Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Grantiella picta) Instrument 2022 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Grantiella picta) Instrument 2022

I, Sussan Ley, Minister for the Environment, under subsection 269A(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), hereby make a recovery plan for the listed threatened species Grantiella picta, entitled National Recovery Plan for the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta).

The recovery plan will commence on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Dated this 8th day of April 2022

Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley

Minister for the Environment (Commonwealth)

Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta)

Family: Meliphagidae

Current status of taxon: • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth): Vulnerable • Nature Conservation Act 2014 (Australian Capital Territory): Vulnerable • Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000 (Northern Territory): Vulnerable • Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Queensland): Vulnerable • Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (New South Wales): Vulnerable • Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria): Vulnerable • National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia): Rare

Distribution and habitat: The Painted Honeyeater is small (16 cm) and distinctive, with a black head and back and white underparts with dark streaks on the flanks. The wings and tail are black with bright yellow edgings. The distinctive bill is pink with a dark tip. The female is greyer on the upperparts and has less streaking on the flanks.