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Wildlife of Palm Island East 100K map tile

Total number of species: 18

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals birds Laridae Anous minutus black noddy C QAI
animals birds Laridae Anous stolidus brown noddy SL QA
animals birds Laridae Thalasseus bergii crested tern SL QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Ardenna tenuirostris short-tailed shearwater SL QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Macronectes giganteus southern giant-petrel E E QAI
animals birds Diomedeidae Thalassarche cauta shy albatross E E QAI
animals cartilaginous fishes Sphyrnidae Sphyrna mokarran great hammerhead U I
animals cartilaginous fishes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus melanopterus blacktip reef shark QAI I
animals cartilaginous fishes Carcharhinidae Triaenodon obesus whitetip reef shark U I
animals cartilaginous fishes Rhincodontidae Rhincodon typus whale shark V QAI I
chromists brown algae Acinetosporaceae Hincksia mitchelliae C QAI
plants Florideophyceae Halymeniaceae Grateloupia U
plants Florideophyceae Spyridiaceae Spyridia filamentosa C QAI
plants Ulvophyceae Cladophoraceae Cladophora vagabunda C QA
plants Ulvophyceae Ulvaceae Ulva lactuca C QAI
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila decipiens SL Q I
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila ovalis SL QAI I
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila spinulosa SL QAI I

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 Palm Island East 100K map tile, WetlandInfo website, accessed 2 November 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=tile-100k-palm-island-east

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