1) Family name: Psittacidae
2) Scientific name: Geopsittacus occidentalis
3) English name: Night Parrot
4) Subspecies survival status: Critically Endangered
5) Former distribution:.  Most of inland Australia with historical records scattered from north-west Victoria, through central Australia to near the northern Wester Australian coast.
6) Current distribution: In the last decade there have been unverified sight records from every state or territory form which the species had previously been recorded except Victoria where last recorded in the 1950s.
7) Habitat: Probably chenopod shrub lands during dry years moving into hummock grassland Triodia/Plectrachne grassland after there is sufficient rain to cause this to set seed.
8) Reasons for decline: Threats include predation by feral cats, and foxes (speculative), altered fire regimes (speculative), grazing by stock or rabbits (speculative), reduced availability of water as a result of over-use by camels (speculative).  Two early accounts mention cats taking night parrots.  The other threats are extrapolated from the effects on medium-sized arid-zone mammals.
9) Conservation reserves on which subspecies occurs: None known.
10) Public land on which subspecies occurs: None known.
11) Other land on which subspecies occurs: None known.
12) Is knowledge about subspecies adequate for objectives and actions to be defined accurately?  No.  Speculations on the species’ ecology and other aspects of its biology need to be confirmed.
13) Recovery plan objectives: a) To determine the status of the species.  b) To make recommendations for habitat management that will promote its survival.
14) Actions already initiated: A reward of $50K by Dick Smith (Australian Geographic) is being spent by the Australian Museum on further searches for the Night Parrot.
15) Actions required: a) Alert ornithological societies and volunteer bird watchers to the current status of this species, and encourage them to report all sightings, including as much detail as possible on habitat, possible threats, behavior, to a central office from which reports on status and the state of knowledge would be unlikely to yield sufficient information to be worthwhile.  b) At a time to be judged by the results of a, undertake a detailed ecological study to determine habitat requirements, possible threats and, if necessary, management action.
16) Organizations responsible for conservation os subspecies: New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land management.
17) Other organizations and individuals involved: Australian Museum, Queensland Museum (Wayne Longmore).
18) Can the recovery plan be carried out with existing resources? No.