Priority species - Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

Table 1c. Back on Track priority bird and mammal species for the South East Queensland NRM region.
SEQ = South East Queensland rank, Statewide = rank determined by Department of Environment and
Resource Management criteria weighting exercise, C = Critical priority, H = High priority, M = Medium priority.
See Appendix 1 for threatened species listing under State and Commonwealth legislation.
Species Name
Birds
Common Name
Back on Track rank
SEQ Statewide
Atrichornis rufescens rufous scrub-bird C C
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni Coxen's fig-parrot C C
Dasyornis brachypterus eastern bristlebird H H
Erythrotriorchis radiatus red goshawk H H
Esacus magnirostris beach stone-curlew H H
Pezoporus wallicus wallicus ground parrot H H
Sternula albifrons little tern H H
Turnix melanogaster black-breasted button-quail C C
Mammals
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus spotted-tailed quoll (southern subspecies) H H
Dugong dugon dugong C C
Kerivoula papuensis golden-tipped bat H M
Petaurus australis australis yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies) H H
Petrogale penicillata brush-tailed rock-wallaby H H
Pteropus poliocephalus grey-headed flying-fox C C
Scoteanax rueppellii greater broad-nosed bat H M
Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin C C
Xeromys myoides water mouse (false water-rat) C H
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