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Wildlife of Riptide Cay 100K map tile

Total number of species: 40

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End.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 Delphinidae Tursiops truncatus offshore bottlenose dolphin 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 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 Scolopacidae Arenaria interpres ruddy turnstone SL V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper SL V QAI I
animals birds Scolopacidae Tringa brevipes grey-tailed 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 Sulidae Sula dactylatra masked booby SL QAI
animals birds Sulidae Sula leucogaster brown booby SL QAI
animals birds Fregatidae Fregata ariel lesser frigatebird SL QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Ardenna pacifica wedge-tailed shearwater V QAI
animals birds Procellariidae Puffinus huttoni Hutton's shearwater C QAI
animals reptiles Cheloniidae Caretta caretta loggerhead turtle E E QAI
bacteria blue-green algae Oscillatoriaceae Oscillatoria lutea C QAI
chromists brown algae Scytosiphonaceae Hydroclathrus clathratus C QAI
plants Florideophyceae Ceramiaceae Haloplegma duperreyi C QA
plants Florideophyceae Delesseriaceae Hypoglossum U
plants Florideophyceae Faucheaceae Leptofauchea anastomosans C QA
plants Florideophyceae Galaxauraceae Galaxaura rugosa C QAI
plants Florideophyceae Plocamiaceae Plocamium hamatum C Q
plants Florideophyceae Rhodomelaceae Laurencia majuscula C QA
plants Florideophyceae Rhodomelaceae Melanamansia glomerata C QA
plants Ulvophyceae Anadyomenaceae Microdictyon okamurae C Q
plants Ulvophyceae Bryopsidaceae Bryopsis indica C QAI
plants Ulvophyceae Cladophoraceae Chaetomorpha indica C QA
plants Ulvophyceae Rhipiliaceae Rhipilia orientalis C QA
plants Ulvophyceae Udoteaceae Chlorodesmis fastigiata C QAI
plants Ulvophyceae Udoteaceae Penicillus nodulosus C QA
plants land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila capricorni SL Q 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 Riptide Cay 100K map tile, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 October 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=tile-100k-riptide-cay

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