This species has been assigned to the Landscape species management stream under the Saving our Species (SoS) program.
Justification for allocation to this management stream
This species is distributed across relatively large areas and is subject to threatening processes that generally act at the landscape scale (e.g. habitat loss or degradation) rather than at distinct, defineable locations.
Conservation status
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Status in NSW:
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Vulnerable
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Commonwealth status:
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Not listed
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Management objectives
The SoS strategy aims to secure the species in the wild for 100 years and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
The SoS strategy aims to secure the species in the wild in NSW for 100 years, engage local communities in its conservation, and encourage the NSW community to identify with it as a flagship for threatened species conservation.
This action statement aims to address key knowledge gaps for this species, which once resolved, can inform effective management of this species.
This action statement aims to ensure the security of this species in the long-term.
This action statement aims to ensure that the species is secure in the wild in NSW and that its NSW geographic range is extended or maintained.
This action statement aims to secure critical populations of this species in NSW in the long-term.
This action statement aims to secure this population in the long-term.
This action statement aims to maximise the extent of occurrence and condition of the ecological community across NSW.
Species sightings and management sites across NSW
The map below displays the species’ distribution in NSW, based upon the species’ geographic range, habitat distribution or area of occupancy (to as high a resolution as available data allow, using a range of data sources).
Information about the species’ habitat and ecology is available here.
The map may also display one or more management sites where management of important populations is underway. More information is available in the tables below.
Your search returned one or more sites that are restricted due to the sensitive nature of either the species or the site. Individuals involved in management on these sites can access detailed information via the database.
IBRA
The species occurs in the following IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia) regions in NSW:
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| Brigalow Belt South |
| Broken Hill Complex |
| Channel Country |
| Cobar Peneplain |
| Darling Riverine Plains |
| Mulga Lands |
| Murray Darling Depression |
| Nandewar |
| New England Tablelands |
| NSW North Coast |
| NSW South Western Slopes |
| Riverina |
| Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields |
| South East Corner |
| South Eastern Highlands |
| South Eastern Queensland |
| Sydney Basin |
Proportion of the species' distribution on reserve
7% of the species' distribution occurs on reserve (within NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service estate).
Critical actions for this species
The key threats to the viability of landscape-managed species are loss, fragmentation and degradation of habitat, and widespread pervasive factors such as impacts of climate change and disease. Many of these threats are addressed by NSW planning, native vegetation, and biodiversity legislation, policy and programs including the offsets program (BioBanking, NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects), Biodiversity Certification, management of environmental water and reservation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
Threats to this species are outlined here.
The actions listed in the action toolbox are supplementary to NSW legislation, policy and programs and can be used by stakeholders, where applicable to guide management at a site, regional or state scale.
Action toolbox
| Conduct targeted survey to identify and map wetlands with significant breeding activity, for the purposes of protection and strategic threat abatement. | Site |
| Negotiate with relevant authorities to ensure that water flows to important breeding wetlands are maintained in order to support a vegetation structure that will support nesting. | Area |
| Encourage landholders to enter into land management agreements that focus on protecting lignum creeks and swamps and maintaining key habitat features such as cumbungi, lignum and appropriate water flows and salinity. | Site |
| Ensure that any relevant land managers or agencies are aware of the location and its sensitivity to fire of important breeding wetlands, prior to conducting hazard reduction burns. | Area |
| Control feral pigs and goats using appropriate techniques, where they are impacting on wetland habitat known to be used by the species. | Site |
How will this species be managed?
Key management sites for this threatened species are being identified by the NSW Government
and other program partners, where feasible, cost-effective and beneficial management actions can be undertaken.
Currently, 3 management sites have been identified for this threatened species.
Management sites