Extend the Saving Native Species program

Fewer than 1,000 Red Goshawks remain in the wild. Once widespread, they are now largely confined to parts of northern Australia and most likely already vanished from New South Wales and southern Queensland.

Without continued monitoring, nesting sites could be lost before they are even known. Breeding pairs may vanish unnoticed. And yet another apex predator could slip towards extinction.

The Red Goshawk is Australia’s rarest bird of prey. They are now found deep in the remote parts of northern Australia, where we are working alongside Indigenous Rangers, Traditional Owners, communities, and volunteers to locate and monitor breeding Red Goshawks to locate and protect nesting sites on Country. Without ongoing funding, this trusted collaboration could end.

Hooded Plover
BirdLife Australia has tested and refined different techniques to protect Hoodie nests. The best results come from a combination of regular monitoring, educating the public, appropriate recreational zoning (with signs and regulations) and, on popular beaches, fencing off their nesting sites to give them space to breed.

And the result? Improved hatching rates and chick survival at many sites.

Swift Parrot
The bright green and red parrots, a favourite among bird lovers, breed in Tasmania and migrate to Victoria, New South Wales and southern Queensland to feed on flowering gum trees and lerp. As the parrot population dwindles, without ongoing coordinated action with partners across its wide range these precious birds could be lost forever. With BirdLife Australia’s support to revitalise the Swifties national recovery team, without funding the work ahead may stop before it begins.

Regent Honeyeater
Only 300 Regent Honeyeaters survive in the wild. A dedicated group working to recover the species have been able to manage threats to wild birds to improve their nesting success. Without this birds will lose their chicks and the species, already on the knife’s edge, further slips towards extinction.

WA’s Black Cockatoos
Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo populations have crashed by 90% over the last forty years. In the last 50 years, the population of Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos in the Perth–Peel area has declined by about 50%. Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo and Baudin's Black-Cockatoo are both listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act. Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos are listed as Vulnerable to extinction

Without continued funding, vital work with local communities, landholders and land managers across the south west, which is critical protection and conservation of the three species, will end.