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Naree Bird Surveys, north western NSW

Friday, 3 July 2026

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Between 2018 and 2023, BirdLife Northern NSW helped support annual surveys of arid zone birds in north western NSW. These surveys took place at Naree and Yantabulla Stations, about 4 hours west of Bourke.

Recently published papers by Sue Gould, and Steve Debus et al. using data from these surveys, are linked below.
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Debus, S., Koungoulos, L., McDowell, M. & Tsang, L. (2026). Further dietary samples of the Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica delicatula from the eastern Australian arid zone, Australian Field Ornithology, vol. 43, pp. 82–85. doi: 10.20938/afo43082085.

Gould, S.F. (2026). Bird abundance peaked during dry conditions in an Australian arid zone bird assemblage, Emu – Austral Ornithology, pp. 1–12. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2026.2667964.