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Wildlife of Coongie biogeographic subregion

Total number of species: 236

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Muridae Leggadina forresti Forrest's mouse C QA
animals mammals Muridae Mus musculus house mouse II
animals mammals Muridae Pseudomys desertor desert mouse C QA
animals mammals Muridae Pseudomys hermannsburgensis sandy inland mouse C QA
animals mammals Muridae Rattus villosissimus long-haired rat C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Planigale tenuirostris narrow-nosed planigale C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Sminthopsis macroura stripe-faced dunnart C QA
animals birds Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian pipit C QAI
animals birds Passeridae Passer domesticus house sparrow II
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia guttata zebra finch C QA
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Cheramoeca leucosterna white-backed swallow C QA
animals birds Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena welcome swallow C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon ariel fairy martin C QA
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon nigricans tree martin C QAI
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus cruralis brown songlark C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus mathewsi rufous songlark C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Poodytes gramineus little grassbird C QAI
animals birds Acrocephalidae Acrocephalus australis Australian reed-warbler C QAI
animals birds Alaudidae Mirafra javanica Horsfield's bushlark C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Petroica goodenovii red-capped robin C QA
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra inquieta restless flycatcher C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus bennetti little crow C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus coronoides Australian raven C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus sp. C U
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa grey fantail C QAI
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus leucorynchus white-breasted woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus minor little woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus torquatus grey butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C QAI
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina maxima ground cuckoo-shrike C QA
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Campephagidae Lalage tricolor white-winged triller C QAI
animals birds Cinclosomatidae Cinclosoma cinnamomeum cinnamon quail-thrush C QA
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes cristatus chirruping wedgebill C QA
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus ruficeps chestnut-crowned babbler C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis spiny-cheeked honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Ashbyia lovensis gibberbird C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura aurifrons orange chat C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura tricolor crimson chat C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Gavicalis virescens singing honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta brown honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina flavigula yellow-throated miner C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula penicillata white-plumed honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Sugomel nigrum black honeyeater C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus rubricatus red-browed pardalote C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza apicalis inland thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza uropygialis chestnut-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Aphelocephala leucopsis southern whiteface V V QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus assimilis purple-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus leucopterus white-winged fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Climacteris affinis white-browed treecreeper C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Climacteris picumnus brown treecreeper C QA
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius red-backed kingfisher C QA
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus sanctus sacred kingfisher C QAI
animals birds Tytonidae Tyto javanica eastern barn owl C QAI
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI
animals birds Strigidae Ninox connivens barking owl C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Cacomantis pallidus pallid cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites basalis Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Barnardius zonarius Australian ringneck C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Melopsittacus undulatus budgerigar C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Neopsephotus bourkii Bourke's parrot C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Northiella haematogaster blue bonnet C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Pezoporus occidentalis night parrot E E QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Psephotus haematonotus red-rumped parrot C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri Major Mitchell's cockatoo E E QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua sanguinea little corella C QAI
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Nymphicus hollandicus cockatiel C QA
animals birds Laridae Chlidonias hybrida whiskered tern C QAI I
animals birds Laridae Gelochelidon macrotarsa Australian tern SL QAI
animals birds Laridae Hydroprogne caspia Caspian tern SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Actitis hypoleucos common sandpiper SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper SL V QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Elseyornis melanops black-fronted dotterel C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Erythrogonys cinctus red-kneed dotterel C QA I
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles novaehollandiae masked lapwing (southern subspecies) C QAI
animals birds Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian bustard C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian coot C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Gallinula tenebrosa dusky moorhen C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Porphyrio melanotus purple swamphen C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Porzana fluminea Australian spotted crake C QA I
animals birds Rallidae Tribonyx ventralis black-tailed native-hen C QA
animals birds Rallidae Zapornia tabuensis spotless crake C QAI I
animals birds Gruidae Antigone rubicunda brolga C QAI I
animals birds Falconidae Falco berigora brown falcon C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco cenchroides nankeen kestrel C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco subniger black falcon C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter cirrocephalus collared sparrowhawk C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus brown goshawk C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Circus approximans swamp harrier C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Circus assimilis spotted harrier C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Hamirostra melanosternon black-breasted buzzard C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Hieraaetus morphnoides little eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Milvus migrans black kite C QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Platalea flavipes yellow-billed spoonbill C QA I
animals birds Threskiornithidae Platalea regia royal spoonbill C QAI I
animals birds Threskiornithidae Plegadis falcinellus glossy ibis SL QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis molucca Australian white ibis C QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis straw-necked ibis C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Ardea alba modesta eastern great egret C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Ardea intermedia intermediate egret C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Ardea pacifica white-necked heron C QA I
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta garzetta little egret C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Nycticorax caledonicus nankeen night-heron C QAI I
animals birds Pelecanidae Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian pelican C QAI I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Microcarbo melanoleucos little pied cormorant C QAI I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax carbo great cormorant C QAI I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C QA I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax varius pied cormorant C QAI I
animals birds Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C QAI I
animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C QAI
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia cuneata diamond dove C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C QA
animals birds Podicipedidae Podiceps cristatus great crested grebe C QAI I
animals birds Podicipedidae Poliocephalus poliocephalus hoary-headed grebe C QA I
animals birds Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian grebe C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas superciliosa Pacific black duck C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Aythya australis hardhead C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Chenonetta jubata Australian wood duck C QA
animals birds Anatidae Cygnus atratus black swan C QA I
animals birds Anatidae Dendrocygna eytoni plumed whistling-duck C QA
animals birds Anatidae Malacorhynchus membranaceus pink-eared duck C QA I
animals birds Anatidae Oxyura australis blue-billed duck C QA I
animals birds Anatidae Tadorna tadornoides Australian shelduck C VU I
animals birds Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae emu C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Demansia rimicola soil-crack whipsnake C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja guttata speckled brown snake C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja mengdeni Mengden's brown snake C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
animals reptiles Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus joanae black-soil ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
animals reptiles Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Ctenophorus nuchalis central netted dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Pogona vitticeps central bearded dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Tympanocryptis intima gibber earless dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Eyrean earless dragon C QA
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
animals reptiles Chelidae Emydura macquarii emmotti Emmott's short-neck turtle C QA I
animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana platycephala water holding frog C QA I
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria caerulea common green treefrog C QAI
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria rubella ruddy treefrog C QAI
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Crinia deserticola chirping froglet C QA I
animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes tasmaniensis spotted grassfrog C QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Terapontidae Bidyanus welchi Welch's grunter QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Terapontidae Leiopotherapon unicolor spangled perch QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Percichthyidae Macquaria ambigua golden perch QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Poeciliidae Gambusia holbrooki mosquitofish II I
animals ray-finned fishes Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendida tatei desert rainbowfish QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Retropinnidae Retropinna semoni Australian smelt QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Plotosidae Neosiluroides cooperensis Cooper Creek catfish QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Plotosidae Neosilurus hyrtlii Hyrtl's catfish QA I
animals ray-finned fishes Cyprinidae Carassius auratus goldfish II I
animals ray-finned fishes Clupeidae Nematalosa erebi bony bream QA I
animals malacostracans Parastacidae Cherax destructor common yabbie QA
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera nodiflora joyweed C QA
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus sessilifolius C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Calocephalus platycephalus yellow top C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Calotis porphyroglossa channel burr daisy C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis arachnoidea C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis eriocarpa native chamomile C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Minuria denticulata C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Minuria integerrima smooth minuria C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Polycalymma stuartii C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon sphacelatum applebush C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe floribunda C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Rutidosis helichrysoides subsp. acutiglumis C QA
plants land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia tumidifructa SL QA
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex velutinella C QA
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena decurrens C QA
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena diacantha grey copper burr C QA
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena glabra C QA
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea muelleri poison morning-glory C QA
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia U
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia ferdinandi var. appendiculata C QA
plants land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia serpyllifolia C QA
plants land plants Geraniaceae Erodium carolinianum C QA
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola depauperata C QA
plants land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis aspera raspweed C QA
plants land plants Lamiaceae Teucrium racemosum C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia ligulata C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia murrayana C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia salicina doolan C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria cunninghamii subsp. sturtii C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria eremaea subsp. eremaea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen australasicum C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen cinereum C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen pallidum C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. sturtii C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna phyllodinea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona oligophylla C QA
plants land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana exocarpi subsp. exocarpi C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Malva preissiana C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida ammophila C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida argillacea C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida trichopoda C QA
plants land plants Molluginaceae Hypertelis cerviana C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus coolabah coolabah C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca trichostachya C QA I
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia burbidgeana C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida latifolia feathertop wiregrass C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Astrebla pectinata barley mitchell grass C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Eulalia aurea silky browntop C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Oxychloris scariosa winged chloris C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Zygochloa paradoxa C QA
plants land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria attenuata C QAI I
plants land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria lapathifolia pale knotweed C QAI I
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea stenobotrya C QA
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea leucoptera C QA
plants land plants Rubiaceae Dentella pulvinata C QA
plants land plants Rubiaceae Synaptantha tillaeacea var. tillaeacea C QA
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima C QA
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata C QAI
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila dalyana C QA
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata C QA
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus eichlerianus bull head C QA

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wildlife of Coongie biogeographic subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 23 November 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=biogeographic-subregion-coongie

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