National Recovery Plan for the Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster.

The National Recovery Plan for the Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster (2016) outlines the long-term strategy, and short-term objectives and actions, for the recovery of the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster). This Plan is the fifth recovery plan for the species, and provides recovery objectives and actions for a five-year period, anticipated to begin in 2012/13. The Orange-bellied Parrot is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), and is also listed as a threatened species in each state in which it occurs (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria).
The vision of the Orange-bellied Parrot recovery program is to see Orangebellied Parrots thrive again in the wild. The long-term, 20 year objective of the Orange-bellied Parrot recovery program is shaped by the above vision. The long-term objective is to have a wild population of the Orange-bellied Parrot that, with limited species-specific management, has a high likelihood of persistence in nature for 100 years. This Plan has three primary objectives to prevent extinction and progress recovery over the next five years. They are: Objective 1: To achieve a stable or increasing population in the wild within five years; Objective 2: To increase the capacity of the captive population, both to support future releases of captive-bred birds to the wild and to provide a secure long-term insurance population; Objective 3: To protect and enhance habitat to maintain, and support growth of, the wild population.