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Revised provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention

The provisional list of 119 animal species, released on 24 March 2020, is a revised version of the list released on 11 February 2020, which included 113 species as high priority for urgent management intervention. Since that date, improved spatial information and reports from field assessments have led to four bird, one mammal and three reptile species being added to the high priority list, and one fish species and one frog species being removed from the list. The list will continue to be revised as new information becomes available.

Four birds were added to the list: Gang-gang Cockatoo, South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Kangaroo Island Western Whipbird, and Kangaroo Island Southern Emu-wren.

One mammal was added to the list: Mainland Dusky Antechinus

Three reptiles were added to the list: Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko, Kate's Leaf-tail Gecko, Ringed Thin-tail Gecko

One fish species was removed from the list: Swan Galaxias

One frog species was removed from the list: Tyler’s Toadlet

The provisional list now includes 17 bird, 20 mammal, 23 reptile, 16 frog, 5 invertebrate, 22 crayfish and 16 fish species. The priority animals were identified based on the extent to which their range has potentially been burnt, how imperiled they were before the fires (for example, whether they were already listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered), and the physical, behavioural and ecological traits which influence their vulnerability to fire.

Download List of Animals (Summary Report)

Summary of the revised provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention (PDF - 367.96 KB)
Summary of the revised provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention (DOCX - 874.71 KB)

Download Technical Report and Supporting Information

Full report on the assessment of animal species vulnerability to fire impacts (PDF - 1.27 MB)
Full report on the assessment of animal species vulnerability to fire impacts (DOCX - 2.66 MB)

Traits used for each group (XLSX - 26.33 KB)

Bird species trait analysis (XLSX - 58.41 KB)

Mammal species analysis (XLSX - 69.61 KB)

Reptiles species analysis (XLSX - 66.58 KB)

Frogs species analysis (XLSX - 108.26 KB)

Invertebrates (other than crayfish) species analysis (XLSX - 43.92 KB)

Crayfish species analysis (XLSX - 2.62 MB)

Fish species analysis (XLSX - 42.53 KB)

Superseded list of 113 species identified as high priority for urgent management intervention (released on 11 February 2020)

Summary of the provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention (superseded) (PDF - 218.28 KB)
Summary of the provisional list of animals requiring urgent management intervention (superseded) (DOCX - 45.34 KB)

The previous Technical Report and Supporting Information associated with the provisional list of 113 animal species released on 11 February 2020 can be requested by emailing BushfireRecovery@environment.gov.au.