Queensland Confidential Species

The list of confidential species from the Queensland Government’s WildNet database. The list is developed by the Department of Environment and Science to manage the release of wildlife information such as wildlife locations from the WildNet database.

This dataset is automatically updated weekly from the WildNet database (Saturdays) and the associated report (link below) is scheduled to update twice daily.

The Queensland Confidential Species report can be accessed to visualise the data.

Below is a listing of the field definitions.

Taxon Id: The unique identification number of the taxon within the WildNet database.
Kingdom: The common name for the kingdom of the taxon.
Class: The common name for the class of the taxon.
Family: The family name of the taxon.
Scientific name: The scientific name of the taxon. Names of plants, fungi and protists are derived from the Queensland Herbarium database ‘Herbrecs’.
Common name: The preferred common name for the taxon.
Taxon author: Author abbreviations or citations for the publication naming the taxon. Author abbreviations for plants, fungi and protists are derived from the Queensland Herbarium database ‘Herbrecs’.
NCA status: Status under Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) and its Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020 and the Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020. Available codes are: EX - extinct, PE – extinct in the wild, CR – critically endangered, E – endangered wildlife, V – vulnerable wildlife, NT – near threatened wildlife, SL – special least concern, C – least concern wildlife and I – international wildlife.
EPBC status: Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Available codes are: EX – extinct, WX - extinct in t he wild, CE – critically endangered, E – endangered, V – vulnerable and CD – conservation dependent.
Significant: Flag to denote a taxon is conservation significant as it is listed as threatened or near threatened under the NCA or listed under the EPBC Act or it is listed under one of the following international treaties: China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA), Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA), Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA) or the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals or Bonn Convention (appendices 1 and 2).
Endemicity: The endemicity of the taxon. Available codes are: Q – Queensland endemic; QA – Australian endemic; QI – naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas; QAI – naturally occurs in Australia and overseas; U – native to Queensland - endemicity not defined; II – Naturalised from overseas, IA – Naturalised from elsewhere in Australia, IU – naturalised species - origin not defined; VA – Australian vagrant, VI – international vagrant and VU – vagrant - origin not defined.