Mount Magnificent Conservation Park 63km S from Adelaide CBD Where is it?: Mount Magnificent Conservation Park is c. 8km NE of Mount Compass between Blackfellows Creek Road and Mount Magnificent Road. Owner: Department for Environment and Water Property summary: Total area 90 hectares. Hundred of Kondoparinga – Section 95, Hundred of Kuitpo – Sections 293 and 931, Hundred of Myponga – Section 765. Landscape Region: Hills and Fleurieu History: Section 293, Hundred of Kuitpo was proclaimed as Mount Magnificent National Park on 1967 on 10 August 19671. It was re-proclaimed on 27 April 1972 as Mount Magnificent Conservation Park2. Sections 95, 765 and 931 were added on 19 July 20183. Allotment 41 (Deposited Plan 114700) was removed on 19 July 20184. Allotment 42 (Deposited Plan 114700) was added on 17 June 2021. Habitat: The vegetation is Open Forest consisting of Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) +/- Brown Stringy bark (E. baxteri) +/- Pink Gum (E. fasciculosa) +/- Cup Gum (E. cosmophylla). Understorey plants include Yacca (Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. semiplana), Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), Myrtle Wattle (A. myrtifolia), Desert Banskia (Banskia ornata) and Large-leaf Pea Bush (Pultenaea daphnoides). Total Species Recorded to Date: 91 (non-passerines 41, passerines 50) Common Species: White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairywren, New Holland Honeyeater, Striated Thornbill, Australian Magpie Less Common Species: Elegant Parrot, White-faced Heron, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Willie Wagtail, Rufous Whistler References: 1 Government of South Australia (1967). National Parks Act 1966: Hundred of Kuitpo—Mount Magnificent National Park. (10 August 1967) 2 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (SA). sch 4. p. 3. (19 March 2021) 3 Government of South Australia (2018). National Parks and Wildlife (Mount Magnificent Conservation Park) Proclamation 2018. (19 July 2018) 4 Government of South Australia (2018). National Parks and Wildlife (Mount Magnificent Conservation Park—Public Road) Proclamation 2018. (19 July 2018) 5 Government of South Australia (2021). National Parks and Wildlife (Mount Magnificent Conservation Park) Proclamation 2021. (17 June 2021) Updated:13/03/2022 Download the bird list