Least concern
The criteria for declaring a species as least concern are if:
- the wildlife is common or abundant and is likely to survive in the wild.
Native wildlife may be prescribed as least concern wildlife even if:
- the wildlife is the subject of a threatening process; or
- the population size or distribution of the wildlife has declined; or
- there is insufficient information about the wildlife to conclude whether the wildlife is common or abundant or likely to survive in the wild.
The Governor in Council may classify a species as least concern by amending the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulations 2006 (PDF)* where the above criteria under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) (PDF)* have been met
All animals previously listed as Common are now listed as Least Concern.
All plants, birds, reptiles and amphibians indigenous to Australia, other than those that are extinct in the wild, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened wildlife, are least concern wildlife.
View a list of least concern invertebrates and mammals (PDF)* in Queensland.
Related information
- View recent changes to the classification of Queensland wildlife
- Make a nomination for a species (Word, 244K)‡ to be assigned to the least concern wildlife category
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Last updated 14 June 2011