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Capricornia has or used to have 31 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Capricorn Yellow Chat.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Capricorn Yellow Chat

Epthianura crocea macgregori

Status: Critically Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Epthianura crocea macgregori is found across 2 electorates.

The Yellow Chat is about 11 cm in length and has a mass of about 9 g. When breeding, the adult male plumage is mainly yellow-olive above, with dusky streaking, a rich golden-yellow head and rump, and white edges to the feathers of the wings. The breeding adult male plumage is lemon yellow below, with a distinct black crescent or bar across the breast. Adult females in breeding plumage are broadly similar to adult males, but lack the distinct black mark on the breast and are generally bright yellow rather than golden-yellow in colour.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes