Changes made to wildlife categories on 1 September 2024
The Species Technical Committee (STC) has assessed the status of 38 fauna species and 76 flora species in accordance with the requirements of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 as well as best practice international species reclassification guidelines (see tables below).
Class | Taxon | Common name | Former Qld status | New Qld status |
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Actinopterygii | Bidyanus bidyanus | silver perch | Not listed | Endangered |
Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus | Daintree rainbowfish | Not listed | Critically endangered | |
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides | Cairns rainbowfish | Not listed | Endangered | |
Centroberyx affinis | redfish | Not listed | Critically endangered | |
Chlamydogobius squamigenus | Edgbaston goby | Endangered | Critically endangered | |
Maccullochella mariensis | Mary River cod | Not listed | Endangered | |
Mogurnda clivicola | Flinders Ranges mogurnda | Not listed | Endangered | |
Stiphodon surrufus | emerald cling goby | Vulnerable | Endangered | |
Arachnida | Euoplos grandis | Darling Downs giant trapdoor spider | Not listed | Vulnerable |
Aves | Arenaria interpres | ruddy turnstone | Least concern | Vulnerable |
Calidris acuminata | sharp-tailed sandpiper | Least concern | Vulnerable | |
Calidris canutus | red knot | Endangered | Vulnerable | |
Calidris tenuirostris | great knot | Critically endangered | Vulnerable | |
Gallinago hardwickii | Latham’s snipe | Least concern | Vulnerable | |
Limnodromus semipalmatus | Asian dowitcher | Least concern | Vulnerable | |
Limosa lapponica baueri | Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit | Vulnerable | Endangered | |
Limosa limosa | black-tailed godwit | Least concern | Endangered | |
Numenius madagascariensis | eastern curlew | Endangered | Critically endangered | |
Pezoporus occidentalis | night parrot | Endangered | Critically endangered | |
Pluvialis squatarola | grey plover | Least concern | Vulnerable | |
Tringa nebularia | common greenshank | Least concern | Endangered | |
Xenus cinereus | terek sandpiper | Least concern | Vulnerable | |
Chondrichthyes | Sphyrna lewini | scalloped hammerhead | Not listed | Endangered |
Gastropoda | Adclarkia cameroni | brigalow woodland snail | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Malacostraca | Euastacus balanensis | Balan spiny crayfish | Not listed | Endangered |
Euastacus fleckeri | Flecker's crayfish | Not listed | Endangered | |
Euastacus urospinosus | Maleny crayfish | Not listed | Endangered | |
Euastacus yigara | Cardwell hairy crayfish | Not listed | Critically endangered | |
Mammalia | Hemibelideus lemuroides | lemuroid ringtail possum | Critically endangered | Endangered |
Petrogale coenensis | Cape York rock-wallaby | Vulnerable | Endangered | |
Rhinolophus robertsi | greater large-eared horseshoe bat | Endangered | Vulnerable | |
Sminthopsis douglasi | Julia Creek dunnart | Endangered | Vulnerable | |
Reptilia | Ctenotus rawlinsoni | Cape heath ctenotus | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Elusor macrurus | Mary River turtle | Endangered | Critically endangered | |
Emoia atrocostata australis | littoral whip-tail skink | Vulnerable | Least concern | |
Lygisaurus tanneri | Endeavour River litter-skink | Vulnerable | Near threatened | |
Saltuarius wyberba | granite leaf-tailed gecko | Least concern | Endangered | |
Sarcopterygii | Neoceratodus forsteri | Australian lungfish | Not listed | Vulnerable |
Taxon | Former Qld status | New Qld status |
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Acacia anadenia | Least concern | Vulnerable |
Acacia grandifolia | Least concern | Near threatened |
Acacia pubifolia | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Acacia saxicola | Endangered | Vulnerable |
Allocasuarina filidens | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Allocasuarina rigida subsp. exsul | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Amblovenatum tildeniae | Critically endangered | Remove listing (no longer recognised as a valid species) |
Amomum queenslandicum | Critically endangered | Endangered |
Asplenium normale | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Austromuellera valida | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Backhousia hughesii | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Bergera crenulata | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Berrya rotundifolia | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Bulbophyllum maxillare | Endangered | Near threatened |
Bulbophyllum windsorense | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Bulbophyllum wolfei | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Bursaria reevesii | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Cassia sp. (Como P.Grimshaw+ G507) | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Ceratopetalum corymbosum | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Cinnamomum propinquum | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Citrus inodora | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Corchorus thozetii | Extinct in the wild | Critically endangered |
Croton magneticus | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Crudia papuana | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Dendrobium malbrownii | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Diospyros areolifolia | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Dissiliaria tuckeri | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Dracophyllum sayeri | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Ehretia microphylla | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Eidothea zoexylocarya | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Elaeocarpus carbinensis | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Elaeocarpus thelmae | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Embelia flueckigeri | Extinct in the wild | Critically endangered |
Euodia hylandii | Near threatened | Vulnerable |
Flindersia oppositifolia | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Gastrodia crebriflora | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Globba marantina | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Goodenia arenicola | Extinct in the wild | Critically endangered |
Gossia lewisensis | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Gossia punctata | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Grastidium tozerense | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Helicia grayi | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Helicia lewisensis | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Hymenophyllum digitatum | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Ipomoea saintronanensis | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Jedda multicaulis | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Kayea larnachiana | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Kunzea sericothrix | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Lenwebbia lasioclada | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Lenwebbia sp. (Blackall Range P.R.Sharpe 5387) | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Lepisanthes senegalensis | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Litsea granitica | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Livistona drudei | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Lychnothamnus barbatus | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Micromyrtus patula | Endangered | Vulnerable |
Musa jackeyi | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Olearia hygrophila | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Panicum chillagoanum | Vulnerable | Least concern |
Parapolystichum grayi | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Philotheca sporadica | Near threatened | Endangered |
Pluchea alata | Endangered | Near threatened |
Psydrax reticulata | Vulnerable | Least concern |
Ptilotus extenuatus | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Ptilotus senarius | Extinct in the wild | Critically endangered |
Rhodamnia glabrescens | Near threatened | Critically endangered |
Rhodamnia pauciovulata | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Rhodamnia spongiosa | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Ristantia pachysperma | Least concern | Critically endangered |
Ristantia waterhousei | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Sarcolobus vittatus | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Scleromitrion gibsonii | Endangered | Critically endangered |
Solanum stenopterum | Vulnerable | Endangered |
Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Wetria australiensis | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Wodyetia bifurcata | Vulnerable | Near threatened |
Xylosma craynii | Vulnerable | Critically endangered |
Current scientific name | Qld status | New scientific name |
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Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi, eclectus parrot (Australian subspecies) | V | Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi, eclectus parrot (Cape York Peninsula) |
Elseya oneiros, Gulf snapping turtle | V | Elseya lavarackorum, Gulf snapping turtle |
Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo | E | Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo |
Petauroides minor, northern greater glider | V | Petauroides volans minor, northern greater glider |
Petauroides volans (southern and central populations), greater glider (southern and central populations) | E | Petauroides volans volans, southern greater glider |
Petaurus australis unnamed subsp., yellow-bellied gilder (northern subspecies) | E | Petaurus australis brevirostrum, northern yellow-bellied gilder |
Psephotus chrysopterygius, golden-shouldered parrot | E | Psephotellus chrysopterygius, golden-shouldered parrot |
Psephotus pulcherrimus, paradise parrot | X | Psephotellus pulcherrimus, paradise parrot |
Rhinolophus philippinensis, greater large-eared horseshoe bat | E | Rhinolophus robertsi, greater large-eared horseshoe bat |
Current scientific name | Qld status | New scientific name |
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Corymbia leptoloma | V | Blakella leptoloma |
Corymbia petalophylla | V | Blakella petalophylla |
Corymbia scabrida | NT | Blakella scabrida |
Crepidium fimbriatum | V | Dienia fimbriata |
Crepidium flavovirens | V | Dienia flavovirens |
Crepidium lawleri | E | Dienia lawleri |
Helicia recurva | NT | Helicia lewisensis |
Murraya crenulata | E | Bergera crenulata |
Pneumatopteris costata | NT | Reholttumia costata |
Pneumatopteris pennigera | E | Pakau pennigera |
Styphelia sp. (Coolmunda D.Halford Q1635) | LC | Styphelia attenuata |
Tetramolopium sp. (Mt Bowen D.G.Fell+ DGF1224) | V | Tetramolopium ornans |
Reference | Aid to interpretation |
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Extinct in the wild (X) | See decision criteria |
Endangered (E) | See decision criteria |
Critically endangered (CE) | See decision criteria |
Vulnerable (V) | See decision criteria |
Near threatened (NT) | See decision criteria |
Least concern (LC) | See decision criteria |