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Wildlife of Capre Cay 100K map tile

Total number of species: 73

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Delphinidae Stenella longirostris spinner dolphin C QAI
animals mammals Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale C QAI
animals birds Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena welcome swallow C QAI
animals birds Laridae Anous minutus black noddy C QAI
animals birds Laridae Anous stolidus brown noddy SL QA
animals birds Laridae Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae silver gull C QAI
animals birds Laridae Onychoprion anaethetus bridled tern SL QAI
animals birds Laridae Onychoprion fuscatus sooty tern C QAI
animals birds Laridae Sterna dougallii roseate tern SL QAI
animals birds Laridae Sterna hirundo common tern SL QAI
animals birds Laridae Sterna sumatrana black-naped tern SL QAI
animals birds Laridae Sternula albifrons little tern SL QAI I
animals birds Laridae Sternula nereis exsul New Caledonian fairy tern E VI
animals birds Laridae Thalasseus bengalensis lesser crested tern C QAI I
animals birds Laridae Thalasseus bergii crested tern SL QAI
animals birds Stercorariidae Stercorarius antarcticus brown skua C QAI
animals birds Scolopacidae Arenaria interpres ruddy turnstone SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris ruficollis red-necked stint SL QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Heteroscelus sp. U
animals birds Scolopacidae Limosa lapponica baueri Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit V V 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 incana wandering tattler SL QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Charadrius leschenaultii greater sand plover V V QAI I
animals birds Charadriidae Pluvialis fulva Pacific golden plover SL QAI I
animals birds Ardeidae Bubulcus ibis cattle egret C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta sacra eastern reef egret C QAI I
animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C QA I
animals birds Sulidae Sula dactylatra masked booby SL QAI
animals birds Sulidae Sula leucogaster brown booby SL QAI
animals birds Sulidae Sula sula red-footed booby SL QAI
animals birds Fregatidae Fregata ariel lesser frigatebird SL QAI
animals birds Fregatidae Fregata minor great frigatebird SL QAI
animals birds Fregatidae Fregata sp. C U
animals birds Procellariidae Ardenna grisea sooty shearwater V QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Ardenna pacifica wedge-tailed shearwater V QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Daption capense cape petrel C QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Macronectes halli northern giant-petrel V V VU
animals birds Procellariidae Macronectes sp. C U
animals birds Procellariidae Pachyptila salvini Salvin's prion C VU
animals birds Procellariidae Pelecanoides urinatrix common diving-petrel C VU
animals birds Procellariidae Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti petrel C QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Puffinus gavia fluttering shearwater C QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Puffinus huttoni Hutton's shearwater C QAI
animals birds Oceanitidae Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's storm-petrel SL QAI
animals birds Anatidae Radjah radjah radjah shelduck C QAI I
animals birds Phasianidae Synoicus ypsilophorus brown quail C QAI
animals reptiles Elapidae Aipysurus duboisii Dubois's sea snake C QAI
animals reptiles Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI
animals reptiles Elapidae Emydocephalus annulatus turtle-headed sea snake C QAI I
animals reptiles Elapidae Hydrophis elegans elegant sea snake C QAI I
animals reptiles Elapidae Hydrophis peronii horned sea snake C QAI I
animals reptiles Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI
chromists brown algae Scytosiphonaceae Chnoospora implexa C Q
plants Florideophyceae Faucheaceae Leptofauchea anastomosans C QA
plants Florideophyceae Galaxauraceae Actinotrichia fragilis C QI
plants Florideophyceae Galaxauraceae Galaxaura rugosa C QAI
plants Florideophyceae Plocamiaceae Plocamium hamatum C Q
plants Florideophyceae Rhizophyllidaceae Portieria hornemannii C QAI
plants Florideophyceae Rhodomelaceae Laurencia pedicularioides var. queenslandica C Q
plants Florideophyceae Rhodomelaceae Melanamansia glomerata C QA
plants Florideophyceae Rhodomelaceae Tolypiocladia glomerulata C QAI
plants Ulvophyceae Siphonocladaceae Dictyosphaeria cavernosa C QAI
plants Ulvophyceae Udoteaceae Tydemania expeditionis C QI
plants land plants Boraginaceae Argusia argentea octopus bush C QAI
plants land plants Brassicaceae Cakile edentula sea rocket IU
plants land plants Brassicaceae Lepidium englerianum IU
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila capricorni SL Q I
plants land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia albiflora var. albiflora C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Lepturus repens stalky grass C QAI
plants land plants Poaceae Thuarea involuta tropical beachgrass C QAI
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Triumfetta procumbens 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 Capre Cay 100K map tile, WetlandInfo website, accessed 23 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=tile-100k-capre-cay

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