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Wildlife of Esk National Park

Total number of species: 216

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Macropodidae Notamacropus rufogriseus red-necked wallaby C QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Wallabia bicolor swamp wallaby C QA
animals mammals Potoroidae Aepyprymnus rufescens rufous bettong C QA
animals mammals Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA
animals mammals Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus northern brown bandicoot C QAI
animals birds Estrildidae Neochmia temporalis red-browed finch C QA
animals birds Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis silvereye C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C QAI
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 Rhipiduridae Rhipidura rufifrons rufous fantail C QAI
animals birds Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI
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 Oriolidae Sphecotheres vieilloti Australasian figbird C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis golden whistler C QAI
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C QAI
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes olivaceus eastern whipbird C QA
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus temporalis grey-crowned babbler C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Caligavis chrysops yellow-faced honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
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 Melithreptus lunatus white-naped honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Myzomela sanguinolenta scarlet honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula fusca fuscous honeyeater C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus spotted pardalote C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza lineata striated thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza pusilla brown thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone mouki brown gerygone C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis frontalis white-browed scrubwren C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ailuroedus crassirostris green catbird C QA
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ptilonorhynchus violaceus satin bowerbird C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea metastasis white-throated treecreeper (southern) C QA
animals birds Pittidae Pitta versicolor noisy pitta C QAI
animals birds Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis dollarbird C QAI
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo novaeguineae laughing kookaburra C QA
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus sanctus sacred kingfisher C QAI
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Cacomantis flabelliformis fan-tailed cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Centropus phasianinus pheasant coucal C QA
animals birds Cuculidae Eudynamys orientalis eastern koel C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Parvipsitta pusilla little lorikeet C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus elegans crimson rosella C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus scaly-breasted lorikeet C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Calyptorhynchus lathami glossy black-cockatoo V QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus brown goshawk C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C QAI
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geophaps scripta scripta squatter pigeon (southern subspecies) V V QA
animals birds Columbidae Macropygia phasianella brown cuckoo-dove C QAI
animals birds Anatidae Chenonetta jubata Australian wood duck C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
animals amphibians Bufonidae Rhinella marina cane toad II
fungi Agaricomycetes Amanitaceae Amanita xanthocephala C NTQ
fungi Agaricomycetes Geastraceae Geastrum C NTQ
fungi lecanoromycetes Caliciaceae Cratiria vioxanthina C NTQ
plants land plants Acanthaceae Harnieria hygrophiloides white karambal C NTQ
plants land plants Acanthaceae Pseuderanthemum variabile pastel flower C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Alstonia constricta bitterbark C NTQ
plants land plants Aspleniaceae Asplenium australasicum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Ageratina adenophora crofton weed NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Erigeron primulifolius NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Erigeron pusillus NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Picris angustifolia subsp. carolorum-henricorum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Praxelis clematidea NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Senecio hispidulus C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Senecio pinnatifolius var. pinnatifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Sphaeromorphaea australis C NTQ
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum neohollandicum C NTQ
plants land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta SL NTQ
plants land plants Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina torulosa C NTQ
plants land plants Celastraceae Denhamia bilocularis C NTQ
plants land plants Celastraceae Denhamia silvestris C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Aneilema acuminatum C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Pollia crispata pollia C NTQ
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Diplocyclos palmatus subsp. palmatus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Bulbostylis barbata C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia linearis var. obtusifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia riparia C NTQ
plants land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros pentamera myrtle ebony C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Monotoca scoparia prickly broom heath C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Styphelia mutica C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Styphelia sparsa C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Trochocarpa laurina tree heath C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Baloghia inophylla scrub bloodwood C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Homalanthus populifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Mallotus claoxyloides green kamala C NTQ
plants land plants Fossombroniaceae Fossombronia
plants land plants Gyrostemonaceae Codonocarpus attenuatus C NTQ
plants land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis heterophylla rough raspweed C NTQ
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella brevipedunculata C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Chloanthes parviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus
plants land plants Lauraceae Cassytha filiformis dodder laurel C NTQ
plants land plants Lauraceae Cryptocarya bidwillii yellow laurel C NTQ
plants land plants Lauraceae Cryptocarya obovata pepperberry C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra beaniana C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra filiformis C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra laxa broad-leaved matrush C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra multiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia baeuerlenii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia complanata flatstem wattle C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia maidenii Maiden's wattle C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia podalyriifolia Queensland silver wattle C NNQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia quadrilateralis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista nomame var. nomame C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista rotundifolia var. rotundifolia NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria brevis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria medicaginea var. neglecta C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Daviesia filipes subsp. filipes C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Daviesia genistifolia broom bitter pea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Daviesia wyattiana long-leaved bitter pea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Desmodium rhytidophyllum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Dillwynia phylicoides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine clandestina var. clandestina C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Hardenbergia violacea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea planifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera australis subsp. australis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Jacksonia scoparia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Pultenaea cunninghamii prickly pea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna septemtrionalis NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes subsp. filipes C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Trifolium campestre var. campestre NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vigna vexillata var. angustifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Liliaceae Lilium formosanum NAQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon oxycarpum var. oxycarpum C NTQ
plants land plants Meliaceae Melia azedarach white cedar C NTQ
plants land plants Menispermaceae Legnephora moorei C NTQ
plants land plants Moraceae Ficus coronata creek sandpaper fig C NTQ
plants land plants Myrsinaceae Embelia australiana embelia C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Angophora woodsiana smudgee C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Blakella tessellaris C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata Superseded XU
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia gummifera red bloodwood C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia intermedia pink bloodwood C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus baileyana Bailey's stringybark C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus biturbinata C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus eugenioides C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus helidonica C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus microcorys C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus pilularis blackbutt C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus planchoniana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus propinqua small-fruited grey gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa scribbly gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus saligna C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus siderophloia C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus tereticornis C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon confertus brush box C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon suaveolens swamp box C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia rubescens scrub turpentine CR CE NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium australe scrub cherry C NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Acianthus exsertus SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Caladenia catenata SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Chiloglottis diphylla SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Corybas barbarae helmet orchid SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Pterostylis nutans SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Pterostylis torquata SL NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus hirtellus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Briza maxima quaking grass NAQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paspalidium distans shotgrass C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala triflora C NTQ
plants land plants Polygonaceae Muehlenbeckia gracillima C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea banksii C NNQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea robusta C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Lomatia silaifolia crinkle bush C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Persoonia sericea silky geebung C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Adiantum atroviride SL NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum SL NTQ
plants land plants Ranunculaceae Ranunculus sessiliflorus var. sessiliflorus C NTQ
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C NTQ
plants land plants Rosaceae Rubus rosifolius var. rosifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gynochthodes jasminoides C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Mitracarpus hirtus NAQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Opercularia diphylla C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Pomax umbellata C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce multicaulis C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Exocarpos cupressiformis native cherry C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Viscum articulatum flat mistletoe C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Myoporum acuminatum coastal boobialla C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea altior C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea linifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Urticaceae Urtica incisa stinging nettle C NTQ
plants land plants Verbenaceae Lantana camara lantana NAQ
plants land plants Violaceae Pigea monopetala C NTQ
plants land plants Violaceae Viola betonicifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Violaceae Viola perreniformis C NTQ
plants land plants Xanthorrhoeaceae Xanthorrhoea johnsonii SL NTQ
plants land plants Zingiberaceae Alpinia caerulea wild ginger 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 Esk National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-esk

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