Riverina-Murrumbidgee Birding
The Fivebough and Tuckerbil Ramsar Wetlands near Leeton NSW, are sited on the margins of the Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes Biogeographic Regions (Bioregions) of the Mid and Lower Murrumbidgee River Catchments.
The region being generally bounded by the townships of Wagga Wagga to east, Balranald in the west, north to West Wyalong, and near Jerilderie in the south.
The wetlands also lay in close proximity to two other Bioregions, The Murray Darling Depression, and Cobar Peneplain.
The Riverina-Murrumbidgee region has a high diversity of bird habitats within its four bioregions, i.e. River Red Gum Forests, Callitris (Pine) and Mallee Woodlands, Grasslands, Boree and various Box Woodlands. This together with the presence of the Murrumbidgee River has had in excess of 270 species of birds recorded in the Riverina Region of the Murrumbidgee Catchment.
Lists follow Christidis and Boles 2008