Risks to birds

Climate change

Long-term changes in temperature, rainfall, sea levels, and extreme weather that alter habitats, food availability, breeding success, and survival.

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

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Scientific name Calyptorhynchus banksii naso
Bird type Hollow nesters, Parrots, Survey species, Threatened species, Urban birds

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

Regent Honeyeater perched on a branch

Regent Honeyeater

Scientific name Anthochaera phrygia
Bird type Bush birds, Honeyeaters, Survey species, Threatened species

Oystercatcher walking along the shore,looking and facing left, ocean in the background tinged a golden colour with the sunset

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Scientific name Haematopus longirostris
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Orange-bellied parrot sitting on a branch facing forward, looking slightly off to the left. Green, blurred background

Orange-bellied Parrot

Scientific name Neophema chrysogaster
Bird type Parrots, Threatened species

Photo of Channel-billed cuckoo sitting on in a tree, looking and facing left with its head tilted slightly upward. Surrounded by green foliage

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Scientific name Scythrops novaehollandiae
Bird type Survey species, Urban birds

Eastern Whipbird sitting on a mossy rock, looking and facing left, black crest and long fanned tail.

Eastern Whipbird

Scientific name Psophodes olivaceus
Bird type Bush birds

Male Gang-gang cockatoo, close up of head, its feathered crest splayed out over head. Bird looking and facing forward, slightly to the right

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Scientific name Callocephalon fimbriatum
Bird type Hollow nesters, Parrots

bush-stone curlew standing on one leg, other leg in the air, parallel to its lower chest. It is standing on the grass, with pink flowers decorating the ground. Bird looking and facing right

Bush Stone-curlew

Scientific name Burhinus grallarius
Bird type Nocturnal birds

Pelican floating on a lake

Australian Pelican

Scientific name Pelecanus conspicillatus
Bird type Waterbirds

Adelie Penguin in Antarctica

Adelie Penguin

Scientific name Pygoscelis adeliae
Bird type Seabirds