While the northern subspecies (black-rumped, Poephila cincta atropygialis) has a status of "Least concern" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992, the Commonwealth status of the southern subspecies (Poephila cincta cincta) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is "Endangered".
While the northern subspecies (black-rumped, Poephila cincta atropygialis) is classified as "Least concern" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992, the southern subspecies (Poephila cincta cincta) is listed as "Endangered" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.