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Wetland indicator wildlife of Nicoll Scrub National Park

Total number of species: 76

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Kingdom	Class	Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	NCA	End.	Wetland Status
animals	mammals	Muridae	Hydromys chrysogaster	water rat	C	QAI	I
animals	mammals	Ornithorhynchidae	Ornithorhynchus anatinus	platypus	SL	QA	I
animals	birds	Alcedinidae	Ceyx azureus	azure kingfisher	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Jacanidae	Irediparra gallinacea	comb-crested jacana	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Rallidae	Gallinula tenebrosa	dusky moorhen	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Threskiornithidae	Platalea regia	royal spoonbill	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Ardea alba modesta	eastern great egret	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Ardea intermedia	intermediate egret	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Ardea pacifica	white-necked heron	C	QA	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Butorides striata	striated heron	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Egretta garzetta	little egret	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Ardeidae	Nycticorax caledonicus	nankeen night-heron	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Phalacrocoracidae	Microcarbo melanoleucos	little pied cormorant	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	little black cormorant	C	QA	I
animals	birds	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax varius	pied cormorant	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Anhingidae	Anhinga novaehollandiae	Australasian darter	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Podicipedidae	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	Australasian grebe	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Anatidae	Anas superciliosa	Pacific black duck	C	QAI	I
animals	birds	Anatidae	Cygnus atratus	black swan	C	QA	I
animals	reptiles	Elapidae	Pseudechis porphyriacus	red-bellied black snake	C	QA	I
animals	reptiles	Agamidae	Intellagama lesueurii	eastern water dragon	C	QA	I
animals	reptiles	Chelidae	Emydura macquarii macquarii	Murray turtle	C	QA	I
animals	reptiles	Chelidae	Wollumbinia latisternum	saw-shelled turtle	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria fallax	eastern sedgefrog	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria gracilenta	graceful treefrog	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria pearsoniana	cascade treefrog	V	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria revelata	whirring treefrog	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria tyleri	southern laughing treefrog	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Hylidae	Litoria verreauxii	whistling treefrog	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Myobatrachidae	Crinia signifera	clicking froglet	C	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Limnodynastidae	Adelotus brevis	tusked frog	V	QA	I
animals	amphibians	Limnodynastidae	Limnodynastes peronii	striped marshfrog	C	QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Gobiomorphus australis	striped gudgeon		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Gobiomorphus coxii	Cox gudgeon		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Hypseleotris compressa	empire gudgeon		QAI	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Hypseleotris galii	firetail gudgeon		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Philypnodon grandiceps	flathead gudgeon		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Eleotridae	Philypnodon macrostomus	dwarf flathead gudgeon		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	sea mullet		QAI	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Mugilidae	Trachystoma petardi	pinkeye mullet		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Terapontidae	Leiopotherapon unicolor	spangled perch		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Percichthyidae	Macquaria novemaculeata	Australian bass		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Scorpaenidae	Notesthes robusta	bullrout		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Poeciliidae	Gambusia holbrooki	mosquitofish		II	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Poeciliidae	Xiphophorus hellerii	swordtail		II	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Pseudomugilidae	Pseudomugil signifer	Pacific blue eye		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Melanotaeniidae	Melanotaenia duboulayi	crimsonspotted rainbowfish		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Melanotaeniidae	Rhadinocentrus ornatus	ornate rainbowfish		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Galaxiidae	Galaxias maculatus	common galaxias		QAI	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Retropinnidae	Retropinna semoni	Australian smelt		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Plotosidae	Tandanus tandanus	freshwater catfish		QA	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Anguillidae	Anguilla australis	southern shortfin eel		QAI	I
animals	ray-finned fishes	Anguillidae	Anguilla reinhardtii	longfin eel		QAI	I
plants	land plants	Casuarinaceae	Casuarina cunninghamiana		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Cyperaceae	Cyperus pilosus		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Cyperaceae	Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Haloragaceae	Myriophyllum aquaticum	Brazilian water milfoil		NAQ	I
plants	land plants	Juncaceae	Juncus prismatocarpus	branching rush	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Juncaceae	Juncus usitatus		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Laxmanniaceae	Lomandra hystrix		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Melastomataceae	Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Myrtaceae	Melaleuca viminalis		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Myrtaceae	Tristaniopsis laurina		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Onagraceae	Ludwigia octovalvis	willow primrose	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Onagraceae	Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Philydraceae	Helmholtzia glaberrima		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Philydraceae	Philydrum lanuginosum	frogsmouth	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Poaceae	Paspalum distichum	water couch		NAQ	I
plants	land plants	Poaceae	Urochloa mutica			NAQ	I
plants	land plants	Polygonaceae	Persicaria decipiens	slender knotweed	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Polygonaceae	Persicaria hydropiper	water pepper	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Polygonaceae	Persicaria lapathifolia	pale knotweed	C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Polygonaceae	Persicaria strigosa		C	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Potamogetonaceae	Potamogeton ochreatus	blunt pondweed	SL	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Potamogetonaceae	Potamogeton octandrus		SL	NTQ	I
plants	land plants	Zosteraceae	Zostera capricorni	eelgrass	SL	NTQ	I

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) Wetland indicator wildlife of Nicoll Scrub National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 29 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-nicoll-scrub&SpeciesFilter=WetlandIndicator