Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00635:reg:1:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00635
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 4/23)
Character Range: 12686–15961

and in all parts of its range.
Table 1: National and state conservation status of the regent honeyeater
Legislation                                                               Conservation Status
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)  Critically Endangered
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995                                  Critically Endangered
(New South Wales)
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Queensland)                                 Endangered
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia)                    Endangered
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria)                             Threatened
Nature Conservation Act 1980 (Australian Capital Territory)               Endangered
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: (2015)                               Critically Endangered

2.2 Regent Honeyeater Recovery Team
Recovery teams provide advice and assist in coordinating actions described in recovery plans. They include representatives from organisations with a direct interest in the recovery of the species, including those involved in funding and those participating in actions that support the recovery of the species. The recovery program for the regent honeyeater is coordinated by the Regent Honeyeater Recovery Team (the Recovery Team). Membership of the Recovery Team (which may change over time) currently includes individuals with relevant expertise from BirdLife Australia, Taronga Zoo, the Australian Government, the New South Wales and Victorian state governments, as well as independent researchers and community groups.

3 Background

3.1 Species description
The regent honeyeater is a medium-sized honeyeater, about 200–230 mm long and weighing 31–50 grams as an adult. Plumage is predominantly black with bright yellow edges to the tail and wing feathers. Body feathers, except for the head and neck, are broadly edged in pale yellow or white. A large patch of yellowish to pinkish, bare, warty skin surrounds each eye. The overall visual impression is of a blackish bird boldly embroidered with yellow and white, with brilliant yellow flashes in wings and tail (Pizzey, 1981; Menkhorst, 1993).

3.2 Distribution
The current distribution of the regent honeyeater is extremely patchy, with a small number of known breeding sites. Formerly distributed in south-eastern Australia from the Adelaide region (South Australia) to 100 km north of Brisbane (Queensland), there has been a clear contraction in the regent honeyeater's range. Bendigo, in central Victoria, is now its western limit (Franklin et al., 1989). On the western edge of its New South Wales range it occurs as far inland as Narrabri, Warrumbungle National Park, Dubbo, Parkes and Finley (Figure 1).

Regent honeyeaters may use different areas in different years depending on food resources. They may move large distances to do this although more research is required to confirm the regularity and extent of this behaviour.

Within its current distribution there are four known key breeding areas where the species is regularly recorded. These are the Bundarra-Barraba, Capertee Valley and Hunter Valley districts in New South Wales, and the Chiltern area in north-east Victoria. Breeding has also been regularly recorded