On Monday 20 January 2020, the Australian Department of the Environment and Energy released an initial list of threatened and migratory species which have more than 10% of their known or predicted distribution in areas affected by bushfires in southern and eastern Australia from 1 August 2019 and 13 January 2020.

Preliminary results indicate that:

49 listed threatened species have more than 80% of their modelled likely or known distribution within the fire extent
65 listed threatened species have more than 50%, but less than 80%, of their modelled likely or known distribution within the fire extent
77 listed threatened species have more than 30%, but less than 50%, of their modelled likely or known distribution within the fire extent
136 listed threatened species and 4 listed migratory species have more than 10%, but less than 30%, of their modelled likely or known distribution within the fire extent.

Read more and download the resource documents on the Australian Department of the Environment and Energy website:

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery/research-and-resources