Fauna of the Macleay Valley
Fauna
The broad range of habitats in the Macleay Valley allow for a wide diversity of animals.The NSW BioNet Atlas can be searched to show animals, plants, fungi, communities, threats and endangered species in the Kempsey Local Government Area. It shows that 569 fauna species from 174 different families (including marine species) have been recorded in the shire to date, including: 329 bird species, 42 amphibian species, 98 mammal species; and 60 reptile species. Common animals that you are likely to see are:
The broad range of habitats in the Macleay Valley allow for a wide diversity of animals.The NSW BioNet Atlas can be searched to show animals, plants, fungi, communities, threats and endangered species in the Kempsey Local Government Area. It shows that 569 fauna species from 174 different families (including marine species) have been recorded in the shire to date, including: 329 bird species, 42 amphibian species, 98 mammal species; and 60 reptile species. Common animals that you are likely to see are:
Mammals
Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)
Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) Chocolate Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus morio) Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) Dingo (Canis lupus) Eastern Bentwing-bat (Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis) Eastern False Pipistrelle (Falsistrellus tasmaniensis) Eastern Forest Bat (Vespadelus pumilus) Eastern Freetail-bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis) Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) Fawn-footed Melomys (Melomys cervinipes) Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Gould's Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus gouldii) |
Greater Glider (Petauroides volans)
Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Little Bentwing-bat (Miniopterus australis) Little Forest Bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis) Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) Short-eared Possum (Trichosurus caninus) Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis) |
Birds
Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) Bar Shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus), Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis) Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) Eastern Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) Eastern Osprey (Eastern Osprey) Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) |
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata) Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti) Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus) Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia picata) Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops) Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) |
Reptiles
Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata),
Carpet & Diamond Pythons (Morelia spilota) Common Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata), Eastern Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides) |
Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis),
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis) Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii) Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) |
Amphibians
Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria dentata)
Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera) Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax) Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) |
Leaf-green Tree Frog (Litoria phyllochroa)
Peron's Tree Frog (Litoria peronii) Red-backed Toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) Sphagnum Frog (Philoria sphagnicola) Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii) Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis) |