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Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 2/16)
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recovery actions to address that threat. The review concluded that a new recovery plan should be developed for the Swift Parrot to account for predation by Sugar Gliders and address the ongoing loss of breeding habitat in Tasmania.
The accompanying Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) provides additional background information on the biology, population status and threats to the Swift Parrot. SPRAT pages are available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl

1.1                 Conservation status
The Swift Parrot is listed as Critically Endangered under the EPBC Act, and listed threatened in all parts of its range (Table 1). The last 20 years of Swift Parrot conservation have shown that conservation efforts have been insufficient to halt the species' decline. Despite extensive outreach to the public and policy makers, conservation management has not kept pace with advances in knowledge and scientific evidence (Webb et al. 2019). While some Swift Parrot habitat has been protected in conservation reserves in Tasmania and mainland states, and some timber harvesting prescriptions imposed to moderate the impact of forestry, such as the Public Authority Management Agreement covering the Southern Forests in Tasmania, there remain many unresolved challenges for habitat protection. Sugar Glider impacts in Tasmania are worst where habitat loss is severe, which compounds the effects of forestry operations (Stojanovic et al. 2014). Climate change poses an additional threat to the species, but its consequences are poorly studied. If habitat continues to be lost across the species' range, and Sugar Glider predation is not addressed, the species will likely continue its downward trajectory and become extinct in the wild.
Table 1 National and state conservation status of the Swift Parrot
Legislation                                                                   Conservation status
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)  Critically Endangered
Nature Conservation Act 2014 (Australian Capital Territory)                   Critically Endangered
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (New South Wales)                          Endangered
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Queensland)                                     Endangered
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia)                        Endangered
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria)                                 Critically Endangered
Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 (Tasmania)                             Endangered

1.2                 Species description
The Swift Parrot (White 1790) is a small fast-flying, nectarivorous parrot which occurs in eucalypt forests in south eastern Australia. Bright green in colour, the Swift Parrot has patches of red on the throat, chin, face and forehead, which are bordered by yellow. It also has red on the shoulder and under the wings and blue on the crown, cheeks and wings. A distinctive call of pip-pip-pip (usually given while flying), a streamlined body, long pointy tail and flashes of bright red under the wing enable the species to be readily identified.

1.3                 Distribution
The Swift Parrot breeds in Tasmania during the summer and migrates north to mainland Australia for winter (Figure 1). The breeding range of