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YNCR Flora Fauna and Fungi Species List V2 2021 A sample of the many flora, fauna and fungi species found in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve (YNCR). April 2021 Compiled by Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater Inc. (FoHH) PO Box 131, Woori Yallock VIC 3139 Website: www.helmetedhoneyeater.orG.au A significant nesting species for A significant species for the Helmeted region (Yarra Ranges & Fauna, Flora Honeyeaters in Cardinia Council areas), or Fungi Species type Taxon name Taxon scientific name YNCR Victoria and/or Australia Fauna Bats Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion Fauna Bats Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni Fauna Bats Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi Fauna Bats Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus Fauna Bats White-striped Freetail Bat Tadarida australis Fauna Birds Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus Yes Fauna Birds Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis Yes Fauna Birds Powerful Owl Ninox strenua Yes Fauna Birds Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella Yes Fauna Birds White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Yes Fauna Birds Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Helmeted Honeyeater) Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Yes Fauna Birds Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Fauna Birds Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Fauna Birds Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis Fauna Birds Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Fauna Birds Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Fauna Birds Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys Fauna Birds Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Fauna Birds Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma Fauna Birds Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Fauna Birds Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Fauna Birds Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus Fauna Birds Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Fauna Birds Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Fauna Birds Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Fauna Birds Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius Fauna Birds Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus Fauna Birds Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Fauna Birds Eastern Whip Bird Psophodes olivaceus Fauna Birds Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Fauna Birds Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Fauna Birds Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Fauna Birds Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Fauna Birds Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Fauna Birds Grey Butcher Bird Cracticus torquatus Fauna Birds Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Fauna Birds Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Fauna Birds Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Fauna Birds Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans Fauna Birds Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Fauna Birds Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Fauna Birds Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii Fauna Birds Mistletoe Bird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Fauna Birds Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna Fauna Birds New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Fauna Birds Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea Fauna Birds Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Fauna Birds Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus Fauna Birds Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Fauna Birds Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Fauna Birds Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops Fauna Birds Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Fauna Birds Rose Robin Petroica rosea Fauna Birds Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Fauna Birds Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Fauna Birds Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Fauna Birds Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Fauna Birds Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus Fauna Birds Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Fauna Birds Southern Boobook Ninox boobook Fauna Birds Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus Fauna Birds Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis Fauna Birds Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Fauna Birds Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Fauna Birds Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Fauna Birds Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Fauna Birds Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Fauna Birds Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Fauna Birds Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Fauna Birds Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Fauna Birds Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Fauna Birds White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Fauna Birds White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis Fauna Birds White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Fauna Birds White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Fauna Birds White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica Fauna Birds White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea Fauna Birds Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Fauna Birds Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops Fauna Birds Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea Fauna Butterflies and Moths Common Grass-Blue Zizina labradus Fauna Butterflies and Moths Common Gum Emerald Crocanthes glycina Fauna Butterflies and Moths Klug's Xenica, Common Xenica Geitoneura klugii Fauna Butterflies and Moths Neat Epidesmia Epidesmia tryxaria Fauna Butterflies and Moths Ringed Xenica, Eastern Ringed Xenica Geitoneura acantha Fauna Butterflies and Moths Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone abeona Fauna Crayfish Central Highlands Spiny Cray Euastacus woiwuru Fauna Crayfish Gippsland Spiny Cray, Gippsland Spiny Crayfish Euastacus kershawi Fauna Crayfish Yarra Spiny Cray, Yarra Spiny Crayfish, Southern Victorian Spiny Cray Euastacus yarraensis Fauna Fish River Blackfish, Slimy, Slippery, Blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus Yes Fauna Fish Australian Grayling, Grayling, Cucumber Fish, Yarra Herring, Cucumber Mullet Protroctes maraena Fauna Fish Australian Smelt, Smelt, Kantari, Victorian Smelt Rectropinna semoni Fauna Fish Climbing Galaxia Galaxias sp. Fauna Fish Common Galaxia, Minnow, Lananga, Pulangi, Jollytail, Whitebait, Native Trout Galaxias maculatus Fauna Fish Mountain Galaxia Galaxias olidus Fauna Fish Short-Finned Eel, Southern Shortfin Eel, River Eel, Silver Eel, Freshwater Eel Anguilla australis Fauna Fish Short-headed Lamprey, Murray Lamprey, Australian Lamprey Mordacia mordax Fauna Fish Southern Pygmy Perch, Southern Pigmy Perch Nannoperca australis Fauna Fish Tupong, Congolli, Sandy, Tupong, Sanding, Sand Trout, Marble Fish Pseudaphritis urvillii Fauna Frogs Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis Yes Fauna Frogs Southern Toadlet, Orange-throated Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata Yes Fauna Frogs Common Eastern Froglet, Common Froglet, Clicking Froglet, Day Frog Crinia signifera Fauna Frogs Eastern Smooth Frog, Victorian Smooth Froglet Geocrinia victoriana Fauna Frogs Pobblebonk Frog, Eastern Banjo Frog, Southern Bullfrog Limnodynastes dumerilii Fauna Frogs Southern Brown Tree Frog, Brown Tree Frog, Ewing's Tree Frog, Whistling Tree FrogLitoria ewingii Fauna Frogs Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Fauna Frogs Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii Fauna Frogs Verreaux’s Tree Frog, Whistling Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii verreauxii Fauna Grasshoppers Common Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea australasiae Fauna LadyBirds Striped LadyBirds Micraspis frenata Fauna LadyBirds Tasmanian LadyBirds, Southern LadyBirds Cleobora mellyi Fauna Macroinvertebrate (aquatic)Caddisfly Plectorarsus gravenhorstii Fauna Macroinvertebrate (aquatic)Damsel Fly, Ancient Greenling Hemiphlebia mirabilis Fauna Macroinvertebrate (terrestrial)Canary Worm Fletchamia sugdeni Fauna Mammal Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus Yes Fauna Mammal Leadbeater's Possum (Lowland) Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Yes Fauna Mammal Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus Yes Fauna Mammal Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis Fauna Mammal Australian Water Rat, Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster Fauna Mammal Black (Swamp) Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Fauna Mammal Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio Fauna Mammal Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula Fauna Mammal Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus Fauna Mammal Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus Fauna Mammal Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii Fauna Mammal Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus Fauna Mammal Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps Fauna Mollusc Freshwater Mussels (sp1) Hyridella drapeta Fauna Mollusc Freshwater Mussels (sp2) Hyridella australis Fauna Monotreme Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Yes Fauna Monotreme Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Fauna Reptile Glossy Grass Skink, Rawlinson's Window-eyed Skink Pseudomoia rawlinsoni Yes Fauna Reptile Swamp Skink, Eastern Mourning Skink Lissolepis coventryi Yes Fauna Reptile Tree Goanna, Lace Monitor Varanus varius Yes Fauna Reptile Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis intermedia Fauna Reptile Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua nigrolutea Fauna Reptile Dark-Flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata Fauna Reptile Lowland Copperhead Austrelaps superbus Fauna Reptile McCoy's Skink, Highlands Forest-Skink Anepischetosia maccoyi Fauna Reptile Metallic Skink, Metallic Cool-skink Carinascincus metallicus (Niveoscincus metallicus) Fauna Reptile Southern Water-skink Eulamprus tympanum Fauna Reptile White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides Fauna Spiders Christmas Jewel Spider, Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Austracantha minax Fauna Spiders St Andrew’s Cross Spider Argiope keyserlingii Fauna Spiders Union-Jack Wolf Spiders Genus Tasmanicosa Fauna Turtles Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Snake-necked Turtle, Common Long Necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis Yes Fauna Wasps and Bees Common Paper Wasp Polistes humilis Flora Aquatic & Semi-aquatic Common Reed Phragmites australis Yes Flora Aquatic & Semi-aquatic Broad Water-milfoil Myriophyllum amphibium Yes Flora Aquatic & Semi-aquatic Flecked Flat-sedge Cyperus gunnii ssp. gunnii Yes Flora Aquatic & Semi-aquatic Showy Willow-herB Epilobium pallidiflorum
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