Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation (Special Protection Status) Declaration 2005 (No 1) 
Disallowable instrument DI2005—64
made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980, s 33 (special protection status)

1.	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Nature Conservation (Special Protection Status)  Declaration 2005 (No 1).   
2.	Details of instrument
I declare that species of native animals or native plants listed in the attached schedules 5, 6 and 7 have special protection status.
3.	Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after notification
4.	Instrument revoked
This instrument revokes the Nature Conservation Declaration of Special Protection Status 2002 DI2002-42.

Dr Maxine Cooper 
Conservator of Flora and Fauna
2 May 2005

SCHEDULE 5

SPECIAL PROTECTION STATUS
MIGRATORY ANIMAL WILDLIFE

Common Name						Scientific Name

MARINE MAMMALS

Whale, Humpback					Megaptera novaeangliae

BIRDS

Albatross, Wandering					Diomedea exulans
Bee-eater, Rainbow					Merops ornatus
Bittern, Yellow					Ixobrychus sinensis
Booby, Brown					Sula leucogaster
Booby, Masked					Sula dactylatra
Booby, Red-footed					Sula sula
Buzzard, Daito Island					Buteo buteo oshiroi
Cormorant, Red-faced					Phalacrocorax urile
Corncrake					Crex crex
Crake, Red-legged					Rallina fasciata
Crane, Sarus					Grus antigone
Cuckoo, Oriental					Cuculus saturatus
Curlew, Eastern					Numenius madagascariensis
Curlew, Eurasian					Numenius arquata
Curlew, Little					Numenius minutus
Dove, Emerald					Chalcophaps indica yamashinai
Dowitcher, Asian					Limnodromus semipalmatus
Dunlin					Calidris alpina
Eagle, White-bellied Sea-					Haliaeetus leucogaster
Eagle, White-tailed Sea-					Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla
Egret, Cattle					Ardeola ibis
Egret, Eastern Reef					Egretta sacra
Egret, Great					Egretta alba
Frigatebird, Andrew’s					Fregata andrewsi
Frigatebird, Great					Fregata minor
Frigatebird, Least					Fregata ariel
Garganey					Anas querquedula

Common Name						Scientific Name

Godwit, Bar-tailed					Limosa lapponica
Godwit, Black-tailed					Limosa limosa
Greenshank					Tringa nebularia
Guillemot, Common Murre					Uria aalgae inornata
Ibis, Glossy					Plegadis falcinellus
Jacana, Pheasant-tailed					Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Jaeger, Artic					Stercorarius parasiticus
Jaeger, Long-tailed					Stercorarius longicauda
Jaeger, Pomarine					Stercorarius pomarinus
Knot, Great					Calidris tenuirostris
Knot, Red					Calidris canutus
Needletail, White-throated					Hirundapus caudacutus
Noddy, Common					Anous stolidus
Petrel, Gould’s					Pterodroma leucoptera
Petrel, Leach’s Storm-					Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Petrel, Providence					Pterodroma solandri
Petrel, Wilson’s Storm-					Oceanites oceanicus
Phalarope, Grey					Phalaropus fulicarius
Phalarope, Red-necked					Phalaropus lobatus
Pitta, Fairy					Pitta brachyura nympha
Plover, Caspian					Charadrius asiaticus
Plover, Grey					Pluvialis squatarola
Plover, Large Snad					Charadrius leschenaultii
Plover, Lesser Golden					Pluvialis dominica
Plover, Little Ringed					Charadrius dubius
Plover, Mongolian					Charadrius mongolus
Plover, Oriental					Chadadrius veredus
Plover, Ringed					Charadrius hiaticula
Pratincole, oriental					Glareola maldivarum
Puffin, Tufted					Lunda cirrhata
Redshank					Tringa totanus
Ruff					Philomachus pugnax
Sanderling					Calidris alba
Sandpiper, Baird’s					Calidris bairdii
Sandpiper, Broad-billed					Limicola falcinellus
Sandpiper, Buff-breasted					Tryngites subruficollis

Common Name						Scientific Name

Sandpiper, Common					Tringa hypoleucos
Sandpiper, Curlew					Calidris ferruginea
Sandpiper, Marsh					Tringa stagnatilis
Sandpiper, Pectoral					Calidris melanotos
Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed					Calidris acuminata
Sandpiper, Terek					Tringa terek
Sandpiper, Western					Calidris mauri
Sandpiper, Wood					Tringa glareola
Shearwater, Flesh-footed					Puffinus carneipes
Shearwater, Short-tailed					Puffinus tenuirostris
Shearwater, Sooty					Puffinus griseus
Shearwater, Streaked					Calonectris leucomelas
Shearwater, Wedge-tailed					Puffinus pacificus
Shoveler, Northern					Anas clypeata
Skua, South polar					Stercorarius maccormicki
Snipe, Latham’s					Gallinago hardwickii
Snipe, Painted					Rostratula benghalensis
Snipe, Pin-tailed					Gallinago stenura
Snipe, Swinhoe’s					Gallinago megala
Stint, Long-toed					Calidris subminuta
Stint, Red-necked					Calidris ruficollis
Swallow, Barn					Hirundo rustica
Swallow, Greater Striated					Hirundo striolata
Swift, Fork-tailed					Apus pacificus
Tattler, Grey-tailed					Tringa brevipes
Tattler, Wandering					Tringa incana
Tern, Black					Chilidonias niger
Tern, Black-naped					Sterna sumatrana
Tern, Bridled					Sterna anaethetus
Tern, Caspian					Hydroprogne caspia
Tern, Common					Sterna hirundo
Tern, Lesser-crested					Thalasseus bengalensis
					(Sterna bengalensis)
Tern, Little					Sterna albifrons
Tern, White-winged					Chilidonias leucoptera

Common Name						Scientific Name

Tropicbird, White-tailed					Phaethon lepturus
Turnstone, Ruddy					Arenaria interpres
Wagtail, Grey					Motacilla cinerea
Wagtail, White					Motacilla alba
Wagtail, Yellow					Motacilla flava
Wagtail, Yellow-headed					Motacilla citreola
Warbler, Artic Willow					Phylloscopus borealis
Warbler, Great Reed-					Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Whimbrel					Numenius phaeopus
Woodcock, Amami					Scolopax mira

REPTILES

Turtle, Green					Chelonia mydas

SCHEDULE 6

SPECIAL PROTECTION STATUS
WILDLIFE VULNERABLE TO OR THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION

Common Name	Scientific Name	
		
MARINE MAMMALS		
		
Whale, Blue	Balaenoptera musculus	
Whale, Southern Right	Eubalaena australis	
		
LAND MAMMALS		
		
Bandicoot, Desert	Perameles eremiana	
Bandicoot, Eastern Barred	Parameles gunnii	
Bandicoot, Golden	Isoodon auratus	
Bandicoot, Pig-footed	Chaeropus ecaudatus	
Bandicoot, Western Barred	Perameles bougainville	
Bat, Ghost	Macroderma gigas	
Bettong, Brush-tailed (Woylie)	Bettongia penicillata	
Bettong, Burrowing (Boodie)	Bettongia lesueur	
Bettong, Northern	Bettongia tropica	
Bilby, Greater	Macrotis lagotis	
Bilby, Lesser	Macrotis leucura	
Dunnart, Julia Creek	Sminthopsis douglasi	
Dunnart, Sandhill	Sminthopsis psammophila	
Dibbler	Parantechinus apicalis	
Euro, Barrow Island	Macropus robustus isabellinus	
Flying Fox, Percy Island	Pteropus brunneus	
Kangaroo, Desert Rat-	Caloprymnus campestris	
Kowari	Dasyuroides byrnei	
Mouse, Alice Springs	Pseudomys fieldi	
Mouse, Big-eared Hopping-	Notomys macrotis	
Mouse, Darling Downs Hopping-	Notomys mordax	
Mouse, Dusky Hopping-	Notomys fuscus	
Mouse, Gould’s	Pseudomys gouldii	
Mouse, Long-tailed Hopping-	Notomys longicaudatus	
Mouse, Northern Hopping-	Notomys aquilo	
Mouse, Pebble-mound	Pseudomys chapmani	
Mouse, Pilliga	Pseudomys pillagaensis	
Mouse, Shark Bay	Pseudomys praeconis	
Mouse, Short-tailed Hopping-	Notomys amplus	
Mouse, Western	Pseudomys occidentalis	
Mulgara	Dasycercus cristicauda	
Numbat	Myrmecobius fasciatus	
Phascogale, Red-tailed	Phascogale calura	

Common Name	Scientific Name	
		
Possum, Leadbeater’s	Gymnobelideus leadbeateri	
Possum, Mountain Pygmy-	Burramys parvus	
Possum, Western Ringtail	Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis	
Potoroo, Broad-faced	Potorous platyops	
Potoroo, Long-footed	Potorous longipes	
Potoroo, Gilbert’s	Pororous tridactylus gilberti	
Quoll, Eastern	Dasyurus viverrinus	
Quoll, Western	Dasyurus geoffroii	
Rat, Central Rock-	Zyzomys pedunculatus	
Rat, Christmas Island	Rattus macleari	
Rat, Christmas Island	Rattus nativitatus	
Rat, False Water-	Xeromys myoides	
Rat, Golden-backed Tree-	Mesembriomys macrurus	
Rat, Greater Stick-nest	Leporillus conditor	
Rat, Heath	Pseudomys shortridgei	
Rat, Lesser Stick-nest	Leporillus apicalis	
Rat, Plains	Pseudomys australis	
Rat, White-footed Rabbit-	Conilurus albipes	
Shrew, Christmas Island	Crocidura tenuata trichura	
Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger)	Thylacinus cynocephalus	
Wallaby, Crescent Nailtail	Onychogalea lunata	
Wallaby, Banded Hare-	Lagostrophus fasciatus	
Wallaby, Black-footed Rock-	Petrogale lateralis	
Wallaby, Bridled Nailtail	Onychogalea fraenata	
Wallaby, Brush-talied Rock-	Petrogale penicillata	
Wallaby, Central Hare-	Lagostrophus asomatus	
Wallaby, Eastern Hare-	Lagostrophus leporides	
Wallaby, Proserpine Rock-	Petrogale perserphone	
Wallaby, Rufous Hare-	Lagostrophus hirsutus	
Wallaby, Toolache	Macropus greyi	
Wombat, Northern Hairy-nosed	Lasiorhinus krefftii	

Common Name	Scientific Name	
		
BIRDS		
		
Booby, Abbott’s	Sula abbotti	
Bristlebird, Eastern	Dasyornis brachypterus	
Bristlebird, Rufous	Dasyornis broadbenti litoralis	
Bristlebird, Western	Dasyornis longirostris	
Cassowary, Southern	Casuarius casuarius	
Cicadabird, Melville	Coracina tenuirostris melvillensis	
Cockatoo, South-eastern Red-tailed Black	Calytorhynchus baudinii graptogyne	
Corella, Western Long-billed	Cacatua pastinator pastinator	
Currawong, Lord Howe Island	Strepera graculina crissalis	
Dove, Norfolk Island Ground-	Gallicolumba norfolciensis	
Emu, Kangaroo Island	Dromaius baudinianus	
Emu, King Island	Dromaius minor	
Fantail, Lord Howe	Rhipidura cervina	
Frigatebird, Christmas Island	Fregata andrewsi	
Frogmouth, Plumed	Podargus ocellatus plumiferus	
Gallinule, White	Notornis alba	
Goose, Recherche Cape Barren	Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea	
Goshawk, Red	Accipiter radiatus	
Grasswren, Carpentarian	Amytornis dorotheae	
Grasswren, Thick-billed	Amytornis textilis textilis	
Honeyeater, Helmeted	Lichenostomus melanops cassidix	
Honeyeater, Regent	Xanthomyza phrygia	
Kaka, Norfolk Island	Nestor productus	
Malleefowl	Leipoa ocellata	
Miner, Black-eared	Manorina melanotis	
Noddy, Lesser	Anous tenuirostris	
Owl, Christmas Island Hawk	Ninox squamipila natalis	
Owl, Lord Howe Boobook	Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria	
Owl, Norfolk Island Boobook	Ninox undulata	
Parakeet, Lord Howe	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens	
Parakeet, Macquarie Island	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis	
Pardalote, Forty-spotted	Pardalotus quadragintus	
Parrot, Coxen’s Fig-	Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni	
Parrot, Eclectus	Eclectus roratus	
Parrot, Golden-shouldered	Psephotus chrysopterygius	
Parrot, Ground	Pezoporus wallicus	
Parrot, Night	Geopsittacus occidentalis	
Parrot, Norfolk Island	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii	

Common Name	Scientific Name	

Parrot, Orange-bellied	Neophema chrysogaster	
Parrot, Paradise	Psephotus pulcherrimus	
Parrot, Swift	Lathamus discolor	
Parrot, Western Ground	Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris	
Petrel, Gould’s	Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera	
Petrel, Providence	Pterodroma solandri	
Pigeon, Lord Howe	Columba vitiensis godmanae	
Pigeon, New Zealand (Norfolk Island Race)	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea	
Pigeon, Western Partridge	Petrophassa smithii smithii	
Plains-wanderer	Pedionomus torquatus	
Plover, Hooded	Charadrius rubricollis	
Quail, Albrolhos Painted Button-	Turnix varia scintillans	
Quail, Black-breasted Button-	Turnix melanogaster	
Rail, Cocos Buff-banded	Rallus philippensis andrews	
Rail, Lewin’s Water (Western race)	Rallus pectoralis clelandi	
Rail, Macquarie Island	Rallus philippensis macquariensis	
Robin, Derby White-browed	Poecilodryas superciliosa cerviniventris	
Robin, Northern Scrub-	Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi	
Robin, Roper River Scrub-	Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi	
Scrub Bird, Noisy	Atrichornis clamosus	
Shriketit, Kimberley Crested	Falcunculus frontatus whitei	
Shriketit, South-West Crested	Falcunculus frontatus leucogaster	
Starling, Norfolk Island	Aplonis fusca	
Silvereye, Norfolk Island	Zosterops albogularis	
Tern, Little	Sterna albifrons	
Thrush, Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted	Turdus xanthopus vinitinctus	
Thrush, Norfolk Island	Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus	
Triller, Norfolk Island Long-tailed	Lalage leucopyga leucopyga	
Warbler, Lord Howe	Gerygone insularis	
Whipbird, Western	Psophodes nigrogularis	
Whistler, Red-lored	Pachycephala rufogularis	
White-eye, Robust	Zosterops strenua	
Woodhen, Lord Howe Island	Tricholimnas sylvestris	
Wren, Barrow Island Black-and-white Fairy-	Malurus leucopterus edouardi	
Wren, Dirk Hartog Black-and-white Fairy-	Malurus leucopterus leucopterus	
Wren, Eyre Peninsula Southern Emu-	Stipiturus malachurus parimeda	
Wren, Mount Lofty Southern Emu-	Stipiturus malachurus intermedius	
Wren, Purple-crowned Fairy-	Malurus coronatus	

Common Name	Scientific Name	
		
AMPHIBIANS		
		
Frog, Eungella Day	Taudactylus eungellensis	
Frog, Eungella Gastric-brooding	Rheobatrahus vitellinus	
Frog, Gastric-brooding	Rheobatrachus silus	
Frog, Long-nosed Tree	Litoria longirostris	
Frog, Mt Baw Baw	Philoria frosti	
Frog, Northern Corroboree	Pseudophryne pengilleyi	
Frog, Platypus	Rheobatrachus silus	
Frog, Round	Arenophryne rotunda	
Frog, Sharp-snouted Day	Taudactylus acutirostris	
Frog, Southern Day	Taudactylus diurnus	
Frog, Spotted Tree	Litoria spenceri	
Frog, White-bellied	Geocrinia alba	
Frog, Yellow-bellied	Geocrinia vitellina	
Microhylid, Elegant	Cophixalus concinnus	
Microhylid, Rock-dwelling	Cophixalus saxatilis	
		
FISH		
		
Blue-eye, Honey	Pseudomugil mellis	
Cod, Eastern Freshwater	Maccullochella ikei	
Cod, Trout	Maccullochella macquariensis	
Galaxias, Brown	Galaxias fuscus	
Galaxias, Clarence	Galaxias johnstoni	
Galaxias, Pedder	Galaxias pedderensis	
Galaxias, Saddled	Galaxias tanycephalus	
Galaxias, Swamp	Galaxias parvus	
Galaxias, Swan	Galaxias fontanus	
Grayling, Australian	Prototroctes maraena	
Perch, Ewens Pygmy	Nannoperca variegata	
Perch, Yarra Pygmy	Nannoperca obscura	
Rainbow Fish, Lake Eacham	Melanotaenia eachamensis	

Common Name	Scientific Name	

REPTILES		
		
Ctenotus, Airlie Island	Ctenotus angusticeps	
Dragon, Yinnietharra Rock-	Ctenophorus yinnietharra	
Lizard, Adelaide Blue-tongued	Tiliqua adelaidensis	
Lizard, Bronze-backed Legless	Ophidiocephalus taeniatus	
Lizard, Legless	Aphrasia aurita	
Lizard, Legless	Delma mitella	
Lizard, Legless	Delma torquata	
Lizard, Pink-tailed Legless	Aphrasia parapulchella	
Python, Rough-scaled	Morelia carinata	
Ridley, Pacific	Lepidochelys olivacea	
Skink, Baudin Island Spiny-tailed	Egernia stoesii aethiops	
Skink, Lancelin Island Striped	Ctenotus lancelini	
Skink, Lined Burrowing	Lerista lineata	
Skink, Pedra Branca	Pseudemoia palfreymani	
Snake, Black-striped	Vermicella calonota	
Snake, Broad-headed	Hoplocephalus bungaroides	
Tortoise, Fitzroy River	Rheodytes leukops	
Tortoise, Western Swamp	Pseudemydura umbrina	
Turtle, Hawksbill	Eretmochelys imbricata	
Turtle, Leathery	Dermochelys coriacea	
Turtle, Loggerhead	Caretta caretta	

SCHEDULE 7

SPECIAL PROTECTION STATUS
SPECIES DECLARED ENDANGERED BY MINISTERIAL DETERMINATION

Common Name	Scientific Name	
		
LAND MAMMALS		
		
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby	Petrogale penicillata	
Smoky Mouse	Pseudomys fumeus	
		
BIRDS		
		
Regent Honeyeater	Xanthomyza phrygia	
		
FISH		
		
Trout Cod	Maccullochella macquariensis	
Macquarie Perch 	Macquaria australasica	
Silver Perch	Bidyanus bidyanus	
		
AMPHIBIANS		
		
Northern Corroboree Frog	Pseudophryne pengilleyi	
		
REPTILES		
		
Grassland Earless Dragon	Tympanocryptis pinguicolla	
		
INVERTEBRATES		
		
Golden Sun Moth	Synemon plana	
		
PLANTS		
		
a leek orchid	Prasophyllum petilum	
a subalpine herb	Gentiana baeuerlenii	
Button Wrinklewort	Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides	
Small Purple Pea	Swainsona recta	
Tuggeranong Lignum	Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong	
Ginninderra Peppercress	Lepidium ginninderrense	
Brindabella Midge Orchid	Corunastylis ectopa	
Canberra Spider Orchid	Arachnorchis actensis