Have to say the information on the Department of Environments website is very
obtuse (won't comment whether this is deliberate or not). The key link of
changes is https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L00648 - this lists a
number of additions, two removals and one status change for the Swift Parrot (I
would call this a down grade, but maybe better termed as a more accurate
reflection of the species' status). With the recent IUCN listing of Eastern
Curlews and the listings of various other waders on EPBC there is finally some
attention being paid to the serious plight of waders (and their habitat) in the
Asia Pacific Region.
If you look at the section that lists changes since the commencement of the
EPBC Act
(http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-tmp/publiclistchanges.69d2572e8d5ee77d873e.html
- hopefully this link will work) it lists a whole series of other species
(such as the albatross mentioned below). My thoughts on this are that a number
of other species' status were being re-evaluted against the criteria (either
for removal or change of status) and that this has also concluded, and the
status retained as is. Hopefully this makes sense, but I am aware that Superb
Parrot is being retained as a Vulnerable species following reassessment, and I
am assuming this is the case with the multiple other species that are listed
here.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Peter
> From:
> Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 22:11:45 +1000
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Conservation Status changes gazetted on 5 May 2016
> CC:
>
> G’day Mark
>
> If you look at the departmental website, you will see that there are 49
> species gazetted on the 5th of May. That is where the number quoted by the
> Guardian comes from. I cannot say what the changes are that led to their
> listing.
>
>
> On 7 May 2016, at 7:28 pm, Dr Mark Carey <> wrote:
>
> > Hi Laurie
> >
> > I don't understand where the number 49 comes from? Albatrosses are already
> > listed under the EPBC Act as threatened species. From memory most were
> > listed in 2000 and have a current recovery plan. The link in the article
> > shows there's just been an update to their scientific name. Swift Parrot is
> > also already listed as a threatened species and has now moved from
> > endangered to critically endangered. In my view they're hardly 'new
> > additions' to the threatened species list. Did ACF get it wrong?
> >
> > Grateful for further advice. Regards, Mark
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 7 May 2016, at 1:13 PM, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
> >>
> >> see
> >> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/07/australia-quietly-adds-49-species-to-threatened-and-endangered-lists
> >> for a discussion
> >>
> >> see
> >> http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-tmp/publiclistchanges.17a4572b13bc386e313d.html
> >> for the list
> >>
> >> The birds include
> >>
> >> Amytornis dorotheae (Carpentarian Grasswren) Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Calidris canutus (Red Knot, Knot) Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot) Critically Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover)
> >> Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover) Endangered
> >> 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea amsterdamensis (Amsterdam Albatross) Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea antipodensis (Antipodean Albatross) Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni (Gibson's Albatross) Vulnerable
> >> 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea dabbenena (Tristan Albatross) Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea epomophora (sensu stricto) (Southern Royal Albatross)
> >> Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Diomedea sanfordi (Northern Royal Albatross) Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Lathamus discolor (Swift Parrot) Transfer from Endangered to Critically
> >> Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Limosa lapponica baueri (Bar-tailed Godwit (baueri), Western Alaskan
> >> Bar-tailed Godwit) Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Limosa lapponica menzbieri (Bar-tailed Godwit (menzbieri), Northern
> >> Siberian Bar-tailed Godwit) Critically Endangered 05-May-2016
> >> Petroica multicolor (Norfolk Island Robin) Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Thalassarche impavida (Campbell Albatross, Campbell Black-browed
> >> Albatross) Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >> Thalassarche salvini (Salvin's Albatross) Vulnerable 05-May-2016
> >>
> >>
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