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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Botaurus poiciloptilus) Instrument 2023
2.1Historical causes of decline
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2.1 Historical causes of decline
It is thought that the Australasian Bittern has been in decline for at least the past 30 years and declines since 2000 have been more pronounced (Garnett et al. 2011).
The decline has been detected across both the eastern and western subpopulations and is associated with the loss of key breeding habitats (Garnett et al. 2011; DBCA 2018; Herring et al. 2019a).