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Charles Darwin Reserve Supplement Contents Key BUSH BLITZ SPECIES DIscOVERY PrOGRAM Charles Darwin Reserve Supplement Contents Key Appendix A: Species Lists 3 ¤ = Previously recorded on the reserve and Fauna 4 found on this survey Vertebrates 4 * = New record for this reserve Birds 4 ^ = Exotic/Pest Frogs 7 # = EPBC listed Mammals 8 ~ = WCA listed Putative new species Reptiles 8 Previously recorded on the reserve but not found on Invertebrates 10 this survey Ants 10 Bees 10 EPBC = Environment Protection and Biodiversity Moths and Butterflies 10 Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth) Flies 12 WCA = Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 Beetles 13 (Western Australia) True Bugs — Terrestrial 13 True Bugs — Aquatic 15 Termites 15 Dragonflies 15 Centipedes 15 Millipedes 15 Pseudoscorpions 16 Spiders 16 Scorpions 17 Snails 17 Flora 18 Flowering Plants 18 Conifers 26 Ferns 26 Liverworts 27 Mosses 27 Lichens 27 Fungi 28 Slime Moulds 28 Appendix B: Rare and Threatened Species 29 Appendix C: Exotic and Pest Species 31 2 Bush Blitz survey report — Avon Wheatbelt & Yalgoo Bioregions 2009 Appendix A: Species Lists Nomenclature and taxonomy used in this appendix are consistent with that from the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD), the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and the Australian Plant Census (APC). Current at March 2012 Charles Darwin Reserve Supplement 3 Fauna Vertebrates Birds Family Species Common name Acanthizidae Acanthiza apicalis Inland Thornbill Ancathiza chrysorrhoa chrysorrhoa Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Aphelocephala leucopsis castaneiventris Southern Whiteface Gerygone fusca fusca Western Gerygone Hylacola cautus whitlocki Shy Heathwren Pyrrholaemus brunneus Redthroat Smicrornis brevirostris Weebill Accipitridae Accipiter cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Collard Sparrowhawk Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk Aquila audax audax Wedge-tailed Eagle Elanus axillaris Black-shouldered Kite Haliastur sphenurus Whistling Kite Hamirostra melanosternon Black-breasted Buzzard Hieraaetus morphnoides morphnoides Little Eagle Lophoictinia isura Square-tailed Kite Milvus migrans affinis Black Kite Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus cristatus Australian Owlet-nightjar Alcedinidae Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Red-backed Kingfisher Anatidae Anas gracilis Grey Teal Anas rhynchotis rhynchotis Australiasian Shoveler Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck Chenonetta jubata Australian Wood Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Pink-eared Duck Tadorna tadornoides Australian Shelduck Ardeidae Ardea pacifica White-necked Heron Egretta garzetta nigripes Little Egret Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron 4 Bush Blitz survey report — Avon Wheatbelt & Yalgoo Bioregions 2009 Birds Family Species Common name Artamidae Artamus cinereus Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus perthi Dusky Woodswallow Artamus minor minor * Little Woodswallow Artamus personatus Masked Woodswallow Cracticus nigrogularis picatus Pied Butcherbird Cracticus tibicen Australian Magpie Cracticus torquatus leucopterus Grey Butcherbird Strepera versicolor Grey Currawong Cacatuidae Cacatua pastinator Western Corella Cacatua sanguinea Little Corella Calyptorhynchus banksii Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Eolophus roseicapillus Galah Lophochroa leadbeateri Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Nymphicus hollandicus Cockatiel Campephagidae Coracina maxima Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae melanops Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Lalage sueurii White-winged Triller Caprimulgidae Eurostopodus argus Spotted Nightjar Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae Emu Charadriidae Charadrius australis Inland Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Black-fronted Dotteret Erythrogonys cinctus Red-kneed Dotterel Thinornis rubricollis Hooded Dotterel Vanellus tricolor Banded Lapwing Climacteridae Climacteris rufa Rufous Treecreeper Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes Crested Pigeon Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewing Corvidae Corvus bennetti Little Crow Corvus coronoides perplexus Australian Raven Cuculidae Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus Pallid Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Horsefield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus plagosus Shining Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites osculans Black-eared Cuckoo Estrildidae Taeniopygia guttata Zebra Finch Falconidae Falco berigora Brown Falcon Falco cenchroides Nankeen Kestrel Falco longipennis longipennis Australian Hobby Falco peregrinus macropus Peregrine Falcon Charles Darwin Reserve Supplement 5 Birds Family Species Common name Hirundinidae Cheramoeca leucosterna White-backed Swallow Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow Petrochelidon ariel Fairy Martin Petrochelidon nigricans nigricans Tree Martin Maluridae Malurus leucopterus leuconotus White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus splendens splendens Splendid Fairy Wren Megaluridae Cincloramphus cruralis Brown Songlark Megapodiidae Leipoa ocellata # Malleefowl Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Anthochaera carunculata Red Wattlebird Certhionyx variegatus Pied Honeyeater Epthianura albifrons White-fronted Chat Epthianura aurifrons Orange Chat Epthianura tricolor Crimson Chat Lichenostomus leucotis novaenorciae White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus plumulus Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens virescens Singing Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta Brown Honeyeater Manorina flavigula obscura Yellow-throated Miner Melithreptus brevirostris leucogenys Brown-headed Honeyeater Purnella albifrons White-fronted Honeyeater Sugomel niger Black Honeyeater Meropidae Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca Magpie-lark Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae Australasian Pipit Nectariniidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Mistletoebird Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata Varied Sittella Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian Bustard Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush Oreoica gutturalis Crested Bellbird Pachycephala inornata Gilbert’s Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis fuliginosa Golden Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris Rufous Whistler Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote 6 Bush Blitz survey report — Avon Wheatbelt & Yalgoo Bioregions 2009 Birds Family Species Common name Petroicidae Drymodes brunneopygia Southern Scrub-robin Eopsaltria griseogularis Western Yellow Robin Melanodryas cucullata westralensis Hooded Robin Microeca fascinans assimilis Jacky Winter Petroica goodenovii Red-capped Robin Podargidae Podargus strigoides brachypterus Tawny Frogmouth Podicipedidae Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hoary-headed Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian Grebe Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus superciliosus White-browed Babbler Psittacidae Barnardius zonarius Australian Ringneck Glossopsitta porphyrocephala Purple-crowned Lorikeet Melopsittacus undulatus * Budgerigar Neopsephotus bourkii Bourke’s Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus Regent Parrot Psephotus varius Mulga Parrot Psophodidae Cinclosoma castanotum Chestnut Quail-thrush Psophodes occidentalis Chiming Wedgebill Rallidae Fulica atra australis Eurasian Coot Tribonyx ventralis Blavk-tailed Native-hen Recurvirostridae Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus Black-winged Stilt Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail Rhipidura leucophrys Willie Wagtail Scolopacidae Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper Strigidae Ninox novaeseelandiae Southern Boobook Threskiornithidae Threskiornis molucca Sacred Ibis Frogs Family Species Common name Myobatrachidae Neobatrachus centralis Trilling Frog Neobatrachus kunapalari Kunapalari Frog Neobatrachus sutor Shoemaker Frog Neobatrachus wilsmorei Goldfields Frog Pseudophryne occidentalis Western Toadlet Charles Darwin Reserve Supplement 7 Mammals Family Species Common name Bovidae Capra hircus ^ Goat Canidae Vulpes vulpes ^ Fox Dasyuridae Sminthopsis crassicaudata Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis dolichura Little Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis gilberti Gilbert’s Dunnart Sminthopsis granulipes White-tailed Dunnart Felidae Felis catus ^ Cat Leporidae Oryctyolagus cuniculus ^ Rabbit Macropodidae Macropus robustus Common Wallaroo Macropus rufus Red Kangaroo Molossidae Tadarida australis White-striped Freetail-bat Muridae Mus musculus ^ House Mouse Notomys mitchellii Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis Sandy Inland Mouse Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii Gould’s Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio Chocolate Wattled Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi Gould’s Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus major Central Long-eared Bat Scotorepens balstoni Inland Broad-nosed Bat Vespadelus baverstocki Inland Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat Reptiles Family Species Common name Agamidae Ctenophorus cristatus Crested Dragon Ctenophorus maculatus Spotted Military Dragon Ctenophorus ornatus Ornate Dragon Ctenophorus reticulatus Western Netted Dragon Ctenophorus scutulatus Lozenge-marked Dragon Moloch horridus Thorny Devil Pogona minor Dwarf Bearded Dragon Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus granariensis Wheat-belt Stone Gecko Diplodactylus pulcher Fine-faced Gecko Diplodactylus stenodactylus Sand-plain Gecko Oedura reticulata Reticulated Velvet Gecko Rhynchoedura ornata Beaked Gekko 8 Bush Blitz survey report — Avon Wheatbelt & Yalgoo Bioregions 2009 Reptiles Family Species Common name Diplodactylidae Strophurus assimilis * Goldfield’s Spiny-tailed Gecko Strophurus strophurus Western Spiny-tailed Gecko Elapidae Brachyurophis semifasciatus
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