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Wildlife of Daintree drainage basin

Total number of species: 2,682

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status		 Records Specimens Last
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animals mammals Delphinidae Pseudorca crassidens false killer whale C QAI 1 0 07/11/2020
animals mammals Bovidae Bos sp. cattle II 1 0 30/06/2009
animals mammals Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle II 1 0 12/06/1997
animals mammals Suidae Sus scrofa pig II 13 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA 19 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Muridae Hydromys chrysogaster water rat C QAI I 6 1 22/10/2016
animals mammals Muridae Melomys burtoni grassland melomys C QA 3 1 26/05/2004
animals mammals Muridae Melomys cervinipes fawn-footed melomys C QA 32 22 04/03/2018
animals mammals Muridae Melomys sp. C QA 11 8 26/02/2018
animals mammals Muridae Mus musculus house mouse II 1 1 13/11/1980
animals mammals Muridae Pogonomys sp. tree mouse C Q 2 0 03/05/2004
animals mammals Muridae Rattus fuscipes bush rat C QA 66 55 22/10/2016
animals mammals Muridae Rattus leucopus Cape York rat C QAI 29 23 02/07/2009
animals mammals Muridae Rattus lutreolus swamp rat C QA I 3 3 30/11/1975
animals mammals Muridae Rattus rattus black rat II 3 3 26/05/2004
animals mammals Muridae Rattus sp. C QAI 44 2 26/02/2018
animals mammals Muridae Uromys caudimaculatus giant white-tailed rat C QAI 43 2 26/02/2018
animals mammals Muridae Uromys hadrourus masked white-tailed rat C Q 6 2 31/12/1995
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus nigrogriseus hoary wattled bat C QAI 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Murina florium tube-nosed insectivorous bat V QAI 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Myotis macropus large-footed myotis C QA 3 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus bifax northern long-eared bat C QAI 12 8 12/10/2014
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Phoniscus papuensis golden-tipped bat C QAI 2 0 26/07/1994
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Scotorepens balstoni inland broad-nosed bat C QA 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Vespertilionidae Vespadelus pumilus eastern forest bat C QA 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Miniopteridae Miniopterus australis little bent-wing bat C QAI 32 15 12/10/2014
animals mammals Miniopteridae Miniopterus orianae oceanensis eastern bent-wing bat C QAI 2 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Molossidae Chaerephon jobensis northern freetail bat C QAI 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus lumsdenae northern free-tailed bat C QA 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus ridei eastern free-tailed bat C QA 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Emballonuridae Saccolaimus flaviventris yellow-bellied sheathtail bat C QAI 1 0 31/07/1988
animals mammals Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus bare-rumped sheathtail bat E V QAI 2 1 17/01/2003
animals mammals Emballonuridae Taphozous troughtoni Troughton's sheathtail bat C Q 3 2 17/01/2003
animals mammals Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater aruensis eastern dusky leaf-nosed bat C QAI 3 1 12/10/2014
animals mammals Hipposideridae Hipposideros diadema reginae diadem leaf-nosed bat NT QAI 7 2 12/10/2014
animals mammals Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus eastern horseshoe-bat C QAI 11 4 12/10/2014
animals mammals Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus sp. C QAI 1 0 17/01/2003
animals mammals Pteropodidae Macroglossus minimus northern blossom bat C QAI 2 0 12/10/2014
animals mammals Pteropodidae Nyctimene robinsoni eastern tube-nosed bat C QA 74 9 18/05/2015
animals mammals Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto black flying-fox C QAI 2 0 22/10/2016
animals mammals Pteropodidae Pteropus conspicillatus spectacled flying-fox E E QAI 8 0 31/12/2003
animals mammals Pteropodidae Syconycteris australis eastern blossom bat C QAI 22 12 12/10/2014
animals mammals Macropodidae Dendrolagus bennettianus Bennett's tree-kangaroo NT Q 29 22 22/10/2016
animals mammals Macropodidae Macropus sp. C QA 2 2 26/05/2004
animals mammals Macropodidae Osphranter robustus common wallaroo C QA 1 0 30/06/2009
animals mammals Macropodidae Petrogale sp. C QA 1 0 12/06/1997
animals mammals Macropodidae Thylogale stigmatica red-legged pademelon C QAI 7 0 15/02/2023
animals mammals Potoroidae Bettongia tropica northern bettong E E Q 1 0 10/01/1989
animals mammals Hypsiprymnodontidae Hypsiprymnodon moschatus musky rat-kangaroo C Q 13 3 10/05/2018
animals mammals Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C QA 6 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Acrobatidae Acrobates pygmaeus feathertail glider C QA 3 0 18/07/2017
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Petauroides volans minor northern greater glider V V Q 13 0 15/11/1999
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Pseudocheirus peregrinus common ringtail possum C QA 2 0 12/06/1997
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Pseudochirops archeri green ringtail possum C Q 2 0 19/07/1977
animals mammals Pseudocheiridae Pseudochirulus cinereus Daintree River ringtail possum C Q 8 0 12/06/1997
animals mammals Petauridae Dactylopsila trivirgata striped possum C QAI 3 2 21/04/2008
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus australis brevirostrum northern yellow-bellied glider E E Q 24 0 18/07/2017
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus notatus Krefft's glider C QA 4 1 18/07/2017
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus sp. C QAI 1 0 08/12/1976
animals mammals Burramyidae Cercartetus caudatus long-tailed pygmy-possum C QAI 1 0 04/12/2016
animals mammals Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus northern brown bandicoot C QAI 13 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Peramelidae Perameles nasuta long-nosed bandicoot C QA 1 0 10/05/2018
animals mammals Peramelidae Perameles pallescens northern long-nosed bandicoot C Q 18 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Dasyuridae Antechinus adustus rusty antechinus C Q 1 1 26/05/2004
animals mammals Dasyuridae Antechinus flavipes rubeculus yellow-footed antechinus (north-east Queensland) C Q 9 2 23/09/2017
animals mammals Dasyuridae Antechinus sp. C QA 1 0 01/10/2017
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus northern quoll C E QA 5 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Dasyuridae Dasyurus maculatus gracilis spotted-tailed quoll (northern subspecies) E E Q 25 3 26/02/2018
animals mammals Dasyuridae Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa brush-tailed phascogale C QA 1 0 22/10/2016
animals mammals Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus short-beaked echidna SL QAI 3 0 26/02/2018
animals mammals Ornithorhynchidae Ornithorhynchus anatinus platypus SL QA I 4 1 26/05/2004
animals birds Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian pipit C QAI 8 0 28/12/2006
animals birds Passeridae Passer domesticus house sparrow II 15 0 30/12/2006
animals birds Estrildidae Erythrura trichroa blue-faced parrot-finch NT QAI 2 0 28/05/1992
animals birds Estrildidae Lonchura castaneothorax chestnut-breasted mannikin C QAI 23 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Estrildidae Lonchura punctulata nutmeg mannikin II 13 0 30/12/2006
animals birds Estrildidae Neochmia temporalis red-browed finch C QA 7 0 17/05/2012
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI 111 0 03/12/2016
animals birds Nectariniidae Cinnyris jugularis olive-backed sunbird C QAI 169 1 09/01/2021
animals birds Sturnidae Acridotheres tristis common myna II 43 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Sturnidae Aplonis metallica metallic starling C QAI 94 0 09/01/2021
animals birds Sturnidae Sturnus vulgaris common starling II 1 0 17/08/2003
animals birds Turdidae Zoothera heinei russet-tailed thrush C QA 1 0 04/11/1998
animals birds Turdidae Zoothera lunulata Bassian thrush C QA 26 0 17/12/2017
animals birds Turdidae Zoothera lunulata cuneata bassian thrush (north-east Queensland) C Q 1 1 04/11/1983
animals birds Turdidae Zoothera sp. C U 13 0 31/12/1993
animals birds Hirundinidae Cecropis daurica red-rumped swallow SL QAI 12 0 14/02/2005
animals birds Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena welcome swallow C QAI 175 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Hirundinidae Hirundo rustica barn swallow SL QAI 21 0 30/12/2006
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon ariel fairy martin C QA 19 0 15/08/2007
animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon nigricans tree martin C QAI 36 0 06/07/2007
animals birds Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis silvereye C QAI 73 0 03/12/2016
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus timoriensis tawny grassbird C QAI 1 0 05/01/1999
animals birds Acrocephalidae Acrocephalus australis Australian reed-warbler C QAI 5 0 05/06/2005
animals birds Acrocephalidae Acrocephalus orientalis oriental reed-warbler SL VI 1 0 31/03/1996
animals birds Cisticolidae Cisticola exilis golden-headed cisticola C QAI 11 0 28/12/2006
animals birds Alaudidae Mirafra javanica Horsfield's bushlark C QAI 5 0 11/11/2001
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA 7 0 13/12/2017
animals birds Petroicidae Heteromyias cinereifrons grey-headed robin C Q 325 2 27/12/2017
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca flavigaster lemon-bellied flycatcher C QAI 9 0 14/10/2007
animals birds Petroicidae Peneoenanthe pulverulenta mangrove robin C QA 3 0 22/03/1999
animals birds Petroicidae Poecilodryas superciliosa white-browed robin C Q 1 0 11/09/1947
animals birds Petroicidae Tregellasia capito pale-yellow robin C QA 75 0 03/12/2016
animals birds Paradisaeidae Ptiloris victoriae Victoria's riflebird C Q 86 2 27/10/2017
animals birds Machaerirhynchidae Machaerirhynchus flaviventer yellow-breasted boatbill C QI 26 0 27/10/2017
animals birds Monarchidae Arses kaupi pied monarch C Q 30 1 13/06/2016
animals birds Monarchidae Carterornis leucotis white-eared monarch C QA 6 0 13/08/2002
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI 60 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Monarchidae Monarcha melanopsis black-faced monarch C QAI 19 0 27/10/2017
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra alecto shining flycatcher C QAI 77 0 19/12/2015
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra cyanoleuca satin flycatcher C QAI 5 0 14/10/2023
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C QAI 52 0 18/05/2015
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra ruficollis broad-billed flycatcher C QAI 2 0 24/10/2004
animals birds Monarchidae Symposiachrus trivirgatus spectacled monarch C QAI 298 3 27/10/2021
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI 7 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Corvidae Corvus sp. C U 1 0 26/02/2018
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa grey fantail C QAI 170 2 28/10/2017
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI 38 0 18/09/2007
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura rufifrons rufous fantail C QAI 283 1 28/10/2023
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura rufiventris northern fantail C QAI 8 0 25/05/2004
animals birds Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI 159 4 13/12/2017
animals birds Artamidae Artamus leucorynchus white-breasted woodswallow C QA 76 0 18/05/2015
animals birds Artamidae Melloria quoyi black butcherbird C QAI 156 2 15/02/2023
animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C QA 24 2 26/02/2018
animals birds Oriolidae Oriolus flavocinctus green oriole C QAI 119 2 09/01/2021
animals birds Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus olive-backed oriole C QAI 12 1 24/10/2004
animals birds Oriolidae Sphecotheres vieilloti Australasian figbird C QAI 123 5 18/05/2015
animals birds Falcunculidae Falcunculus frontatus crested shrike-tit C QA 1 0 12/05/1992
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla boweri Bower's shrike-thrush C Q 71 1 28/10/2023
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush C QAI 8 0 12/10/2004
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla megarhyncha little shrike-thrush C QAI 145 8 15/02/2023
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala melanura mangrove golden whistler C QAI 2 2 26/05/2023
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis golden whistler C QAI 106 0 25/04/2018
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis pectoralis golden whistler (central Queensland) C QAI 1 0 17/05/2012
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C QAI 4 0 06/09/2002
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala simplex peninsulae grey whistler C Q 53 0 27/10/2017
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina lineata barred cuckoo-shrike C QA 15 0 18/05/2015
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI 29 0 26/04/2021
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina papuensis white-bellied cuckoo-shrike C QAI 38 1 18/09/2007
animals birds Campephagidae Edolisoma tenuirostre common cicadabird C QAI 21 1 22/06/2020
animals birds Campephagidae Lalage leucomela varied triller C QAI 149 0 15/02/2023
animals birds Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera varied sittella C QAI 1 0 12/06/2019
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes olivaceus eastern whipbird C QA 54 0 13/12/2023
animals birds Orthonychidae Orthonyx spaldingii chowchilla C Q 88 0 26/11/2017
animals birds Meliphagidae Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris eastern spinebill C QA 39 1 17/05/2012
animals birds Meliphagidae Bolemoreus frenatus bridled honeyeater C Q 292 2 28/10/2017
animals birds Meliphagidae Caligavis chrysops yellow-faced honeyeater C QA 4 0 17/05/2012
animals birds Meliphagidae Cissomela pectoralis banded honeyeater C QA 1 0 18/07/2017
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI 6 0 15/08/2007
animals birds Meliphagidae Gavicalis versicolor varied honeyeater C QAI 1 0 31/12/1996
animals birds Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta brown honeyeater C QA 7 0 13/01/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's honeyeater C QA 61 0 28/10/2017
animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga notata yellow-spotted honeyeater C Q 234 1 15/02/2023
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI 14 0 21/08/2005
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus lunatus white-naped honeyeater C QA 4 0 18/07/2023
animals birds Meliphagidae Microptilotis gracilis graceful honeyeater C QAI 131 1 15/02/2023
animals birds Meliphagidae Myzomela obscura dusky honeyeater C QAI 102 0 09/01/2021
animals birds Meliphagidae Myzomela sanguinolenta scarlet honeyeater C QA 8 1 18/05/2015
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon argenticeps silver-crowned friarbird C QA 7 0 26/12/2004
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon buceroides helmeted friarbird C QAI 105 3 15/02/2023
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI 4 0 06/07/2007
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C QAI 12 0 28/12/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Phylidonyris niger white-cheeked honeyeater C QA 6 0 18/07/2017
animals birds Meliphagidae Ptilotula fusca fuscous honeyeater C QA 1 0 31/12/2023
animals birds Meliphagidae Ramsayornis modestus brown-backed honeyeater C QAI 39 4 19/12/2021
animals birds Meliphagidae Stomiopera flava yellow honeyeater C Q 9 0 15/08/2007
animals birds Meliphagidae Stomiopera unicolor white-gaped honeyeater C QA 2 0 09/08/2001
animals birds Meliphagidae Trichodere cockerelli white-streaked honeyeater C Q 1 0 18/06/1999
animals birds Meliphagidae Xanthotis macleayanus Macleay's honeyeater C Q 77 0 15/02/2023
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus spotted pardalote C QA 2 0 12/06/1997
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA 3 0 26/07/1999
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza katherina mountain thornbill C Q 158 4 28/10/2017
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C QA 2 0 18/07/2017
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone levigaster mangrove gerygone C QAI 3 0 18/05/2015
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone magnirostris large-billed gerygone C QAI 70 2 19/11/2019
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone mouki brown gerygone C QA 8 0 10/12/2013
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI 3 0 15/05/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone palpebrosa fairy gerygone C QAI 57 1 27/10/2017
animals birds Acanthizidae Oreoscopus gutturalis fernwren C Q 184 3 09/05/2018
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis citreogularis yellow-throated scrubwren C QA 163 3 26/11/2017
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis frontalis white-browed scrubwren C QA 2 0 12/06/1997
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis keri Atherton scrubwren C Q 207 8 11/11/2017
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis magnirostra large-billed scrubwren C QA 143 7 19/01/2016
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA 2 0 31/08/2001
animals birds Maluridae Malurus amabilis lovely fairy-wren C Q 23 0 27/07/2004
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA 3 0 05/06/2005
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ailuroedus maculosus spotted catbird C Q 155 6 15/02/2023
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera maculata spotted bowerbird C QA 1 0 31/08/1998
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera nuchalis great bowerbird C QA 3 0 17/06/2009
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Prionodura newtoniana golden bowerbird C Q 62 1 10/05/2018
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ptilonorhynchus violaceus satin bowerbird C QA 9 0 24/04/2018
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Scenopoeetes dentirostris tooth-billed bowerbird C Q 51 0 11/11/2017
animals birds Climacteridae Climacteris picumnus brown treecreeper C QA 2 0 31/12/1993
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea white-throated treecreeper C QA 8 0 18/07/2017
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea minor white-throated treecreeper (northern) C Q 80 0 28/10/2017
animals birds Pittidae Pitta versicolor noisy pitta C QAI 41 1