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Fisher has or used to have 31 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Regent Honeyeater.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia
Status: Critically Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Anthochaera phrygia is found across 113 electorates.
The regent honeyeater is a striking black and yellow bird that has a patchy distribution between south-east Queensland and central Victoria. It primarily occurs in box-ironbark woodland, but also occurs in other forest types. The species primarily feeds on nectar and, to a lesser extent, insects and their exudates. It mainly feeds on nectar from eucalypts and mistletoes and it prefers taller and larger diameter trees for foraging.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Climate change and severe weather
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Acacia attenuata (Acacia attenuata)
- Scented Acronychia (Acronychia littoralis)
- Emu Mountain Sheoak (Allocasuarina emuina)
- Allocasuarina thalassoscopica (Allocasuarina thalassoscopica)
- Hairy-joint Grass (Arthraxon hispidus)
- Three-leaved Bosistoa (Bosistoa transversa)
- Cossinia (Cossinia australiana)
- Stinking Cryptocarya (Cryptocarya foetida)
- Leafless Tongue-orchid (Cryptostylis hunteriana)
- Small-leaved Tamarind (Diploglottis campbellii)
- Velvet Hopbush (Dodonaea rupicola)
- Swamp Stringybark (Eucalyptus conglomerata)
- Mount Beerwah Mallee (Eucalyptus kabiana)
- Ball Nut (Floydia praealta)
- Veiny Graptophyllum (Graptophyllum reticulatum)
- Coochin Hills Grevillea (Grevillea hodgei)
- Macadamia Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
- Small-fruited Queensland Nut (Macadamia ternifolia)
- Rough-shelled Bush Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla)
- Lesser Swamp-orchid (Phaius australis)
- Shiny-leaved Condoo (Planchonella eerwah)
- Nightcap Plectranthus (Plectranthus nitidus)
- Plectranthus torrenticola (Plectranthus torrenticola)
- Wallum Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum wallum)
- Scrub Turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens)
- Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides)
- Romnalda strobilacea (Romnalda strobilacea)
- Quassia (Samadera bidwillii)
- Ravine Orchid (Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii)
- Smooth-bark Rose Apple (Syzygium hodgkinsoniae)
- Glossy Spice Bush (Triunia robusta)
- Zieria bifida (Zieria bifida)
- Banished Stink Bush (Zieria exsul)
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