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Wildlife of Mitchell Swamp DIWA nationally important wetland

Total number of species: 84

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter rufus red kangaroo C QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Petrogale xanthopus celeris yellow-footed rock-wallaby V V Q
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C QA
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Barnardius zonarius barnardi mallee ringneck C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua sanguinea little corella C QAI
animals birds Charadriidae Elseyornis melanops black-fronted dotterel C QAI I
animals birds Burhinidae Burhinus grallarius bush stone-curlew C QAI
animals birds Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C QAI I
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Geophaps plumifera spinifex pigeon C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Denisonia devisi De Vis' banded snake C QA
animals reptiles Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I
fungi lecanoromycetes Caliciaceae Pyxine petricola C NTQ
fungi lecanoromycetes Graphidaceae Diploschistes
fungi lecanoromycetes Lecideaceae Lecidea
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata var. denticulata C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens khaki weed NAQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Hemichroa mesembryanthema C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Alstonia constricta bitterbark C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia lanceolata northern silkpod C NTQ
plants land plants Araliaceae Hydrocotyle demissa C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Centipeda pleiocephala C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pluchea dentex bowl daisy C NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Waltheria indica C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea multicaulis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Einadia trigonos subsp. stellulata C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea calobra C NTQ
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus prickly pademelon NAQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus alterniflorus C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus aquatilis C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Scleria sphacelata C NTQ
plants land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon cinereum C NTQ I
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia atriplexifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Hypericaceae Hypericum gramineum C NTQ
plants land plants Isoetaceae Isoetes muelleri quillwort C NTQ I
plants land plants Lamiaceae Clerodendrum floribundum C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus intraterraneus C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Prostanthera megacalyx C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Prostanthera suborbicularis C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia aneura C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia cowleana C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia deanei C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia dichromotricha C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia elachantha C NNQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia omalophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia petraea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia salicina doolan C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia sp. (Ambathala C.Sandercoe 624) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia sparsiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia tephrina C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Aeschynomene indica budda pea C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Amyema maidenii subsp. maidenii C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Amyema miquelii C NTQ
plants land plants Lythraceae Ammannia multiflora jerry-jerry C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus brachysiphonius C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Charters Towers E.J.THompson+ CHA456) C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus exserta Queensland peppermint C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus thozetiana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Homalocalyx polyandrus C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca trichostachya C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Thryptomene hexandra C NTQ
plants land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia octovalvis willow primrose C NTQ I
plants land plants Oxalidaceae Oxalis perennans C NTQ
plants land plants Phrymaceae Peplidium foecundum C NTQ I
plants land plants Picrodendraceae Petalostigma pubescens quinine tree C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cymbopogon bombycinus silky oilgrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cymbopogon obtectus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne mucronata forma (Burnham R.W.Purdie 1370) C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paspalidium caespitosum brigalow grass C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia eremaea C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea chordophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Santalum lanceolatum SL NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila deserti C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila latrobei subsp. latrobei C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila oppositifolia subsp. rubra C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea elongata C NTQ

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI 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 Mitchell Swamp DIWA nationally important wetland, WetlandInfo website, accessed 19 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=diwa-wetland-mitchell-swamp

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