2,750 square kilometres. Shaping the geography of Sydney, it extends from 10 kilometres north of Windsor in the north, to Picton in the south; and from the Nepean-Hawkesbury River in the west almost to Sydney City's Inner West in the east. Much of the Sydney metropolitan area is located on the Plain. The Hornsby Plateau is located to the north and is dissected by steep valleys.
  The area lies on Triassic shales and sandstones. The region mostly consists of low rolling hills and wide valleys in a rain shadow area near the Blue Mountains. The annual rainfall of the plain is typically around 700–900 mm, and is generally lower than the elevated terrain that partially surrounds it. Common vegetation in the Cumberland Plain is eucalyptus trees.
context_section_description: The Cumberland Plain is home to a variety of bird, insect, reptile and mammal species, including bats. Arachnid, amphibian and crustacean species are also present. 
  About 40 species of reptiles are found in the Cumberland Plain. 30 bird species exist in the urban areas, with the common ones being the Australian magpie, Australian raven, noisy miner and the pied currawong. Introduced birds include the common mynah, common starling and the house sparrow. 
  14 mammal species are widespread in the plain, with common species being those of bats and possums. The outskirts of the Cumberland Plain, such as those adjacent to large parks, have a great diversity of wildlife.
caption: A riparian woodland in an urban park in western Sydney with casuarina and eucalyptus trees.
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