 ), flax leafed wattle ("Acacia linifolia"), bracken ("Pteridium esculentum"), grey spider flower ("Grevillea buxifolia/sphacelata"), red spider flower ("Grevillea oleoides"), pink spider flower ("Grevillea sericea") and native iris ("Patersonia sericea/glabrata/longifolia") to literally name a few of the hundreds of beautiful flora encountered in this diverse and widespread habitat.Even certain hybrid species may be encountered such as the common "Banksia ericifolia x spinulosus" or the rarer "Angophora costata x hispida".Birds that frequent this habitat include Golden whistlers ("Pachycephala pectoralis"), yellow-tailed black cockatoos ("Calyptorhynchus funereus"), laughing kookaburra ("Dacelo novaeguineae"), eastern whipbirds ("Psophodes olivaceus"), New Holland honeyeaters ("Phylidonyris novaehollandiae"), eastern spinebill ("Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris"), rufous whistlers ("Pachycephala rufiventris"), willie wagtails ("Rhipidura leucophrys"), superb fairywrens ("Malurus cyaneus"), crimson rosellas/mountain lowry ("Platycercus elegans"), yellow-rumped thornbills ("Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)" and white-browed scrubwrens ("Sericornis frontalis").