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Wildlife of Wyndham Sandy Creek 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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End.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 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 C 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 rhombifer zig-zag gecko C QA
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 QI
plants land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens subsp. glaucoviolacea C QI
plants land plants Apiaceae Platysace valida C Q
plants land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia viridiflora subsp. tropica C QA
plants land plants Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia pubera var. aromatica C Q
plants land plants Asteraceae Bidens bipinnata bipinnate beggar's ticks IU
plants land plants Asteraceae Coronidium newcastlianum C Q
plants land plants Asteraceae Glossocardia refracta C Q
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura diffusa C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura sericea C Q
plants land plants Asteraceae Phacellothrix cladochaeta C QAI
plants land plants Asteraceae Podolepis arachnoidea clustered copper-wire daisy C QA
plants land plants Asteraceae Praxelis clematidea IU
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium brachygyne C Q
plants land plants Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina inophloia C QA
plants land plants Colchicaceae Kuntheria pedunculata C Q
plants land plants Commelinaceae Cartonema spicatum C QA
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea gracilis C QA
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Polymeria ambigua C QA
plants land plants Cycadaceae Cycas platyphylla V V Q
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus aromaticus IU
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pulchellus C QAI
plants land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis acutangula C Q I
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia longifolia C Q
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia stirlingii C Q
plants land plants Ericaceae Melichrus adpressus C QA
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia macdonaldii var. potentillina C Q
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia mitchelliana var. mitchelliana C QA
plants land plants Haemodoraceae Haemodorum coccineum C QAI
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella U
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella nervosa C Q
plants land plants Hypericaceae Hypericum gramineum C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia calyculata C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia decora pretty wattle C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia galioides C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia humifusa C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leptoloba C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leptostachya Townsville wattle C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia nesophila C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia purpureopetala purple-flowered wattle V CE Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia umbellata C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia whitei C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia wickhamii subsp. cassitera C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista absus var. absus C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria medicaginea var. medicaginea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Galactia U
plants land plants Leguminosae Gastrolobium grandiflorum C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine tomentella woolly glycine C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Gompholobium nitidum C QI
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea nana C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera hirsuta hairy indigo C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera pratensis C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera sericovexilla C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Isotropis parviflora C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Lamprolobium grandiflorum C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia astragaloides C QI
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes subsp. filipes C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia juncea C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia varians C Q
plants land plants Leguminosae Uraria lagopodioides C QAI
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muelleriana subsp. muelleriana C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C QA
plants land plants Leguminosae Zornia prostrata var. prostrata C QA
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia clarksoniana C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia leichhardtii rustyjacket C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus atrata Herberton ironbark C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus cloeziana Gympie messmate C QA
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus megasepala C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus pachycalyx subsp. pachycalyx C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca monantha C Q
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca nervosa C QAI
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca stenostachya subsp. stenostachya C QA
plants land plants Orchidaceae Cymbidium canaliculatum SL QA
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Striga curviflora C QAI
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus carpentariae C QA
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus dallachyanus C Q
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus dallachyanus subsp. (Irvinebank P.I.Forster PIF14675) C Q
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. decrescentifolius C Q
plants land plants Pittosporaceae Bursaria incana C QA
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus fertilis giant Parramatta grass IU
plants land plants Polygalaceae Comesperma sphaerocarpum C QA
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala macrobotrya C Q
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca U
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea dryandri subsp. dryandri C QA
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea glossadenia V V Q
plants land plants Rubiaceae Mitracarpus hirtus IU
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce brachystema C QA
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea dodecandra C Q
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila debilis winter apple C QA
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium U
plants land plants Taccaceae Tacca leontopetaloides C QAI
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea amabilis C Q
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea confertiflora C Q
plants land plants Violaceae Pigea enneasperma C QAI

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

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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 25 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-wyndham-sandy-creek-nature-refuge

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