This summary has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water,
Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial
Information System.
It highlights important elements of the biodiversity of the region in two ways:
• Listing species which may be significant for management because they are found only in
the region, mainly in the region, or they have a conservation status such as endangered
or vulnerable.
• Comparing the region to other parts of Australia in terms of the composition and distribution
of its species, to suggest components of its biodiversity which may be nationally significant.
The summary was produced using the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool
(ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from
across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources
(Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds
Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA.
Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions
Guide to Users
Background
What is the summary for and where does it come from?
• ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa.
This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over
15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. The list of families covered in ANHAT
is shown in Appendix 1. Groups not yet covered in ANHAT are not included in the
summary.
• The data used for this summary come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect.
All species names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to
confirm all species locations. The summary summarises the input data, so errors found in the
original data would also be reflected in this summary.
• The scientific names and taxonomic concepts used in this report reflect an ANHAT view of
the data and not necessarily that found in government censuses, databases or other
authoritative lists.
Limitations
Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool
Groups not yet covered in ANHAT are not included in the
summary.
(ANHAT),
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Reading the Biodiversity Summary
The summary is divided into two sections: Highlights
Species List.
and
Highlights section
This section draws attention to species of special interest, or characteristics of the biodiversity
in the region which rate very highly compared to the rest of Australia.
It contains the following:
• Total number of nationally rare and threatened species found in the region and listed under
the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
• A list of families which have a very high level of species richness or endemism compared to
the rest of Australia.
- Species richness counts the number of different species found in a given area.
- Endemism estimates the degree to which species found in a given area have small
geographic ranges. The smaller the range of a species, the more it contributes to the
endemism score.
In this summary, a threshold value of 2% was used. This means that compared to the rest
of the country, the families listed in the summary may have a significant focus of diversity
here, because all or part of the region has richness or endemism scores within the top 2% of
areas in Australia.
• A count of the number of species which have more than 50% of their recorded range
within the region. If a species shows a value of 100% it indicates its distribution is restricted
to that particular region as all the available records are in that region.
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This section shows species which may be significant for biodiversity management in the region
because:
• they are listed in the EPBC Act as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, or
conservation dependent;
• their distribution lies entirely or primarily within the region.
For each plant or animal family listed, this section also gives the total number of species in the
country, and how many of them are found in the region.
Note that this list covers species in the families listed in Appendix 1.
Many species found in the region will not be listed because they don’t meet either of the two
criteria above. The aim of providing a selected species list is to narrow the view from a very
large number of species, to those which may be a focus of conservation activity in the region.
Species which are largely restricted to the region may not have any conservation concerns, but
may deserve attention because their future lies with the region and those who manage it.
A list of all species in the region belonging to the families listed in Appendix 1 is also available.
For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html
Species List section
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Highlights
Biodiversity Summary for NRM Region
Swan, Western Australia
This summary was produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water,
Population and Communities using the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT).
ANHAT is a database and decision support tool which uses over 33 million specimen and
survey records for vertebrates, selected invertebrates and 137 vascular plant families (over
15,000 species). This Biodiversity Summary does not include exotic or extinct species.
Threatened species (Enviroment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act)
Total number of threatened species (Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act) in this region which belong to the families covered by this Biodiversity
Summary (Appendix 1)
2 species declared as critically endangered
28 species declared as endangered
35 species declared as vulnerable
Compared to the rest of Australia parts of this region show a high level of richness for the
following families. This means that the number of species in these families is in the top 2%
compared to the rest of the country.
Species Richness
Vertebrate fauna
- Family Atrichornithidae - Scrub-birds
- Family Elapidae - Front fang snakes
- Family Myobatrachidae - Myobatrachid or Southern Frogs
- Family Pomatomidae - Bluefish, Tailor
- Family Pygopodidae - Legless lizards
- Family Scincidae - Skinks
Invertebrate fauna
Species Restricted to this Region
There are 307 species with greater than 50% of their recorded range in the region.
Of these species, 130 species have 100% of their recorded range in the region.
The proportion of sampled range (%) as shown in the Species List is an indication of the
distribution of the species in the region in relation to other parts of Australia.
See the Species List for details.
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- Family Actinopodidae - Two-doored Trapdoor Spiders
- Family Aeshnidae - Hawker, Duskhawker and Emperor Damselflies
- Family Aleyrodidae - Whiteflies
- Family Apidae - Social Bees
- Family Artheneidae -
- Family Asilidae - Robber Flies
- Family Barychelidae - Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders
- Family Bulimulidae - Elongate High-spired Land Snails
- Family Cercopidae -
- Family Cixiidae -
- Family Colletidae - Short-tongued Bees
- Family Coreidae -
- Family Cydnidae - Burrower Bugs
- Family Cymidae -
- Family Dytiscidae - Dytiscidine Water Beetles
- Family Eurybrachyidae -
- Family Formicidae - Ants
- Family Gelastocoridae - Toad Bugs
- Family Geocoridae -
- Family Halictidae -
- Family Hemicorduliidae - Emerald and Swamp Emerald Dragonflies
- Family Hyocephalidae -
- Family Idiopidae - Trapdoor Spiders
- Family Lestidae - Ringtail, Reedling and Dusky Spreadwing Damselflies
- Family Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders
- Family Lygaeidae -
- Family Megachilidae -
- Family Miridae - Miridae
- Family Mydidae - Mydas Flies, Wasp-mimic Flies
- Family Nemesiidae - Funnel-web Spiders
- Family Oxygastridae - Orange Streamcruiser Dragonfly
- Family Pachygronthidae -
- Family Paramelitidae -
- Family Pentatomidae - Stinkbugs
- Family Petaluridae - Petaltail Dragonflies
- Family Piesmatidae -
- Family Pomatiopsidae - Salt-lake Snails
- Family Psyllidae -
- Family Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs
- Family Rhinotermitidae - Termite
- Family Rhyparochromidae - Seed Bugs
- Family Scutelleridae -
- Family Succineidae - Amber Land Snails
- Family Synthemistidae - Spottail and Tigertail Dragonflies
- Family Termitidae - Termite
- Family Thaumastocoridae -
- Family Therevidae - Stiletto Flies
- Family Tingidae - Lacebugs
Vascular flora
- Family Anarthriaceae -
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- Family Asteraceae - Daisies and Allies
- Family Boryaceae - Pincushion Lillies
- Family Casuarinaceae - She-oaks
- Family Centrolepidaceae - Centrolepid Sedges
- Family Colchicaceae - Nancies and Allies
- Family Cyperaceae - Sedges
- Family Dilleniaceae - Guinea Flowers
- Family Droseraceae - Sundews
- Family Epacridaceae - Southern Heaths
- Family Fabaceae - Peas
- Family Haemodoraceae - Bloodroots, Conostyles, Kangaroo Paws and their
- Family Hemerocallidaceae -
- Family Hydatellaceae - Hydatellid Herbs
- Family Iridaceae - Irises and Allies
- Family Juncaginaceae - Water Ribbons
- Family Limeaceae -
- Family Menyanthaceae - Marshwort
- Family Myrtaceae - Native Myrtles
- Family Orchidaceae - Orchids
- Family Portulacaceae - Purslane
- Family Potamogetonaceae - Sea Grasses and Horned Pondweeds, Pondw
- Family Proteaceae - Banksias, Grevilleas and Allies
- Family Restionaceae - Restiona Sedges
- Family Sterculiaceae - Kurrajongs and Bottletrees
- Family Stylidiaceae - Triggerplants and Allies
- Family Thymelaeaceae - Pimeleas
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Compared to the rest of Australia parts of this region show a high level of endemism for the
following families, placing them in the top 2% compared to the rest of the country.
Endemism
Vertebrate fauna
- Family Acanthizidae - Scrubwrens, Thornbills and Allies
- Family Atrichornithidae - Scrub-birds
- Family Carangidae - Amberjacks, Jacks, Pilotfishes, Pompanos, Queenfish
- Family Chelidae - Side-necked Tortoises
- Family Elapidae - Front fang snakes
- Family Eupetidae - Whipbirds, Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers
- Family Galaxiidae - Galaxias, Salamanderfish
- Family Meliphagidae - Honeyeaters and Australian Chats
- Family Percichthyidae - Australian Freshwater Basses, Australian Freshwat
- Family Plotosidae - Eel-Tailed Catfishes
- Family Pomatomidae - Bluefish, Tailor
- Family Pygopodidae - Legless lizards
- Family Scincidae - Skinks
- Family Tetraodontidae - Blowfishes, Pufferfishes, Puffers, Toadfishes, Toby
Invertebrate fauna
- Family Actinopodidae - Two-doored Trapdoor Spiders
- Family Aleyrodidae - Whiteflies
- Family Apidae - Social Bees
- Family Aradidae - Flat bugs, Bark bugs
- Family Artheneidae -
- Family Asilidae - Robber Flies
- Family Austrocorduliidae - Hawk, Mosquitohawk and Swiftwing Dragonflies
- Family Barychelidae - Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders
- Family Bulimulidae - Elongate High-spired Land Snails
- Family Cercopidae -
- Family Cicadidae -
- Family Cixiidae -
- Family Colletidae - Short-tongued Bees
- Family Coreidae -
- Family Corixidae - Waterboatmen
- Family Cydnidae - Burrower Bugs
- Family Cymidae -
- Family Dytiscidae - Dytiscidine Water Beetles
- Family Eurybrachyidae -
- Family Formicidae - Ants
- Family Gelastocoridae - Toad Bugs
- Family Glacidorbidae - Freshwater Snails
- Family Halictidae -
- Family Hemicorduliidae - Emerald and Swamp Emerald Dragonflies
- Family Hesperiidae - Skippers, flats, awls & darts
- Family Hyocephalidae -
- Family Idiopidae - Trapdoor Spiders
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- Family Lestidae - Ringtail, Reedling and Dusky Spreadwing Damselflies
- Family Libellulidae - Perchers, Archtails and other Dragonflies
- Family Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders
- Family Lymnaeidae - Eutrophic Freshwater Snails
- Family Megachilidae -
- Family Megapodagrionidae - Flatwing Damselflies
- Family Miridae - Miridae
- Family Mydidae - Mydas Flies, Wasp-mimic Flies
- Family Nemesiidae - Funnel-web Spiders
- Family Notonectidae - Backswimmers
- Family Nymphalidae - Browns, Nymphs, Danaines
- Family Ochteridae - Velvety Shore Bugs
- Family Oxygastridae - Orange Streamcruiser Dragonfly
- Family Pachygronthidae -
- Family Paramelitidae -
- Family Pentatomidae - Stinkbugs
- Family Petaluridae - Petaltail Dragonflies
- Family Piesmatidae -
- Family Pomatiopsidae - Salt-lake Snails
- Family Psyllidae -
- Family Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs
- Family Rhinotermitidae - Termite
- Family Rhyparochromidae - Seed Bugs
- Family Scutelleridae -
- Family Succineidae - Amber Land Snails
- Family Synthemistidae - Spottail and Tigertail Dragonflies
- Family Thaumastocoridae -
- Family Therevidae - Stiletto Flies
- Family Tingidae - Lacebugs
Vascular flora
- Family Aizoaceae - Pigfaces
- Family Anarthriaceae -
- Family Aponogetonaceae - Pond Lilies
- Family Asteraceae - Daisies and Allies
- Family Boryaceae - Pincushion Lillies
- Family Casuarinaceae - She-oaks
- Family Centrolepidaceae - Centrolepid Sedges
- Family Chenopodiaceae - Saltbushes and Allies
- Family Colchicaceae - Nancies and Allies
- Family Cupressaceae - Native Cypress
- Family Cyperaceae - Sedges
- Family Dilleniaceae - Guinea Flowers
- Family Dioscoreaceae - Native Yams
- Family Droseraceae - Sundews
- Family Epacridaceae - Southern Heaths
- Family Fabaceae - Peas
- Family Haemodoraceae - Bloodroots, Conostyles, Kangaroo Paws and their
- Family Hemerocallidaceae -
- Family Hydatellaceae - Hydatellid Herbs
- Family Hydrocharitaceae - Swamp Lily, Eel Weed, Frogbit and Water Thym
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- Family Iridaceae - Irises and Allies
- Family Juncaginaceae - Water Ribbons
- Family Limeaceae -
- Family Menyanthaceae - Marshwort
- Family Myrtaceae - Native Myrtles
- Family Orchidaceae - Orchids
- Family Portulacaceae - Purslane
- Family Potamogetonaceae - Sea Grasses and Horned Pondweeds, Pondw
- Family Proteaceae - Banksias, Grevilleas and Allies
- Family Restionaceae - Restiona Sedges
- Family Sterculiaceae - Kurrajongs and Bottletrees
- Family Stylidiaceae - Triggerplants and Allies
- Family Thymelaeaceae - Pimeleas
- Family Xyridaceae - Xyris Herbs
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Common Name
EPBC
Status
Proportion of
sampled range
in the region (%)
Most
recent
record
Species List
Species are shown only if:
- listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered,
or Conservation dependent under the EPBC Act;
- the proportion of the sampled range in the region is above 50%.
Vertebrate fauna
Actinopterygii
Plotosidae
Eel-Tailed Catfishes
(1 out of 19 species in Australia)
Tandanus bostocki
Freshwater Cobbler
100
1982
This region rates highly for endemism of Plotosidae.
Tetraodontidae
Blowfishes,
Pufferfishes, Puffers,
Toadfishes, Tobys
(2 out of 18 species in Australia)
Polyspina piosae
Orangebarred Puffer
50
2006
This region rates highly for endemism of Tetraodontidae.
Amphibia
Myobatrachidae
Myobatrachid or
Southern Frogs
(17 out of 121 species in Australia)
Crinia insignifera
Squelching Frog
50
2003
Heleioporus barycragus
Western Marsh Frog
67
2002
This region rates highly for richness of Myobatrachidae.
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Biodiversity summary for Swan WA
Common Name
EPBC
Status
Proportion of
sampled range
in the region (%)
Most
recent
record
Aves
Acanthizidae
Scrubwrens, Thornbills
and Allies
(10 out of 43 species in Australia)
Dasyornis longirostris
Western Bristlebird
Vulnerable
4
1998
This region rates highly for endemism of Acanthizidae.
Atrichornithidae
Scrub-birds
(1 out of 2 species in Australia)
Atrichornis clamosus
Noisy Scrub-bird
Vulnerable
4
This region rates highly for richness and endemism of Atrichornithidae.
Cacatuidae
Cockatoos
(9 out of 14 species in Australia)
Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Long-billed Black-Cockatoo
Vulnerable
12
2001
Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Short-billed Black-Cockatoo
Endangered
23
2002
Diomedeidae
Albatrosses
(4 out of 5 species in Australia)
Diomedea exulans
Wandering Albatross
Vulnerable
1
1987
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Grey-headed Albatross
Vulnerable
22
1990
Eupetidae
Whipbirds, Quail-
thrushes and Jewel-
babblers
(2 out of 9 species in Australia)
Psophodes nigrogularis
Western Whipbird
Vulnerable
1
1992
This region rates highly for endemism of Eupetidae.
Megapodiidae
Mound-builders
(1 out of 3 species in Australia)
Leipoa ocellata
Malleefowl
Vulnerable
<1
1973
Procellariidae
Fulmars, Petrels, Prions
and Shearwaters
(14 out of 22 species in Australia)
Halobaena caerulea
Blue Petrel
Vulnerable
10
1999
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Giant-Petrel
Endangered
4
2001
Macronectes halli
Northern Giant-Petrel
Vulnerable
4
2002
Pachyptila turtur
Fairy Prion
Vulnerable
1
1993
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Species are shown only if:
- listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered,
Endangered, or Conservation dependent
under the EPBC Act;
- the proportion of the sampled range
in the region is above 50%.
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Biodiversity summary for Swan WA
Common Name
EPBC
Status
Proportion of
sampled range
in the region (%)
Most
recent
record
Mammalia
Dasyuridae
Dasyurids (Quolls,
Antechinus, Dunnarts
and Allies)
(8 out of 55 species in Australia)
Dasyurus geoffroii
Western quoll
Vulnerable
19
2001
Sminthopsis griseoventer
Grey-bellied dunnart
Vulnerable
7
2004
Macropodidae
Wallabies, Kangaroos
and Tree-kangaroos
(6 out of 41 species in Australia)
Setonix brachyurus
Quokka
Vulnerable
9
1995
Myrmecobiidae
Numbat
(1 out of 1 species in Australia)
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Numbat
Vulnerable
8
1976
Otariidae
Eared Seals
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