Residential and industrial developmentResidential and industrial development

Residential and industrial development

Urban, rural residential and industrial developments can pose a threat to habitat throughout the range of the species, with important breeding areas in Tasmania and key foraging areas in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland being of particular concern. Where potential breeding habitat is retained adjacent to developments there is an increased likelihood that potential nest trees could be removed for ‘human safety reasons’, including as part of establishing and maintaining fire breaks.

In central Victoria, urban and rural residential developments are increasingly encroaching into box-ironbark habitats, such as those around Bendigo. In New South Wales, urban and industrial expansion, particularly on the central and north coast pose an ongoing threat to winter foraging regions. In Queensland, urban development is of particular concern to the Swift Parrot at the northern extent of their winter range. In particular, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and the Greater Brisbane region are at risk from tree removal associated with residential and industrial development.