Table 1: Uncommon, vulnerable, endangered and special protection status species and ecological communities protected in the ACT1 and their conservation status in New South Wales2 and the Commonwealth3
KEY AP = Action Plan, as numbered in the disallowable instrument on the ACT Legislation Register CD = Conservation dependent# CE = Critically endangered# Cth = Australian Government jurisdiction E = Endangered Ex = Extinct# ExW = Extinct in the wild# M = Listed as a migratory species under the EPBC Act P = Provisional# SPS1 = Special Protection Status in the ACT by virtue of an ACT listing of the species as threatened SPS2 = Special Protection Status in the Act by virtue of a Commonwealth listing of the species as threatened under the EPBC Act. The list below does not include species that have Special Protection Status by virtue of being listed migratory species under the EPBC Act which may visit the ACT, unless they are also threatened listed species. This category includes species such as the Forktailed Swift, the White-bellied Sea-Eagle, the White-throated Needletail, the Rainbow Bee-eater, the Black-faced Monarch, the Satin Flycatcher, the Rufous Fantail, the Great Egret, the Cattle Egret, Latham’s Snipe and the Eastern Osprey UC = Uncommon or of conservation concern, as referred to in action plans4 V = Vulnerable # At the time of publication no species were listed under these categories in the ACT |
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Yass Daisy | Ammobium craspedioides | SPS2 | V | V | - |
Canberra Spider Orchid | Arachnorchis actensis | E, SPS1 | CE | - | 31 |
a shrub | Bossiaea grayi | E, SPS1 | - | - | 34 |
Mauve Burr-daisy | Calotis glandulosa | SPS2 | V | V | 28 |
Brindabella Midge Corunastylis ectopa Orchid | E, SPS1 | CE | - | 32 | |||||
Emu-foot Cullen tenax | UC | - | - | 27 | |||||
Australian Anchor Discaria pubescens Plant | UC | - | - | 27/29 | |||||
Diuris Wedge Diuris dendrobioides | UC | - | - | 27 | |||||
Golden Moths Diuris pedunculata | UC, SPS2 | E | E | 28 | |||||
Diuris punctata var. Purple Diuris punctata | UC | - | - | 27 | |||||
Dodonaea Trailing Hop-bush procumbens | SPS2 | V | V | 28 | |||||
Drabastrum Mountain Cress alpestre | UC | - | - | 29 | |||||
Silver-leaved Mountain Eucalypus Gum pulverulenta | SPS2 | V | V | - | |||||
a subalpine herb | Gentiana baeuerlenii | E, SPS1 | E | E | 5 | ||||
Yam Daisy | Microseris lanceolate | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Ginniderra Peppercress | Lepidium ginninderrense | E, SPS1 | V | - | 28 | ||||
Aromatic Peppercress | Lepidium hyssopifolium | SPS2 | E | E | - | ||||
Hairy Buttons | Leptorhynchos elongates | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Hoary Sunray (white form) | Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolour | UC, SPS2 | E | - | 27 | ||||
Austral Trefoil | Lotus australis | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Tuggeranong Lignum | Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong | E, SPS1 | E | - | 29 | ||||
Omeo Stork’s Bill | Pelargonium sp. Striatellum | SPS2 | E | E | - | ||||
a milkwort | Polygala japonica | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Pale Pomaderris | Pomaderris pallida | UC, SPS2 | V | V | 29 | ||||
a leek orchid (sometimes known as Tarengo Leek Orchid) | Prasophyllum petilum | E, SPS1 | E | E | 27/28 | ||||
Blue-tongued Orchid | Pterostylis oreophila | SPS2 | CE | CE | - | ||||
Button Wrinklewort | Rutidosis leptorhynchoides | E, SPS1 | E | E | 28 | ||||
Wild Sorghum | Sorghum leiocladum | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Mountain Swainsonpea | Swainsona monticola | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Small Purple Pea | Swainsona recta | E, SPS1 | E | E | 27 | ||||
Silky Swainson-pea | Swainsona sericea | UC | - | V | 27 | ||||
Austral Toadflax | Thesium australe | UC | V | V | 27 | ||||
Zornia | Zornia dictiocarpia | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP | ||||
Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | SPS2 | E | E | - | ||||
Gang-Gang Cockatoo (faunal emblem of the ACT) | Callocephalon fimbriatum | - | - | V | - | ||||
Glossy Black-cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami | V, SPS1 | E | V | 33 | ||||
Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | V, SPS1 | - | V | 27 | ||||
Varied Sitella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | V, SPS1 | - | V | 27 | ||||
Diamond Firetail | Emblema guttatum | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
White-fronted Chat | Ephthianura albifrons | UC | - | V | 27 | ||||
Crested Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | V, SPS1 | V | V | 27/29 | ||||
Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | V, SPS1 | - | V | 35 | ||||
White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii | V, SPS1 | - | - | 27 | ||||
Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | V, SPS1 | E | E | 27 | ||||
Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | V, SPS1 | - | V | 27 | ||||
Jacky Winter | Microeca fascinans | UC | - | - | 27 | ||||
Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | UC | - | V | 27 | ||||
Scarlet Robin | Petroica mulitcolor | V, SPS1 | - | V | 27 | ||||
Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | UC | - | V | 27 | ||||
Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | V, SPS1 | V | V | 27 | ||||
Speckled Warbler | Sericornis sagittatus | UC | - | V | 27 | ||||
Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | SPS2 | E, M | E | - | ||||
Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza Phrygia | E, SPS1 | CE | CE | 27 | ||||
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Spotted-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | V, SPS1 | E | V | 30 |
Brush-tailed Rockwallaby | Petrogale penicillata | E, SPS1 | V | E | 22 |
Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | E, SPS1 | E | CE | 23 |
Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | UC | - | V | 27 |
Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus | SPS2 | V | V | 27 |
Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus tridactylus | SPS2 | V | V | - |
Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | SPS2 | V | V | - |
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Pink-tailed Worm Lizard | Aprasia parapulchella | V, SPS1 | V | V | 29 |
Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | V, SPS1 | V | V | 28 |
Black-headed snake | Suta spectabilis dwyeri | UC | - | - | 27 |
Shingleback Lizard | Trachydosaurus rugosus | UC | - | - | 27 |
Grassland Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis pinguicolla | E, SPS1 | E | E | 28 |
Lace Monitor | Varanus varius | UC | - | - | 27 |
Native frogs | |||||
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Booroolong Frog | Litoria booroolongensis | SPS2 | E | E | - |
Yellow-spotted Tree Frog | Litoria castanea | SPS2 | E | CE | - |
Southern Bell Frog | Litoria raniformis | SPS2 | V | E | - |
Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreau | SPS2 | V | E | - |
Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | UC | - | - | 27 |
Northern Corroboree Frog | Pseudophryne pengilleyi | E, SPS1 | CE | CE | 6 |
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | E, SPS [1] | CE | V | 29 |
Two-spined Blackfish | Gadopsis bispinosus | V, SPS1 | - | - | 29 |
Trout Cod | Maccullochella macquariensis | E, SPS1 | E | E | 29 |
Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | V | - | 29 | |
Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | E, SPS1 | E | E | 29 |
Murray River Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | V, SPS1 | - | - | 29 |
Native invertebrates | |||||
Common name | Scientific name | ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper | Keyacris scurra | UC | - | - | 27 |
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana | E, SPS1 | CE | E | |
Ecological community | ||||
Common name Scientific name* | *ACT | Cth | NSW | AP |
Natural Temperate Grassland | E | E 5 | - | 28 |
Yellow Box/Red Gum Grassy Woodland | E | CE 6 | E | 27 |
Perunga Grasshopper Perunga ochracea V, SPS1 - -
4 S pecies mentioned in Action Plan. Nature Conservation (Threatened Ecological Communities and
Species) Action Plan 2004 (No 1) (Action Plan 27); Nature Conservation (Threatened Ecological Communities and Species) Action Plan 2005 (No 1) (Action Plan 28); Nature Conservation (Threatened Ecological Communities and Species) Action Plan 2007 (No 1) (Action Plan 29).
5 Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT.
6 W hite Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland (as described in the final determination of the Scientific Committee to list the ecological community).