BEND OF ISLANDS FAUNA LIST
*introduced species
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COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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BIRDS |
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Grebes |
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Australian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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Pelicans |
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Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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Darters |
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Australian Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
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Cormorants |
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Little Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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Little Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Herons, Egrets, Night-herons, Bitterns |
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White-faced Heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
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Pacific Heron |
Ardea pacifica |
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Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
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Nankeen Night Heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
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Ibises and Spoonbills |
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Australian White Ibis |
Threskiornis molucca |
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Straw-necked Ibis |
Threskiornis spinicollis |
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Yellow billed Spoonbill |
Platalea flavipes |
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Swans, Ducks and Geese |
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Pacific Black Duck |
Anas superciliosa |
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*Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
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Australian Wood Duck |
Chenonetta jubata |
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Hovering Kites |
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Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus axillaris |
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Soaring Kites |
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Whistling Kite |
Haliastur sphenurus |
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Goshawks and Sparrowhawks |
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Brown Goshawk |
Accipiter fasciatus |
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Collared Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter cirrhocephalus |
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Eagles and Sea Eagles |
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Wedge-tailed Eagle |
Aquila audax |
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Little Eagle |
Hieraaetus morphnoides |
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Falcons |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Australian Hobby |
Falco longipennis |
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Nankeen Kestrel |
Falco cenchroides |
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True Quails |
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Stubble Quail |
Coturnix pectoralis |
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Button-quails |
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Painted Button Quail |
Turnix varia |
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Crakes, Rails, Swampshens,Moorhens, Coots |
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Buff-banded Rail |
Gallirallus philippensis |
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Australian Spotted Crake |
Porzana fluminea |
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Dusky Moorhen |
Gallinula tenebrosa |
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Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
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Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
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Plovers and Dotterals |
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Masked Lapwing |
Vanellus miles |
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Sandpipers, Stints,Curlews, Snipe |
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Latham's Snipe |
Gallinago hardwickii |
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Pigeons and Doves |
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*Domestic pigeon |
Columba livia |
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*Spotted Turtle-Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
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Common Bronzewing |
Phaps chalcoptera |
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Brush Bronzewing |
Phaps elegans |
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Cockatoos |
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus funereus |
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Gang Gang Cockatoo |
Callocephalon fimbriatum |
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Galah |
Cacatua roseocapilla |
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Long-billed Corella |
Cacatua tenuirostris |
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
Cacatua galerita |
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Lorikeets |
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Rainbow Lorikeet |
Trichoglossus haemotodus |
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Musk Lorikeet |
Glossopsitta concinna |
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Longtailed Parrots |
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Australian King-Parrot |
Alisterus scapularis |
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Broadtailed Parrots |
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Crimson Rosella |
Platycercus elegans |
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Eastern Rosella |
Platycercus eximius |
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Blue-winged Parrot |
Neophema chrysostoma |
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Cuckoos |
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Pallid Cuckoo |
Cuculus pallidus |
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Brush Cuckoo |
Cacomantis variolosis |
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx basalis |
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Shining Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx lucidus |
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Owls |
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Powerful Owl |
Ninox strenua |
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Southern Boobook |
Ninox novaeseelandiae |
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Barking Owl |
Ninox connivens |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
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Frogmouths |
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Tawny Frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
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Owlet-nightjars |
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Australian Owlet-nightjar |
Aegotheles cristatus |
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Nightjars |
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White throated Nightjar |
Eurostropodus mystacalis |
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Swifts |
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White throated Needletail |
Hirundapus caudacutus |
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Forked-tailed Swift |
Apus pacificus |
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Kingfishers |
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Azure Kingfisher |
Alcedo azurea |
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Laughing Kookaburra |
Dacelo novaeguiineae |
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Sacred Kingfisher |
Toriramphus sanctus |
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Bee-eaters |
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Rainbow Bee-eater |
Merops ornatus |
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Lyrebirds |
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Superb Lyrebird |
Menura novaehollandiae |
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Larks |
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*Skylark |
Alauda arvensis |
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Swallows and Martins |
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Welcome swallow |
Hirundo neoxena |
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Tree Martin |
Hirundo nigricans |
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Fairy Martin |
Hirundo ariel |
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Pipets and Wagtails |
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Richard's Pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
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Cuckoo-shrikes and Trillers |
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Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
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Cicadabird |
Coricina tenuirostris |
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White-winged Triller |
Lalage sueurii |
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Flycatchers,Trushes,Whistlers Robins, Shrike-tits and Fantails |
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Bassian Thrush |
Zoothera lunulata |
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*Common Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
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*Song Thrush |
Turdus philomelos |
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Rose Robin |
Petroica rodinogaster |
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Pink Robin |
Petroica rodinogaster |
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Flame Robin |
Petroica phoenicea |
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Scarlet Robin |
Petroica multicolor |
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Red-capped Robin |
Petroica goodenovii |
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Hooded Robin |
Melanodryas cuculiata |
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Eastern Yellow Robin |
Eopsaltria australis |
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Jacky Winter |
Microeca fascinans |
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Crested Shrike-tit |
Falcuculus frontatus |
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Olive Whistler |
Pachycephala olivacea |
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Golden Whistler |
Pachycephala pectoralis |
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Rufous Whistler |
Pachycephala rufiventris |
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Grey Shrike Thrush |
Colluricincla harmonica |
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Leaden Flycatcher |
Myiagra rubecula |
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Satin Flycatcher |
Myiagra cyanoleuca |
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Rufous Fantail |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
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Grey Fantail |
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
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Willie Wagtail |
Rhipidura leucophrys |
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Logrunners, Whipbirds, Wedgebills and Quail Thrushes |
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Eastern Whipbird |
Psophodes olivaceus |
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Spotted Quail-Thrush |
Cinclosoma punctatum |
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Old World Warblers |
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Clamorous Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus stentoreus |
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Golden-headed Cisticola |
Cisticola exilis |
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Rufous Songlark |
Cincloramphus mathewsi |
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Australian Warblers |
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Superb Fairy Wren |
Malurus cyaneus |
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White browed Scrubwren |
Sericornis frontalis |
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Speckled Warbler |
Chthonicola sagittatus |
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Weebill |
Smicrornis brevirostris |
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White-throated warbler |
Gerygone olivacae |
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Brown Thornbill |
Acanthiza pusilla |
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Buff-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza reguloides |
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
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Yellow Thornbill |
Acanthiza nana |
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Striated Thornbill |
Acanthiza lineata |
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Sittellas |
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Varied Sittella |
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
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Australian Treecreepers |
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White-throated Treecreeper |
Cormobates leucophaeus |
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Red browed Treecreeper |
Climacteris erythrops |
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Honeyeaters |
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Red Wattlebird |
Anthochaera carunculata |
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Bell Miner |
Manorina melanophrys |
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Noisy Miner |
Manorina melanocephala |
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Yellow-faced Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus chrysops |
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White-eared Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus chrysops |
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Yellow-tufted Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus melanops |
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Fuscous Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus fuscus |
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White-plumed Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus penicillatus |
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Brown headed Honeyeater |
Melithreptus brevirostris |
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White-naped Honeyeater |
Melithreptus lunatus |
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Crescent Honeyeater |
Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera |
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New Holland Honeyeater |
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
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Eastern Spinebill |
Acanthorhynchus temuirostris |
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Flowerpeckers |
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Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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Pardalotes |
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Spotted Pardalote |
Pardalotus punctatus |
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Striated Pardalote |
Pardalotus striatus |
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White-eyes |
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Silvereye |
Zosterops lateralis |
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Finches |
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*European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
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Old World Sparrows |
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*House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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Australian Grass Finches and Allies |
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Red-browed Firetail |
Neochmia temporalis |
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Starlings and Mynas |
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*Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
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*Common Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
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Orioles and Figbirds |
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Olive-backed Oriole |
Oriolus sagittatus |
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Woodswallows |
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Dusky Woodswallow |
Artamus cyanopterus |
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Magpie Larks |
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Magpie-lark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
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Australian Mud-nesters |
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White winged Chough |
Cororax melanorhamphos |
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Australian Magpies, Butcherbirds and Currawongs |
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Australian Magpie |
Gymnorhina tibicen |
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Grey Butcherbird |
Cracticus torquatus |
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Pied Currawong |
Strepera versicolor |
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Grey Currawong |
Strepera versicolor |
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Ravens and Crows |
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Australian Raven |
Corvus coronoides |
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Little Raven |
Corvus mellori |
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MAMMALS |
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MONOTREMES |
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Platypus |
Ornithorhynchus antinus |
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Short beaked Echidna |
Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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MARSUPIALS |
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Tuan, marsupial mice |
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Brush tailed Phascogale |
Phascogale tapoatafa |
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Agile Antechinus |
Antechinus agilis |
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Common Dunnart |
Sminthopsis murina |
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Wombats |
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Common Wombat |
Vombatus ursinus |
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Koala |
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Koala |
Phascolarctos cinereus |
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Possums and Gliders |
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Common Brushtail Possum |
Trichosurus vulpecula |
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Common Ringtail Possum |
Pseudocheirus peregrinus |
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Sugar Glider |
Petaurus breviceps |
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Feathertail Glider |
Acrobates pygmaeus |
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Kangaroos and Wallabies |
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo |
Macropus giganteus |
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Black Wallaby |
Wallabia bicolor |
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PLACENTALS |
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Fruit bats, Forest Bats |
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Grey-headed Flying-fox |
Pteropus poliocephalus |
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White striped Freetail Bat |
Tadarida australis |
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Goulds Wattled Bat |
Chalinolobus gouldii |
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Chocolate Wattled Bat |
Chalinolobus morio |
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Common Bent-wing Bat |
Miniopterus schreibersii |
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Southern Myotis |
Myotis macropus |
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Lesser Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus geoffroyi |
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Gould's Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus gouldi |
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Large Forest Bat |
Vespadelus darligtoni |
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Southern Forest Bat |
Vespadelus regulus |
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Little Forest Bat |
Vespadelus vulturnus |
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Rats and Mice |
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Water Rat |
Hydromys chrysogaster |
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*House Mouse |
Mus musculus |
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Bush Rat |
Rattus fuscipes |
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Swamp Rat |
Rattus lutreolus |
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*Black Rat |
Rattus rattus |
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Fox |
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*Red Fox |
Canis vulpes |
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Cat |
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*Feral Cat |
Felis cattus |
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Deer |
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*Fallow Deer |
Cervus dama |
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*Red Deer |
Cervus elaphus |
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*Sambar |
Cervus unicolor |
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Pigs |
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*Pig |
Sus scrofa |
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Hares, Rabbits |
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*European Rabbit |
Oryctolagus cuniculus |
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REPTILES |
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Dragon Lizards |
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Tree Dragon |
Amphibolurus muricatus |
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Goannas or Monitor Lizards |
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Tree Goanna |
Varanus varius |
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Skinks |
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Blotched Blue Tongue Lizard |
Tiliqua nigrolutea |
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Bougainville's Skink |
Lerista bougainvilli |
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Delicate Skink |
Lampropholis delicata |
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Garden Skink |
Lampropholis guichenoti |
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Southern Water Skink (CTF) |
Eulamprus tympanum (CTF) |
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Weasel Skink |
Saproscincus mustelinus |
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Snakes |
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Eastern Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja textilis |
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Eastern Small-eyed Snake |
Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens |
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Lowland Copperhead |
Austrelaps superbus |
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AMPHIBIANS |
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Tree Frogs |
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Brown Tree Frog |
Litoria ewingi |
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Lesueur's Frog |
Litoria lesueuri |
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Warty Bell Frog |
Litoria raniformis |
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Verreaux's Tree Frog |
Litoria verreauxii |
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Southern Frogs |
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Common Eastern Froglet |
Crinia signifera |
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Victorian Smooth Froglet |
Geocrinia victoriana |
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Eastern Banjo Frog |
Limnodynastes dumerilii |
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Brown-striped Frog |
Limnodynastes peronii |
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Spotted Grass Frog |
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis SCR |
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Southern Toadlet |
Pseudophryne semimarmorata |