ACT Threatened Fauna Habitat Areas for 20+ Species

ACTGOV Threatened Fauna Habitat is a geospatial dataset from the ACT Government showing known and predicted habitat for terrestrial mammals, reptiles, birds, and invertebrates listed as threatened under the Nature Conservation Act 2014 and the EPBC Act 1999. The dataset includes habitat areas for over 20 species, such as the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon and the Greater Glider, based on verified records and vegetation modeling. It is provided by the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi) and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing conservation areas based on known and predicted habitat for threatened species.
• Assessing environmental impact by overlaying development plans with mapped habitat extents.
• Modeling species distribution changes using habitat data generalized from vegetation types.
• Supporting species recovery planning with habitat maps for critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable fauna.

Strengths

• Includes habitat data for over 20 specifically named threatened species across multiple conservation statuses.
• Habitat areas are based on verified records and vegetation type and extent.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ArcGIS REST services.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2026-05-22.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset notes that habitat for some species, including all threatened birds and several other mammals and amphibians, is not represented.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi), author environment_ACTGOV.

Collection Method

Habitat areas are based on verified records, and vegetation type and extent, and may represent modelled, likely or known habitat.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 03:55:23.861498; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.