Cumberland Plain demonstration. Curated observations are labelled MOCK until live connectors succeed. Live adapters (GBIF, iNaturalist) do not silently become authoritative occurrence records.

BSBioSentinelBiological intelligence

Cumberland Plain Woodland

MOCK

Area profile — known life, change, gaps, and related land change.

Known species (sample)

  • Eucalyptus moluccana
  • Eucalyptus tereticornis
  • Themeda triandra
  • Manorina melanocephala
  • Pachycephala rufiventris
  • Climacteris picumnus victoriae
  • Lathamus discolor
  • Meridolum corneovirens

Threatened

  • Swift Parrot
  • Regent Honeyeater
  • Cumberland Plain Land Snail
  • Green and Golden Bell Frog
  • Grey-headed Flying-fox

Invasive

  • African Olive
  • Lantana
  • Common Myna
  • European Red Fox

Communities

  • Cumberland Plain Shale Woodlands and Shale-Gravel Transition Forest (CEEC)
  • small woodland-dependent bird assemblage

Long-term change

Woodland-dependent bird relative detection frequency declined ~31% across the six-site set (2018–2026), with effort held approximately constant.

Survey coverage

Six demonstration monitoring sites, 2018–2026. Acoustic coverage at three sites. Camera coverage at two. eDNA campaign at Kemps Creek only.

Monitoring gaps

Invertebrates, soil biota, nocturnal mammals, and breeding success are thinly observed. Indigenous ecological knowledge is not ingested.

Not recorded / not expected / likely absent

  • not recordedRegent Honeyeater

    Not recorded in the 2018–2026 demonstration surveys. Historically expected as an irregular visitor. Non-detection is not evidence of regional extinction.

  • not expectedKoala

    Not part of the contemporary Cumberland Plain woodland fauna in this AOI. Absence here is ecological expectation, not a survey failure.

  • likely absentPlains-wanderer

    Habitat and historical range do not support occupancy. Treated as likely absent, not a monitoring gap.

Site timeline

  1. 1810-01-01 · baseline
    Grassy woodland on shale

    Historical naturalist and survey descriptions of Cumberland Plain woodland. Coarse provenance.

  2. 1997-01-01 · status
    Ecological community listed

    Statutory recognition of the woodland as a threatened ecological community (listing history continues to CEEC).

  3. 2018-10-01 · survey
    Standardised bird surveys begin

    Effort series starts. This is the analytical baseline for the demonstration, not ecological time-zero.

  4. 2026-09-01 · intelligence
    Woodland bird decline object opened

    Mean 31% relative detection decline with stable effort.