Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation (Species and Ecological Communities) Declaration 2008 (No 1)*
Disallowable instrument DI2008—26
made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980, s 38 (Declaration of species, community or process)

1.	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Nature Conservation (Species and Ecological Communities) Declaration 2008 (No 1).
2.	Details of instrument
		I declare that:
(a)	a species specified in:
(i)	Schedule 1 is a vulnerable species; and
(ii)	Schedule 2 is an endangered species, and
(b)	an ecological community specified in Schedule 3 is an endangered community.
3.	Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after notification
4.	Instrument revoked
This instrument revokes the Nature Conservation (Species and Ecological Communities) Declaration 2005 (No 1) DI 2005-39.

Jon Stanhope 
Minister for the Environment, Water and Climate Change

22 February 2008 
declaration of species AND AN ECOLOGICAL community
THE Schedules

Schedule 1	Vulnerable species

Scientific name	Common name	
		
Delma impar	Striped Legless Lizard	
Gadopsis bispinosus	Two-spined Blackfish	
Euastacus armatus	Murray River Crayfish	
Perunga ochracea	Perunga Grasshopper	
Melanodryas cucullata	Hooded Robin	
Lathamus discolor	Swift Parrot	
Polytelis swainsonii	Superb Parrot	
Climacteris picumnus	Brown Treecreeper	
Grantiella picta	Painted Honeyeater	
Dasyurus maculatus	Spotted-tailed Quoll	
Daphoenositta chrysoptera	Varied Sitella	
Lalage sueurii	White-winged Triller	
Hieraaetus morphnoides	Little Eagle	

Schedule 2	Endangered species

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

Schedule 3	Endangered communities

Name of community	Description	
		
Natural Temperate Grassland	A naturally occurring grassland of the temperate zone, dominated by native perennial tussock grasses, with associated native herbs and native fauna.	
		
Yellow Box/Red Gum Grassy Woodland	A naturally occurring woodland of the temperate zone, in which Yellow Box co-occurs with Blakely’s Red Gum.  It includes the species rich understorey of native tussock grasses, herbs and scattered shrubs, together with a large number of native animal species.