Those who attended the COG Gala Dinner last night and participated in the ‘Trivia Quiz’ (-an outstandingly successful event enjoyed by everyone who attended!), may have gained the impression that the Gang-gang Cockatoo is listed as threatened under ACT or Commonwealth law. It is not so listed.
Those bird species currently listed as threatened with extinction under ACT law may be found at:
http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/di/2012-11/current/pdf/2012-11.pdf
They are: Listed as Endangered: Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia;
Listed as Vulnerable: Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata; Swift Parrot Lathamus discolour; Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii; Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta; Varied Sitella Daphoenositta chrysoptera; White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii ; Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides; Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami.
Several of the above bird species are, of course, also listed as threatened under the Commonwealth’s EPBC Act, which means those species so listed are also effectively listed (ie. as threatened species) under ACT planning and environment law. The Gang-gang Cockatoo is not one of those species.
(Note: a good place to go to check the current listed status of species under Australian law as it affects the ACT is the SPRAT database maintained by the Cwlth. Dept of Environment. The link to the SPRAT database is: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl )
However, the Gang-gang Cockatoo is listed as Vulnerable , but under the NSW’s Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 for NSW only, and has been so since 2008, see link: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/schedules/Ganggang.pdf
Ian Baird
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