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Birds, mammals and butterflies of Sherbrooke Forest are listed below.

BIRDS OF SHERBROOKE FOREST

The friends of Sherbrooke Forest agree with the view that wild animals should not be fed.   The reasons for this are given in an  article published by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change .  

Ground Layer   Tree Tops
Blackbird*   Australian Raven
Brush Bronzewing   Blue-winged Parrot
Pilot Bird   Boobook Owl
Scaly Thrush or Bassian Thrush   Brown Goshawk
Song Thrush*   Brown-headed Honeyeater
Superb Blue Wren   Brush Cuckoo
Superb Lyrebird   Crimson Rosella
Scrub-wren (White-browed)   Eastern Rosella
Fan-tailed Cuckoo   Gang-Gang Cockatoo 
Golden-bronze Cuckoo 
Grey Currawong 
Laughing Kookaburra 
Mistletoe-bird 
Nankeen Kestrel 
Peregrine Falcon 
Pied Currawong 
Powerful Owl 
Sulphur-Crested White Cockatoo 
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 
 
* Introduced species
Shrub Layer   Shrub Layer
Fantail Cuckoo Pink Robin
Grey Fantail Rose Robin
Rufous Fantail Scarlet Robin
Red-browed Firetail Scrub-wren (Large-billed)
Satin Flycatcher Silvereye
Goldfinch* Shrike-tit
Greenfinch* Grey Shrike-thrush
Crescent Honeyeater Eastern Spinebill
White-eared Honeyeater Brown Thornbill
White-naped Honeyeater Little Thornbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Red Wattlebird
Owlet Nightjar Eastern Whipbird
Spotted Pardalote Golden Whistler
Striated Pardalote Olive Whistler
Eastern Yellow Robin Rufous Whistler
Flame Robin
Tree Trunks Aerial
Red-browed Tree-creeper   Spine-tailed Swift
White-throated Tree-creeper   Wedge-tailed Eagle
 

In addition , the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Group have reported sightings of:
  • Crested Shrike-tit
  • Pacific Black Duck with chicks
  • Sooty Owl
  • Southern Boobook
  • Tawny Frogmouth
MAMMALS OF SHERBROOKE FOREST  
 
Scientific Name   Common Name
 
Antechinus swainsonii   Dusky Antechinus
Mastacomys fuscus   Broad-toothed Rat
Antechinus stuartii   Brown Antechinus
Trichosurus vulpecula   Brushtail possum
Tachyglossus aculeatus   Echidna
Schoinobates volans   Greater Glider
Perameles nasuta   Long-nosed Bandicoot
Rattus fuscipes   Native Rat
Acrobates pygmaeus   Pygmy or Feathertail Glider
Pseudocheirus peregrinus   Ringtail Possum
Trichosurus caninus   Short-eared Brushtail Possum
Isoodon obesulus   Short-nosed Bandicoot
Petaurus breviceps   Sugar Glider
Wallabia bicolor   Swamp Wallaby
Rattus lutreolus   Water Rat
Vombatus ursinus   Wombat
Petaurus australis   Yellow-bellied Glider



BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR FOOD PLANTS



Scientific name   Common name   Larval Food Plants
 
Argynnina cyrila   Cyril`s brown   Poa species
Delias aganippe   Wood white   Emeyema species/Exocarpus cupressiformis
 
Delias harpalyce   Imperial white   Muellerina eucalyptoides
Dispar compacta   Dispar skipper   Poa tenera/Poa species
Geitonura acantha   Eastern-ringed xenica   Poa species
Geitonura klugii   Klug`s xenica   Poa species
Graphium macleayanum   Macleay`s swallowtail   Atherosperma moschatum
Hesperilla chaostola   Chaostola skipper   Gahnia species
Hesperilla ornata   Spotted skipper   Gahnia species/Carex appressa
Heteronympha banksii   Bank`s brown   Poa species
Heteronympha merope   Common brown   Poa tenera/Themeda triandra
Heteronympha paradelpha   Spotted brown   Poa species
Heteronympha penelope   Shouldered brown   Poa species
Heteronympha solandri   Solander`s brown   Poa species
Hypochrysops byzos   Yellowspot jewel   Pomaderris aspera
Hypochrysops delicia   Blue jewel   Acacia species
Jalmenus evagoras   Common imperial blue   Acacia dealbata
Junonia villida   Meadow argus   Plantago debilis/Goodenia ovata
Nacabuba biocellata   Double-spotted lineblue   Acacia species
Ocybadistes walken   Yellow banded dart   Poa species/Dianella species
Oreisplanus peromatus   Mountain spotted skipper   Gahnia sieberana
Oreixenica kershawi   Kershaw`s brown   Poa species
Oreixenica lathoniella   Common silver xenica   Microlaena stipoides/Poa species
Polyura pyrrhus   Tailed emperor   Acacia dealbata
Pseudalmenus chlorinda   Orange hairstreak   Acacia dealbata
Pseudalmenus chlorinda   Orange hairstreak   Acacia dealbata/Acacia melanoxylon
Signeta flammeata   Bright shield skipper   Poa species
Taractrocera papyria   White grassdart   Microlaena stipoides
Tisiphone abeona   Swordgrass brown   Gahnia sieberana
Toxidia andersoni   Anderson`s skipper   Tetrarrhena juncea
Toxidia doubledayi   Doubleday`s skipper   Poa species
Vanessa cardui   Painted lady   Asteracea & Malvaceae species
Vanessa itea   Australian admiral   Urtica incisa
Zizina labradus   Common grass-blue   Indigofera & Glycine species


References
Ross Field--Butterfly species in Sherbrooke Forest (unpublished)
F.B Common & D.F Waterhouse-Butterflies of Australia .Angus & Robertson 1981

 

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