Moresby Range National Park, National park in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Moresby Range National Park is a national park in the Cassowary Coast Region of Far North Queensland, about 5 km southeast of Innisfail. It protects a small, low range covered in tropical coastal rainforest, rising to around 160 metres above sea level, with about 8% of the park classed as wetlands.
Moresby Range National Park was established on 2 December 2005, not in 1973. It lies in the Cassowary Coast Region near Innisfail and forms part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, a classification assigned by BirdLife International for lowland tropical rainforest birds.
The park lies within the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, a designation BirdLife International assigned for its role in conserving lowland tropical rainforest birds. The spectacled flying fox is the only rare or threatened species identified in the park. In 2010, five cassowaries living there were fitted with GPS dataloggers and VHF transmitters to track their movements.
Visitors access the park through marked trails near Innisfail following guidelines from Queensland's environmental authority. The dense vegetation keeps the environment humid, so proper footwear and insect protection are useful precautions.
Researchers studied cassowary movement patterns within the park using tracking technology. These studies revealed how this rare species navigates through different parts of the forest and uses its environment.
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