7Effects on other native species and biodiversity

7 Effects on other native species and biodiversity

The Swift Parrot has become a ‘flagship’ species for biodiversity conservation across eastern Australia, particularly in the Tasmanian southern forests. Enhanced protection of these forests will also help many other listed threatened bird species and hollow-dependent animals in general. In Tasmania, this includes the Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops), Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi), Forty Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus); and on the mainland includes species such as the Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia) and the Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii). Many other mammals, invertebrates and plants will also benefit due to measures put in place to protect and rejuvenate Swift Parrot habitat.

Threatened Ecological Communities listed under the EPBC Act that are of importance to the Swift Parrot include: White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland, Cumberland Plain Woodland, Shale Sandstone Transition Forests, Shale Gravel Transition Forests, Gippsland Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Associated Native Grassland, Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia and Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. There are also a number of Ecological Communities listed at the state level that will benefit from increased efforts to protect and conserve Swift Parrot habitat.