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The status of the Gang-gang Cockatoo as a listed threatened species

To: "'Ian Baird'" <>, <>
Subject: The status of the Gang-gang Cockatoo as a listed threatened species
From: "Chris Davey" <>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:27:11 +1100

Ian, many thanks for the clarification.  I presume you are referring to Q 5 which is not about the ACT but rather ‘our region’ which of course includes New South Wales.

 

Chris

 

 

 

From: Ian Baird [
Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2014 11:38 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] The status of the Gang-gang Cockatoo as a listed threatened species

 

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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