Eastern Bristlebird
EPBC Status: Endangered
SPRAT Species Profile: Dasyornis brachypterus — Eastern Bristlebird
Found in: New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria
Threatened Species Strategy Scorecards:
Eastern Bristlebird Year 3 scorecard 2018 (PDF - 598.97 KB)
Eastern Bristlebird Year 3 scorecard 2018 (DOCX - 489.91 KB)
Year 3 Scorecard Summary (2018)
The Eastern Bristlebird comprises three distinct populations that occupy different habitat types and are managed separately.
The northern population is found only in grassy forest habitat in south-east Queensland and north-east NSW. This habitat depends on a particular fire regime to maintain patches suitable for northern Eastern Bristlebirds, and until recently populations had been rapidly declining. However, active habitat restoration, targeted fire management and captive breeding efforts in recent years have halted this decline and numbers are now increasing.
The central and southern populations have experienced significant range contraction from southern coastal NSW and are now found in small pockets of suitable heathland habitat in south-east NSW and far-eastern Victoria.
All monitored populations, including several that have been re-introduced, are either stable or increasing, mostly as a result of intensive management of fire and exotic predator management.
Further information
- Threatened species strategy
- 20 birds by 2020
- 20 mammals by 2020
- 30 plants by 2020
- Three year review of progress on priority bird and mammal species
Please note that this scorecard is due for review in Year 5 of the Threatened Species Strategy (2020). If you would like to contribute information on this species please provide your contact details to ThreatenedSpeciesCommissioner@awe.gov.au
Photo credit: © G. Threlfo