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Wildlife of Cobbold Gorge Nature Refuge

Total number of species: 280

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End.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 QA
plants land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens C QA
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema triquetra red spinach C QAI
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Achyranthes aspera C QAI
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata lesser joyweed C QAI
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus interruptus C QA
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena lanata C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Blumea saxatilis C QAI
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon ciliosum C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon verbascifolium C QA
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum cartilagineum gristle fern C QA
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum orientale SL QAI
plants land plants Boraginaceae Trichodesma zeylanicum C QA
plants land plants Byblidaceae Byblis liniflora SL QA
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Dicarpidium monoicum C QA
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Seringia adenolasia C QA
plants land plants Cannabaceae Trema tomentosa var. aspera C QAI
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. spirostylis C QA
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea tenax C QA
plants land plants Celastraceae Denhamia cunninghamii C QA
plants land plants Celastraceae Siphonodon pendulus C Q
plants land plants Chrysobalanaceae Parinari nonda C QAI
plants land plants Commelinaceae Commelina ensifolia scurvy grass C QAI
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea eriocarpa C QAI
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea plebeia bellvine C QAI
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea polymorpha C QAI
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus castaneus C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus conicus C QA
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus decompositus C QA I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus haspan subsp. juncoides C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus javanicus C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus microcephalus subsp. saxicola C QA
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis atropurpurea C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis geniculata C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis acicularis C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis dichotoma common fringe-rush C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis nutans C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis pauciflora C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis sphaerocephala C QA
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fuirena incrassata C QA I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Scleria brownii C QAI
plants land plants Dennstaedtiaceae Microlepia speluncae cave fern C QAI
plants land plants Droseraceae Drosera burmanni SL QAI I
plants land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros humilis small-leaved ebony C QAI
plants land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon pygmaeum C QA I
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton arnhemicus C QA
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia pumilio C QAI
plants land plants Haloragaceae Gonocarpus acanthocarpus C QAI
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus U
plants land plants Lamiaceae Ocimum caryophyllinum C QA
plants land plants Lamiaceae Prostanthera sp. (Gilbert River M.D.Godwin+ C4040) C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Abrus precatorius subsp. precatorius C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia drepanocarpa subsp. drepanocarpa C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia gonoclada C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia holosericea C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia julifera subsp. curvinervia C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia julifera subsp. gilbertensis C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia shirleyi lancewood C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia torulosa C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Alysicarpus ovalifolius IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Aphyllodium biarticulatum C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Cajanus acutifolius C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista absus var. absus C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria aridicola subsp. aridicola C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria juncea sunhemp IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria novae-hollandiae subsp. novae-hollandiae C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria retusa var. retusa IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia sp. (Myall Creek J.R.Clarkson 4885) C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia tenuiflora var. macrantha C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine U
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea parvicalyx C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera U
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera colutea sticky indigo C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera sericovexilla C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Jacksonia odontoclada C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Labichea brassii NT Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Leptosema oxylobioides C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Macrotyloma axillare var. axillare IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Macrotyloma uniflorum var. stenocarpum IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna occidentalis coffee senna IU
plants land plants Leguminosae Sesbania campylocarpa C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Sesbania cannabina var. cannabina C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia delestangii C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes var. (Mt Blackjack A.R.Bean+ 7332) C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia juncea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia leptoclada C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia macrostachya C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Cobbold Gorge B.S.Wannan 1167) C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Pannikan Springs A.R.Bean+ 5612) C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Settlement Creek L.J.Brass 272) C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Uraria lagopodioides C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia ditricha C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia stirlingii C Q
plants land plants Linderniaceae Lindernia aplectra C QA
plants land plants Linderniaceae Torenia crustacea C QAI
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea brachypoda C QA
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. agatii C QAI
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. ensifolia C QAI
plants land plants Loganiaceae Mitrasacme nidulifera C QA
plants land plants Loranthaceae Dendrophthoe glabrescens C QAI
plants land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana spathulata subsp. spathulata C QA
plants land plants Lycopodiaceae Palhinhaea cernua C QAI
plants land plants Lygodiaceae Lygodium microphyllum snake fern C QAI I
plants land plants Lythraceae Rotala occultiflora C QA I
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon hannii C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon otocarpum C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida acuta spinyhead sida IU
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida macropoda C QA
plants land plants Melastomataceae Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum C QAI I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Aggreflorum pallidum NT Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Calytrix leptophylla C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia erythrophloia variable-barked bloodwood C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia gilbertensis Gilbert River ghost gum C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia serendipita C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus ammophila sandplain red gum C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. obtusa C QA I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus chartaboma C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus exserta Queensland peppermint C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus microneura Gilbert River box C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus similis Queensland yellowjacket C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus whitei White's ironbark C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lithomyrtus retusa C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. riparius C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Micromyrtus forsteri C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon umbrosus C QA
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia burbidgeana C QAI
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia pubescens C QA
plants land plants Orchidaceae Arthrochilus U
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides C QAI
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus minutiflorus C QA
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus virgatus C QAI
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. elachophyllus C Q
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon rhytidospermus C QA
plants land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia lythrifolia C QA
plants land plants Plumbaginaceae Plumbago zeylanica native plumbago C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Alloteropsis cimicina C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida acuta C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida exserta C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida perniciosa C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida warburgii C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Arundinella setosa C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Brachyachne convergens common native couch C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Chrysopogon fallax C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria brownii C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon lindleyanus C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon polyphyllus leafy nineawn C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis cumingii C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis schultzii C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne pallescens var. pallescens C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne squarrosa C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne triseta C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Mnesithea rottboellioides C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Oxychloris scariosa winged chloris C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum effusum C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum robustum C Q
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum trichoides C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Urochloa holosericea subsp. holosericea C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Yakirra pauciflora C QAI
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala pterocarpa C QA
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca filifolia C QAI
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea decora subsp. decora C Q
plants land plants Proteaceae Xylomelum scottianum C Q
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes caudata C QA
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes pumilio C QA
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C QAI
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia vilhelmii C QA
plants land plants Rubiaceae Paranotis mitrasacmoides subsp. mitrasacmoides C QA
plants land plants Rubiaceae Scleromitrion galioides C QAI
plants land plants Rutaceae Boronia bowmanii C Q
plants land plants Rutaceae Zieria tenuis C Q
plants land plants Santalaceae Exocarpos latifolius C QAI
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea U
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea filifolia C QAI
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila longifolia berrigan C QA
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum carduiforme V Q
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus sericeus subsp. densiflorus C QA
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia savannicola C QAI
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Triumfetta pentandra IU
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium adenophorum SL QA
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium tenerum SL QAI I
plants land plants Xyridaceae Xyris complanata yellow-eye C QAI I

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI 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


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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wildlife of Cobbold Gorge Nature Refuge, WetlandInfo website, accessed 19 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-cobbold-gorge-nature-refuge

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