Saving our Species fact sheets
Explore these fact sheets on some of NSW's threatened species and find out how you can act to secure their future.
Asterolasia buxifolia
Once thought extinct, the endangered Asterolasia buxifolia was rediscovered in 2000, but is known from only one population that hugs the banks of the Lett River east of Lithgow.
- 12 Apr 2021
Barradam-bang wattle (Acacia meiantha)
The endangered barradam-bang wattle (Acacia meiantha) is an erect and sometimes straggling wattle shrub found within the Central Tablelands.
- 12 Apr 2021
Barrier Range dragon (Ctenophorus mirrityana)
The Barrier Range dragon is an endangered lizard restricted to rocky outcrops in ranges and gorges in three remote sites near Mutawintji National Park and Broken Hill in western New South Wales.
- 12 Apr 2021
Bellinger River snapping turtle
The Bellingen River snapping turtle is only found in a 60-kilometre stretch of the Bellinger River in Northern NSW.
- 15 Sep 2021
Booroolong frog (Litoria booroolongensis)
The endangered Booroolong frog lives along permanent rocky streams that only ever dry to pools and can experience large annual fluctuations in abundance, depending on stream flows.
- 12 Apr 2021
Buttercup doubletail (Diuris aequalis)
The buttercup doubletail is an endangered, terrestrial orchid found in forests and woodlands near the Great Dividing Range on the NSW Southern and Central tablelands.
- 01 Aug 2018
Denman pomaderris
The Denman pomaderris is only found in a ridgeline near Denman in the upper Hunter Valley.
- 22 Oct 2020
Giant dragonfly fact sheet
In New South Wales, the giant dragonfly is distributed in patches of peat swamp habitats, many of which are threatened.
- 13 Feb 2020
Glossy black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
The glossy black-cockatoo is the smallest of the black cockatoos.
- 01 Aug 2018
Granite zieria (Zieria obcordata)
The endangered granite zieria (Zieria obcordata) is found in only two places and is extremely sensitive to grazing and browsing disturbances by domestic stock and native herbivores such as wallabies.
- 12 Apr 2021
Grey grasswren (Amytornis barbatus barbatus)
The endangered grey grasswren is a small elusive pale bird, which lives within dense shrubs and grasses on the swamp flood-plain of the Bulloo River drainage system in north-western New South Wales.
- 12 Apr 2021
Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
In the words of Charles Darwin, the long-nosed potoroo is "an animal, as big as a rabbit, but with the figure of a kangaroo”.
- 01 Aug 2018
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
The endangered Malleefowl is a large bird, which is limited to areas of inland semi-arid scrub. They prefer a dry environment and build large mounds from earth, sand and leaf litter.
- 12 Apr 2021
Manning yellow solanum fact sheet
The Manning yellow solanum (Solanum sulphureum) is an endangered perennial shrub, with known populations confined to lowland rainforest and wet sclerophyll areas in the Taree – Wingham region, on the mid north coast of New South Wales.
- 13 Feb 2020
Merimbula star-hair (Astrotricha sp. wallagaraugh)
The Merimbula star-hair is a single or multi-stemmed shrub growing up to 1 metre tall, though occasionally taller.
- 01 Aug 2018
Mountain trachymene (Trachymene scapigera)
This endangered herb is small, growing up to 20 centimetres in height, and producing flowerheads that can reach 30 centimetres. It is found on the Central Tablelands south east of Oberon, New South Wales.
- 12 Apr 2021
Nielsen Park she oak fact sheet
In 1986 a new species of plant was discovered in Nielsen Park, Sydney Harbour National Park, and was named the Nielsen Park she-oak.
- 13 Feb 2020
Pultenaea sp. Genowlan Point
This critically endangered species, also called ‘Genowlan pea', was unknown to science before 1997, and is now known from a single tiny population north of Lithgow.
- 12 Apr 2021
Purple copper butterfly (Paralucia spinifera)
The endangered purple copper butterfly is one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. It is found only in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales.
- 12 Apr 2021
Red-lored whistler fact sheet
The critically endangered red-lored whistler is a small cryptic songbird that is found in and around Round Hill and Nombinnie nature reserves in central New South Wales.
- 16 Dec 2020
Scarlet robin (Petroica boodang)
The gorgeous scarlet robin is a small insectivorous bird, 13 centimetres long, and is one of Australia’s 3 red-breasted robins.
- 01 Aug 2018
Small purple-pea (Swainsona recta)
The small purple-pea is a slender, erect perennial herb that grows to around 30 centimetres tall.
- 01 Aug 2018
Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
The spotted-tailed quoll, or tiger quoll, is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial.
- 12 Oct 2020
Superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)
The stunning superb parrot is a bright green parrot with a long, narrow tail, sharply back-angled wings and an aerodynamic body for fast flight.
- 01 Aug 2018
Tumut grevillea (Grevillea wilkinsonii)
The Tumut grevillea is a large spreading shrub that grows up to 2.5 metres tall.
- 01 Aug 2018
Villous mint bush fact sheet
Villous mint bush grows in sclerophyll forest and shrubland on coastal headlands and near coastal ranges, chiefly on sandstone, and rocky slopes near the sea.
- 13 Feb 2020