Conservation status (IUCN)

Endangered (EN)

Species considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

A King Island Brown Thornbill standing atop a tree branch. The bird is looking to the left

King Island Brown Thornbill

Scientific name Acanthiza pusilla magnirostris
Bird type Small insect eating birds, Threatened species

Fairy Tern catching a fish

Fairy Tern

Scientific name Sternula nereis
Bird type Beach-nesting Birds, Threatened species

Plains-wanderer at night

Plains-wanderer

Scientific name Pedionomus torquatus
Bird type Threatened species

Gouldian Finch

Scientific name Erythrura gouldiae
Bird type Threatened species

Bar-tailed Godwit in the start of breeding plumage, facing and looking left

Bar-tailed Godwit

Scientific name Limosa lapponica
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Black-throated finch sitting on wire, facing and looking right

Black-throated Finch

Scientific name Poephila cincta
Bird type Bush birds

Two Pink Cockatoo sitting on a branch, looking and facing left

Pink Cockatoo

Scientific name Lophochroa leadbeateri
Bird type Hollow nesters, Parrots

Two painted snipes facing and looking right, brown dirt and sparse reeds surrounding

Australian Painted-Snipe

Scientific name Rostratula australis
Bird type Waterbirds

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo perched in a tree

Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo

Scientific name Zanda baudinii
Bird type Parrots, Survey species, Threatened species

Photo of Australasian Bittern walking into some grass, bird looking and facing right

Australasian Bittern

Scientific name Botaurus poiciloptilus
Bird type Nocturnal birds, Threatened species, Waterbirds

Two Carnaby's facing left, but their heads are looking over their shoulders to the right.

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo

Scientific name Zanda latirostris
Bird type Parrots, Survey species, Threatened species

Mallee Emu-wren sitting on a diagonal branch, looking and facing right

Mallee Emu-wren

Scientific name Stipiturus mallee
Bird type Bush birds, Small insect eating birds, Threatened species