Biodiversity

Threatened species

Unsuccessful threatened fauna species nominations

The following nominations for listing as threatened fauna were assessed by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee. The Minister decided the nominations did not meet the requirements for listing. The advice provided to the Minister is linked to each unsuccessful nomination.

Unsuccessful threatened fauna species nominations as at 27 February 2007
Collocalia esculenta natalis (Glossy Swiftlet (Christmas Island))
Dinosaur Ant, Fossil Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)
Ducula whartoni (Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon)
Euastacus gumar (A freshwater crayfish)
Forester Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis)
Flightless Dung Beetle (Aulacopris matthewsi)
Flightless Sawfly (Clarissa tasbates)
Galaxiella munda (Mud Minnow)
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Little Tern (western Pacific) (Sterna albifrons sinensis)
Mt Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly (Riekoperla darlingtoni)
Paragalaxias julianus (Julian Paragalaxias, Western Paragalaxias)
Pencil Pine Moth (Dirce aesiodora)
Phaethon lepturus fulvus (White-tailed Tropicbird (Christmas Island), Golden Bosunbird)
Pied Currawong (western Victoria) (Strepera graculina ashbyi)
Pig-nosed Turtle (Carrettochelys insulpta)
River Snail (Notopala sublineata)
Small Orange-spotted Sun-moth (Synemon discalis)
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Toohey Forest Collembola (Dinaphorura tooheyensis)
Torresian Flying Fox (Pteropus banakrisi)
Troughton's Sheathtail-bat (Taphozous troughtoni)
Zosterops natalis (Christmas Island White-eye)

For general information about threatened species and threatened ecological communities contact the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Community Information Unit:
Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
Freecall 1800 803 772

See also lists of unsuccessful nominations for

Male noisy scrub bird. Photo Alan Danks

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