List of birds of Victoria (state)
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This is a list of birds of Victoria, Australia.
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Victoria is Australia's second-smallest state but has high biodiversity, with 516 bird species recorded — around 54% of Australia's total of 959 bird species[1] in just 3% of Australia's land area.[2]
Birds are present in high concentrations in some areas, including the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee in Melbourne's suburbs, which is a haven for tens of thousands of birds, due to a combination of permanent water, varied landforms and plant species.[3]
Victoria contains a wider variety of natural habitats than any area of similar size in Australia.[4] Habitats range from warm temperate rainforest in the far east of the state (East Gippsland), cool temperate rainforest,[5] heathlands,[6] mallee (stunted eucalypt) scrubland,[7] grasslands,[8] open woodland,[9] montane forest,[10] permanent lakes, estuaries, large permanent rivers,[11] ocean and bay coastline.[12] 4 million hectares of the state's 23.7 million hectare total land and marine area is protected in National Parks and conservation reserves.[13]