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.
Gippsland has or used to have 45 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Eastern Hooded Plover.
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.
Eastern Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus
Status: Vulnerable
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
Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus is found across 34 electorates.
The hooded plover is a small Australian beach nesting bird. It mainly occurs on wide beaches backed by dunes with large amounts of seaweed and jetsam, creek mouths and inlet entrances. Nests are found above the high water mark on flat beaches, on stony terraces, or on sparsely vegetated dunes. As the hooded plover occurs on beaches, it is easily disturbed by human activities, particularly off-leash domestic dogs.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Climate change and severe weather
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activities
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- River Swamp Wallaby-grass (Amphibromus fluitans)
- Shining Cudweed (Argyrotegium nitidulum)
- Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium hookerianum)
- Aniseed Boronia (Boronia galbraithiae)
- Eastern Spider Orchid (Caladenia orientalis)
- Thick-lipped Spider-orchid (Caladenia tessellata)
- Forrester's Bottlebrush (Callistemon forresterae)
- Betka Bottlebrush (Callistemon kenmorrisonii)
- Curtis' Colobanth (Colobanthus curtisiae)
- Dwarf Kerrawang (Commersonia prostrata)
- Genoa River Correa (Correa lawrenceana var. genoensis)
- Leafless Tongue-orchid (Cryptostylis hunteriana)
- Narrow-leaf Bent-grass (Deyeuxia pungens)
- Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena)
- Pale Golden Moths (Diuris ochroma)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- Bog Willow-herb (Epilobium brunnescens subsp. beaugleholei)
- Strzelecki Gum (Eucalyptus strzeleckii)
- Purple Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri)
- Thick Eyebright (Euphrasia crassiuscula subsp. glandulifera)
- Bogong Eyebright (Euphrasia eichleri)
- Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana)
- Colquhoun Grevillea (Grevillea celata)
- Spiny Pepper-cress (Lepidium aschersonii)
- Basalt Pepper-cress (Lepidium hyssopifolium)
- Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor)
- Lobelia gelida (Lobelia gelida)
- Leafy Nematolepis (Nematolepis frondosa)
- Harsh Nematolepis (Nematolepis squamea subsp. coriacea)
- Marble Daisy-bush (Olearia astroloba)
- Omeo Stork's-bill (Pelargonium sp. Striatellum )
- Rufous Pomaderris (Pomaderris brunnea)
- Cotoneaster Pomaderris (Pomaderris cotoneaster)
- Pale Pomaderris (Pomaderris pallida)
- Bent Pomaderris (Pomaderris sericea)
- Round-leaf Pomaderris (Pomaderris vacciniifolia)
- Gaping Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum correctum)
- Maroon Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum frenchii)
- Mignonette Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum morganii)
- Tarengo Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum petilum)
- Dense Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum spicatum)
- Wellington Mintbush (Prostanthera galbraithiae)
- Green-striped Greenhood (Pterostylis chlorogramma)
- Leafy Greenhood (Pterostylis cucullata)
- Blue-tongued Orchid (Pterostylis oreophila)
- Enigmatic Greenhood (Pterostylis X aenigma)
- Pultenaea parrisiae (Pultenaea parrisiae)
- Swamp Fireweed (Senecio psilocarpus)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Spiral Sun-orchid (Thelymitra matthewsii)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Snowy River Westringia (Westringia cremnophila)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
- Lemon-scented Zieria (Zieria citriodora)
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