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Pilot National Park.
       Most of it lies within protected areas or state forests, encompassing only small blocks
       of private land. The site has been identified as an KBA because it provides feeding habitat for relatively large numbers of non-breeding Swift Parrots when flowering conditions are suitable, as well as the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater. It also supports small numbers of Painted Honeyeaters, Diamond Firetails and Flame Robins (Petroica phoenicea). Declining woodland birds still present in the KBA include Brown Treecreepers (Climacteris picumnus), Speckled Warblers (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus), Hooded Robins (Melanodryas cucullata), Grey-crowned Babblers (Pomatostomus temporalis), Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) and, occasionally, migrant Black          Honeyeaters (Sugomel nigrum). Crested Bellbirds (Oreoica gutturalis) are locally extinct.

     1.8     Habitat critical to the survival of the
                Painted Honeyeater
    Habitat critical to the survival of a species or ecological community refers to areas that are necessary:
         * For activities such as foraging, breeding, roosting, or dispersal;
         * For the long-term maintenance of the species or ecological community (including the maintenance of species essential to the survival of the species or ecological community, such as pollinators);
         * To maintain genetic diversity and long-term evolutionary development; or
         * For the reintroduction of populations or recovery of the species or ecological community.

    Such habitat may be, but is not limited to: habitat identified in a recovery plan for      the species or ecological community as habitat critical for that species or ecological
    community; and/or habitat listed on the Register of Critical Habitat maintained by the Minister under the EPBC Act.

    Habitat critical to the survival of the Painted Honeyeater includes:

    Breeding habitat
        * Known or likely breeding habitat in Boree/Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula), Brigalow (A. harpophylla) woodlands, box-gum woodlands and box-ironbark forests on the inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Victoria and southern Queensland.

    Foraging habitat
        * All preferred foraging species within known and likely foraging habitat particularly mistletoes of the genus Amyema growing on forest and woodland eucalypts            and acacias.

    Habitat for the long-term maintenance of the species
        * All Key Biodiversity Areas with Painted Honeyeater as a Trigger species.
        * Suitable habitat in future climate niches as information becomes available.

    Key considerations in environmental impact assessments
    Painted Honeyeaters occur across a large area and are known to be highly mobile. However, knowledge of their movement is still not fully understood. It has been suggested that seasonal movements are linked to plant productivity, food supply and drought impacts (Higgins 1999).

    Habitat critical to the survival of the Painted Honeyeater occurs across a wide range of land tenures, including on freehold land, travelling stock routes and reserves, publicly owned forests and state reserves, and national parks. It is important that suitable habitat is retained and that