Priority birds in the Northern and Yorke region

Name: Australian bustard

Scientific name: Ardeotis australis

Regional status: Not listed

Name: Bush stone-curlew

Scientific name: Burhinus grallarius

Regional status: Vulnerable

Name: Eastern curlew

Scientific name: Numenius madagascariensis

Regional status: Not listed

Name: Eastern osprey

Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus

Regional status: Endangered

Name: Grey falcon

Scientific name: Falco hypoleucos

Regional status: Endangered

Name: Hooded plover

Scientific name: Thinornis rubricollis

Regional status: Vulnerable

Related links:

• Hooded plover project information
• My Beach Bird data entry portal
• Beach nesting birds project

Photo credit: Dean Ingwersen

Name: Malleefowl (Nganamara)

Scientific name: Leipoa ocellata

Regional status: Vulnerable

Name: Plains wanderer

Scientific name: Pedionomus torquatus

Regional status: Vulnerable

Name: Western whipbird

Scientific name: Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster

Regional status: Vulnerable

Name: White-bellied sea eagle

Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucogaster

Regional status: Not listed