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Wildlife of Cobbold Gorge Nature Refuge

Total number of species: 281

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter antilopinus antilopine wallaroo C QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter rufus red kangaroo C QA
animals mammals Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C QA
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus norfolcensis squirrel glider C QA
animals mammals Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia bichenovii double-barred finch C QA
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Petroica goodenovii red-capped robin C QA
animals birds Corcoracidae Struthidea cinerea apostlebird C QA
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra inquieta restless flycatcher C QA
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 cinereus black-faced 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 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 Conopophila rufogularis rufous-throated honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
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 Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula flavescens yellow-tinted honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Stomiopera flava yellow honeyeater C Q
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus rubricatus red-browed pardalote C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone fusca western gerygone C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera nuchalis great bowerbird C QA
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Ceyx azureus azure kingfisher C QAI I
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo leachii blue-winged kookaburra 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 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 Calyptorhynchus banksii red-tailed black-cockatoo C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Elseyornis melanops black-fronted dotterel C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles masked lapwing C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian coot C QAI I
animals birds Falconidae Falco longipennis Australian hobby C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Milvus migrans black kite C QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Platalea flavipes yellow-billed spoonbill C QA I
animals birds Threskiornithidae Platalea regia royal spoonbill C QAI I
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis straw-necked ibis C QAI
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 Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Nycticorax caledonicus nankeen night-heron C QAI I
animals birds Ciconiidae Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus black-necked stork C QAI I
animals birds Pelecanidae Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian pelican 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 Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C QAI I
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Geophaps scripta squatter pigeon C QA
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C QA
animals birds Columbidae Phaps chalcoptera common bronzewing C QA
animals birds Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian grebe C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas superciliosa Pacific black duck C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Aythya australis hardhead C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Chenonetta jubata Australian wood duck C QA
animals birds Anatidae Dendrocygna eytoni plumed whistling-duck C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
animals reptiles Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Oedura argentea silver-eyed velvet gecko C Q
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra einasleighensis Einasleigh rock dtella C Q
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
plants land plants Acanthaceae Dicliptera armata C NTQ
plants land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema triquetrum red spinach C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Achyranthes aspera C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata lesser joyweed C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus interruptus C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena lanata C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Blumea saxatilis C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon ciliosum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon verbascifolium C NTQ
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum cartilagineum gristle fern C NTQ
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum orientale SL NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Trichodesma zeylanicum C NTQ
plants land plants Byblidaceae Byblis liniflora SL NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Dicarpidium monoicum C NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Seringia adenolasia C NTQ
plants land plants Cannabaceae Trema tomentosa var. aspera C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea multicaulis C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. spirostylis C NTQ
plants land plants Celastraceae Denhamia cunninghamii C NTQ
plants land plants Celastraceae Siphonodon pendulus C NTQ
plants land plants Chrysobalanaceae Parinari nonda C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Commelina ensifolia scurvy grass C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea eriocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea plebeia bellvine C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea polymorpha C NTQ
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus castaneus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus conicus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus decompositus C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus haspan subsp. juncoides C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus javanicus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus microcephalus subsp. saxicola C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis atropurpurea C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis geniculata C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis acicularis C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis dichotoma common fringe-rush C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis nutans C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis pauciflora C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis sphaerocephala C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fuirena incrassata C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Scleria brownii C NTQ
plants land plants Dennstaedtiaceae Microlepia speluncae cave fern C NTQ
plants land plants Droseraceae Drosera burmanni SL NTQ I
plants land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros humilis small-leaved ebony C NTQ
plants land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon pygmaeum C NTQ I
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton arnhemicus C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia pumilio C NTQ
plants land plants Haloragaceae Gonocarpus acanthocarpus C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus
plants land plants Lamiaceae Ocimum caryophyllinum C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Prostanthera sp. (Gilbert River M.D.Godwin+ C4040) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Abrus precatorius subsp. precatorius C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia drepanocarpa subsp. drepanocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia gonoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia holosericea C NNQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia julifera subsp. curvinervia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia julifera subsp. gilbertensis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia shirleyi lancewood C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia torulosa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Alysicarpus ovalifolius NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Aphyllodium biarticulatum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Bossiaea armitii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cajanus acutifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista absus var. absus C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria aridicola subsp. aridicola C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria juncea sunhemp NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria novae-hollandiae subsp. novae-hollandiae C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria retusa var. retusa NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia sp. (Myall Creek J.R.Clarkson 4885) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia tenuiflora var. macrantha C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea parvicalyx C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera colutea sticky indigo C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera sericovexilla C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Jacksonia odontoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Labichea brassii NT NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Leptosema oxylobioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Macrotyloma axillare var. axillare NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Macrotyloma uniflorum var. stenocarpum NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna occidentalis coffee senna NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Sesbania cannabina var. cannabina C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia delestangii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes var. (Mt Blackjack A.R.Bean+ 7332) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia juncea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia leptoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia macrostachya C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Cobbold Gorge B.S.Wannan 1167) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Pannikan Springs A.R.Bean+ 5612) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Settlement Creek L.J.Brass 272) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Uraria lagopodioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia ditricha C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia stirlingii C NTQ
plants land plants Linderniaceae Lindernia aplectra C NTQ
plants land plants Linderniaceae Torenia crustacea C NTQ
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea brachypoda C NTQ
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. agatii C NTQ
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. ensifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Loganiaceae Mitrasacme nidulifera C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Dendrophthoe glabrescens C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana spathulata subsp. spathulata C NTQ
plants land plants Lycopodiaceae Palhinhaea cernua C NTQ
plants land plants Lygodiaceae Lygodium microphyllum snake fern C NTQ I
plants land plants Lythraceae Rotala occultiflora C NTQ I
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon hannii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon otocarpum C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida acuta spinyhead sida NAQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida macropoda C NTQ
plants land plants Melastomataceae Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Aggreflorum pallidum NT NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Calytrix leptophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia erythrophloia variable-barked bloodwood C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia gilbertensis Gilbert River ghost gum Superseded XU
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia serendipita C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus ammophila sandplain red gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. obtusa C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus chartaboma C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus exserta Queensland peppermint C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus microneura Gilbert River box C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus similis Queensland yellowjacket C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus whitei White's ironbark C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lithomyrtus retusa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. riparius C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Micromyrtus forsteri C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon umbrosus C NTQ
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia burbidgeana C NTQ
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia pubescens C NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Arthrochilus
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus minutiflorus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus virgatus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. elachophyllus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon rhytidospermus C NTQ
plants land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia lythrifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Plumbaginaceae Plumbago zeylanica native plumbago C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Alloteropsis cimicina C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida acuta C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida exserta C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida perniciosa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida warburgii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Arundinella setosa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Brachyachne convergens common native couch C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Chrysopogon fallax C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria brownii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon lindleyanus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon polyphyllus leafy nineawn C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis cumingii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis schultzii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne pallescens var. pallescens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne squarrosa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne triseta C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Mnesithea rottboellioides C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Oxychloris scariosa winged chloris C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum effusum C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum robustum C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum trichoides C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Triodia microstachya C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Urochloa holosericea subsp. holosericea C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Yakirra pauciflora C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala pterocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca filifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea decora subsp. decora C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Xylomelum scottianum C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes caudata C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes pumilio C NTQ
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia vilhelmii C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Paranotis mitrasacmoides subsp. mitrasacmoides C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Scleromitrion galioides C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Boronia bowmanii C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Zieria tenuis C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Exocarpos latifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea filifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila longifolia berrigan C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum carduiforme V NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus sericeus subsp. densiflorus C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia savannicola C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Triumfetta pentandra NAQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium adenophorum SL NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium uliginosum swamp triggerplant SL NTQ
plants land plants Xyridaceae Xyris complanata yellow-eye C 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.

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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 Cobbold Gorge Nature Refuge, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-cobbold-gorge-nature-refuge

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