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Wildlife of The Rapids Nature Refuge

Total number of species: 147

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA
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 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 Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI
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 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 Edolisoma tenuirostre common cicadabird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Lichenostomus melanops yellow-tufted honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina melanocephala noisy miner C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI
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 Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea white-throated treecreeper C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea metastasis white-throated treecreeper (southern) C QA
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 macleayii forest kingfisher C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Centropus phasianinus pheasant coucal C QA
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites lucidus shining bronze-cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Scythrops novaehollandiae channel-billed cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Alisterus scapularis Australian king-parrot C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Parvipsitta pusilla little lorikeet C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus adscitus pale-headed rosella C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles masked lapwing C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian coot C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Gallinula tenebrosa dusky moorhen C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Porphyrio melanotus purple swamphen C QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis molucca Australian white ibis C QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis straw-necked ibis C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C QA I
animals birds Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C QAI I
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia humeralis bar-shouldered dove C QAI
animals birds Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian grebe C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Anas superciliosa Pacific black duck C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Chenonetta jubata Australian wood duck C QA
animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana alboguttata greenstripe frog C QA
animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana brevipes superb collared frog C QA I
plants land plants Acanthaceae Harnieria hygrophiloides white karambal C QA
plants land plants Anacardiaceae Euroschinus falcatus C Q
plants land plants Annonaceae Melodorum leichhardtii C QAI
plants land plants Apocynaceae Carissa ovata currantbush C QA
plants land plants Araliaceae Polyscias elegans celery wood C QAI
plants land plants Araucariaceae Araucaria cunninghamii hoop pine C Q
plants land plants Asteraceae Ageratum houstonianum blue billygoat weed IU
plants land plants Asteraceae Apowollastonia spilanthoides C QAI
plants land plants Asteraceae Baccharis halimifolia groundsel bush IU
plants land plants Asteraceae Sigesbeckia orientalis Indian weed C QAI
plants land plants Asteraceae Xanthium occidentale IU
plants land plants Bignoniaceae Dolichandra unguis-cati cat's claw creeper IU
plants land plants Bignoniaceae Pandorea floribunda C QA
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Commersonia viscidula C QA
plants land plants Cannabaceae Trema tomentosa C QAI
plants land plants Capparaceae Capparis arborea brush caper berry C QA
plants land plants Celastraceae Elaeodendron melanocarpum C QAI
plants land plants Celastraceae Pleurostylia opposita C QAI
plants land plants Cycadaceae Cycas megacarpa E E Q
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus U
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis equisetina C QAI I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Lepironia articulata C QAI I
plants land plants Dryopteridaceae Parapolystichum microsorum SL QAI
plants land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros geminata scaly ebony C QI
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Alchornea ilicifolia native holly C QA
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton acronychioides thick-leaved croton C QA
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton insularis Queensland cascarilla C QAI
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila C QA
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Mallotus philippensis red kamala C QAI
plants land plants Lamiaceae Vitex lignum-vitae C Q
plants land plants Lauraceae Cryptocarya triplinervis C QI
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia aulacocarpa C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia fimbriata Brisbane golden wattle C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leiocalyx C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia maidenii Maiden's wattle C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria U
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine U
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine tomentella woolly glycine C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Hardenbergia violacea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia U
plants land plants Loganiaceae Logania C U
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon U
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C QAI
plants land plants Meliaceae Melia azedarach white cedar C QAI
plants land plants Meliaceae Turraea pubescens native honeysuckle C QAI
plants land plants Myrsinaceae Embelia australiana embelia C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Angophora subvelutina C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia citriodora spotted gum C QI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus crebra narrow-leaved red ironbark C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Gossia bidwillii C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon confertus brush box C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca quinquenervia swamp paperbark C QAI I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia dumicola rib-fruited malletwood E Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia rubescens scrub turpentine CR CE QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium francisii giant watergum C QA
plants land plants Orchidaceae Cymbidium canaliculatum SL QA
plants land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium kingianum SL Q
plants land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium monophyllum SL QA
plants land plants Orchidaceae Dockrillia linguiformis tongue orchid SL QA
plants land plants Passifloraceae Passiflora aurantia C Q
plants land plants Petiveriaceae Rivina humilis IU
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Breynia oblongifolia C QAI
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Bridelia exaltata C QA
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Cleistanthus cunninghamii omega C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida U
plants land plants Poaceae Cymbopogon refractus barbed-wire grass C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Oplismenus aemulus creeping shade grass C QAI
plants land plants Polypodiaceae Pyrrosia rupestris rock felt fern SL QAI
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes sieberi C Q
plants land plants Putranjivaceae Drypetes deplanchei grey boxwood C QAI
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C QAI
plants land plants Rubiaceae Pavetta australiensis C Q
plants land plants Rubiaceae Psydrax odorata C QAI
plants land plants Rutaceae Flindersia australis crow's ash C QA
plants land plants Rutaceae Flindersia schottiana bumpy ash C QAI
plants land plants Rutaceae Micromelum minutum clusterberry C QAI
plants land plants Rutaceae Murraya paniculata 'Exotica' IU
plants land plants Rutaceae Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia yellow aspen C QA
plants land plants Salviniaceae Salvinia molesta salvinia IU I
plants land plants Sapindaceae Alectryon subdentatus C QA
plants land plants Sapindaceae Arytera microphylla C Q
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea triquetra large-leaved hop bush C QA
plants land plants Sapindaceae Mischocarpus anodontus veiny pearfruit C QA
plants land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella cotinifolia var. pubescens C QA
plants land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella pohlmaniana C QA
plants land plants Smilacaceae Smilax australis barbed-wire vine C QA
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum seaforthianum Brazilian nightshade IU
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia latifolia dysentery plant C QI
plants land plants Sterculiaceae Sterculia quadrifida peanut tree C QAI
plants land plants Verbenaceae Lantana camara lantana IU
plants land plants Vitaceae Tetrastigma nitens shining grape C QA

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.

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

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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 The Rapids Nature Refuge, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-the-rapids-nature-refuge

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