Pycnoptilus floccosus
Pilotbirds were listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act in 2022 as Vulnerable due to nearly 50% of their habitat burned in the Black Summer bushfires and a 30-50% reduction in population in the last 11 years.
The DCCEEW conservation advice states that:
Habitat critical to the survival of Pilotbirds occurs in a wide range of land tenure arrangements,
including on private land, nature reserves, state forests and National Parks. It is essential that the highest level of protection is provided to
these areas...
We are working to protect this critical habitat in the southern most part of their range.
Callocephalon fimbriatum
The 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires devastated Gang-gang Cockatoo habitat. Subsequently, because of their diminished numbers, the Gang-gang Cockatoo was listed as an endangered species. Mountain ash forests in the area have the hollows that Gang-gangs need for breeding. Gang-gangs have successfully bred in the area over the past years making protecting this area a high priority.This area is recognised as important nesting habitat in this critical habitat in the southern most part of their range.
Ninox strenua
For more information visit our friends at the Gippsland Threatened Species Action Group (GTSAG)
Neophema chrysostoma
Regularly seen in and around Fellas coupe, the Blue-winged Parrot is currently EPBC listed as vulnerable.
Read more here about our local birds
https://www.basscoastlandcare.org.au/newsandevents/have-you-seen-a-blue-winged-parrot
Cool Temperate Rainforest (Listed as a threatened community in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (FFG) -possibly of state significance
Warm Temperate Rainforest (FFG)
Shrubby foothills forest endangered EVB in Strzelecki Bioregion
Damp forest endangered EVC in Strzelecki Bioregion
Wet forest depleted in Strzelecki Bioregion
Grey goshawk (FFG Endangered)
Lewins Rail (FFG Vulnerable)
Powerful Owl (FFG Vulnerable)
White Throated Needletail (FFG Vulnerable)
Southern Boobook (Near Threatened APAB)
Lyrebird (not yet threatened but an important and iconic species in our region)
Slender Tree-Fern (FFG Critically Endangered)
Netted brake (FFG Critically Endangered)
River Hook-sedge (FFG Endangered)
Myrtle Beech regional
Southern Sassafras regional
Mutton-wood regional
Skirted Tree Fern regional
Butterfly orchid (Sarcochilus australis) rare regional
Gypsy Fern regional
Long Fork-fern regional
Austral King-fern regional
Austral Lady-fern regional
Delicate Hook-sedge regional
Weeping Spleenwort regional
Platypus (FFG Vulnerable)
Lace monitor (FFG Endangered)
Strzelecki Koala (significant)
Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish (FFG Endangered)
South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish (FFG Endangered)
Bogong moth (IUCN Endangered)
Beenakia dacostae (IUCN Near Threatened)
Cortinarius phalarus rare
