Alligator Rivers Yellow Chat  |  

Epthianura crocea tunneyi

Status: Endangered on the EPBC Act list

The yellow chat (Alligators Rivers) is a small bird that grows to approximately 11 cm long and has a weight of approximately 9 g. The adult male breeding plumage is mainly bright yellow-white, including the head, with a narrow black loral (between the beak and the eye) stripe, olive-brown wings and back, a distinctive black chest band and a dark tail . The female breeding plumage differs from the male by being olive-brown on the head with a yellow eyebrow, and a pale yellow below and lacking the black chest band.

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  • Australian Government, Conservation Advice, Epthianura crocea tunneyi

    The yellow chat (Alligator Rivers) was listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act in 2006 based on evidence which estimated the total extent of occurrence to be less than 5000 km2 and that the subspecies is susceptible to a range of threats operating in the area including grazing trampling and wallowing by feral animals; specifically feral pigs invasion of exotic woody weeds and introduced grasses and inappropriate fire regimes (TSSC 2006).
    Threats Habitat degradation from exotic plant species; pig rooting of mud banks by feral pigs (Sus scrofa); wallowing by water buffalo (Bubalus bubalus); altered fire regimes and saltwater intrusion are the primary threats to the yellow chat (Alligator Rivers).

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  • Australian Government, Listing Advice, Epthianura crocea tunneyi

    The Yellow Chat (Alligator Rivers) is vulnerable to a range of threats; including grazing; trampling and wallowing by feral animals; specifically feral pigs; invasion of exotic woody weeds and introduced grasses; and inappropriate fire regimes.
    The species total extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 5000 km2 and it is vulnerable to a range of threats operating in the area; including grazing; trampling and wallowing by feral animals; specifically feral pigs; invasion of exotic woody weeds and introduced grasses; and inappropriate fire regimes.

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