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Code of Practice for injured, sick and orphaned birds of prey

The Code of Practice for Injured, Sick and Orphaned Birds of Prey is intended for those authorised to rescue, rehabilitate and release birds of prey.
Publisher: Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-922672-83-4 / ID: EES20210363
File: PDF 807.65 KB / Pages 41
Name: code-of-practice-birds-of-prey-injured-sick-orphaned-210363.pdf
 
Tags: Code of practiceWildlife rehabilitation

The code has been developed to ensure the welfare needs of these birds are met and the conservation benefits stemming from their rehabilitation and release are optimised. It also aims to ensure that risks to the health and safety of volunteers rescuing and caring for these animals are reduced and easily managed.

Australian birds of prey

Family nameCommon nameSpecies nameNotes
AccipitridaeEastern ospreyPandion cristatus#2
 Black-shouldered kiteElanus axillaris 
 Letter-winged kiteElanus scriptus 
 Square-tailed kiteLophoictinia isura#2
 Black-breasted buzzardHamirostra melanosternon 
 White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster  
 Whistling kiteHaliastur sphenurus  
 Black kite Milvus migrans 
 Brown goshawk Accipiter fasciatus  
 Collared sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus  
 Grey goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae  
 Swamp harrier Circus approximans  
 Spotted harrier Circus assimilis #2 
 Wedge-tailed eagle (TAS) Aquila audax fleayi #1 
 Little eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides #2 
 Pacific baza Aviceda subcristata  
 Brahminy kite Haliastur indus  
 Red goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus #1, #2 
FalconidaeNankeen kestrel Falco cenchroides  
 Brown falcon Falco berigora  
 Australian hobby Falco longipennis  
 Grey falcon Falco hypoleucos  
 Black falcon Falco subniger #2 
 Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus #2 
Strigidae Powerful owl Ninox strenua #2 
 Barking owl Ninox connivens #2 
 Southern boobook (Lord Howe subspp.) Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria #1, #2 
 Southern boobook (Norfolk Island) Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata #1 
 Rufous owl Ninox rufa #1 
 Christmas Island hawk-owl Ninox natalis #1 
Tytonidae Masked owl Tyto novaehollandiae#1, #2 
 Eastern barn owl Tyto javanica  
 Eastern grass owl Tyto longimembris #2 
 Sooty owl Tyto tenebricosa #2 

Notes:
#1 Listed by the Commonwealth Government as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
#2 Listed as threatened under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.