Fitzgerald Biosphere Species Profiles

This Appendix 2: Species Profiles is the supporting document for the Fitzgerald Biosphere Recovery Plan. This Plan constitutes the formal national regional recovery plan for the threatened species and ecological communities of the Fitzgerald Biosphere on the south coast of Western Australia under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). 

The Fitzgerald Biosphere is a designated Biosphere Reserve under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program, recognised for its relatively pristine state and high biological diversity, especially flora. It is approximately 1.3 million hectares including the Fitzgerald River National Park and surrounding catchments. The Biosphere includes 41 threatened species/communities listed by the State, 33 of which are also listed by the Commonwealth. 

These Species Profiles provide information on the biology, ecology, habitat requirements, distribution and threatening processes for each of the 41 threatened species and ecological communities of the Fitzgerald Biosphere. 

Information contained in the species profiles on distribution, habitat critical to survival, habitat, important populations and threats is based on current knowledge of habitat occupied or used, and only relevant to the Biosphere, and may not be comprehensive for the entire range of the species. 

The information in these Species Profiles is accurate at March 2011.