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NATIONAL Recovery Plan

for the

Christmas Island Hawk-Owl

Ninox natalis

Richard Hill
Birds Australia

Prepared by Richard Hill, Birds Australia, for the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage
Published by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: August 2004

ISBN  0 642 55010 7

© Commonwealth of Australia
This publication is copyright.  Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth.  Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction should be addressed to:
Assistant Secretary
Natural Resource Management Policy Branch
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

This plan should be cited as follows:
   Hill, R. 2004. National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.

Disclaimer:
This recovery plan sets out the actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed threatened species or ecological community.  The Australian Government is committed to acting in accordance with the plan and to implementing the plan as it applies to Commonwealth areas.
The plan has been developed with the involvement and cooperation of a broad range of stakeholders, but the making or adoption of this plan does not necessarily indicate the commitment of individual stakeholders to undertaking any specific actions.  The attainment of objectives and the provision of funds may be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved. Proposed actions may be subject to modification over the life of the plan due to changes in knowledge..

Copies available from: http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/recovery/list-common.html

Executive Summary
The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl is endemic to Christmas Island, and is currently listed as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). It's territories are found in all habitats, but especially Primary and Marginal rainforests and in some secondary regrowth vegetation. The total population size was estimated in 1995 to be 562105 occupied territories (about 820-1200 birds). The total population size is primarily limited by the area of suitable habitat remaining on Christmas Island, especially intact mature rainforest with holes for nesting. Supercolonies of the introduced Crazy Ant potentially pose an extreme risk to this species. Actions for the conservation of this species outlined in this Recovery Plan aim to downgrade this species to Conservation Dependent primarily by implementing the Invasive Ants on Christmas Island Action Plan, protecting all habitat critical to the survival of this species, monitoring the population, and educating the Christmas Island community about this small, unique owl.

Background Information

Conservation Status
The Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis is currently listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act due to its small population size.