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Wildlife of Hay drainage sub-basin

Total number of species: 281

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Camelidae Camelus dromedarius one-humped camel II
animals mammals Leporidae Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbit II
animals mammals Felidae Felis catus cat II
animals mammals Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA
animals mammals Muridae Mus musculus house mouse II
animals mammals Muridae Notomys alexis spinifex hopping-mouse C QA
animals mammals Muridae Pseudomys hermannsburgensis sandy inland mouse C QA
animals mammals Molossidae Austronomus australis white-striped freetail bat C QA
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter rufus red kangaroo C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Sminthopsis macroura stripe-faced dunnart C QA
animals mammals Dasyuridae Sminthopsis youngsoni lesser hairy-footed dunnart C QA
animals birds Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian pipit C QAI
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia guttata zebra finch C QA
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Cheramoeca leucosterna white-backed swallow C QA
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon ariel fairy martin C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus cruralis brown songlark C QA
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus mathewsi rufous songlark C QA
animals birds Petroicidae Melanodryas cucullata hooded robin C QA
animals birds Petroicidae Petroica goodenovii red-capped robin C QA
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Corvidae Corvus bennetti little crow C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus coronoides Australian raven C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus personatus masked woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus superciliosus white-browed woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI
animals birds Oreoicidae Oreoica gutturalis crested bellbird 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 Lalage tricolor white-winged triller C QAI
animals birds Cinclosomatidae Cinclosoma cinnamomeum cinnamon quail-thrush C QA
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes cristatus chirruping wedgebill C QA
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes occidentalis chiming wedgebill C QA
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus ruficeps chestnut-crowned babbler C QA
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus superciliosus white-browed babbler C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis spiny-cheeked honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Certhionyx variegatus pied honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura aurifrons orange chat C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura crocea yellow chat V QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Epthianura tricolor crimson chat C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Gavicalis virescens singing honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina flavigula yellow-throated miner C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula penicillata white-plumed honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Sugomel nigrum black honeyeater C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus rubricatus red-browed pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza uropygialis chestnut-rumped thornbill C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Aphelocephala leucopsis southern whiteface V V QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Aphelocephala nigricincta banded whiteface C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Pyrrholaemus brunneus redthroat C QA
animals birds Maluridae Amytornis goyderi Eyrean grasswren C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus assimilis purple-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus leucopterus white-winged fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius red-backed kingfisher C QA
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Cacomantis pallidus pallid cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites basalis Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Melopsittacus undulatus budgerigar C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Nymphicus hollandicus cockatiel C QA
animals birds Laridae Gelochelidon macrotarsa Australian tern C QAI
animals birds Glareolidae Stiltia isabella Australian pratincole C QA
animals birds Turnicidae Turnix velox little button-quail C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Charadrius ruficapillus red-capped plover C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Elseyornis melanops black-fronted dotterel C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Peltohyas australis inland dotterel C QA
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles novaehollandiae masked lapwing (southern subspecies) C QAI
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus tricolor banded lapwing C QA
animals birds Recurvirostridae Recurvirostra novaehollandiae red-necked avocet C QA I
animals birds Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian bustard C QAI
animals birds Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian coot C QAI I
animals birds Gruidae Antigone rubicunda brolga C QAI I
animals birds Falconidae Falco berigora brown falcon C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco cenchroides nankeen kestrel C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco hypoleucos grey falcon V V QA
animals birds Falconidae Falco longipennis Australian hobby C QAI
animals birds Falconidae Falco subniger black falcon C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Circus assimilis spotted harrier C QA
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Milvus migrans black kite C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Ardea pacifica white-necked heron C QA I
animals birds Ardeidae Nycticorax caledonicus nankeen night-heron 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 Eurostopodidae Eurostopodus argus spotted nightjar C QA
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia cuneata diamond dove C QA
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C QA
animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal C QAI I
animals birds Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae emu C QA
animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja modesta ringed brown snake C QA
animals reptiles Typhlopidae Anilios endoterus interior blind snake C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus leae orange-tailed finesnout ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus piankai coarse sands ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus taeniatus ribbon ctenotus C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Eremiascincus phantasmus ghost skink C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Eremiascincus richardsonii broad-banded sand swimmer C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista aericeps desert plain slider C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista labialis southern sandslider C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista xanthura yellow-tailed plain slider C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Liopholis inornata desert skink C QA
animals reptiles Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
animals reptiles Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Ctenophorus isolepis military dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Ctenophorus pictus painted dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Diporiphora winneckei canegrass dragon C QA
animals reptiles Agamidae Pogona vitticeps central bearded dragon C QA
animals reptiles Carphodactylidae Nephrurus levis three-lined knob-tail C QA
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Lucasium damaeum beaded gecko C QA
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Lucasium microplax southern sandplain gecko C QA
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura eyrensis Eyre Basin beaked gecko C QA
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Strophurus ciliaris spiny-tailed gecko C QA
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra purpurascens purplish dtella C QA
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
fungi lecanoromycetes Psoraceae Psora decipiens C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Gunniopsis quadrifida C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema pilosa C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema triquetrum red spinach C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus grandiflorus C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus latifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus polystachyus C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Cynanchum floribundum C NTQ
plants land plants Araliaceae Trachymene glaucifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Asphodelaceae Bulbine alata native leek C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Brachyscome gilesii C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Calotis plumulifera C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Chrysocephalum eremaeum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Dichromochlamys dentatifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis eriocarpa native chamomile C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Millotia greevesii subsp. greevesii C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Polycalymma stuartii C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon sphacelatum applebush C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe floribunda C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe moschata C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Senecio gregorii C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Streptoglossa adscendens desert daisy C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Trichanthodium skirrophorum C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Omphalolappula concava burr stickseed C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Trichodesma zeylanicum var. zeylanicum C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Blennodia canescens wild stock C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Blennodia pterosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Harmsiodoxa puberula C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Lepidium muelleri-ferdinandi C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Lepidium phlebopetalum veined peppercress C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Menkea crassa C NTQ
plants land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum lineare C NTQ
plants land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia tumidifructa SL NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex elachophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex holocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex limbata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex vesicaria subsp. macrocystidia C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dissocarpus paradoxus cannonball burr C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania glomulifera subsp. eremaea C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania simulans C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania sphaerosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania truncata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana aphylla cotton bush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana appressa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana coronata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana lanosa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana pyramidata black bluebush C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana turbinata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Osteocarpum acropterum var. acropterum C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Salsola australis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena bicornis var. bicornis C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena clelandii C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena densiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena diacantha grey copper burr C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena intricata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia halocnemoides subsp. longispicata C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. divaricata C NTQ I
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. elongata C NTQ I
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia tenuis C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Convolvulus clementii C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Cressa australis C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosicalyx C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus bulbosus C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia ferdinandi var. ferdinandi C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia porcata C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila C NTQ
plants land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia foliosa C NTQ
plants land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Geraniaceae Erodium cygnorum C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia berardiana C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia collaris C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia cycloptera C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola depauperata C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola ovalifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola parvibarbata C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Dicrastylis costelloi C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia cambagei gidgee C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia dictyophleba C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia jennerae C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia ligulata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia melleodora C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia murrayana C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia ramulosa horse mulga C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia ramulosa var. ramulosa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia victoriae subsp. arida C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria cunninghamii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria cunninghamii subsp. sturtii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria eremaea subsp. eremaea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen discolor C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen pallidum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine canescens silky glycine C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera psammophila C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Isotropis wheeleri Wheeler's lamb poison C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna phyllodinea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona affinis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona flavicarinata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona laxa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona phacoides dwarf swainsona C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia brachyodon C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sabulosa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Glenormiston R.W.Purdie 1362) C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Amyema quandang var. quandang C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus krichauffianus C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia glomerata C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia squamata C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia viridigrisea C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida ammophila C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida cunninghamii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida cunninghamii subsp. (Bedourie R.W.Purdie 1445) C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida fibulifera C NTQ
plants land plants Molluginaceae Hypertelis cerviana C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus coolabah coolabah C NTQ
plants land plants Nitrariaceae Nitraria billardierei C NTQ
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia schomburgkiana C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus fuernrohrii C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon trachyspermus C NTQ
plants land plants Plantaginaceae Plantago drummondii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Astrebla pectinata barley mitchell grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cenchrus ciliaris NAQ
plants land plants Poaceae Dichanthium sericeum subsp. humilius C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enteropogon acicularis curly windmill grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis basedowii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis dielsii mallee lovegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis falcata sickle lovegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis leptocarpa drooping lovegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis pergracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne aristidea C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Paractaenum novae-hollandiae subsp. reversum C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Plagiosetum refractum C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus actinocladus katoora grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Tragus australianus small burr grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Tripogon loliiformis five minute grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Zygochloa paradoxa C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia ptychosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca intraterranea C NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea pigweed NAQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea eyreana C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea leucoptera C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Synaptantha tillaeacea var. hispidula C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Santalum lanceolatum SL NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila latrobei subsp. glabra C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila macdonnellii C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila willsii subsp. integrifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana velutina C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum chenopodinum C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum emmottii C NTQ
plants land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea trichostachya flaxweed C NTQ
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera compressa C NTQ
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera similis C NTQ
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus hystrix C NTQ
plants land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus terrestris caltrop 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.

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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 Hay drainage sub-basin, WetlandInfo website, accessed 2 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-hay

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