Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00257:body:0:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00257
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 76954–83850

in the deaths of some cassowaries. Feral pigs wallowing and rooting around the edges of watercourses and swamps degrade habitat and affect water quality
Dasyornis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Feral pigs damage habitat, particularly by uprooting Wild Sorghum.
brachypterus                                                                                                                                                                                                              Endangered             Bird                  Known
(Eastern Bristlebird)
Epthianura
crocea macgregori                                                                                                                                                                                                         Critically Endangered  Bird                  Perceived                   Current habitat is being grazed by... feral pigs which may be causing long-term habitat degradation.
(Yellow Chat (Dawson))
Epthianura
crocea tunneyi                                                                                                                                                                                                            Endangered             Bird                  Known                       Immediate threat ... is habitat damage by feral pigs.
(Yellow Chat (Alligator Rivers))
Erythrura gouldiae                                                                                                                                                                                                        Endangered             Bird                  Known                       In the Northern Territory, habitat degradation by feral pigs can destroy or reduce wet season foraging habitat for these birds.
(Gouldian Finch)
Geophaps
smithii blaauwi                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vulnerable             Bird                  Perceived                   Potential threats include grazing and trampling of habitat by feral animals particularly cattle (Bos taurus), donkeys (Equus asinus) and feral pigs (Sus scrofa).
(Partridge Pigeon (western))
Leipoa ocellata                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vulnerable             Bird                  –                           Added on advice of Parks Victoria in October 2015.
(Malleefowl)
Malurus coronatus coronatus                                                                                                                                                                                               Endangered             Bird                  Known                       Identified threats include grazing and trampling of habitat by cattle and feral herbivores, notably water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), donkeys (Equus aqinus) and feral pigs (Sus scrofa).
(Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western))
Neochmia phaeton evangelinae                                                                                                                                                                                              Vulnerable             Bird                  Known                       Grazing mammals such as feral pigs and cattle can degrade riparian habitats during the dry season when they congregate around sources of fresh water and destroy the rank grasses by feeding upon and trampling them.
(Crimson Finch (white-bellied))
Pedionomus
torquatus                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Critically Endangered  Bird                  –                           Added on advice from Parks Victoria in October 2015.
Plains Wanderer
Psephotus
chrysopterygius                                                                                                                                                                                                           Endangered             Bird                  Perceived                   A shortage of food occurs annually in the early wet season and this can be made worse by intense cattle and feral pig grazing. Pigs and cattle can also destroy the termite mounds that the parrots breed in.
(Golden-shouldered Parrot)
Turnix melanogaster                                                                                                                                                                                                       Vulnerable             Bird                  Known                       Affected by grazing and other disturbances caused by cattle, horses and feral pigs; being ground-nesters, they are also affected by predation by cats, foxes and pigs.
(Black-breasted Button-quail)
Euploea alcathoe enastri                                                                                                                                                                                                  Endangered             Butterfly             Perceived                   Feral animals, particularly water buffalo Bubalus bubalis and feral pigs Sus scrofa, are on the Gove Peninsula. Such animals are known to damage monsoon rainforest habitat, and may also damage the groundwater forest which is the habitat where the Gove Crow Butterfly occurs.
(Gove Crow Butterfly)
Paralucia spinifera                                                                                                                                                                                                       Vulnerable             Butterfly             Known                       Feral pigs have been identified as a threat to Native Blackthorn (Bursaria spinosa subsp. Lasiophylla), a tall native shrub that this species only occurs in the presence of.
(Bathurst Copper Butterfly, Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper, Bathurst Copper Wing, Bathurst-Lithgow Copper, Purple Copper)
Engaeus martigener                                                                                                                                                                                                        Endangered             Crayfish              Perceived                   Feral pigs have previously been identified as a potential risk to the species