Threatened fauna of Australia

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    Threatened fauna of Australia are those

    World Conservation Union (IUCN), however IUCN and Australian rankings do differ. Each state and territory has its own legislation
    relating to environmental protection.

    Based on the

    list of Australian animals extinct in the Holocene, about 33 mammals (27 from the mainland, including the thylacine), 24 birds (three from the mainland), one reptile, and three frog species or subspecies are strongly believed to have become extinct in Australia during the Holocene epoch. These figures exclude dubious taxa like the Roper River scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi) and possibly extinct taxa like the Christmas Island shrew
    (Crocidura trichura).

    2020: new database of threatened mammals

    A new online database of threatened mammals launched on 22 April 2020 reported that there had been a decline of more than a third of threatened mammal numbers in the past 20 years, but the data also show that targeted conservation efforts are working. The Threatened Mammal Index "is compiled from more than 400,000 individual surveys, and contains population trends for 57 of Australia's threatened or near-threatened terrestrial and marine mammal species".[1]

    Extinct in the wild

    One fish is listed as extinct in the wild.

    Critically endangered

    Five mammals, six birds, two reptiles, three fish and five other species are listed as critically endangered.

    Invertebrates

    Fish

    Reptiles

    • Western swamp tortoise
      , Pseudemydura umbrina
    • Leathery turtle
      , leatherback turtle, luth, Dermochelys coriacea

    Birds

    Mammals

    Endangered

    Thirty-four mammals, thirty-eight birds, eleven reptiles, eighteen frogs, sixteen fishes and eleven other species are listed as endangered.


    Invertebrates

    Fish

    This exceptionally large Macquarie perch
    was caught on a lure (visible in the picture) and was carefully released.

    Amphibians

    Corroboree frog
    • White-bellied frog, creek frog,
      Geocrinia alba
    • Yellow-spotted tree frog, yellow-spotted bell frog,
      Litoria castanea
    • Armoured mistfrog,
      Litoria lorica
    • Waterfall frog, torrent tree frog,
      Litoria nannotis
    • Mountain mistfrog,
      Litoria nyakalensis
    • Spotted tree frog,
      Litoria spenceri
    • Fleay's frog,
      Mixophyes fleayi
    • Southern barred frog, giant barred frog,
      Mixophyes iteratus
    • Lace-eyed tree frog, Australian lace-lid,
      Nyctimystes dayi
    • Baw Baw frog,
      Philoria frosti
    • Southern corroboree frog,
      Pseudophryne corroboree
    • Sunset frog,
      Spicospina flammocaerulea
    • Eungella day frog,
      Taudactylus eungellensis
    • Tinkling frog,
      Taudactylus rheophilus
    • Booroolong frog,
      Litoria booroolongensis

    Reptiles

    Loggerhead turtle

    Birds

    Gouldian finch
    , Erythrura gouldiae
    • Brown thornbill (King Island subspecies), Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi
    • Christmas Island goshawk
      , Accipiter fasciatus natalis
    • Wedge-tailed eagle (Tasmanian subspecies), Aquila audax fleayi
    • Red-tailed black-cockatoo
      (south-eastern subspecies), Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne
    • Glossy black-cockatoo
      (South Australian and Kangaroo Island subspecies), Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus
    • Carnaby's black cockatoo, short-billed black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus latirostris
    • Southern cassowary (Australian subspecies), Casuarius casuarius johnsonii
    • Common emerald dove (Christmas Island subspecies), Chalcophaps indica natalis
    • red-fronted parakeet
      ), Cyanoramphus cookii
    • Coxen's fig parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
    Golden-shouldered parrot

    Mammals

    Tiger quoll

    Vulnerable

    Invertebrates

    • Draculoides bramstokeri
    • Mount Arthur burrowing crayfish
      , Engaeus orramakunna
    • Burnie burrowing crayfish
      , Engaeus yabbimunna
    • remipede
      crustacean
    • Giant Gippsland earthworm, Megascolides australis
    • Bathurst copper
      , purple copper, Paralucia spinifera

    Fish

    The red handfish
    Great white shark

    Frogs

    Growling grass frog

    Reptiles

    Ornamental snake

    Birds

    • Slender-billed thornbill (western subspecies), Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
    • Grey grasswren (Bulloo River subspecies), Amytornis barbatus barbatus
    • Thick-billed grasswren
      (eastern subspecies), Amytornis textilis modestus
    • Thick-billed grasswren (Gawler Ranges subspecies), Amytornis textilis myall
    • Lesser noddy (Australian subspecies), Anous tenuirostris melanops
    • Noisy scrub-bird
      , Atrichornis clamosus
    • Muir's corella, Cacatua pastinator pastinator
    • Baudin's black-cockatoo
      , long-billed black-cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii
    • Cape Barren goose (south-western subspecies), Recherche Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea
    Cape Barren goose
    • Western bristlebird, Dasyornis longirostris
    • Antipodean albatross, Diomedea antipodensis
    • Southern royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora
    • Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
    • Gibson's albatross, Diomedea gibsoni
    • Red goshawk, Erythrotriorchis radiatus
    • Crested shrike-tit
      (northern subspecies), northern shrike-tit, Falcunculus frontatus whitei
    • Christmas Island frigatebird
      , Andrew's frigatebird, Fregata andrewsi
    • White-bellied storm-petrel
      (Tasman Sea or Australasian subspecies), Fregetta grallaria grallaria
    • Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies), Geophaps scripta scripta
    • Partridge pigeon (western subspecies), Geophaps smithii blaauwi
    • Partridge pigeon (eastern subspecies), Geophaps smithii smithii
    • Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea
    • Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata
    • Northern giant-petrel
      , Macronectes halli
    • Purple-crowned fairy-wren
      , (western subspecies), Malurus coronatus coronatus
    • White-winged fairywren (Barrow Island subspecies), Barrow Island black-and-white fairywren, Malurus leucopterus edouardi
    • White-winged fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island subspecies), Dirk Hartog black-and-white fairy-wren, Malurus leucopterus leucopterus
    • Crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies), Neochmia phaeton evangelinae
    • Christmas Island hawk-owl
      , Ninox natalis
    • Norfolk golden whistler, Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta
    Golden whistler

    Mammals

    Conservation dependent

    Four fish and one mammal are

    conservation dependent
    .

    Fish

    Mammals

    Threatened species legislation

    Federal legislation

    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) and Regulations set up a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places.

    State legislation

    Further information: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 § State acts

    Threatened species in Australia are protected by, or affected by, four main types of legislation:

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Kilvert, Nick (22 April 2020). "Australia's threatened mammals decline by more than a third since 1990s, but there's a silver lining". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
    2. ^ "List of Threatened Fauna". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
    3. ^ "Australian 'genital-breathing' turtle faces extinction, group says".

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