EPBC Act Migratory Species List

This page provides names of species in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) list of migratory species. This list is established under section 209 of the EPBC Act and includes species listed under international agreements to which Australia is a party: 

• the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) Appendices I and II 
• the Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA) 
• the China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA) 
• the Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA) 

To learn more about migratory species in Australia, visit Migratory species in Australia - DCCEEW. This website includes information on the groups of species that migrate to Australia regularly and further information of international agreements informing the EPBC Act list. 

Where the current accepted scientific name has changed since EPBC listing as migratory, both names are shown. The arrow points from the EPBC Act listed name to the current accepted name. Different names may also be used in international agreements, which are also shown.

Bonn Convention 

In this report, the values in the Bonn column correspond with the values in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals: 

• A1: Australian species listed explicitly in Appendix I 
• A2S: Australian species listed explicitly in Appendix II 
• A2H: Australian species is a member of a family listed in Appendix II that are known to be cyclical and predictable migrants into and out of Australia. 
• A2S*: species listed as a result of a recent taxonomic revision of a species listed explicitly in Appendix II