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Nomination-Form-Species Hooded Plover Eastern Threatened Species Nomination Form for amending the list of threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) for the 2013–2014 Assessment Period (Assessment periods run from 1 October to 30 September) The purpose of this form is to provide a nomination to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee for assessment of a non EPBC Act listed species for inclusion on the list of threatened species or to nominate a species for reassessment for consideration for listing in another category of threat. For a non-EPBC Act listed species to be eligible for listing as a threatened species it must be assessed as meeting at least one of the five criteria for listing . For a species already listed as threatened under the EPBC Act to be eligible for listing in a higher or lower category of threat it must be assessed as meeting at least one of the five criteria for a particular indicative threshold. For example, for a species listed as endangered to be found eligible for listing as critically endangered, it must meet the critically endangered indicative thresholds for at least one of the listing criteria. If there is insufficient information to enable details to be provided because of a lack of scientific data or analysis please include any information that is available or provide a statement next to the relevant question identifying that the data or analysis is not available. Please provide references in your nomination to support information provided. If you are nominating a species for delisting (removal from the list) please complete the nomination form to delist a species. Note – Further detail to help you complete this form is provided at Attachment A . If using this form in Microsoft Word, you can jump to this information by Ctrl+clicking the hyperlinks (in blue text). Eligibility for Listing 1. NAME OF NOMINATED SPECIES (OR SUBSPECIES) Scientific name: Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis Common name(s): Hooded Plover (eastern) 2. NOMINATED CATEGORY Note: if unsure about which category the species should be nominated for, refer to the indicative threshold criteria at Attachment B. Vulnerable 3. CRITERIA UNDER WHICH THE SPECIES IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING Please mark the boxes that apply by clicking them with your mouse. Criterion 1 A1 (specify at least one of the following) a) b) c) d) e); AND/OR A2 (specify at least one of the following) a) b) c) d) e); AND/OR A3 (specify at least one of the following) b) c) d) e); AND/OR A4 (specify at least one of the following) a) b) c) d) e) Criterion 2 A1 (specify at least two of the following) a) b) c); AND/OR A2 (specify at least two of the following) a) b) c) Criterion 3 A1; AND/OR A2 (specify at least two of the following) a) b) c) Criterion 4 Criterion 5 For conservation dependent Criterion 1 nominations only: Criterion 2 4. CURRENT LISTING CATEGORY What category is the species currently listed in under the EPBC Act? (If you are nominating the species for delisting, please complete the nomination form for delisting ). Not Listed Extinct Extinct in the wild Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Conservation dependent 5. 2013–2014 CONSERVATION THEME: There is no conservation theme for the 2013–2014 Assessment Period – 6. CONSERVATION STATUS What is the species’ current conservation status under State/Territory Government legislation? Does the species have specific protection under other legislation or intergovernmental arrangements? The current conservation status of the Hooded Plover (eastern) Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis under Australian and State/Territory Government legislation is as follows: New South Wales: Listed as Critically Endangered under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 as Thinornis rubricollis. Victoria: Listed as Threatened under the DSE Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria 2007 supplementing the Flora and Fauna Guarantee (FFG) Act 1988 as Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis. South Australia: Listed as Vulnerable under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (Schedule 8) as Thinornis rubricollis. Western Australia: Listed as Priority 4 species (P4) defined as Rare, Near Threatened and other species in need of monitoring in the Department of Environment and Conservation's Threatened and Priority Fauna Rankings as Charadrius rubricollis . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.2:Listed as Vulnerable C1 as Thinornis rubricollis. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (Garnett et al. 2011) lists the Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis as Vulnerable C1, and Hooded Plover (western) Thinornis rubricollis tregellasi as Vulnerable C2a (ii) and Hooded Plover (eastern) Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis as Vulnerable C1+2a(ii). Nominator's Details Note: Your details are subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 and will not be divulged to third parties if advice regarding the nomination is sought from such parties. 7. TITLE (e.g. Mr/Mrs/Dr/Professor/etc.) Dr 8. FULL NAME Grainne Maguire 9. ORGANISATION OR COMPANY NAME (IF APPLICABLE) BirdLife Australia 10. CONTACT DETAILS Email: Postal address: Suite 2/05, 60 Leicester St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia [email protected] u Phone: 03 9347 0757 Fax: 03 9347 9323 Important notes for completing this form • Please complete the form as comprehensively as possible – it is important for the Threatened Species Scientific Committee to have as much information as possible, and the best case on which to judge a species’ eligibility against the EPBC Act criteria for listing. • Reference all information and facts, both in the text and in a reference list at the end of the form. • The opinion of appropriate scientific experts may be cited as personal communication, with their approval, in support of your nomination. Please provide the name of the experts, their qualifications and contact details (including employment in a state agency, if relevant) in the reference list at the end of the form. • Keep in mind the relevance of your answers to the listing criteria ( Attachment B; Part B1 ). • If the species is considered to be affected by climate change , please refer to the Guidelines for assessing climate change as a threat to native species (Attachment B; Part B2). • Identify any confidential material and explain the sensitivity. • Note that the nomination and the information in it (but excluding any information specifically requested by you to remain confidential) will be made available to the public and experts for comment. However, your details as nominator will not be released , and will remain confidential. • Figures, tables and maps can be included at the end of the form or prepared as separate electronic or hardcopy documents (referred to as appendices or attachments in your nomination). • Cross-reference relevant areas of the nomination form where needed. • Nominations that do not meet the EPBC Regulations will not proceed – see Division 7.2 of the EPBC Regulations 2000 (www.environment.gov.au/epbc/about/index.html ). As noted under sub-regulation 7.04(3), if information is not available for a particular question please state this in your answer. Species Information 11. TAXONOMY Provide any relevant detail on the species' taxonomy (e.g. naming authority, year and reference; synonyms; Family and Order) and whether or not it is conventionally accepted. At the species level, the Hooded Plover was recently moved from the genus Charadrius to the genus Thinornis (Christian et al. 1992). It is, therefore, the only species of the genus Thinornis that is occurs in Australia (Christidis & Boles 1994). There has also been some dispute over which specific name, rubricollis or the historical cucullatus, should be used (McAllan & Christidis 1998; Olson 1998). (SOURCE of this SPRAT http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi- bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=66726#names) Subspecific variation among resident Australian shorebirds is poorly reviewed in comparison to other Australian bird taxa. Charadriiformes were not included in the landmark zoological cataloguing work of Schodde and Mason (1997 and 1999) which constitute the only ever consolidated reviews of bird subspecies in Australia. However this does not indicate that subspecific variation in shorebirds does not exist, just that it has not been well investigated. Significant geographically based morphological and ecological character differences in a number of resident Australian shorebird species are well known, and polytypism within the Charadriiformes is routinely recognised. BirdLife Australia defines 18 Australian polytypic shorebird species. Two (allopatric) subspecies of Hooded Plover have been described; an eastern subspecies - Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789 in Olson 1998) and a western subspecific taxon - Thinornis rubricollis tregellasi (Mathews, 1912). The two subspecies were first split on the basis of size and plumage differences. BirdLife International recognises these two Hooded Plover subspecies (BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Thinornis rubricollis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2013. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2013) as does the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (BirdLife International 2012. Thinornis rubricollis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 March 2013) and BirdLife Australia (Garnett et al. 2011). Contemporary studies have confirmed that plumage and morphological differences exist between the eastern and western populations of the Hooded Plover (Marchant & Higgins 1993), and there also appear to be differences in the ecology and habitat of the two forms (Marchant & Higgins 1993). There is no evidence of demographic exchange between the two populations despite several hundred birds having been colour marked and extensive survey effort in both the eastern and western ranges of the species. The populations are separated by a long expanse of fundamentally unsuitable habitat (the Nullabour Plain, some 700 km) which exceeds the known gap crossing ability of the species.
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