Underwater photo of an Australian sea lionPhoto by Joan Li on Unsplash

Australian Sea Lion

Neophoca cinerea

Endemic to AustraliaAt riskhigh flu risk

Found in: South Australia, Western Australia

Conservation status: endangered

Named explicitly by DCCEEW as high risk due to threatened status; dense haul-out colonies raise cross-species spillover concern from infected seabirds. Image attribution: User Bmh ca on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. H5 bird flu and native species — DCCEEW
  2. The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife — The Conversation (2026)