1) Family name: Atrichornithidae
2) Scientific name: Atrichornis clamosus
3) English name: Noisy Scrub-Bird
4) Subspecies survival status: Endangered. [(The population has recovered from 40 singing makes in the 1960s to 291 singing males in 1991, all are in a single area of fire-prone habitat and active management continues to be necessary.  By proposed new IUCN criteria categorized as Endangered (probably <500; a single fire could result in >50% population reduction within 5 to 10 generations).]
5) Former distribution: South-west Western Australia including Waroona, Ausgusta, Mount Barker and Albany.
6) Current distribution: Five sites east of Albany between Oyster Harbor and Cheyne Beach.  Recorded in 2 one degree blocks in RAOU Atlas, breeding in both.
7) Habitat: Low forest, scrub and thicket, overgrown swamps and dense health characteristically with a dense under story and damp substrate.
8) Reasons for decline: Changed burning regimes (confirmed), clearance for agriculture (confirmed).  Clearance of habitat for agriculture and deliberate burning late last century all but eliminated the species.  A single small population survived in an area protected from fire by the terrain.  Clearance of habitat could fragment and prevent dispersal of the now expanding population.
9) Conservation reserves on which subspecies occurs: Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
10) Public land on which subspecies occurs: Western Australia Water Authority Reserve, Angove River Catchment, Goodga River Reserve, Boulder Hill Shire Reserve, unvested Crown Land north of Mount Manypeaks Nature Reserve.
11) Other land on which subspecies occurs: Private land near Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
12) Is knowledge about subspecies adequate for objectives and actions to be defined accurately?  No  a) Knowledge of habitat requirements still not adequate to guarantee success of translocation.
13) Recovery plan objectives: a) To increase the population and the number of reserves in which the species occurs so that there are 6-8 populations containing more than 40 singing males.  b) To downgrade to Rare within 10 years.
14) Actions already initiated: a) Detailed ecological research has been conducted on Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve by the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management and CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology.  b) New populations have been established at two reserves by translocation of breeding birds.   c) A recovery team is being set up and revised management plan is being prepared.
15) Actions required: a) Continue protection and monitoring of existing populations.  b) Investigate habitat use in existing sites and condition of habitat at sites of previous translocations.  c) Establish assessment procedures for testing new sites.  d) Assess new sites and translocate more birds to them.  e) Make assistance with translocation part of the Ranger Training Program for the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management
16) Organizations responsible for conservation os subspecies:  Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management/ Alan Danks, Allan Burbidge.
17) Other organizations and individuals involved: CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology/ Graeme Smith.
18) Can the recovery plan be carried out with existing resources?  No.  a) In association with existing staff at Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve investigate habitat usage, prepare translocation assessment procedures, assess new translocation sites, continue translocation program.