Declaration under s209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 List of Migratory Species (13/07/2000) (Cth)

Declaration under s 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – List of Migratory Species (13/07/2000)

made under section 209 of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Compilation No. 14

Compilation date:                              11 December 2018

Includes amendments up to:            F2018L01721

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Declaration under s 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – List of Migratory Species (13/07/2000) that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 11/12/2018 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register ( The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents

Mammals....................................................................................... 2

Birds.............................................................................................. 3

Reptiles.......................................................................................... 7

Fish................................................................................................ 7

Insects............................................................................................ 7

Endnotes

Endnote 1 – About the endnotes.......................................... 8

Endnote 2 – Abbreviation key.............................................. 9

Endnote 3 – Legislation history.......................................... 10

Endnote 4 Amendment history........................................... 13

Commonwealth of Australia

Declaration under s209 of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, in pursuance of s209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby declare that a list of migratory species to that Act shall be deemed to be established by inclusion of the following migratory species:

Mammals

Balaena glacialis australis
Balaenoptera bonaerensis	Antarctic Minke Whale
Balaenoptera borealis	Sei Whale
Balaenoptera edeni	Bryde’s whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera physalus	Fin Whale
Caperea marginata	Pygmy Right Whale
Dugong dugon
Lagenodelphis hosei (Southeast Asian populations)
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Megaptera novaeangliae
Orcaella heinsohni
Note: The Orcaella heinsohni (the Australian Snubfin Dolphin) was previously included as part of the listing for the Orcaella brevirostris (the Irrawaddy Dolphin).
Orcinus orca	Killer whale
Phocoena dioptrica
Physeter macrocephalus	Sperm whale
Sousa chinensis
Stenella attenuata (eastern tropical Pacific population, Southeast Asian populations)
Stenella longirostris (eastern tropical Pacific populations, Southeast Asian populations)
Tursiops aduncus (Arafura/Timor Sea populations)

Birds

All species in the family Accipitridae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Anatidae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Charadriidae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Falconidae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Muscicapidae (sensu lato), including the sub-family Sylviinae, formerly listed as the family Sylviidae, for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Phoenicopteridae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Recurvirostridae for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the family Scolopacidae, including the sub-family Phalaropodinae, formerly listed as the family Phalaropodidae, for which Australia is a Range State.

All species in the genus Grus for which Australia is a Range State.

Acrocephalus orientalis

Actitis hypoleucos

Anas querquedula

Anous stolidus

Apus pacificus

Ardenna carneipes

Ardenna grisea

Ardenna pacifica

Ardenna tenuirostris

Arenaria interpres

Bulweria bulwerii

Calidris acuminata

Calidris alba

Calidris canutus

Calidris ferruginea

Calidris melanotos

Calidris ruficollis

Calidris subminuta

Calidris tenuirostris

Calonectris leucomelas

Cecropis daurica

Charadrius dubius

Charadrius leschenaultii

Charadrius mongolus

Charadrius veredus

Chlidonias leucopterus

Cuculus optatus

Diomedea amsterdamensis

Diomedea antipodensis

Diomedea dabbenena

Diomedea epomophora

Diomedea exulans

Diomedea sanfordi

Fregata andrewsi

Fregata ariel

Fregata minor

Gallinago hardwickii

Gallinago megala

Gallinago stenura

Gelochelidon nilotica

Glareola maldivarum

Hirundapus caudacutus

Hirundo rustica

Hydrobates monorhis

Hydrobates matsudairae

Hydroprogne caspia

Limicola falcinellus

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limosa lapponica

Limosa limosa

Macronectes giganteus

Macronectes halli

Motacilla cinerea

Motacilla flava

Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius minutus

Numenius phaeopus

Oceanites oceanicus

Onychoprion anaethetus

Pandion haliaetus

Phaethon lepturus

Phaethon rubricauda

Phalaropus lobatus

Philomachus pugnax

Phoebastria immutabilis

Phoebetria fusca

Phoebetria palpebrata

Plegadis falcinellus

Pluvialis fulva

Pluvialis squatarola

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Procellaria conspicillata

Procellaria cinerea

Procellaria parkinsoni

Procellaria westlandica

Stercorarius longicaudus

Stercorarius maccormicki

Stercorarius parasiticus

Stercorarius pomarinus

Sterna dougallii

Sterna hirundo

Sterna hirundo hirundo (populations breeding in the Western Palearctic)

Sterna paradisaea (Atlantic populations)

Sterna sumatrana

Sternula albifrons

Sula dactylatra

Sula leucogaster

Sula sula

Thalassarche bulleri

Thalassarche carteri

Thalassarche cauta

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Thalassarche chrysostoma

Thalassarche eremita

Thalassarche impavida

Thalassarche melanophris

Thalassarche salvini

Thalassarche steadi

Thalasseus bergii

Tringa brevipes

Tringa glareola

Tringa incana

Tringa nebularia

Tringa stagnatilis

Tringa totanus

Xenus cinereus

Reptiles

All native species in the family Cheloniidae, for which Australia is a Range State

All native species in the family Dermochelidae, for which Australia is a Range State

Crocodylus porosus

Fish

Anoxypristis cuspidata
Carcharhinus falciformis
Carcharodon carcharias	Great White Shark
Cetorhinus maximus	Basking shark
Isurus oxyrinchus	Shortfin mako shark
Isurus paucus	Longfin mako shark
Lamna nasus	Porbeagle shark
Manta alfredi
Manta birostris	Giant Manta Ray
Mobula eregoodootenkee
Mobula japanica
Mobula thurstoni
Pristis clavata
Pristis pristis
Pristis zijsron
Rhincodon typus

Insects

Danaus plexippus

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history. 

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

o = order(s)
ad = added or inserted	Ord = Ordinance
am = amended	orig = original
amdt = amendment	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x	pres = present
Ch = Chapter(s)	prev = previous
def = definition(s)	(prev…) = previously
Dict = Dictionary	Pt = Part(s)
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
Div = Division(s)
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	reloc = relocated
effect	renum = renumbered
F = Federal Register of Legislation	rep = repealed
gaz = gazette	rs = repealed and substituted
LA = Legislation Act 2003	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	Sch = Schedule(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
effect	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	SR = Statutory Rules
cannot be given effect	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
mod = modified/modification	SubPt = Subpart(s)
No. = Number(s)	underlining = whole or part not
commenced or to be commenced

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Name	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Declaration under s209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – List of Migratory Species (13/07/2000)	9 Aug 2000	9 Aug 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. GN 31 and F2007B00750)
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (03/12/2002)	12 Mar 2003	23 Dec 2002 (see Gazette 2003, No. GN 10 and F2007B00765)	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (26/11/2014)	10 Dec 2014 (F2014L01674)	27 Feb 2007	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (27/02/2007)	6 Mar 2007 (F2007L00574)	7 Mar 2007	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (12/03/2009)	17 Mar 2009 (F2009L01063)	23 Mar 2009	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (12/03/2009)	17 Mar 2009 (F2009L01064)	23 Mar 2009	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (11/12/2009)	05 Jan 2010 (F2010L00033)	29 Jan 2010	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (20/09/2012)	27 Sep 2012 (F2012L01950)	28 Sep 2012	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (26/11/2013)	13 Dec 2013 (F2013L02109)	14 Dec 2013	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (18/06/2015)	23 June 2015 (F2015L00871)	30 June 2015	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (18/06/2015)	23 June 2015 (F2015L00872)	30 June 2015	_
Amendment to the List of Migratory Species under s209(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	15 Sept 2015 (F2015L01436)	16 September 2015	_
Amendment to the list of migratory species under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	7 June 2016 (F2016L01008)	9 June 2016	_
Amendment to the list of migratory species under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	7 June 2016 (F2016L01009)	9 June 2016	_
Amendment to the list of migratory species under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	14 Sept 2016 (F2016L01439)	15 Sept 2016	_
Instrument under section 209(6) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to update names on the list of migratory species	15 May 2017 (F2017L00527)	16 May 2017	_
Instrument under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to update names on the list of migratory species	9 Mar 2018 (F2018L00233)	10 Mar 2018	_
Instrument under section 209 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to correct a name on the list of migratory species (No. 1) 2018	19 Apr 2018 (F2018L00497)	20 Apr 2018	_
List of Migratory Species Amendment (Orcaella Species Name Update) Instrument 2018	10 Dec 2018 (F2018L01721)	11 Dec 2018	_

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected	How affected
Mammals	am F2007B00765; F2018L01721
Birds	am F2014L01674; F2009L01063; F2009L01064; F2013L02109; F2015L00871; F2015L00872; F2016L01008; F2016L01009; F2016L01439; F2017L00527; F2018L00233; F2018L00497
Reptiles	am F2007L00574; F2010L00033; F2012L01950; F2015L01436
Fish
Insects
JAMBA	rep F2013L02109