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Parkes has or used to have 40 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Black-eared Miner.
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.
Black-eared Miner
Manorina melanotis
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
Manorina melanotis is found across 5 electorates.
The Black-eared Miner has a roughly uniform grey colouring from crown to rump. There is a black mask, starting at the bill and extending under and over the eye, and uniformly over the ear-coverts. There is often also a obscure grey 'moustache-streak'. The absence of a pale rump separates the Black-eared Miner from the Yellow-throated Miner, while the absence of pale tail-tips help separate it from both Yellow-throated and Noisy Miners.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- Curly-bark Wattle (Acacia curranii)
- Androcalva procumbens (Androcalva procumbens)
- Atriplex infrequens (Atriplex infrequens)
- Austrostipa metatoris (Austrostipa metatoris)
- Austrostipa wakoolica (Austrostipa wakoolica)
- Bertya opponens (Bertya opponens)
- Mossgiel Daisy (Brachyscome papillosa)
- Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis)
- Callistemon pungens (Callistemon pungens)
- Moore's Burr-daisy (Calotis moorei)
- Bluegrass (Dichanthium setosum)
- a spike rush (Eleocharis obicis)
- Austral Pipewort (Eriocaulon australasicum)
- Salt Pipewort (Eriocaulon carsonii)
- Frankenia plicata (Frankenia plicata)
- Flame Spider-flower (Grevillea kennedyana)
- Lake Keepit Hakea (Hakea pulvinifera)
- Belson's Panic (Homopholis belsonii)
- Homoranthus darwinioides (Homoranthus darwinioides)
- Indigofera efoliata (Indigofera efoliata)
- Spiny Pepper-cress (Lepidium aschersonii)
- Winged Pepper-cress (Lepidium monoplocoides)
- Chariot Wheels (Maireana cheelii)
- a green alga (Nitella parooensis)
- Hawkweed (Picris evae)
- a leek-orchid (Prasophyllum sp. Wybong )
- Sclerolaena walkeri (Sclerolaena walkeri)
- Menindee Nightshade (Solanum karsense)
- Slender Darling-pea (Swainsona murrayana)
- Red Darling-pea (Swainsona plagiotropis)
- Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila)
- Small Purple-pea (Swainsona recta)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Tylophora linearis (Tylophora linearis)
- Xerothamnella parvifolia (Xerothamnella parvifolia)
- Ingram's Zieria (Zieria ingramii)
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