Significant Fauna Species in the Adelaide Hills

Common name Scientific name Source Conservation Status Class AUS SA AMLR Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii 1, 2 R VU Amphibian Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii 2 RA Amphibian Burrowing Frog Neobatrachus pictus 2 RA Amphibian Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 1 EN V CR Bird Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 2 R VU Bird Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 2 R RA Bird Australian Crake (Australian Porzana fluminea 2 RA Bird Spotted Crake) Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 2 RA Bird Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis 2 EN/Mi V EN Bird Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 2 RA Bird Australian Pipit Anthus australis 2 RA Bird Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 2 RE Bird Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 2 VU Bird Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 1, 2 VU Bird Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata halmaturina 1, 2 VU R EN Bird Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella 1, 2 R CR Bird Black Swan Cygnus atratus 2 RA Bird Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis gularis 1, 2 V CR Bird Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans 2 EN Bird Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 2 RA Bird Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis 2 R VU Bird Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora 1, 2 V RA Bird Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis 2 RA Bird Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla 2 VU Bird Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 1, 2 CR Bird Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris 1, 2 NT Bird Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans 1, 2 RA Bird Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 2 RA Bird Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis 1, 2 RA Bird Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides 2 NT Bird Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae 2 R RA Bird Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 2 VU Bird Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus (Hylacola) 1, 2 E EN Bird (ML Ranges ssp) pyrrhopygius parkeri Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 1, 2 RE Bird Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 2 RA Bird Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2 VU Bird Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus frontatus 1, 2 R EN Bird Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata 1, 2 V EN Bird Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus 2 RA Bird Eastern Barn Owl Tyto delicatula 2 RA Bird Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans 2 R VU Bird Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 2 VU Bird Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1, 2 RA Bird Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 1, 2 NT Bird Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea 2 V CR Bird Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa 2 V VU Bird Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 R RA Bird Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 2 RA Bird Common name Scientific name Source Conservation Status Class AUS SA AMLR Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 2 R VU Bird Great Egret Ardea alba 2 VU Bird Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2 RA Bird Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 2 VU Bird Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 2 NT Bird Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata cucullata 1, 2 R CR Bird Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 1, 2 NT Bird Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans fascinans 1, 2 R CR Bird Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis 1, 2 V EN Bird Little Buttonquail Turnix velox 2 RA Bird Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 2 EN Bird Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2 EN Bird Musk Duck Biziura lobata 2 R VU Bird Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 2 VU Bird Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 2 R RA Bird Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 2 VU Bird Pacific Swift (Fork-tailed Apus pacificus 2 RA Bird Swift) Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius 2 R VU Bird Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus 1, 2 RA Bird Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 2 VU Bird Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1, 2 R RA Bird Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 2 RA Bird Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala 2 NT Bird Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 2 VU Bird Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 2 NT Bird Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 1, 2 RA Bird Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 2 VU Bird Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 1, 2 NT Bird Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 1, 2 R CR Bird Rose Robin Petroica rosea 2 RA Bird Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 2 VU Bird Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1, 2 NT Bird Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1, 2 NT Bird Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang boodang 1, 2 R VU Bird Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 2 VU Bird Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus 1, 2 RA Bird Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 2 VU Bird Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 2 NT Bird Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis 1 EN Bird Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 1, 2 RA Bird Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis 1, 2 R EN Bird Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 2 RA Bird Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 2 NT Bird Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura 2 E CR Bird Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 2 NT Bird Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis 2 NT Bird Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 2 VU Bird Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 1, 2 NT Bird Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops 1, 2 EN Bird Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1, 2 NT Bird Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 1, 2 VU Bird Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2 VU Bird Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1, 2 EN Bird White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1, 2 EN Bird White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 1, 2 VU Bird White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 2 RA Bird White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2 VU Bird White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus 1, 2 VU Bird White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 2 VU Bird White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 2 R RA Bird Common name Scientific name Source Conservation Status Class AUS SA AMLR White-throated Needletail 2 CR Bird White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea 2 NT Bird White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 1, 2 R RA Bird White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 2 RA Bird Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 NT Bird Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana 1, 2 NT Bird Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 2 VU Bird Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata 2 RA Bird Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 1, 2 NT Bird Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus 1, 2 V VU Bird Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 1, 2 VU Bird Climbing Galaxias Galaxias brevipinnis 1, 2 VU Fish Congolli Pseudaphritis urvillii 1 VU Fish Dwarf Flathead Gudgeon Philypnodon macrostomus 2 RA Fish Mountain Galaxias Galaxias olidus 1, 2 VU Fish Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis 1 EN CR Fish Big-headed Gudgeon Philypnodon grandiceps 2 LC Fish Pouched Lamprey Geotria australis 1 CR Fish River Blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus 1 CR Fish Short-headed Lamprey Mordacia mordax 1 RE Fish Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis 1 EN Fish Yarra Pygmy Perch Nannoperca obscura 1 VU CR Fish Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes 2 RA Mammal Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula 2 R RA Mammal Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus 2 RA Mammal Euro Macropus robustus 2 RA Mammal Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus 2 VU R RA Mammal Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus 2 NT Mammal Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus 1, 2 EN V EN Mammal (SA mainland and KI ssp) Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster 2 RA Mammal Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus 1, 2 CR Mammal Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes 2 V RA Mammal Adelaide Snake-lizard Delma molleri 2 RA Reptile Barking Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii 2 RA Reptile Bynoe's Gecko Heteronotia binoei 2 RA Reptile Common Long-necked Chelodina longicollis 2 DD Reptile Tortoise Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus 2 RA Reptile Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami 1, 2 E VU Reptile Dwarf Skink Menetia greyii 2 RA Reptile Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata 2 NT Reptile Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus spaldingi 2 RA Reptile Eastern Tree Skink Egernia striolata 2 RA Reptile Flinders Worm-lizard Aprasia pseudopulchella 1 VU RA Reptile Heath Goanna Varanus rosenbergi 1, 2 V CR Reptile Macquarie Tortoise Emydura macquarii 2 V LC Reptile Pygmy Copperhead Austrelaps labialis 1, 2 RA Reptile Ranges Stone Gecko Diplodactylus furcosus 2 RA Reptile Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus 2 RA Reptile Sand Goanna Varanus gouldii 2 VU Reptile Southern Rock Dtella Gehyra lazelli 2 RA Reptile Spotted Ctenotus Ctenotus orientalis 2 RA Reptile Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus scutatus 1, 2 EN Reptile 1. Department for Environment and Heritage. Regional Recovery Plan for Threatened Species and Ecological Communities of Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges (Willson & Bignall, 2009) 2. South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Biodiversity Database of SA. Recordset number DEWNRBDBSA161123-1. Records post 1980.

Conservation codes | RE: Regionally Extinct. CE/CR: Critically Endangered. EN/E: Endangered. VU/V: Vulnerable. R: Rare. NT: Near Threatened. DD: Data Deficient. NE: Not Evaluated, Mi: Migratory.