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.
Grey has or used to have 43 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.
- Spidery Wattle (Acacia araneosa)
- Needle Wattle (Acacia carneorum)
- Chalky Wattle (Acacia cretacea)
- Jumping-jack Wattle (Acacia enterocarpa)
- Hairy-pod Wattle (Acacia glandulicarpa)
- Latz's Wattle (Acacia latzii)
- Menzel's Wattle (Acacia menzelii)
- Waddy (Acacia peuce)
- Birds Nest Wattle (Acacia pickardii)
- Fat-leaved Wattle (Acacia pinguifolia)
- Senna Wattle (Acacia praemorsa)
- Neat Wattle (Acacia rhetinocarpa)
- Spiller's Wattle (Acacia spilleriana)
- Whibley Wattle (Acacia whibleyana)
- Spiny Everlasting (Acanthocladium dockeri)
- Sword Bossiaea (Bossiaea peninsularis)
- Corunna Daisy (Brachyscome muelleri)
- White-beauty Spider-orchid (Caladenia argocalla)
- Winter Spider-orchid (Caladenia brumalis)
- Coast Spider-orchid (Caladenia conferta)
- Bayonet Spider-orchid (Caladenia gladiolata)
- Ghost Spider-orchid (Caladenia intuta)
- Large-club Spider-orchid (Caladenia macroclavia)
- Greencomb Spider-orchid (Caladenia tensa)
- Woolcock's Spider-orchid (Caladenia woolcockiorum)
- White Rabbits (Caladenia xantholeuca)
- Slender Bell-fruit (Codonocarpus pyramidalis)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- Peep Hill Hop-bush (Dodonaea subglandulifera)
- Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (Eleocharis papillosa)
- Salt Pipewort (Eriocaulon carsonii)
- Osborn's Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. osbornii)
- Frankenia plicata (Frankenia plicata)
- Mt Finke Grevillea (Grevillea treueriana)
- Prickly Raspwort (Haloragis eyreana)
- Ooldea Guinea-flower (Hibbertia crispula)
- Spalding Blown Grass (Lachnagrostis limitanea)
- Granite Mudwort (Limosella granitica)
- Microlepidium alatum (Microlepidium alatum)
- Arckaringa Daisy (Olearia arckaringensis)
- Silver Daisy-bush (Olearia pannosa subsp. pannosa)
- Silver Candles (Pleuropappus phyllocalymmeus)
- Goldsack's Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum goldsackii)
- Lax Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum laxum)
- Pale Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pallidum)
- Plum Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum pruinosum)
- Sturdy Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum validum)
- West Coast Mintbush (Prostanthera calycina)
- Mount Illbilie Mintbush (Prostanthera nudula)
- Lowly Greenhood (Pterostylis despectans)
- Halbury Greenhood (Pterostylis lepida)
- Nodding Rufoushood (Pterostylis mirabilis)
- Hale Dwarf Greenhood (Pterostylis sp. Hale )
- Desert Greenhood (Pterostylis xerophila)
- Ironstone Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus beckerianus)
- Tufted Bush-pea (Pultenaea trichophylla)
- Sclerolaena walkeri (Sclerolaena walkeri)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Superb Groundsel (Senecio megaglossus)
- Menindee Nightshade (Solanum karsense)
- Annual Stackhousia (Stackhousia annua)
- Slender Darling-pea (Swainsona murrayana)
- Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila)
- Bead Glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Port Lincoln Speedwell (Veronica parnkalliana)
- Xerothamnella parvifolia (Xerothamnella parvifolia)
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