Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Botaurus poiciloptilus) Instrument 2023
1.1Conservation status
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1.1 Conservation status
The Australasian Bittern is a listed threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The species is also listed as threatened under State Legislation (Table 1).
The species was included in the Endangered category of the EPBC Act in 2011 as the estimated total number of mature individuals of the species was low and evidence suggested that the number would continue to decline at a high rate. The species was also suspected to have undergone a severe reduction in population numbers as a result of the reduction in the species’ area of occupancy and the loss of habitat and breeding grounds (TSSC 2011). There has been no change in the population trajectory since 2011 and the species continues to meet the Endangered category (Herring et al. 2021).