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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study Table 17. Conservation listed shorebird and seabirds records from Point Hicks Marine National Park and surrounds. Victorian listing National listing International treaty Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC CAMBA JAMBA bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica C J common Tringa nebularia C J greenshank whimbrel Numenius VU C J phaeopus red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis C J sooty oystercatcher Haematopus NT fuliginosus little egret Egretta garzetta L EN royal spoonbill Platalea regia VU common sandpiper Actitis VU C J hypoleucos hooded plover Thinornis L VU rubricollis grey plover Pluvialis NT C J squatarola common tern Sterna hirundo C J fairy tern Sternula nereis L EN little tern Sternula albifrons L VU C J Caspian tern Hydroprogne L NT C J caspia white-fronted tern Sterna striata NT black-faced Phalacrocorax NT cormorant fuscescens pied cormorant Phalacrocorax NT varius Pacific gull Larus pacificus NT white-bellied seaeagle Haliaeetus L VU C leucogaster common divingpetrel Pelecanoides NT urinatrix fairy prion Pachyptila turtur VU VU Wilson's stormpetrel short-tailed shearwater northern giantpetrel shy albatross Oceanites oceanicus Ardenna tenuirostris Macronectes halli L NT VU Thalassarche L VU VU cauta black-browed Thalassarche VU VU albatross melanophris L= listed, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, C = listed under the CAMBA treaty, J = listed under the JAMBA treaty J J 59
Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study Marine mammals and reptiles The southern right whale Eubalaena australis and humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae have been recorded in or near the Point Hicks MNP (Table 18). The southern right whale E. australis is listed as critically endangered in Victorian waters and endangered nationally. The humpback whale M. novaeangliae is listed as vulnerable at the state and national level. The killer whale Orcinus orca, leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx and Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus have been observed in the waters in and around the park. Marine mammals such as dolphins, whales, Australian fur seal A. pusillus doriferus and threatened New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri are transient through the MNP (Parks Victoria 2006f). The yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus has been recorded in or near the MNP. Four other listed <strong>marine</strong> reptiles occur as vagrants along the eastern Victorian coast: loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, green turtle Chelonia mydas, Pacific ridley Lepidochelys olivacea and leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea and probably transit through the MNP (Plummer et al. 2003). Many other animals probably use the MNP waters but its remoteness means there are few observations. Table 18. Conservation listed <strong>marine</strong> mammal and reptile records from Point Hicks Marine National Park and surrounds. Victorian listing National listing International convention Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC Bonn southern right whale Eubalaena australis L CR EN L humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae L VU VU L New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri VU L Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus L doriferus killer whale Orcinus orca L L Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta L Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea L L = FFG listed, M = listed Migratory, VU = vulnerable, EN = endangered, CR = critically endangered Species distribution information An assessment of distribution, endemism and rarity of biota across the state found that Point Hicks MNP had one mollusc the welk Fax molleri presumed to be endemic to the park (O'Hara and Barmby 2000; O’Hara and Poore 2000). Fourteen biota (Table 19) have been recorded or presumed to be at their distributional limit in Point Hicks MNP (O'Hara and Barmby 2000; Plummer et al. 2003). Four red algae have been recorded as being at the easterly limit of their distribution in Point Hicks MNP. Eight biota have been recorded as being at their western limit of distribution in Point Hicks MNP, including five gastropods, one feather star, one sea urchin and the whale shark. One crab and one gastropod are presumed to be at their western limit of distribution (O'Hara and Barmby 2000; O’Hara and Poore 2000). The distributional limits of the biota listed in Table 19 may reflect collection effort in this area rather than actual Victorian distributions. Many areas of the Victorian coast have never been sampled and therefore biota ranges may be much greater than those suggested. 60
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