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Threatened Species Strategy 2015-2020: 20 birds by 2020

 Orange-bellied parrot, Graeme Chapman

Photo credit: Orange-bellied parrot, Graeme Chapman

Australia’s 2015 Threatened Species Strategy set out a bold, action-based approach, dedicated to protecting and recovering our threatened animals and plants. It included commitments to improve trajectories of 20 threatened birds by 2020.

Find out more about the 20 priority birds

  • Australasian bittern
  • Christmas Island Frigatebird
  • Eastern bristlebird
  • Eastern curlew
  • Golden shouldered parrot
  • Helmeted honeyeater
  • Hooded plover
  • Mallee emu-wren
  • Malleefowl
  • Night parrot
  • Norfolk Island boobook owl
  • Norfolk Island green parrot
  • Orange bellied parrot
  • Plains wanderer
  • Red-tailed black cockatoo
    (south-eastern)
  • Regent honeyeater
  • Southern Cassowary
  • Swift parrot
  • Western ground parrot
  • White-throated grasswren
  • Yellow chat
Planning at Norfolk Island

Planning at Norfolk Island

Targeted projects

The Australian Government supported efforts to conserve our native plants and animals through a broad range of programs, including the National Landcare Program, Reef Trust and programs that have now ceased, including 20 Million Trees and the Green Army.

It has also taken targeted action by identifying a series of projects that will make a real difference to nationally-threatened plants, animals and ecosystems and directly tackle threats to their survival.

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Click on the headings below to find out more about projects that support our 20 priority bird species.

Creating safe havens

Safe havens are areas where key threats to plants and animals can be removed, not just managed. They provide long-term protection, giving at-risk species the space needed to recover and increase their populations. They allow species to thrive by excluding their key threats. The projects listed below are creating safe havens for one or more of our 2020 priority birds.

  • Going feral free at Astrebla Downs National Park—QLD

Improving habitat

We need to focus our efforts if we are to bring our threatened animals and plants back from the brink. The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy identifies improving habitat as one of its priorities for action. The projects listed below are improving habitat for one or more of our 2020 priority birds.

  • Eradicating feral goats on Kangaroo Island—SA
  • Helping threatened species hotspots—QLD
  • Mapping the movements and genetics of the hooded plover— NSW

Tackling feral cats

The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy identifies tackling feral cats as its top priority for action. By addressing their impacts, the projects listed below benefit a range of native birds, including our 20 priority bird species.

  • Applying best practice feral cat and fox baiting—WA
  • Developing a grooming trap for feral cats—SA

Partnership projects

The Federal Government has strengthened its commitment to threatened species with $743,000 in funding for 11 new projects to protect plants and animals in danger of extinction. These projects fall outside the Commonwealth’s own national park estate and are in addition to the $2 million announced in 2014 for at-risk flora and fauna within the Parks Australia network. The latest funding, mobilised by Threatened Species Commissioner, helps others tackle similar challenges, such as feral animals, weeds and uncontrolled fires, to native flora and fauna on different land tenures. These 11 projects include one that benefits one of our 20 priority birds.

  • Mallee emu-wren – Establishing insurance populations

National parks recovery projects

These projects safeguard existing populations of threatened species through strategies such as the seed banking of plants and the captive management, training, reintroduction or translocation of birds and animals. They also tackle threats to their survival in the wild, such as altered fire regimes, feral animals and weeds. Some of our 20 priority birds are among the many species that will benefit from the national parks recovery projects.

  • Norfolk Island rodent control expansion to protect green parrots

Further information

  • The new Threatened Species Strategy 2021-2031
  • Threatened species strategy 2015-2020
    • Discover the 2015 Strategy 20 priority mammal species
    • Discover the 2015 Strategy 20 priority bird species
    • Discover the 2015 Strategy 30 priority plant species
  • Five year review of progress on priority bird and mammal species
  • More about threatened species projects that benefit other species

Fact sheets

  • Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan 2015-16 - 20 mammals by 2020
  • Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan 2015-16 - 20 birds by 2020
  • Improving the trajectories of 30 plants by 2020
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