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Rare or threatened animals of North Stradbroke Island DIWA nationally important wetland

Total number of species: 59

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
mammals Delphinidae Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin V V QAI I
mammals Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera musculus blue whale C E QAI
mammals Balaenidae Eubalaena australis southern right whale C E QAI
mammals Dugongidae Dugong dugon dugong V QAI I
mammals Muridae Xeromys myoides water mouse V V QAI I
mammals Pteropodidae Pteropus poliocephalus grey-headed flying-fox C V QA
mammals Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA
birds Estrildidae Stagonopleura guttata diamond firetail V V QA
birds Strigidae Ninox strenua powerful owl V QA
birds Psittaculidae Lathamus discolor swift parrot E CE QA
birds Cacatuidae Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami glossy black-cockatoo (eastern) V V QA
birds Laridae Sternula albifrons little tern SL V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Arenaria interpres ruddy turnstone V V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper V V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Calidris canutus red knot V V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Calidris ferruginea curlew sandpiper CR CE QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Calidris tenuirostris great knot V V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Gallinago hardwickii Latham's snipe V V QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Limosa lapponica baueri Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit E E QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Limosa limosa black-tailed godwit E E QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Numenius madagascariensis eastern curlew CR CE QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Tringa nebularia common greenshank E E QAI I
birds Scolopacidae Xenus cinereus terek sandpiper V V QAI I
birds Charadriidae Charadrius leschenaultii greater sand plover V V QAI I
birds Charadriidae Charadrius mongolus lesser sand plover E E QAI I
birds Charadriidae Pluvialis squatarola grey plover V V QAI I
birds Burhinidae Esacus magnirostris beach stone-curlew V QAI I
birds Procellariidae Ardenna grisea sooty shearwater V V QAI
birds Procellariidae Ardenna pacifica wedge-tailed shearwater V QAI
birds Procellariidae Halobaena caerulea blue petrel V V VU
birds Procellariidae Macronectes giganteus southern giant-petrel E E QAI
birds Procellariidae Macronectes halli northern giant-petrel V V VU
birds Procellariidae Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera Gould's petrel (Australian subspecies) C E QAI
birds Procellariidae Pterodroma neglecta Kermadec petrel C V QAI
birds Diomedeidae Diomedea exulans wandering albatross V V QAI
birds Diomedeidae Phoebetria fusca sooty albatross V V VU
birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche bulleri Buller's albatross V V VU
birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche carteri Indian yellow-nosed albatross V V QAI
birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche cauta shy albatross E E QAI
birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche chrysostoma grey-headed albatross E E VU
birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche melanophris black-browed albatross SL V QAI
birds Apodidae Hirundapus caudacutus white-throated needletail V V QAI
birds Phaethontidae Phaethon rubricauda red-tailed tropicbird V QAI
reptiles Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA
reptiles Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea leatherback turtle E E QAI
reptiles Cheloniidae Caretta caretta loggerhead turtle E E QAI
reptiles Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI
reptiles Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI
reptiles Cheloniidae Natator depressus flatback turtle V V QAI
amphibians Hylidae Litoria cooloolensis Cooloola sedgefrog NT Q I
amphibians Hylidae Litoria freycineti wallum rocketfrog V QA
amphibians Hylidae Litoria olongburensis wallum sedgefrog V V QA I
amphibians Hylidae Litoria sp. cf. cooloolensis (North Stradbroke Is population) NT Q
amphibians Myobatrachidae Crinia tinnula wallum froglet V QA I
ray-finned fishes Percichthyidae Nannoperca oxleyana Oxleyan pygmy perch E E QA I
ray-finned fishes Syngnathidae Hippocampus whitei White's Seahorse E E QA I
insects Lycaenidae Acrodipsas illidgei Illidge's ant-blue V QA
insects Papilionidae Ornithoptera richmondia Richmond birdwing V QA
malacostracans Parastacidae Cherax robustus V V Q

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) Rare or threatened animals of North Stradbroke Island DIWA nationally important wetland, WetlandInfo website, accessed 28 August 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=diwa-wetland-north-stradbroke-island&Kingdom=animals&SpeciesFilter=RareOrThreatened

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