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. Nesting sites may require specific management.
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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| NSW Final determination: |
12 February 2010 |
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 and maintain its conservation status under the BC Act. The SoS strategy also aims to engage local communities in the species' conservation and to encourage the NSW community to identify with it as a flagship for threatened species conservation.
This SoS strategy aims to secure this population in the long-term and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
This SoS strategy aims to ensure the security of this species in the long-term and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
This SoS strategy aims to ensure that the species is secure in the wild in NSW and that its NSW geographic range is extended or maintained and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
This SoS strategy aims to secure critical populations of this species in NSW in the long-term and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
The SoS strategy aims to secure this population in the long-term.
The SoS strategy aims to maximise the viability of the ecological community and maintain its conservation status under the
BC Act.
The SoS strategy aims to minimise current and future impacts of the key threatening process on priority biodiversity values, including threatened species and ecological integrity. This objective aligns with the
BC Act legislation.
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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| Australian Alps |
| 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 |
| 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
| Avoid the use of pindone in rabbit eradication programs in areas where spotted harriers are known or likely to occur. | Area |
| Report suspected poisoning or mortalities to Environment Line (131 555). | Site |
| Avoid the use of rodenticides in areas where spotted harriers are known or likely to occur. | Site, Area |
| Protect grassy open woodland including acacia and mallee remnants, inland riparian woodland, grasslands and shrublands, particularly in the NSW sheep wheat belt, Western and Riverine Plains. Where possible, negotiate management agreements with landholders that are funded in perpetuity that allows ongoing recruitment of native local trees, shrubs and grasses. | Site, Area |
| Identify active or inactive nest sites with stick nests more than 40cm in diameter and protect nests and nest trees from damage and removal. Ensure that active nests are not disturbed during the breeding season (August-December) by restricting activities within 50m of the nest. Monitor active nests to determine breeding success and reproductive output. | Site |
| Retain living and dead paddock trees and plant or direct seed appropriate local acacia, casuarina, callitris and eucalypt species, to replace these trees in the long-term. Ideally, planted paddock trees should be spaced no more than 50m apart to provide connectivity for other fauna species. | State |
| Raise awareness amongst land managers of the biodiversity and production value of protecting paddock trees and the need to ensure their replacement over the long term through planting and direct seeding. | State |
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, no management sites have been identified for this threatened species.