OVER 100 NSW BIRD SPECIES THREATENED
– INCLUDING REGENT HONEYEATER
According to the NSW Government’s Saving our Species program, there are currently over 100 priority bird species in NSW that are listed as threatened under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Some of the bird species that are at risk in NSW include:
- Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia): This species is critically endangered in NSW due to habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as competition for resources with other bird species.
- Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor): This species is also critically endangered in NSW due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and predation by introduced species such as the sugar glider.
- Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus): This bird is listed as endangered in NSW due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation caused by agricultural activities.
- Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus): This bird is listed as vulnerable in NSW due to habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation caused by drainage of wetlands and other water sources.
- Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii): This species is listed as vulnerable in NSW due to habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as competition with other bird species for resources.
Other bird species that are at risk in NSW include the Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), and the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta).
Save Our Woodlands is working hard to protect and restore habitats and populations of these bird species, including through habitat restoration, predator control, and other measures.
These efforts are crucial to maintaining the ecological health and biodiversity of NSW – and YOU can help.
Save Our Woodlands is an environmentally conscious group of volunteers dedicated to preserving threatened birds, animals and ecosystems in the woodlands of New South Wales, Australia.
Only 15% of our woodlands remain, the rest has been cleared for agriculture.
Save Our Woodlands Inc. secures and protects woodlands in NSW and pays landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are maintained.
BUT we need YOUR help. Together we can bring about change. Please consider donating.
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
Donate $10 per month & help protect critical habitats. By doing so YOU will prevent further species from extinction.
Our work is only possible with your support.
