- Crested Bellbird
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Crested Bellbird Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Colluricinclidae Genus: Oreoica Species: O. gutturalis Binomial name Oreoica gutturalis
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)The Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) is a species of bird in the Colluricinclidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oreoica.[citation needed] It is endemic to Australia.
Conservation status
Crested Bellbirds are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:
- The Crested Bellbird 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 not yet been prepared.[2]
- On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Crested Bellbird is listed as near threatened.[3]
References
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
- ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment. pp. 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0.
- BirdLife International 2004. Oreoica gutturalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422
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