More Australian wildlife added to threatened species list in 2023 than ever before, conservationists say

The pink cockatoo was included in the national list of threatened wildlife in 2023 as an endangered species. Photograph: Auscape/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

More plants, animals and habitats were added to the national list of threatened wildlife in 2023 than in any year since the list was established, according to analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

A total of 144 animals, plants and ecological communities were added to the list, five times more than the yearly average and double the previous record year (2009).