Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Gilmore has or used to have 32 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Australasian Bittern.
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.
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Status: 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
Botaurus poiciloptilus is found across 145 electorates.
The Australasian bittern is a secretive, stocky, heron-like bird, living in wetlands where it forages. Bitterns are very well camouflaged and can be difficult to spot in the reeds and rushes. On occasion they will even sway in time with reeds to blend into their surroundings. The distinctive booming call of males gives them away.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Changed surface and groundwater regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Bynoe's Wattle (Acacia bynoeana)
- Dense Cord-rush (Baloskion longipes)
- Banksia vincentia (Banksia vincentia)
- Deane's Boronia (Boronia deanei)
- Budawangs Cliff-heath (Budawangia gnidioides)
- Thick-lipped Spider-orchid (Caladenia tessellata)
- Chef's Cap (Correa baeuerlenii)
- Leafless Tongue-orchid (Cryptostylis hunteriana)
- White-flowered Wax Plant (Cynanchum elegans)
- Illawarra Socketwood (Daphnandra johnsonii)
- Pale Golden Moths (Diuris ochroma)
- Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata)
- Albatross Mallee (Eucalyptus langleyi)
- Camden Woollybutt (Eucalyptus macarthurii)
- Yellow Gnat-orchid (Genoplesium baueri)
- East Lynne Midge-orchid (Genoplesium vernale)
- Wingecarribee Gentian (Gentiana wingecarribiensis)
- Small-flower Grevillea (Grevillea parviflora subsp. parviflora)
- Carrington Falls Grevillea (Grevillea rivularis)
- Wingless Raspwort (Haloragis exalata subsp. exalata)
- Delicate Cress (Irenepharsus trypherus)
- Monga Tea-tree (Leptospermum thompsonii)
- Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor)
- Biconvex Paperbark (Melaleuca biconvexa)
- Deane's Melaleuca (Melaleuca deanei)
- Knotweed (Persicaria elatior)
- Bungonia Rice-flower (Pimelea axiflora subsp. pubescens)
- Spiked Rice-flower (Pimelea spicata)
- Budawangs Wallaby-grass (Plinthanthesis rodwayi)
- Rufous Pomaderris (Pomaderris brunnea)
- Cotoneaster Pomaderris (Pomaderris cotoneaster)
- Grey Deua Pomaderris (Pomaderris gilmourii var. cana)
- Pale Pomaderris (Pomaderris pallida)
- Carrington Falls Pomaderris (Pomaderris walshii)
- Jervis Bay Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum affine)
- Tawny Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum fuscum)
- Villous Mintbush (Prostanthera densa)
- Illawarra Greenhood (Pterostylis gibbosa)
- Pretty Greenhood (Pterostylis pulchella)
- Halbury Rustyhood (Pterostylis vernalis)
- Budawangs Bush-pea (Pultenaea baeuerlenii)
- Eastern Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella slateri)
- Scrub Turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens)
- Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides)
- Magenta Lilly Pilly (Syzygium paniculatum)
- Kangaloon Sun Orchid (Thelymitra kangaloonica)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Nowra Heath-myrtle (Triplarina nowraensis)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
- Bomaderry Zieria (Zieria baeuerlenii)
- Hill Zieria (Zieria granulata)
- Velvet Zieria (Zieria murphyi)
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