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Wildlife of Blackwood National Park

Total number of species: 221

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Notamacropus dorsalis black-striped wallaby C QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Petrogale assimilis allied rock-wallaby C Q
animals mammals Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus short-beaked echidna SL QAI
animals birds Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian pipit C QAI
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia bichenovii double-barred finch C QA
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon ariel fairy martin C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus mathewsi rufous songlark C QA
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI
animals birds Corcoracidae Corcorax melanorhamphos white-winged chough C QA
animals birds Corcoracidae Struthidea cinerea apostlebird C QA
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C QAI
animals birds Corvidae Corvus coronoides Australian raven C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa grey fantail C QAI
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Artamus minor little woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis pied butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus torquatus grey butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C QA
animals birds Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus olive-backed oriole C QAI
animals birds Oreoicidae Oreoica gutturalis crested bellbird C QA
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush 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 Coracina papuensis white-bellied cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Campephagidae Lalage tricolor white-winged triller C QAI
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus temporalis grey-crowned babbler C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis spiny-cheeked honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
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 Manorina melanocephala noisy miner C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Plectorhyncha lanceolata striped honeyeater C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza apicalis inland thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza chrysorrhoa yellow-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza nana yellow thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Pyrrholaemus sagittatus speckled warbler C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus assimilis purple-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera maculata spotted bowerbird C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Climacteris picumnus brown treecreeper C QA
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo leachii blue-winged kookaburra C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo novaeguineae laughing kookaburra C QA
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius red-backed kingfisher C QA
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Cacomantis pallidus pallid cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Centropus phasianinus pheasant coucal C QA
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites basalis Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Aprosmictus erythropterus red-winged parrot C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus adscitus pale-headed rosella C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita sulphur-crested cockatoo C QAI
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Nymphicus hollandicus cockatiel C QA
animals birds Turnicidae Turnix maculosus red-backed button-quail C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco berigora brown falcon C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus brown goshawk C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C QAI
animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C QAI
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Phaps chalcoptera common bronzewing C QA
animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal C QAI I
animals birds Phasianidae Synoicus ypsilophorus brown quail C QAI
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata var. micrantha C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Carissa ovata currantbush C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Gymnema pleiadenium C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia eucalyptophylla gargaloo C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia lanceolata northern silkpod C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Wrightia pubescens subsp. penicillata C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Acanthospermum hispidum star burr NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Parthenium hysterophorus parthenium weed NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura hispidula var. hispidula C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon ciliosum C NTQ
plants land plants Bignoniaceae Pandorea pandorana wonga vine C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium consimile C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium moorei C NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Seringia corollata C NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Waltheria indica C NTQ
plants land plants Capparaceae Capparis canescens C NTQ
plants land plants Capparaceae Capparis mitchellii C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex lindleyi C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania glomulifera subsp. glomulifera C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Salsola australis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena birchii galvanised burr C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena ramulosa C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea polymorpha C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus dactylotes C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus fulvus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Erythroxylaceae Erythroxylum australe cocaine tree C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Acalypha eremorum soft acalypha C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton phebalioides narrow-leaved croton C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia mystrophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola spinescens prickly fan flower C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia armitii NT NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia catenulata bendee C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia tenuissima C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cassia brewsteri C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera triflora C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Labichea rupestris C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Leptosema oxylobioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Neptunia gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Petalostylis labicheoides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna gaudichaudii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Pannikan Springs A.R.Bean+ 5612) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia farnesiana NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia nilotica prickly acacia NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Dendrophthoe glabrescens C NTQ
plants land plants Lythraceae Rotala mexicana C NTQ I
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon auritum Chinese lantern C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon fraseri subsp. fraseri C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon otocarpum C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Gossypium australe C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus burtonii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus sp. (Emerald S.L.Everist 2124) C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus sturtii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida aprica var. aprica C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida atherophora C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Aramac E.J.Thompson+ JER192) C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Charters Towers E.J.THompson+ CHA456) C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Musselbrook M.B.Thomas+ MRS437) C NTQ
plants land plants Molluginaceae Glinus oppositifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia clarksoniana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. acuta C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus cambageana Dawson gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus persistens C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus thozetiana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lithomyrtus microphylla C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca pallescens C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca tamariscina C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Breynia oblongifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Flueggea leucopyrus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus hebecarpus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus sp. (Pentland R.J.Cumming 9742) C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus virgatus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Alloteropsis cimicina C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Ancistrachne uncinulata hooky grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida calycina var. calycina C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida calycina var. praealta C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida caput-medusae C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida jerichoensis var. jerichoensis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida personata C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Bothriochloa bladhii subsp. bladhii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Bothriochloa decipiens var. cloncurrensis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Bothriochloa decipiens var. decipiens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Bothriochloa ewartiana desert bluegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Calyptochloa cylindrosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cenchrus ciliaris NAQ
plants land plants Poaceae Chloris divaricata var. divaricata slender chloris C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Chloris ventricosa tall chloris C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cleistochloa subjuncea C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cymbopogon refractus barbed-wire grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria brownii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria divaricatissima var. divaricatissima C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria ramularis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Dinebra decipiens var. asthenes C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Dinebra decipiens var. decipiens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon lindleyanus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon virens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enteropogon acicularis curly windmill grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enteropogon ramosus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enteropogon unispiceus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis cumingii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis lacunaria purple lovegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis leptostachya C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Melinis repens red natal grass NAQ
plants land plants Poaceae Oxychloris scariosa winged chloris C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paspalidium caespitosum brigalow grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paspalidium distans shotgrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paspalidium gracile slender panic C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus contiguus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus scabridus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Thyridolepis xerophila C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Triodia pungens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Urochloa mosambicensis sabi grass NAQ
plants land plants Poaceae Urochloa piligera C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala triflora C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia ptychosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea decora subsp. decora C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea parallela C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes distans bristly cloak fern C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Paranotis mitrasacmoides subsp. trachymenoides C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce brachystema C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Flindersia dissosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Geijera parviflora wilga C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Geijera salicifolia brush wilga C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila deserti C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila latrobei subsp. glabra C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila mitchellii C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Myoporum acuminatum coastal boobialla C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum galbinum C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum parvifolium subsp. parvifolium C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus pumilio C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia latifolia dysentery plant C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia savannicola C NTQ
plants land plants Violaceae Pigea enneasperma C NTQ
plants land plants Vitaceae Causonis clematidea 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 Blackwood National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 28 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-blackwood

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