Nominations for listing (and delisting) of threatened plants, animals and ecological communities

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The Western Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) and Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific Committee (TECSC) meet at least annually to consider nominations to amend the lists of threatened species and threatened ecological communities.

The public is invited to submit nominations to amend (listing, delisting or category change) the current threatened species (plants and animals) and ecological communities lists.

Nominations may be forwarded at any time to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Closing date for nominations to be considered at the next TSSC meeting is 30 November 2019.

Note that the closing date is earlier than in previous years due to new requirements under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Ministerial Guidelines:

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 provides a statutory basis for the listing of threatened species, specially protected species, extinct species, threatened ecological communities, collapsed ecological communities, critical habitat and key threatening processes.

While the Act provides the broader criteria for listing the above, the Ministerial Guidelines provide further details on the criteria and procedures that apply.

Ministerial Guideline No. 1 provides more detail on the procedures that can be used by members of the community to nominate a species or ecological community for listing as a threatened species or threatened ecological community.

The listing process:

The public is invited to submit nominations to add, delete, or to change the threat status of species or ecological communities.
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) and Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific Committee (TECSC) meet to review the nominations and make recommendations to the Minister for Environment.
The Minister for Environment endorses or rejects the nominations.
The threatened species and ecological community lists are updated and published in the Western Australia Government Gazette.
The nomination outcome will be provided in the table below and the nominator will be notified.
The threatened species and ecological community lists are made available on the department's threatened plants, threatened animals, and threatened ecological communities webpages.

Threatened Species Scientific Committee meetings are usually held in April.

Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific Committee meetings are usually held in May and October.

Current lists of threatened species and ecological communities

Species nomination form and guidelines

Ecological Communities nomination form

Nominations currently being considered:

Nominations to be considered at the next TSSC meeting will be listed below and available for a 6-week public consultation period after the submission closing date.

Nominations listed in the table below have been considered by the TSSC in 2019 and the outcome is pending.

Copies of nominations available for public comment can be requested via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The public is invited to submit information on any of the species or ecological communities nominated that might assist in the assessment of the conservation status or management of the species or ecological community. Information unlikely to be known to the department, or relevant comments, may be provided by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

At the conclusion of the assessment process, once the Minister’s decision is available, the tables below will be updated to show the outcome of the assessment process.

**Nominations considered in 2019**
Name	Current status	Nominated status	Outcome
Banksia prionophylla	Priority 1	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Calytrix viscida	Priority 1	Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
Conostephium sp. Cascades (R. Bruhn 24/899CAS)	Priority 1	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(i,ii); D
Darwinia divisa Keighery & N.G.Marchant	Priority 1	Extinct
Eucalyptus rhomboidea	Priority 4	Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)
Leucopogon sp. Manypeaks (A.S. George 6488)	Priority 1	Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C1
Ptilotus sericostachyus subsp. roseus (Moq.) Benl	Priority 1	Extinct
Thelymitra magnifica	Priority 1	Critically Endangered C1+2a(i)
Eucalyptus mooreana	Vulnerable D1	Priority 4
Seringia exastia	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)	None
Acacia prismifolia	Extinct	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)
Atriplex yeelirrie	Vulnerable A3d	Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
Conospermum galeatum	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,iv)+2ab(iii,iv); D	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Synaphea stenoloba	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)	Endangered B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)
Tetratheca erubescens	Vulnerable D2	Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)
Trithuria occidentalis	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Eremophila nivea	Critically Endangered A2c; B1+2c	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,iv,v)
Gastrolobium argyrotrichum	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,iv)+2ab(iii,iv); C2a(i)	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Melaleuca sp. Wanneroo (G.J. Keighery 16705)	Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1	Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
Ctenophorus nguyarna (Lake Disappointment Dragon)	Priority 1	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Diplodactylus fulleri (Lake Disappointment Ground Gecko)	Priority 1	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
Chaeropus yirratji (northern pig-footed bandicoot, Yirratji)	None	Extinct
Zaglossus bruijnii (western long-beaked echidna)	Extinct	None
Lerista praefrontalis (Yampi Sandslider)	Vulnerable D2	Priority 1

Details: Last Updated: 11 October 2019