The committee’s listing assessment for that population recommends its status remain at endangered.īut the south-eastern populations, previously unlisted, have been recommended for a vulnerable listing, in part due to the pressure on foraging habitat. There were fears for the birds on Kangaroo Island in the aftermath of the fire disaster, and concerns its status might reach critically endangered. Glossy black-cockatoos are also fire sensitive and are dependent on casuarina seeds as their food source. The southern long-nosed potoroo is another affected animal and has been recommended for a vulnerable listing. The committee has moved to quickly assess wildlife that might qualify for a threatened listing or upgraded threat status after the fire disaster.Ī decision on whether eastern koala populations should be listed as endangered is expected later this year. “Any species that’s fire sensitive is going to really struggle,” she said. She said gang-gangs needed time to recover after such a disaster, something that would be made difficult with more frequent severe bushfire seasons. “That would have potentially taken out nesting hollows and destroyed a lot of their foraging resources,” she said. Sarah Legge, a scientist who sits on the committee, said the bushfires had affected 36% of the birds’ range and about half of that had been burnt by high-severity fire. The listing assessment says increased heatwaves and fire frequency as a result of the climate emergency were increasing pressure on the species across its range, with bushfires likely to reduce the amount of nesting habitat available to the birds.

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