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Wildlife of Wyndham Sandy Creek Nature Refuge

Total number of species: 154

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Emballonuridae Taphozous troughtoni Troughton's sheathtail bat C Q
animals mammals Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus eastern horseshoe-bat C QAI
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca flavigaster lemon-bellied flycatcher C QAI
animals birds Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis pied butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C QA
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina papuensis white-bellied cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera varied sittella C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina melanocephala noisy miner C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C QAI
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus rubricatus red-browed pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis dollarbird C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo leachii blue-winged kookaburra 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 Eudynamys orientalis eastern koel C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Scythrops novaehollandiae channel-billed cuckoo 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 Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Jacanidae Irediparra gallinacea comb-crested jacana C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian coot C QAI I
animals birds Rallidae Gallinula tenebrosa dusky moorhen C QAI I
animals birds Pandionidae Pandion haliaetus cristatus eastern osprey SL QAI
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C QA 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 birds Anatidae Nettapus coromandelianus cotton pygmy-goose C QAI I
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
animals reptiles Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria inermis bumpy rocketfrog C QA
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria latopalmata broad palmed rocketfrog C QA
plants Florideophyceae Galaxauraceae Galaxaura divaricata C NTQ
plants land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens subsp. glaucoviolacea C NTQ
plants land plants Apiaceae Platysace valida C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia viridiflora subsp. tropica C NTQ
plants land plants Araliaceae Motherwellia haplosciadea C NTQ
plants land plants Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia pubera var. aromatica C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Bidens bipinnata bipinnate beggar's ticks NAQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Coronidium newcastlianum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Glossocardia refracta C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura diffusa C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura sericea C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Phacellothrix cladochaeta C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Podolepis arachnoidea clustered copper-wire daisy C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Praxelis clematidea NAQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium brachygyne C NTQ
plants land plants Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina inophloia C NTQ
plants land plants Colchicaceae Kuntheria pedunculata C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Cartonema spicatum C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Polymeria ambigua C NTQ
plants land plants Cycadaceae Cycas platyphylla V V NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus aromaticus NAQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pulchellus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis acutangula C NTQ I
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia stirlingii C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Melichrus adpressus C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia macdonaldii var. potentillina C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia mitchelliana var. mitchelliana C NTQ
plants land plants Haemodoraceae Haemodorum coccineum C NTQ
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella nervosa C NTQ
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Abrodictyum obscurum SL NTQ
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Crepidomanes
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Crepidomanes proliferum SL NTQ
plants land plants Hypericaceae Hypericum gramineum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia calyculata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia capillosa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia decora pretty wattle C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia galioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia humifusa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leptoloba C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leptostachya Townsville wattle C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia nesophila C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia purpureopetala purple-flowered wattle V CE NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia umbellata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia whitei C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia wickhamii subsp. cassitera C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista absus var. absus C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria medicaginea var. medicaginea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia
plants land plants Leguminosae Gastrolobium grandiflorum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine tomentella woolly glycine C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Gompholobium nitidum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea nana C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera hirsuta hairy indigo C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera pratensis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera sericovexilla C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Isotropis parviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Lamprolobium grandiflorum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia astragaloides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes subsp. filipes C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia juncea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia varians C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Uraria lagopodioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muelleriana subsp. muelleriana C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia prostrata var. prostrata C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Blakella leichhardtii C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora Superseded XU
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia clarksoniana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus atrata Herberton ironbark C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus cloeziana Gympie messmate C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus megasepala C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus pachycalyx subsp. pachycalyx C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca monantha C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca nervosa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca stenostachya subsp. stenostachya C NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Cymbidium canaliculatum SL NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Striga curviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus carpentariae C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus dallachyanus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus dallachyanus subsp. (Irvinebank P.I.Forster PIF14675) C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. decrescentifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Pittosporaceae Bursaria incana C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus fertilis giant Parramatta grass NAQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Comesperma sphaerocarpum C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala macrobotrya C NTQ
plants land plants Polypodiaceae Oreogrammitis queenslandica SL NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea dryandri subsp. dryandri C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea glossadenia V V NNQ
plants land plants Psilotaceae Psilotum complanatum flat fork fern Superseded XU
plants land plants Rubiaceae Mitracarpus hirtus NAQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce brachystema C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea dodecandra C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila debilis winter apple C NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium
plants land plants Taccaceae Tacca leontopetaloides C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea amabilis C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea confertiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Violaceae Pigea enneasperma 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 Wyndham Sandy Creek Nature Refuge, WetlandInfo website, accessed 2 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-wyndham-sandy-creek-nature-refuge

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