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Wildlife of Morning Inlet drainage sub-basin

Total number of species: 239

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Macropodidae Notamacropus agilis agile wallaby C QAI
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter rufus red kangaroo C QA
animals birds Estrildidae Poephila cincta atropygialis black-throated finch (black-rumped subspecies) C Q
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia bichenovii double-barred finch C QA
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia guttata zebra finch C QA
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon nigricans tree martin C QAI
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI
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 Corvidae Corvus coronoides Australian raven C QA
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI
animals birds Corvidae Corvus sp. C U
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 Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus minor little woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Artamus superciliosus white-browed woodswallow C QA
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis pied butcherbird C QA
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie 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 maxima ground cuckoo-shrike C QA
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Campephagidae Lalage tricolor white-winged triller C QAI
animals birds Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera varied sittella 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 Gavicalis virescens singing honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta brown honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina flavigula yellow-throated 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 Ptilotula penicillata white-plumed honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula plumula grey-fronted honeyeater C QA
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Climacteridae Climacteris melanurus black-tailed treecreeper C QA
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo leachii blue-winged kookaburra C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius red-backed kingfisher C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Aprosmictus erythropterus red-winged parrot C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Melopsittacus undulatus budgerigar C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Calyptorhynchus banksii red-tailed black-cockatoo C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA
animals birds Laridae Chlidonias hybrida whiskered tern C QAI I
animals birds Laridae Chlidonias leucopterus white-winged black tern SL QAI I
animals birds Laridae Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae silver gull C QAI
animals birds Laridae Gelochelidon macrotarsa Australian tern C QAI
animals birds Laridae Hydroprogne caspia Caspian tern SL QAI I
animals birds Laridae Sternula albifrons little tern SL V QAI I
animals birds Glareolidae Stiltia isabella Australian pratincole C QA
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper V V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris canutus red knot V V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris ferruginea curlew sandpiper CR CE QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris subminuta long-toed stint SL VU I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris tenuirostris great knot V V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Limosa lapponica baueri Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit E E QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Limosa limosa black-tailed godwit E E QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Numenius madagascariensis eastern curlew CR CE QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Numenius phaeopus whimbrel SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Tringa brevipes grey-tailed tattler SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Tringa nebularia common greenshank E E QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Tringa stagnatilis marsh sandpiper SL QAI I
animals birds Jacanidae Irediparra gallinacea comb-crested jacana C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Charadrius leschenaultii greater sand plover V V QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Charadrius mongolus lesser sand plover E E QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Charadrius ruficapillus red-capped plover C QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Pluvialis squatarola grey plover V V QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles masked lapwing C QAI
animals birds Recurvirostridae Himantopus leucocephalus pied stilt C QAI I
animals birds Recurvirostridae Recurvirostra novaehollandiae red-necked avocet C QA I
animals birds Haematopodidae Haematopus longirostris Australian pied oystercatcher 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 Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Haliaeetus leucogaster white-bellied sea-eagle C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur indus brahminy kite C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C QAI
animals birds Accipitridae Milvus migrans black kite C QAI
animals birds Pandionidae Pandion haliaetus cristatus eastern osprey SL QAI
animals birds Threskiornithidae Platalea regia royal spoonbill C QAI I
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis molucca Australian white ibis C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Ardea alba modesta eastern great egret C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Butorides striata striated heron C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta garzetta little egret C QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Ciconiidae Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus black-necked stork C QAI I
animals birds Pelecanidae Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian pelican C QAI I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C QA I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax varius pied cormorant C QAI I
animals birds Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C QAI I
animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C QAI
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia cuneata diamond dove C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia humeralis bar-shouldered dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Geophaps plumifera spinifex pigeon C QA
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon 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 Aythya australis hardhead C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Dendrocygna arcuata wandering whistling-duck C QAI I
animals birds Anatidae Dendrocygna eytoni plumed whistling-duck C QA
animals birds Anatidae Malacorhynchus membranaceus pink-eared duck C QA I
animals birds Anatidae Spatula querquedula garganey SL VI
animals birds Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae emu C QA
plants land plants Acanthaceae Hygrophila angustifolia C NTQ I
plants land plants Acanthaceae Nelsonia campestris C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema compactum C NTQ
plants land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema triquetrum red spinach C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Achyranthes aspera C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena canescens subsp. canescens C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena humilis C NTQ
plants land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus fusiformis C NTQ
plants land plants Apocynaceae Wrightia saligna C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Blumea diffusa C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Blumea tenella C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon serrulatum var. velutinum C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Sphaeranthus africanus C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Streptoglossa odora C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium ballii C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium cunninghamii C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium peninsulare C NTQ
plants land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium tytoides C NTQ
plants land plants Byttneriaceae Waltheria indica C NTQ
plants land plants Campanulaceae Lobelia dioica SL NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea breviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea corymbosa C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena glabra C NTQ
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia indica subsp. indica C NTQ I
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia indica subsp. leiostachya C NTQ I
plants land plants Combretaceae Terminalia canescens C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Commelina agrostophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Bonamia longipilosa C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Bonamia multiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Cressa australis C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea eriocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Jacquemontia browniana C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Polymeria lanata C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Polymeria marginata C NTQ
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis schultzii C NTQ
plants land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros humilis small-leaved ebony C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia thelephora var. thelephora C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia armitiana C NTQ
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia byrnesii C NTQ
plants land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Najas graminea var. graminea SL NTQ
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria caulescens SL NTQ I
plants land plants Lamiaceae Ocimum caryophyllinum C NTQ
plants land plants Lecythidaceae Planchonia careya cockatoo apple C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia adsurgens C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia calligera C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia galioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia gonoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia hammondii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia phlebocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia victoriae subsp. fasciaria C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Aeschynomene indica budda pea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista deserti C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria montana var. exserta C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen plumosum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cullen pustulatum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Desmodium trichostachyum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera cinericolor C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera linifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Macroptilium lathyroides NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Neptunia scutata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Rhynchosia minima var. australis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna planitiicola C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Sesbania brachycarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia brachyodon var. longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia delestangii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia leptoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia pumila C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia nilotica prickly acacia NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia sutherlandii C NTQ
plants land plants Lythraceae Rotala diandra C NTQ I
plants land plants Lythraceae Rotala mexicana C NTQ I
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon fraseri dwarf lantern flower C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Abutilon hannii C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Gossypium australe C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Camooweal S.T.Blake 17936) C NTQ
plants land plants Menyanthaceae Nymphoides indica water snowflake SL NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia pocillum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia setosa subsp. setosa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus microtheca coolibah C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus normantonensis Normanton box C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus pruinosa subsp. pruinosa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Centranthera cochinchinensis C NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Rhamphicarpa australiensis C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Margaritaria dubium-traceyi C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus lacunarius C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida latifolia feathertop wiregrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida polyclados C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida pruinosa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Astrebla
plants land plants Poaceae Brachyachne convergens common native couch C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Chrysopogon elongatus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Dactyloctenium radulans button grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Dichanthium fecundum curly bluegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca var. fusca C NTQ I
plants land plants Poaceae Ectrosia danesii C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Ectrosia scabrida C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon eremophilus C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Enneapogon polyphyllus leafy nineawn C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eragrostis tenellula delicate lovegrass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne glauca var. glauca C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriochloa crebra spring grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Pseudopogonatherum contortum C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Sporobolus virginicus sand couch C NTQ I
plants land plants Poaceae Themeda arguens C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Urochloa panicoides var. pubescens NAQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea dryandri subsp. dryandri C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Grevillea parallela C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea arborescens C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Paranotis mitrasacmoides subsp. mitrasacmoides C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce dolichosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Santalum lanceolatum SL NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea barklyana C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea lanceolata var. lanceolata C NTQ
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Myoporum acuminatum coastal boobialla C NTQ
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Grewia savannicola C NTQ
plants land plants Sterculiaceae Brachychiton paradoxus SL NTQ
plants land plants Violaceae Pigea stellarioides C NTQ
plants land plants Xyridaceae Xyris oligantha C NTQ I

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 Morning Inlet drainage sub-basin, WetlandInfo website, accessed 19 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-morning-inlet

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