Commonwealth of Australia

Amendment to the list of migratory species under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to section 209(1)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 209(3)(b) of that Act by:

Including in the list:

Acrocephalus orientalis

Gelochelidon nilotica

Hydrobates monorhis

Phaethon rubricauda

Removing from the list:

Capella hardwickii (Gallinago hardwickii)

Capella megala (Gallinago megala)

Capella stenura (Gallinago stenura)

Charadrius asiaticus

Crex crex

Egretta sacra

Grus antigone

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Hirundo striolata

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Ixobrychus sinensis

Lalage leucopyga leucopyga

Motacilla alba

Motacilla citreola

Numenius borealis (Numenius minutus)

Numenius arquata

Phylloscopus borealis

Pluvialis dominica

Puffinus leucomelas (Calonectris leucomelas)

Rallina fasciata

Rostratula benghalensis

Thalasseus bengalensis (Sterna bengalensis)

This instrument will commence on 30 June 2015.

……………………………………………Greg Hunt…………………………………………..

Minister for the Environment

Dated this…………18 th ……………..day of …………June…………………….2015