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Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) (EPBC Act) on 8 July 2015. At the time of listing it was thought that there were fewer than 10,000 mature individuals remaining in the population and the total population had undergone a suspected
              decline of 20–29 per cent over three generations based on monitoring, a reduced area of occupancy and deteriorating habitat quality (Garnett et al. 2011; Department of the Environment 2015a).

              Principal threats to the Painted Honeyeater covered by this plan include habitat loss and degradation, competition from Noisy (Manorina melanocephala) and Yellow-throated Miners (M. flavigula) and Australia's changing climate. Other potential threats to
              the species may include predation by invasive species (e.g. Black Rats Rattus rattus); destruction of mistletoe in production forests; exacerbation of tree decline through  pasture improvement activities; collision with road vehicles; and nest predation by     native predators Pied Currawongs (Strepera graculina), Pied and Grey Butcherbirds (Cracticus nigrogularis and Cracticus torquatus), and crows and ravens (Corvidae)
              (Lindsay, pers. comm. 2014; DEPI, 2014).

              Threats to the species' already fragmented habitat are not abating, with habitat   continuing to be cleared for agriculture and industrial development and degraded              by over-grazing (Garnett et al. 2011; Department of the Environment 2015a, b). This suggests that the population is likely to continue to decline at a substantial rate
              without appropriate management interventions. The Painted Honeyeater's geographic distribution is precarious for its survival as 100 per cent of mature individuals exist in    one subpopulation (Garnett et al. 2011).

              Accompanying Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) pages provide       background information on the biology, population status and threats to the
              Painted Honeyeater. SPRAT pages are available from:
              http://www.environment.gov.au/ cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.

      1.1      Conservation status
   The Painted Honeyeater is listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and                         Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), and under state legislation (Table 1) in                                         all parts of its range.

   1.2     Taxonomy
   Generally accepted as Grantiella picta, Gould, 1838. The species is endemic to mainland Australia. Taxonomic uniqueness is high, the species is the only one in its genus and          there are no subspecies.

   A member of the family Meliphagidae, Painted Honeyeater was first described in 1838 by John Gould and given the name Entomophila picta, but it was renamed Grantiella picta
   in 1911. Its genus name is in reference to Robert Grant, a Scottish-born taxidermist and collector, while the species name originates from the Latin word for painted, pictus, and refers to the yellow markings on the tail and wing feathers.

   1.3     Species description
   The Painted Honeyeater has black upperparts, white underparts, black spots on its flanks and yellow edges to the flight and tail feathers. The bill is a deep pink and the eye red. The females are smaller and browner on the