Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p171
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 171/276)
Character Range: 639227–642225

swamphens on Phillip Island. Protect and enhance nesting areas through revegetation efforts on Phillip Island. Retain status of pest-free Phillip Island through detection monitoring for introduced vertebrates and invertebrates. Protect potential nesting sites on Norfolk Island from feral cats and rats to allow re-establishment of colonies there.

Relevant literature
Carlile N & O'Dwyer T (2018) NI2016–26 Report to the Director national parks and Manager Norfolk Island National Park. Office of Environment and Heritage NSW.
Carlile N, Halpin LR, O'Dwyer T, O'Neill L (2023) Changing fortunes of the Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis following the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project - interactions with other recovering species. Bird Conservation International 33: e18.
Christian M (2005) Norfolk Island … the birds. Green Eyes Publications, Norfolk Island.
Clark BL, Carneiro APB, Pearmain EJ et al. (2023) Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nature Communications 14, 3665.
Garnett ST, Szabo J & Dutson G (2011) The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Halpin LR, Mott R, Clay TA, Humphries GRW, Chatwin TA, Carlile N & Clarke RH (2022) Predicting the foraging habitats of sympatrically breeding gadfly petrels in the South Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 853104.
Halpin LR, Terrington DI, Jones HP, Mott R, Wong WW, Dow DC, Carlile N & Clarke RH (2021) Arthropod predation of vertebrates structures trophic dynamics in island ecosystems. The American Naturalist 198(4), 540-550.
Hermes N, Evans O & Evans B (1986) Norfolk Island birds: a review 1985. Notornis 33, 141–149.
O'Dwyer T, Carlile N, O'Neill L & Halpin LR (2023) Changing fortunes of the Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis following the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project - interactions with other recovering species. Bird Conservation International 33: e18.
Priddel D, Carlile N, Evans O, Evans B & McCoy H (2010) A review of the seabirds of Phillip Island in the Norfolk Island Group. Notornis 57, 113–127.
Schodde R, Fullagar P & Hermes N (1983) A review of Norfolk Island birds past and present (Special Publication No. 8). Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra.
Tarburton MK (1981) Seabirds nesting on Norfolk Island. Notornis 28, 209–211.

Pterodroma solandri—providence petrel

Conservation significance
EPBC Act Listing Status: Marine.
State Listing Status: Listed as Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW).
Non-statutory Listing Status: Described as least concern in the Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 (Garnett & Baker 2021).

Distribution
The providence petrel (Pterodroma solandri) was discovered on Norfolk Island in 1788 and was considered common, with large breeding colonies on Mt Pitt and Mt Bates. The birds were an important source of food for the early settlers and more than 170,000 birds were harvested between April and July 1790 (Medway 2002). By