COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Subsection 209(6)
Update of the List of Migratory Species
I, PETER ROBERT GARRETT, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, pursuant to subsection 209(6) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, update the scientific names of species included on the list of migratory species, following amendments to the annex to the Japan – Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA) as follows:
Common name Current scientific name Updated scientific name
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Bubulcus ibis (Ardea ibis)
(Ardeola ibis)
Ardeola ibis
Great Egret Egretta alba Egretta alba (Ardea alba)
Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Pluvialis fulva
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos Actitus hypoleucos
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa incana Heteroscelus brevipes
(Tringa brevipes)
Tringa brevipes
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Xenus cinereus
(Tringa terek)
Tringa terek
Sanderling Crocethia alba Calidris alba
(Calidris alba) (Crocethia alba)
Calidris alba
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Phalaropus fulicarius
(Phalaropus fulicaria)
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucoptera Chlidonias leucopterus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne tschegrava Hydroprogne caspia (Hydroprogne caspia) (Sterna caspia)
Hydroprogne caspia
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Charadrius veredus (Charadrius asiaticus veredus)
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Heteroscelus incanus
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Catharacta maccormicki
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicauda Stercorarius longicaudus
This instrument will commence on 23 March 2009.
Dated this 12th day of March 2009
PETER ROBERT GARRETT
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
