1.1.7.2 Terrestrial species and communities

Principal vegetation types and distribution patterns

According to the NVIS v4.1 data (Australian Government Department of the Environment, Dataset 3), saltbush and/or bluebush shrublands is the most widespread terrestrial NVIS v4.1 major vegetation subgroup in the Cooper subregion (22.3% by area, occurring primarily in the western half of the subregion), followed by Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands (15.4%, primarily in the central and northern parts of the subregion), Hummock grasslands (11.3%) and Mulga (Acacia aneura) open woodlands and sparse shrublands (10.6%). Eleven other vegetation subgroups each cover 1 to 10% of the subregion (130,000 to 1,300,000 ha each) and 19 vegetation subgroups (excluding ‘No data’) each cover less than 1% of the subregion (<130,000 ha each) (Table 10).

At smaller-scale mapping, these vegetation subgroups have been delineated as discrete communities that respond to drainage patterns, topographic and edaphic variation. However, in larger-scale mapping, vegetation type mosaics have been identified, causing more homogeneous interpretation of the NVIS classification and thus causing difficulty in harmonising the vegetation mapping across state borders (Figure 34). The consequence of this scale issue is that major boundaries between vegetation subgroups occur along state borders, when there are no corresponding boundaries in terms of surface geology, soils or drainage patterns. For example, east of Moomba, saltbush and/or bluebush shrublands in SA (the most common NVIS vegetation subgroup in the subregion) abut Hummock grasslands in Queensland (the third most common NVIS in the subregion). Furthermore, a complex of vegetation subgroups along Cooper Creek and its floodplains in Queensland are not mapped across the border into SA. Due to this difference in the scale of mapping across state borders it not possible to develop relative abundance of NVIS major vegetation subgroups as terrestrial ecological context for the Cooper subregion as a whole.

Recent change and trend

Very early in the Euro-Australian settlement of central and western Queensland, the Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey (along Cooper Creek and major tributaries), the Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands (on cracking clay soils) and all other tussock grasslands and wetlands were recognised as vegetation types with a combination of plant growth and palatability characteristics that would yield high livestock productivity under pastoral grazing systems (Orr and Holmes, 1984; Burrows et al., 1988). After more than a century of extensive cattle grazing, the bulk of these vegetation types in the Cooper subregion are now classed as ‘modified’ or ‘transformed’, according to the Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST) classification of Thackway and Lesslie (2005). In this classification, ‘modified’ and ‘transformed’ mean that the dominant structuring native species are present, but their levels of dominance have been significantly altered, and their natural regenerative capacity is limited or at risk under past and/or current land use or land management practice. Adventive, exotic plant species may be present or common, but are only co-dominant in the understorey where the vegetation is ‘transformed’. Remote and unpalatable vegetation types, such as Hummock grasslands (on desert dune fields), are the only vegetation types in the Cooper subregion that retain their original or ‘residual’ status according to the VAST classification.

As part of Queensland activities for the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS), Bastin et al. (2014) have recently completed an analysis of trend in condition of the non-woody component of the native terrestrial vegetation across Queensland’s rangelands, including the north-eastern part of the Cooper subregion. Using multi-temporal remote sensing data and analyses based on landscape heterogeneity and functionality, Bastin et al. report that the three IBRA subregions that partly lie within the Cooper subregion showed approximately stable to slightly improving range condition over the period 1988 to either 2003 or 2005 (depending on drought sequences).

Species and ecological communities of national significance

Table 12 lists species of national significance listed under the Commonwealth’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) that are known to occur in the Cooper subregion through specimens or human observations, or for which their occurrence is likely based upon analysis of the distribution of suitable habitat. All but one of those species can be identified as having low or no water dependence in the sense of the BA methodology (Barrett et al., 2013) and thus can be considered terrestrial.

There are no EPBC-listed terrestrial ecological communities within, or near, the Cooper subregion.

Species of regional significance

Table 13 lists taxa of regional significance under Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act 1992. There are 45 taxa that occur in the Cooper subregion but are not also listed nationally.

Table 14 lists the 48 taxa of regional significance under NSW’s Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.

Table 15 lists the taxa (including some subspecies) of regional significance under SA’s National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. There are 82 taxa that occur in the Cooper subregion but are not also listed nationally. Fifty-three of those species can be identified as having low or no water dependence in the sense of the BA methodology (Barrett et al., 2013) and thus can be considered terrestrial.

Table 12 Species and ecological communities in the Cooper subregion that are listed as threatened nationally under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)

Biodiversity asset group	Scientific name	Common name	Status under the EPBC Act	Occur-rence in subregion	Endemi-city in subregion	Water depend-ence	Comments on water dependence
Plants	Acacia peuce	Waddy, Waddi, Waddy-wood, Birdsville wattle	Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Frankenia plicata		Endangered	Known	Low	Moderate	Drainage lines
	Grevillea kennedyana	Flame spiderflower	Vulnerable	Likely	High	Moderate	No specific mention of water dependence
	Hakea maconochieana		Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Xerothamnella parvifolia		Vulnerable	Likely	High	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
Reptiles	Acanthophis hawkei	Plains Death Adder	Vulnerable	Known	Low	Low	Treeless floodplain, habitat that is favoured by its prey (frogs)
	Egernia rugosa	Yakka skink	Vulnerable	Maybe	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
Birds	Amytornis barbatus barbatus	Grey grasswren (bulloo)	Vulnerable	Known	High	High	Swampy floodplains
	Amytornis modestus	Thickbilled grasswren	Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	May favour drainage lines, but not exclusively
	Erythrotriorchis radiatus	Red goshawk	Vulnerable	Maybe	Low	Moderate
	Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda	Star finch (eastern), star finch (southern)	Endangered	Likely	Low	Moderate	Grasslands and grassy woodlands that are located close to bodies of fresh water
	Pedionomus torquatus	Plains-wanderer	Vulnerable	Likely	Moderate	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato)	Painted snipe	Endangered, migratory	Likely	Low	High	Shallow terrestrial freshwater (occasionally brackish) wetlands
Mammals	Dasyuroides byrnei	Kowari	Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Macrotis lagotis	Greater bilby	Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Notomys fuscus	Dusky Hopping-mouse, Wilkiniti	Vulnerable	Likely	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence
	Pseudomys australis	Plains rat, Palyoora	Vulnerable	May	Low	Low	Gypseous cracking clay areas associated with minor drainage features
	Sminthopsis douglasi	Julia Creek dunnart	Endangered	Known	Low	Low	No specific mention of water dependence

Data: Department of the Environment (2014d)

Source database includes comments on water dependence

Table 13 Species in the Queensland part of the Cooper subregion (Shires of Barcoo, Bulloo and Quilpie, and parts of Shires of Diamantina and Longreach) that are listed as threatened under Queensland‘s Nature Conservation Act 1992 and Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 (updated to 27 September 2013), and under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)

Biodiversity asset type	Family	Scientific name	Common name	Status under Queensland’s legislation	Status under the EPBC Act	Water dependent (aquatic)
Plants	Acanthaceae	Rhaphidospora bonneyana		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Acanthaceae	Xerothamnella parvifolia		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Amaranthaceae	Ptilotus brachyanthus		Endangered
	Amaranthaceae	Ptilotus maconochiei		Near threatened
	Amaranthaceae	Ptilotus pseudohelipteroides		Near threatened
	Araliaceae	Hydrocotyle dipleura		Vulnerable		Yes
	Asteraceae	Calocephalus sp. (Eulo M.E.Ballingall MEB2590)		Near threatened
	Asteraceae	Calotis suffruticosa		Near threatened
	Asteraceae	Rhodanthe rufescens		Near threatened
	Byttneriaceae	Commersonia salviifolia		Near threatened
	Chenopodiaceae	Atriplex lobativalvis		Near threatened
	Chenopodiaceae	Atriplex morrisii		Vulnerable
	Chenopodiaceae	Sclerolaena blackiana	Black's copperburr	Near threatened
	Chenopodiaceae	Sclerolaena walkeri		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Cucurbitaceae	Austrobryonia argillicola		Endangered
	Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia sarcostemmoides	Climbing caustic	Vulnerable
	Fabaceae	Indigofera oxyrachis		Vulnerable
	Goodeniaceae	Goodenia angustifolia		Near threatened
	Mimosaceae	Acacia ammophila		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Mimosaceae	Acacia peuce	Waddy	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Mimosaceae	Acacia spania		Near threatened
	Myoporaceae	Eremophila tetraptera		Vulnerable
	Myrtaceae	Melaleuca kunzeoides		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Myrtaceae	Micromyrtus rotundifolia		Vulnerable
	Myrtaceae	Thryptomene hexandra		Near threatened
	Proteaceae	Grevillea kennedyana		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Proteaceae	Hakea maconochieana		Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Scrophulariaceae	Elacholoma hornii		Near threatened
	Scrophulariaceae	Rhamphicarpa australiensis		Near threatened
Amphibians	Hylidae	Cyclorana verrucosa	Rough-collared frog	Near threatened		Yes
Reptiles	Boidae	Aspidites ramsayi	Woma	Near threatened
	Diplodactylidae	Strophurus taenicauda	Golden-tailed gecko	Near threatened
	Elapidae	Acanthophis antarcticus	Common death adder	Near threatened
	Elapidae	Oxyuranus microlepidotus	Western taipan	Near threatened
	Pygopodidae	Paradelma orientalis	Brigalow scaly-foot	Vulnerable
	Scincidae	Ctenotus ariadnae		Near threatened
	Scincidae	Ctenotus septenarius		Near threatened
	Scincidae	Ctenotus serotinus		Near threatened
	Scincidae	Egernia rugosa	Yakka skink	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
Birds	Acanthizidae	Pyrrholaemus brunneus	Redthroat	Near threatened
	Accipitridae	Accipiter novaehollandiae	Grey goshawk	Near threatened
	Accipitridae	Erythrotriorchis radiatus	Red goshawk	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Accipitridae	Lophoictinia isura	Square-tailed kite	Near threatened
	Anatidae	Stictonetta naevosa	Freckled duck	Near threatened
	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus lathami	Glossy black-cockatoo	Vulnerable
	Cacatuidae	Lophochroa leadbeateri	Major Mitchell's cockatoo	Vulnerable
	Ciconiidae	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	Black-necked stork	Near threatened
	Columbidae	Geophaps scripta scripta	Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies)	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Yes
	Falconidae	Falco hypoleucos	Grey falcon	Near threatened
	Maluridae	Amytornis barbatus	Grey grasswren	Near threatened
	Maluridae	Amytornis striatus	Striated grasswren	Near threatened
	Meliphagidae	Epthianura crocea	Yellow chat	Vulnerable
	Meliphagidae	Grantiella picta	Painted honeyeater	Vulnerable
	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus gularis	Black-chinned honeyeater	Near threatened
	Pedionomidae	Pedionomus torquatus	Plains-wanderer	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Psittacidae	Pezoporus occidentalis	Night parrot	Endangered	Endangered
	Rostratulidae	Rostratula australis	Australian painted snipe	Vulnerable	Endangered	Yes
Mammals	Dasyuridae	Dasycercus blythi	Brush-tailed mulgara	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Dasyuridae	Dasycercus cristicauda	Crest-tailed mulgara	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Dasyuridae	Dasyuroides byrnei	Kowari	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Macropodidae	Onychogalea fraenata	Bridled nailtail wallaby	Endangered	Endangered
	Megadermatidae	Macroderma gigas	Ghost bat	Vulnerable
	Muridae	Notomys fuscus	Dusky hopping-mouse	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Muridae	Pseudomys australis	Plains rat	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Peramelidae	Macrotis lagotis	Greater bilby	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Vespertilionidae	Chalinolobus picatus	Little pied bat	Near threatened

Data: DSITIA (Dataset 16, Dataset 17)

Source database does not include comments on water dependence, but a preliminary comment on water dependence is included here for consistency with Table 12.

Table 14 Species in the NSW part of the Cooper subregion (Strzelecki Desert subregion of the West Dunefields Catchment Management Authority) that are listed as threatened under NSW’s Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

Biodiversity asset type	Scientific name	Common name	Status under NSW legislation	Distribution in Strzelecki Desert subregion	Water dependent (aquatic)
Plants	Acacia carneorum	Purple-wood wattle	Vulnerable	Known
	Atriplex infrequens	A saltbush	Vulnerable	Predicted
	Crotalaria cunninghamii	Green bird flower	Endangered	Known
	Dipteracanthus australasicus orynothecus		Endangered	Known
	Dysphania platycarpa		Endangered	Predicted
	Glinus orygioides		Presumed extinct	Known
	Grevillea kennedyana	Flame spider flower	Vulnerable	Known
	Ipomoea polymorpha	Silky cow-vine	Endangered	Known
	Kippistia suaedifolia	Fleshy minuria	Endangered	Known
	Osteocarpum pentapterum		Presumed extinct	Known
	Polycarpaea spirostylis glabra		Endangered	Predicted
	Scaevola collaris	Fan flower	Endangered	Predicted
	Stackhousia clementii		Endangered	Known
Reptiles	Aspidites ramsayi	Woma	Vulnerable	Predicted
	Ctenophorus decresii	Tawny crevice-dragon	Endangered	Predicted
	Ctenotus brooksi	Wedge-snout ctenotus	Vulnerable	Known
	Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer	Leopard ctenotus	Endangered	Predicted
	Cyclodomorphus venustus		Endangered	Predicted
	Demansia torquata	Collared whip snake	Vulnerable	Known
	Diplodactylus conspicillatus	Fat-tailed diplodactylus	Endangered	Predicted
	Lerista xanthura	Yellow-tailed plain slider	Vulnerable	Known
	Lucasium stenodactylum	Crowned gecko	Vulnerable	Known
	Ramphotyphlops endoterus	Interior blind snake	Endangered	Known
	Simoselaps fasciolatus	Narrow-banded snake	Vulnerable	Known
	Tiliqua multifasciata	Centralian blue-tongued lizard	Vulnerable	Known
Birds	Ardeotis australis	Australian bustard	Endangered	Known
	Certhionyx variegatus	Pied honeyeater	Vulnerable	Known
	Circus assimilis	Spotted harrier	Vulnerable	Known
	Climacteris picumnus victoriae	Brown treecreeper (eastern subspecies)	Vulnerable	Known
	Epthianura albifrons	White-fronted chat	Vulnerable	Known
	Falco hypoleucos	Grey falcon	Endangered	Known
	Falco subniger	Black falcon	Vulnerable	Known
	Grantiella picta	Painted honeyeater	Vulnerable	Predicted
	Grus rubicunda	Brolga	Vulnerable	Known
	Hamirostra melanosternon	Black-breasted buzzard	Vulnerable	Known
	Hieraaetus morphnoides	Little eagle	Vulnerable	Known
	Limosa limosa	Black-tailed godwit	Vulnerable	Known	Yes
	Melanodryas cucullata cucullata	Hooded robin (south-eastern form)	Vulnerable	Known
	Oxyura australis	Blue-billed duck	Vulnerable	Known	Yes
	Pedionomus torquatus	Plains-wanderer	Endangered	Predicted
	Pomatostomus halli	Hall's babbler	Vulnerable	Predicted
	Pyrrholaemus brunneus	Redthroat	Vulnerable	Known
	Stictonetta naevosa	Freckled duck	Vulnerable	Known	Yes
Mammals	Antechinomys laniger	Kultarr	Endangered	Known
	Chaeropus ecaudatus	Pig-footed bandicoot	Presumed extinct	Known
	Chalinolobus picatus	Little pied bat	Vulnerable	Predicted
	Saccolaimus flaviventris	Yellow-bellied sheathtail-bat	Vulnerable	Known
	Sminthopsis macroura	Stripe-faced dunnart	Vulnerable	Known

Data: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (Dataset 18). Source database does not include comments on water dependence, but a preliminary comment on water dependence is included here for consistency with Table 12.

Table 15 Species in the South Australian part of the Cooper subregion (Coongie, Sturt Stony Desert, Lake Pure and Strzelecki Desert IBRA subregions) that are listed as threatened under SA’s National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, including their threat status in the South Australian Outback region as assessed by Gillam and Urban (2013)

Biodiversity asset type	Scientific name	Common name	Status under the EPBC Act	Status under South Australian legislation	Status in the Outback region of SA	Trend in the Outback region of SA	Water dependent (aquatic)
Plants	Acacia carneorum	Needle wattle	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Acacia georginae	Georgina gidgee		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Acacia pickardii	Pickard's wattle	Vulnerable	Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Acacia tenuissima	Slender wattle		Rare	Rare	-
	Atriplex eichleri	Eichler's saltbush		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Atriplex papillata	Coral saltbush		Endangered	Vulnerable	-
	Bergia occultipetala			Vulnerable	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Calandrinia stagnensis			Rare	Rare	-
	Callitriche sonderi	Matted water starwort		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected	Yes
	Cyperus bifax	Downs flat-sedge		Rare	Rare	-	Yes
	Cyperus concinnus			Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Cyperus dactylotes			Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected	Yes
	Cyperus nervulosus			Rare	Near threatened	-	Yes
	Eleocharis plana	Flat spike-rush		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Eragrostis lacunaria	Purple love-grass		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Eremophila polyclada	Twiggy emubush		Rare	Vulnerable	-
	Frankenia cupularis			Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Frankenia plicata		Endangered	Vulnerable		-
	Gilesia biniflora	Western tar-vine		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Malacocera gracilis	Slender soft-horns		Vulnerable	Rare	No trend detected
	Mimulus prostratus	Small monkey-flower		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected	Yes
	Neurachne lanigera	Woolly mulga-grass		Rare	Vulnerable	Decline
	Nymphoides crenata	Wavy marshwort		Rare	Endangered	Decline	Yes
	Ophioglossum polyphyllum	Large adder's-tongue		Rare	Rare	-	Maybe
	Orobanche cernua var. australiana	Australian broomrape		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum	Wingless bonefruit		Rare	Rare	-
	Osteocarpum pentapterum	Five-wing bonefruit		Endangered	Vulnerable	Decline
	Phlegmatospermum eremaeum	Spreading cress		Rare		-
	Pimelea penicillaris	Sandhill riceflower		Rare	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Sauropus ramosissimus			Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Sclerolaena blackiana	Black's bindyi		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Stylidium desertorum			Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Swainsona oligophylla			Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Zygophyllum humillimum	Small-fruit twinleaf		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
Amphibians	Cyclorana cultripes	Knife-footed frog		Rare	Rare	-	Yes
	Uperoleia capitulata	Small-headed toadlet		Rare	Rare	-	Yes
Reptiles	Aspidites ramsayi	Woma		Rare	Near threatened	No trend detected
	Ctenotus astarte	Ashy downs ctenotus		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Ctenotus joanae	Blacksoil ctenotus		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Demansia rimicola	Channel country whipsnake		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Emydura macquarii	Macquarie tortoise		Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected	Yes
	Morelia spilota	Carpet python		Rare	Rare	Decline
	Proablepharus kinghorni	Blacksoil skink		Rare	Rare	-
Birds	Actitis hypoleucos	Common sandpiper		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Amytornis barbatus	Grey grasswren	Vulnerable	Rare	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Anas rhynchotis	Australasian shoveler		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Anhinga novaehollandiae	Australasian darter		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Anseranas semipalmata	Magpie goose		Endangered	Endangered	-	Yes
	Aprosmictus erythropterus	Red-winged parrot		Rare	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Ardea intermedia	Intermediate egret		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Ardeotis australis	Australian bustard		Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Biziura lobata	Musk duck		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Burhinus grallarius	Bush stone-curlew		Rare	Critically endangered	Decline
	Cacatua leadbeateri	Major Mitchell's cockatoo		Rare	Endangered	Decline
	Calidris subminuta	Long-toed stint		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	Banded stilt		Vulnerable	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Conopophila whitei	Grey honeyeater		Rare	Endangered	-
	Egretta garzetta	Little egret		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Elanus scriptus	Letter-winged kite		Rare	Vulnerable	Decline
	Epthianura crocea	Yellow chat		Endangered	Endangered	Decline
	Falco hypoleucos	Grey falcon		Rare	Endangered	Decline
	Falco peregrinus	Peregrine falcon		Rare	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Gallinago hardwickii	Latham's snipe		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Geophaps plumifera	Spinifex pigeon		Rare	Vulnerable	Decline
	Grantiella picta	Painted honeyeater		Rare	Endangered	-
	Grus rubicunda	Brolga		Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Hamirostra melanosternon	Black-breasted buzzard		Rare	Rare	Decline
	Limosa limosa	Black-tailed godwit		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Lophoictinia isura	Square-tailed kite		Endangered	Endangered	-
	Melithreptus gularis laetior	Golden-backed honeyeater		Rare	Endangered	-
	Myiagra inquieta	Restless flycatcher		Rare	Rare	No trend detected
	Neophema chrysostoma	Blue-winged parrot		Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Ninox connivens	Barking owl		Rare	Endangered	No trend detected
	Oxyura australis	Blue-billed duck		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Pedionomus torquatus	Plains-wanderer	Vulnerable	Endangered	Endangered	-
	Pezoporus occidentalis	Night parrot	Endangered	Endangered	Critically endangered	-
	Phaps histrionica	Flock bronzewing		Rare	Rare	Increase
	Plegadis falcinellus	Glossy ibis		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Podiceps cristatus	Great crested grebe		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Porzana tabuensis	Spotless crake		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Stictonetta naevosa	Freckled duck		Vulnerable	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Tringa glareola	Wood sandpiper		Rare	Rare	No trend detected	Yes
	Tyto longimembris	Eastern grass owl		Rare	Critically endangered	No trend detected
	Tyto novaehollandiae	Australian masked owl		Endangered	Critically endangered	-
Mammals	Caloprymnus campestris	Desert rat-kangaroo	Extinct	Endangered	Regionally extinct	No trend detected
	Chalinolobus picatus	Little pied bat		Endangered	Insufficient data	-
	Dasycercus byrnei	Kowari	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Decline
	Isoodon auratus	Golden bandicoot	Vulnerable	Endangered	Regionally extinct	No trend detected
	Macropus giganteus	Eastern grey kangaroo		Rare	Rare	-
	Macrotis lagotis	Bilby (Greater bilby)	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Macrotis leucura	Lesser bilby	Extinct	Endangered	Regionally extinct	No trend detected
	Notomys cervinus	Fawn hopping-mouse		Vulnerable	Vulnerable	No trend detected
	Notomys fuscus	Dusky hopping-mouse	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Least concern	-
	Pseudomys australis	Plains mouse (plains rat)	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Rare	Decline
	Saccolaimus flaviventris	Yellow-bellied sheathtail-bat		Rare	Insufficient data	-

Data: Gillam and Urban (2013). Source database does not include comments on water dependence, but a preliminary comment on water dependence is included here for consistency with Table 12.

‘-‘ means insufficient data

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5 January 2018

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