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Rare or threatened wildlife of Sturt Stony Desert IBRA subregion

Total number of species: 34

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Muridae Notomys fuscus dusky hopping-mouse E V QA
animals mammals Muridae Pseudomys australis plains rat V V QA
animals mammals Megadermatidae Macroderma gigas ghost bat E V QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Petrogale xanthopus celeris yellow-footed rock-wallaby V V Q
animals mammals Potoroidae Caloprymnus campestris desert rat-kangaroo PE EX QA
animals mammals Thylacomyidae Macrotis lagotis greater bilby E V QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasycercus blythi brush-tailed mulgara V QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasycercus cristicauda crest-tailed mulgara V QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasyuroides byrnei kowari E E QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura crocea yellow chat V QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura crocea crocea yellow chat (gulf) V QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Grantiella picta painted honeyeater V V QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Aphelocephala leucopsis southern whiteface V V QA
animals birds Maluridae Amytornis barbatus grey grasswren NT QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Neophema chrysostoma blue-winged parrot V V QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Pezoporus occidentalis night parrot CR E QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri Pink Cockatoo E E QA
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper V V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris ferruginea curlew sandpiper CR CE QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Gallinago hardwickii Latham's snipe V V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Tringa nebularia common greenshank E E QAI I
animals birds Rostratulidae Rostratula australis Australian painted-snipe E E QA I
animals birds Pedionomidae Pedionomus torquatus plains wanderer CR CE QA
animals birds Falconidae Falco hypoleucos grey falcon V V QA
animals reptiles Boidae Aspidites ramsayi woma NT QA
plants land plants Acanthaceae Xerothamnella parvifolia C V NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus maconochiei NT NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe rufescens NT NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena blakei V V NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena walkeri C V NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia peuce waddy V V NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera oxyrachis V NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona murrayana slender Darling pea V V NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea kennedyana V V 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) Rare or threatened wildlife of Sturt Stony Desert IBRA subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 31 August 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=ibra-subregion-sturt-stony-desert&SpeciesFilter=RareOrThreatened

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