Australian Government bushfire recovery package for wildlife and their habitat

↑

▷ Содержание

Стр 1 из 4Следующая ⇒

Australian Government bushfire recovery package for wildlife and their habitat

Provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention

The 2019-20 bushfires in southern and eastern Australia have had severe impacts on many animal species. The fires have covered an unusually large area and, in many places, they have burnt with unusually high intensity. Some species were considered threatened before the fires, and the fires have now likely increased their risk of extinction. Many other fire-affected animal species were considered secure and not threatened before the fires, but have now lost much of their habitat and may be imperiled.

To support protection and recovery of these species, conservation action will be needed for many species, at many sites. Such informed management will need to be supported by a wide range of government agencies, non-government conservation organisations, university researchers, community groups and the public.

However, some species are in need of more urgent help than others. The following 113 animal species have been identified by experts as the highest priorities for urgent management intervention in the coming weeks and months. Most of these animals have had at least 30% of their range burnt, and many have had substantially more.

The priority animals were identified based on the extent to which their range has potentially been burnt, how imperiled they were before the fires (for example, whether they were already listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered), and the physical, behavioural and ecological traits which influence their vulnerability to fire. The framework and methods used to determine the priority species is described in the report available on the Department’s website.

The analysis includes animals in bioregions that have been impacted by fires from south-west Western Australia, southern South Australia, Victoria, southern and eastern New South Wales, south-eastern Queensland and Tasmania. A map of this area is available on the Department’s website. This preliminary analysis area may be revised in future versions.

This analysis builds on the initial spatial analysis of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 released by the Department of Environment and Energy on 20 Jan 2020 (http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery/research-and-resources). In addition to listed threatened and migratory species protected under the EPBC Act, this new analysis also includes other mammal, bird, reptile, frog and spiny crayfish species which are not currently listed as threatened under the EPBC Act or by the IUCN but mostly have more than 30% of their range within the burnt areas. The new analysis also incorporates the potential vulnerability of each species to fire, as well as the fire overlap information. We have not yet done this type of analysis for most invertebrates that are not currently listed as threatened under the EPBC Act.

WHAT IS IN THE LIST?

The provisional list includes 13 bird, 19 mammal, 20 reptile, 17 frog, 5 invertebrate, 22 spiny crayfish and 17 freshwater fish species.

Some of these species, like the Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Pugh’s Frog and the Blue Mountains Water Skink, are at imminent risk of extinction because most of their range has been burnt, they were already highly threatened, and they are susceptible to fire and its after effects.

Other species have a substantial portion of their range potentially affected by fires and require emergency intervention and strategic response to support their recovery. These include species like the Smoky Mouse, Koala and Giant Burrowing Frog.

Some species of freshwater fish have been included because they occur downstream of burnt areas, and will probably experience large mortality events if heavy rain washes large volumes of ash and sediment down waterways.  

The priority list includes animals that are not well known, like the Banksia brownii Plant Louse and the Golden-tipped Bat. Some of these animals play important roles in our native ecosystems and their recovery from the fires is important to ecosystem function.

Several listed threatened species that were not included in the analysis published on 20 January have now been identified as priorities, because the more recent data and analysis has shown a greater potential impact on these species.

WHAT IS IN THE TABLE BELOW?

The table groups species by type (birds, mammals, etc) and includes the following columns:

Common Name is the plain language name(s) used for the species.

Scientific Name is the formal name for the species accepted by the Australian Faunal Directory. In some cases, the species is in the process of being formally described.

EPBC Act listed status is the category within the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 threatened species list that the species is listed in. Categories reflect the risk of extinction, with Critically Endangered species being at greatest risk, then Endangered and Vulnerable species. Criteria for listing in each of these categories are set out in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 and follow the global IUCN Red List categories and criteria. One species, the Black-faced Monarch, is listed as Migratory under the EPBC Act because it moves outside of Australia and is subject to international migratory species conservation agreements.

States and territories are the states and territories that the species may occur in. The fires may not have affected each species in all states and territories where it occurs.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Bushfire recovery package for wildlife and their habitat: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery

Species Profile and Threats (SPRAT) Database: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl

GIS data on Species of National Environmental Significance: https://www.environment.gov.au/science/erin/databases-maps/snes

Birds (13 species)

Western Ground Parrot

Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris

Critically Endangered

Kangaroo Island Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus

Endangered

Rufous Scrub-bird

Atrichornis rufescens

Endangered

Regent Honeyeater

Anthochaera phrygia

Critically Endangered

Eastern Bristlebird

Dasyornis brachypterus

Endangered

Albert's Lyrebird

Menura alberti

-

Mainland Ground Parrot

Pezoporus wallicus wallicus

-

Bassian Thrush (South Australian), Western Bassian Thrush

Zoothera lunulata halmaturina

Vulnerable

Black-faced Monarch

Monarcha melanopsis

Migratory

Mammals (19 species)

Kangaroo Island Dunnart

Sminthopsis griseoventer aitkeni

Endangered

Hastings River Mouse, Koontoo

Pseudomys oralis

Endangered

Long-footed Potoroo

Potorous longipes

Endangered

Kangaroo Island Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus

Endangered

Mountain Pygmy-possum

Burramys parvus

Endangered

Silver-headed Antechinus

Antechinus argentus

Endangered

Broad-toothed Rat (mainland), Tooarrana

Mastacomys fuscus mordicus

Vulnerable

Smoky Mouse, Konoom

Pseudomys fumeus

Endangered

Koala (combined populations of Qld, NSW, ACT)

Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of Qld, NSW, ACT)

Vulnerable

Parma Wallaby

Notomacropus parma

-

Yellow-bellied Glider

Petaurus australis

-

Greater Glider

Petauroides volans

Vulnerable

Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby

Petrogale penicillata

Vulnerable

Long-nosed Potoroo (SE Mainland)

Potorous tridactylus tridactylus

Vulnerable

Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll

Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (South-east mainland population)

Endangered

New Holland Mouse, Pookila

Pseudomys novaehollandiae

Vulnerable

Reptiles (20 species)

Blue Mountains Water Skink

Eulamprus leuraensis

Endangered

Georges' Snapping Turtle

Wollumbinia georgesi

Critically Endangered

Long Sunskink

Lampropholis elongata

-

Nangur Spiny Skink

Nangura spinosa

Critically Endangered

Bell's Turtle

Wollumbinia belli

Vulnerable

Manning River Helmeted Turtle

Myuchelys purvisi

-

Broad-headed Snake

Hoplocephalus bungaroides

Vulnerable

Kaputar Rock Skink

Egernia roomi

-

Guthega Skink

Liopholis guthega

Endangered

Alpine She-oak Skink

Cyclodomorphus praealtus

Endangered

Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink

Coeranoscincus reticulatus

Vulnerable

Alpine Bog Skink

Pseudemoia cryodroma

-

Frogs (17 species)

Northern Corroboree Frog

Pseudophryne pengilleyi

Critically Endangered

Mountain Frog

Philoria kundagungan

-

Pugh's Frog

Philoria pughi

-

Sphagnum Frog

Philoria sphagnicola

-

Peppered Tree Frog

Litoria piperata

Vulnerable

Southern Corroboree Frog

Pseudophryne corroboree

Critically Endangered

Spotted Tree Frog

Litoria spenceri

Endangered

Kroombit Tinker Frog

Taudactylus pleione

Critically Endangered

Giant Burrowing Frog

Heleioporus australiacus

Vulnerable

New England treefrog, Glandular Frog

Litoria subglandulosa

-

Tyler's Toadlet

Uperoleia tyleri

-

Littlejohn's Tree Frog, Heath Frog

Litoria littlejohni

Vulnerable

Richmond Range Sphagnum Frog

Philoria richmondensis

-

Davies' Tree Frog

Litoria daviesae

-

Stuttering Frog, Southern Barred Frog

Mixophyes balbus

Vulnerable

Giant Barred Frog

Mixophyes iteratus

Endangered

Fleay's Frog

Mixophyes fleayi

Endangered

Spiny Crayfish (22 species)

Arte Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus sp. 1

-

Vic

Cann Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus sp. 2

-

Vic

West Snowy Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus sp. 3

-

Vic

Tianjara Crayfish

Euastacus guwinus

-

NSW

Small Crayfish

Euastacus spinichelatus

-

NSW

Smooth Crayfish

Euastacus girurmulayn

-

NSW

Ellen Clark's Crayfish

Euastacus clarkae

-

NSW

Orbost Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus diversus

-

Vic

Hairy Cataract Crayfish

Euastacus pilosus

-

NSW

East Gippsland Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus bidawalus

-

Vic

Alpine Crayfish

Euastacus crassus

-

ACT NSW Vic

Gamilaroi Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus gamilaroi

-

NSW

Morgan's Crayfish

Euastacus morgani

-

NSW

Blue-Black Crayfish

Euastacus jagabar

-

NSW

Sutton's Crayfish

Euastacus suttoni

-

NSW Qld

Clayton's Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus claytoni

-

NSW Vic

Bloodclaw Crayfish

Euastacus gumar

-

NSW

Fish (17 species)

Yalmy Galaxias

Galaxias sp. nov. 'yalmy'

-

Vic

McDowall's Galaxias

Galaxias mcdowalli

-

Vic

East Gippsland Galaxias

Galaxias aequipinnis

-

Vic

Stocky Galaxias

Galaxias tantangara

-

NSW

Dargo Galaxias

Galaxias mungadhan

-

Vic

Short-tail Galaxias

Galaxias brevissimus

-

NSW

Flathead Galaxias

Galaxias rostratus

Critically Endangered

NSW SA Vic

Honey Blue-eye

Pseudomugil mellis

Vulnerable

Qld

Roundsnout Galaxias

Galaxias terenasus

-

NSW Vic

River Blackfish (south western Victoria)

Gadopsis sp. nov. 'Western Victoria'

-

Vic

Swan Galaxias

Galaxias fontanus

Endangered

Tas

Oxleyan Pygmy Perch

Nannoperca oxleyana

Endangered

NSW Qld

Non-parasitic Lamprey

Mordacia praecox

-

NSW Qld Vic

Clarence River Cod, Eastern Freshwater Cod

Maccullochella ikei

Endangered

NSW

Macquarie Perch ‘MDB taxa’

Macquaria australasica 'MDB taxa'

Endangered at the species level

ACT NSW Vic

Cann Galaxias

Galaxias sp. 17 'Cann'

-

Vic

Blue Mountains Perch, Hawkesbury Perch

Macquaria sp. nov. 'hawkesbury taxon'

Endangered at the species level

NSW