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Wildlife of Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation DIWA nationally important wetland

Total number of species: 129

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle II
animals mammals Equidae Equus caballus horse II
animals mammals Muridae Leggadina forresti Forrest's mouse C QA
animals mammals Muridae Rattus villosissimus long-haired rat C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Antechinomys laniger kultarr C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasyuroides byrnei kowari E E QA
animals birds Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian pipit C QAI
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 Petrochelidon ariel fairy martin C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus cruralis brown songlark C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus mathewsi rufous songlark C QA
animals birds Alaudidae Mirafra javanica Horsfield's bushlark 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 Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus torquatus grey butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C QAI
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 Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis spiny-cheeked honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Ashbyia lovensis gibberbird C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Certhionyx variegatus pied honeyeater 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 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 Maluridae Malurus assimilis purple-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus leucopterus white-winged fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius red-backed kingfisher C QA
animals birds Tytonidae Tyto javanica eastern barn owl C QAI
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites basalis Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Melopsittacus undulatus budgerigar C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Psephotellus varius mulga parrot C 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 Gelochelidon macrotarsa Australian tern C QAI
animals birds Laridae Hydroprogne caspia Caspian tern SL QAI I
animals birds Glareolidae Stiltia isabella Australian pratincole C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Erythrogonys cinctus red-kneed dotterel C QA I
animals birds Charadriidae Peltohyas australis inland dotterel C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus tricolor banded lapwing C QA
animals birds Recurvirostridae Himantopus leucocephalus pied stilt C QAI I
animals birds Recurvirostridae Recurvirostra novaehollandiae red-necked avocet C QA I
animals birds Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian bustard C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Tribonyx ventralis black-tailed native-hen C QA
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 Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Circus assimilis spotted harrier C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Milvus migrans black kite 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 pacifica white-necked heron C QA I
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia cuneata diamond dove C QA
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C QA
animals birds Columbidae Phaps histrionica flock bronzewing C QA
animals birds Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian grebe C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal 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 Malacorhynchus membranaceus pink-eared duck C QA I
animals birds Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae emu C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Oxyuranus microlepidotus western taipan C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja guttata speckled brown snake C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
animals reptiles Scincidae Tiliqua multifasciata Centralian blue-tongued lizard C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Eyrean earless dragon C QA
plants land plants Aizoaceae Gunniopsis quadrifida C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus sessilifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Calocephalus platycephalus yellow top C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis arachnoidea C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Minuria denticulata C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Polycalymma stuartii C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Xerochrysum bracteatum golden everlasting daisy C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex angulata fan saltbush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex holocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana aphylla cotton bush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana astrotricha low bluebush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana microcarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana pyramidata black bluebush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Osteocarpum dipterocarpum C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Osteocarpum pentapterum C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Rhagodia spinescens thorny saltbush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena bicornis var. bicornis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena brachyptera C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena diacantha grey copper burr C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena parallelicuspis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia indica subsp. leiostachya C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis pallens pale spikerush C NTQ I
plants land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Lechenaultia divaricata C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola parvibarbata C NTQ
plants land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis aspera raspweed C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Teucrium racemosum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera linnaei Birdsville indigo C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Isotropis wheeleri Wheeler's lamb poison C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona flavicarinata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona phacoides dwarf swainsona C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia farnesiana NAQ
plants land plants Lythraceae Lythrum wilsonii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus krichauffianus C NTQ
plants land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea drummondii common nardoo C NTQ I
plants land plants Pentapetaceae Melhania oblongifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon nigricans niggerheads C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis australasica C NTQ I
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis setifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Tripogon loliiformis five minute grass C NTQ
plants land plants Polygonaceae Duma florulenta C NTQ I
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum oligacanthum C NTQ
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera howittii 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 Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation DIWA nationally important wetland, WetlandInfo website, accessed 21 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=diwa-wetland-moonda-lake-shallow-lake-aggregation

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