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Mammals

List of Fauna
Monotremes
• Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
   
Marsupials  
• Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus
• Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa
• Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus
• Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii
• Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus
• Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens
• Red-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierii
• Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata
• Black (or Swamp) Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
• Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
• Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
• Common Brush-tail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
• Common Ring-tail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
• Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
• Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
• Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata
   
Placental Mammals (Eutherian)
• Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes
• White-striped Freetail Bat Tadarida australis
• Gould’s Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii
• Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio
• Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi
• Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni
• Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus
   
Mammals
Amphibians
 
• Spotted Grass Frog (or Spotted Marsh Frog) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
• Brown Striped Frog (or Striped Marsh Frog) Limnodynastes peronii
• Eastern Banjo Frog (or Pobblebonk Frog) Limnodynastes dumerilii
• Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
• Common Spadefoot Toad Neobatrachus sudelli
• Growling Grass Frog (or Warty Bell Frog) Litoria reniformis – Endangered
• Southern Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii
   
Other frogs found in the local area: -  
• Peron’s Tree Frog Litoria peronii
• Bibron’s Toadlet (or Brown Toadlet) Psuedophryne bibronii
   
Reptiles  
• Cunningham’s Skink Egernia cunninghami
• Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis
• Large Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus
• Eastern Three-lined Skink Psuedemoia duperreyi
• Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides
• Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus
• Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis
• Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
• Lowland Copper-head Snake Austrelaps superbus
• Little Whip Snake Suta flagellum
   
Other reptiles found in the local area: -
• Eastern Small-eyed Snake Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens
• Southern Lined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla
• Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar
• Marbled Gecko Christinus marmoratus
• Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
• White’s Skink Egernia whitti
• Bougainville’s Skink Lerista bougainvillii
• Southern Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum
   
Mammals
Birds
 
Sightings of the following birds at MT. ROTHWELL
1. Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
2. Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
3. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
4. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
5. Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoide
6. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
7. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
8. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
9. Australian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
10. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
11. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
12. White-Faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
13. White-Necked Heron Ardea pacifica
14. Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
15. Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
16. Yellow-Billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
17. Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
18. Whistling Kite Haliastur (Milvus) sphenurus
19. Black Kite Milvus migrans
20. Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
21. Collared Sparrowhawk Accipter cirrhocephalus
22. Wedge-Tailed Eagle Aquila audax
23. Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
24. Brown Falcon Falco berigora
25. Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
26. Black Falcon Falco subniger
27. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
28. Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
29. Painted Button-Quail Turnix varia
30. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
31. Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis*
32. Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
33. Crested Pigeon Ocyphops lophotes
34. Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
35. Long-Billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
36. Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
37. Major Mitchell (Pink) Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri
38. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
39. Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pulsilla
40. Purple-Crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porhyrocephala
41. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
42. Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
43. Red-Rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
44. Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
45. Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
46. Black-Eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
47. Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalia
48. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
49. Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
50. Barn Owl Tyto alba
51. Tawny Frogmouth Polargus strigoides
52. Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
53. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
54. Rainbow Bee-Eater Merops ornatus
55. White-Throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
56. Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
57. Superb Fairy-Wren Malurus cyaneus
58. Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
59. Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
60. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
61. Yellow Rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
62. Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
63. Red Wattlebird Anthochaecra carunculata
64. Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
65. White-Plumed Honeyeater Lichenostoumus penicillatus
66. Brown-Headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
67. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
68. White-Fronted Chat Ephthianura albifrons
69. Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
70. Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
71. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
72. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
73. Varied Sittela Daphoenositta chrysoptera
74. Crested Shrike-Tit Falcunculus frontatus
75. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
76. Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
77. Grey Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
78. Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inequieta
79. Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
80. Grey Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
81. Willie Wagtail Rhiphidura leucophrys
82. Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
83. White-Winged Triller Lalage sueurii
84. White-Browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
85. Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
86. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
87. Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
88. Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
89. Little Raven Corvus mellori
90. White-Winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
91. Skylark Alauda arvensis*
92. Richard’s Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
93. House Sparrow Passer domesticus*
94. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus*
95. Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
96. Red-Browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
97. Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
98. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis*
99. Mistletoebird Diacaeum hirundinaceum
100. White-Backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
101. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
102. Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
103. Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
104. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
105. Common Blackbird Turdus merula*
106. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris*
107. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis*
* - Denotes feral bird species  

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