Eastern Bristlebird

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Eastern Bristlebird
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Dasyornithidae Genus: Dasyornis Species: D. brachypterus
Binomial name
Dasyornis brachypterus (Latham, 1801)

The Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) is a species of bird in the Dasyornithidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Contents 1 Conservation Status 1.1 Australia 1.2 State of Victoria, Australia 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Conservation Status

[edit] Australia

Eastern Bristlebirds are listed as endangered on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[edit] State of Victoria, Australia

• The Eastern Bristlebird is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).^[1] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.^[2]

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Eastern Bristlebird is listed as endangered.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
2. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
3. ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment, 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0. 

• BirdLife International 2004. Dasyornis brachypterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

[edit] External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.