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.
Whitlam has or used to have 30 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Eastern Bristlebird.
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 Bristlebird
Dasyornis brachypterus
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
Dasyornis brachypterus is found across 15 electorates.
The eastern bristlebird is a small ground-dwelling bird. It is a dark cinnamon-brown colour and is well camouflaged in the low, dense, ground or understorey vegetation in which it occurs. Nests are built low to the ground in low dense vegetation. It mainly feeds on insects, seeds and small fruits. It is only capable of making, weak, low, short-range flights. It only has a limited ability to disperse to new habitat or recolonise habitat after disturbance. It occurs in a variety of habitat, however, it is relatively rare and occurs in three disjunct, localised coastal populations: one in the Queensland/NSW border area; one in the Illawarra and Jervis Bay; and one in the NSW/Victoria border area.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Climate change and severe weather
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.
- Bynoe's Wattle (Acacia bynoeana)
- Downy Wattle (Acacia pubescens)
- Dense Cord-rush (Baloskion longipes)
- Deane's Boronia (Boronia deanei)
- Thick-lipped Spider-orchid (Caladenia tessellata)
- Dwarf Kerrawang (Commersonia prostrata)
- Leafless Tongue-orchid (Cryptostylis hunteriana)
- White-flowered Wax Plant (Cynanchum elegans)
- Illawarra Socketwood (Daphnandra johnsonii)
- Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata)
- Camden Woollybutt (Eucalyptus macarthurii)
- Yellow Gnat-orchid (Genoplesium baueri)
- Wingecarribee Gentian (Gentiana wingecarribiensis)
- Grevillea molyneuxii (Grevillea molyneuxii)
- Small-flower Grevillea (Grevillea parviflora subsp. parviflora)
- Grevillea raybrownii (Grevillea raybrownii)
- Carrington Falls Grevillea (Grevillea rivularis)
- Wingless Raspwort (Haloragis exalata subsp. exalata)
- Helichrysum calvertianum (Helichrysum calvertianum)
- Delicate Cress (Irenepharsus trypherus)
- Kunzea cambagei (Kunzea cambagei)
- Woronora Beard-heath (Leucopogon exolasius)
- Deane's Melaleuca (Melaleuca deanei)
- Knotweed (Persicaria elatior)
- Needle Geebung (Persoonia acerosa)
- Bargo Geebung (Persoonia bargoensis)
- Mittagong Geebung (Persoonia glaucescens)
- Hairy Geebung (Persoonia hirsuta)
- Persoonia mollis subsp. revoluta (Persoonia mollis subsp. revoluta)
- Dwarf Phyllota (Phyllota humifusa)
- Spiked Rice-flower (Pimelea spicata)
- Rufous Pomaderris (Pomaderris brunnea)
- Cotoneaster Pomaderris (Pomaderris cotoneaster)
- Carrington Falls Pomaderris (Pomaderris walshii)
- Jervis Bay Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum affine)
- Tawny Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum fuscum)
- Illawarra Greenhood (Pterostylis gibbosa)
- Pretty Greenhood (Pterostylis pulchella)
- Pultenaea aristata (Pultenaea aristata)
- Scrub Turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens)
- Magenta Lilly Pilly (Syzygium paniculatum)
- Kangaloon Sun Orchid (Thelymitra kangaloonica)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
- Hill Zieria (Zieria granulata)
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