DARLING RIVERINE PLAINS BIOREGION Background Report

16/08/02 Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion Background Report
Common name Scientific name Conservation Number of Dataset
status
records
Australian bustard Ardeotis australis E1, NTGC 70 BA (2), AM (5), WLA (62), Cul(1)
1 Calamanthus fuliginosus has recently been split into two separate species, striated fieldwren Calamanthus
fuliginosus, and the rufous fieldwren Calamanthus campestris (Christides and Boles 1994). The rufous
fieldwren occurs in the DRP, with recent records from near Menindee (Map 36). To date the impact of this
taxonomic revision on the schedules of the TSC Act and their interpretation have yet to be determined.
Key
V Vulnerable under schedule 2 TSC Act (1995) An asterix denotes those species which are also listed as nationally vulnerable under the EPBC
Act.
E Endangered under schedule 1 TSC Act (1995)
J JAMBA: agreement between the government of Australia and the government of Japan for the protection of migratory birds and birds in
danger of extinction and their environment
C CAMBA: agreement between the government of Australia and the government of the People’s Republic of China for the protection of
migratory birds and their environment
EGC endangered as defined by Garnett and Crowley 2000
VGC vulnerable as defined by Garnett and Crowley 2000
NTGC near threatened as defined by Garnett and Crowley 2000
*ExSPS Extinct at a national and taxon level as defined by Smith et al 1994
*ESPS Endangered at a national and taxon level as defined by Smith et al 1994
*VSPS vulnerable at a national and taxon level as defined by Smith et al 1994
*VnSPS vulnerable at a national and taxon level as defined by Smith et al 1994 with recent records probably only non-breeding
*PTSPS possibly threatened at a national and taxon level as defined by Smith et al 1994
ExSPS extinct in New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994
EvSPS endangered in New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994 with recent records probably only vagrants
VSPS vulnerable in New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994
PTSPS possibly threatened in New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994
ExWDSPS extinct in the western division of New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994
PTWDSPS possibly threatened in the western division of New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994
PTnWDSPS possibly threatened in the western division of New South Wales as defined by Smith et al 1994 with recent records probably only nonbreeding
BA Birds Australia Dataset
WLA Atlas of NSW Wildlife Dataset
AM Australian Museum Dataset
CSIRO CSIRO Dataset
Bor Boronga NR Biodiversity Survey
Cul Culgoa and Birrie River Floodplain Vertebrate Fauna Survey
Lum Lumeah (Narran Lake NR) Biodiversity Survey
Narw Narran Lake NR Waterbird Monitoring Program
Tra Trangie Agricultural Research Centre - Faunal Biodiversity Survey
MD Murray Darling Water Management Action Plan - Natural Resources Study (note: some records may have been detected outside the DRP)
This list of threatened species occurring in the DRP is not necessarily comprehensive, as it
includes only the datasets identified in Section 5.1. Other species, such as Hall’s babbler from
Culgoa National Park have also been recorded (NPWS 2001b). The endangered swift parrot
(Lathamus discolor), squatter pigeon (Geophaps scripta), and plains wanderer (Pedionomus
torquatus), and the vulnerable scarlet-chested parrot (Neophema splendida), southern scrubrobin
(Drymodes brunneopygia), masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) and pied honeyeater
(Certhionyx variegatus) are predicted by bioclimatic analysis to occur in the DRP.
In their analysis of the birds of conservation concern of the New South Wales western
division, Smith et al. (1994) defined 60 threatened species and sub-species of native birds.
Twenty-three of these are listed as threatened at the national level (EPBC Act), 23 are listed
as threatened in New South Wales (TSC Act) and 14 considered under threat in the Western
Division. Smith et al. (1994) also identified another 31 species of conservation concern
because of their restricted breeding distribution in the division. This analysis includes more
habitats than are present in the DRP bioregion.
The analysis by Smith et al. (1994) is complemented by the analysis of threatened and
declining birds in the New South Wales sheep-wheat belt (Reid 1999) which covers the
eastern portion of the DRP. In addition to the species formally listed under the TSC Act, this
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