Parks Conservation and Lands
Listing of Threatened Species, Ecological Communities and Threatening Processes
A species or ecological community is threatened if it is likely to become extinct in the foreseeable future. A process is threatening if it has the potential to threaten the survival of a species or community in the ACT region.
The Nature Conservation Act 1980 ( 877Kb )
establishes a formal process for the identification and protection of threatened species and ecological communities.
It requires the Flora and Fauna Committee to advise the Minister of native species and ecological communities that are threatened in the ACT and ecologically significant threatening processes and recommend that they be declared accordingly. A species may be declared as vulnerable or endangered, as an indication of the degree of threat to its continued existence. An ecological community may be declared as endangered, a process may be declared as threatening. Declaration is formal recognition of a conservation threat.
The Conservator of Flora and Fauna is required to prepare a management response to each declaration by way of a conservation Action Plan . A draft of each Action Plan must be released for public comment. A summary of each completed Action Plan is available as a Threatened Species Information Sheet.
The following species and ecological communities have been declared in accordance with the provisions of the Nature Conservation Act. No threatening processes have been declared to date.
| Common name | Scientific name | Declared status |
|---|---|---|
| A leek orchid | Prasophyllum petilum | endangered |
| A subalpine herb | Gentiana baeuerlenii | endangered |
| Brindabella Midge Orchid | Corunastylis ectopa | endangered |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | vulnerable |
| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | endangered |
| Button Wrinklewort | Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides | endangered |
| Canberra Spider Orchid | Arachnorchis actensis | endangered |
| Grassland Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis pinguicolla | endangered |
| Ginniderra Peppercress | Lepidium ginninderrense | endangered |
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | endangered |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | vulnerable |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vulnerable |
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | endangered |
| Murray River Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | vulnerable |
| Natural Temperate Grassland | An ecological community | endangered |
| Northern Corroboree Frog | Pseudophryne pengilleyi | endangered |
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | vulnerable |
| Perunga Grasshopper | Perunga ochracea | vulnerable |
| Pink-tailed Worm Lizard | Aprasia parapulchella | vulnerable |
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | endangered |
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | endangered |
| Small Purple Pea | Swainsona recta | endangered |
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | endangered |
| Spotted-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | vulnerable |
| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | vulnerable |
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | vulnerable |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | vulnerable |
| Trout Cod | Maccullochella macquariensis | endangered |
| Tuggeranong Lignum | Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong | endangered |
| Two-spined Blackfish | Gadopsis bispinosus | vulnerable |
| Varied Sitella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | vulnerable |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage sueurii | vulnerable |
| Yellow Box/Red Gum Grassy Woodland | An ecological community | endangered |
Any person or organisation may make a nomination to the Flora and Fauna Committee requesting that the Committee recommend declaration of a species, ecological community or threatening process. A paper setting out guidelines for making a nomination and the criteria specified by the Committee for recommending declaration is available here for download. Criteria for assessment ( 
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If you would like further information about making a nomination please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 or write to:
Secretariat - ACT Flora and Fauna Committee
Research and Planning
Parks, Conservation and Lands
GPO Box 158, Canberra, ACT 2601
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GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601
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(02) 6207 5366 (PCL Head Office)
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