The south-eastern glossy black cockatoo is one of four subspecies of genus Calyptorhynchus (the black cockatoos) listed as either endangered or vulnerable.16 animals, four plants, and five ecological communities have been added this year.Australia has added the mountain skink and south-eastern glossy black cockatoo to its list of threatened species.Loss, fragmentation and degradation of this habitat presents the primary high-impact threats to this species, including through increasing climate events like droughts, heatwaves and bushfires. Their range is concentrated along Australia’s east coast from north of Brisbane to the Dandenong Ranges. It’s the eighth cockatoo to be added to the list, and the second this year, following the gang-gang cockatoo’s addition as an endangered species, also following devastation in the fires. ![]() Analysis by ornithological conservation organisation BirdLife Australia found 38% of the species’ habitat was impacted by the Black Summer bushfires. The south-eastern glossy black cockatoo has similarly been impacted by recent fire events in its habitat. The known range of the mountain skink / Credit: Commonwealth of Australia Logging and habitat clearing, invasive predators and the increasing threats of climate-related hazards like bushfires are all considered major threats to the species’ survival. The mountain skink is a solidly-built species which typically grows to a maximum size of around 11 centimetres and lives across the subalpine and mountain regions of Australia’s eastern states, stretching from the Australian Capital Territory through Kosciuszko National Park towards Wombat State Forest and the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne.Įcological research suggests that the Australian Alps hold the highest number of threatened squamates – an order of reptiles that includes skinks, snakes and lizards – on the continent. Mountain skinks and South-eastern glossy black cockatoos hit hard by shared threats It follows the listing or changes to reflect the worsening status of 16 other threatened species under Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act this year.īoth species’ habitats were badly damaged in the Black Summer bushfires of 2019/2020, with wildfires cited among the threats to the species. ![]() The mountain skink ( Liopholis montana) has been listed as endangered, while the south-eastern glossy black cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami) has been listed as vulnerable. Two new species have been added to Australia’s list of threatened animals.
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