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Appendix 1 Wildlife in the Riverina Appendix 1 Wildlife in the Riverina These species lists were supplied by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service from the Atlas of New South Wales Wildlife electronic database (May 2002). It includes all records for the Riverina Bioregion, some of which date back to the 17 and 1800’s. Therefore, some species in these lists that have a historical distribution in the region are not found in the region today. Birds (Avifauna) Family Scientific Name Common Name Acanthizidae Acanthiza apicalis Inland Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Striated Thornbill Acanthiza nana Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Brown Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Aphelocephala leucopsis Southern Whiteface Calamanthus cautus Shy Heathwren Gerygone fusca Western Gerygone Gerygone olivacea White-throated Gerygone Pyrrholaemus brunneus Redthroat Pyrrholaemus sagittatus Speckled Warbler Sericornis frontalis White-browed Scrubwren Smicrornis brevirostris Weebill Accipitridae Accipiter cirrocephalus Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae Grey Goshawk Aquila audax Wedge-tailed Eagle Circus approximans Swamp Harrier Circus assimilis Spotted Harrier Elanus axillaris Black-shouldered Kite Elanus scriptus Letter-winged Kite Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliastur sphenurus Whistling Kite Hamirostra melanosternon Black-breasted Buzzard Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Eagle Lophoictinia isura Square-tailed Kite Milvus migrans Black Kite Pandion haliaetus Osprey Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian Owlet-nightjar Alaudidae Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark Mirafra javanica Horsfield's Bushlark Alcedinidae Alcedo azurea Azure Kingfisher Anatidae Anas castanea Chestnut Teal Anas gracilis Grey Teal Family Scientific Name Common Name Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Anas querquedula Garganey Anas rhynchotis Australasian Shoveler Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck Aythya australis Hardhead Biziura lobata Musk Duck Cereopsis novaehollandiae Cape Barren Goose Chenonetta jubata Australian Wood Duck Cygnus atratus Black Swan Cygnus olor Mute Swan Dendrocygna arcuata Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni Plumed Whistling-Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Pink-eared Duck Oxyura australis Blue-billed Duck Stictonetta naevosa Freckled Duck Tadorna radjah Radjah Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Australian Shelduck Anhingidae Anhinga melanogaster Darter Anseranatidae Anseranas semipalmata Magpie Goose Apodidae Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail Ardeidae Ardea alba Great Egret Ardea ibis Cattle Egret Ardea intermedia Intermediate Egret Ardea pacifica White-necked Heron Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern Egretta garzetta Little Egret Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron Ixobrychus minutus Little Bittern Nycticorax caledonicus Nankeen Night Heron Artamidae Artamus cinereus Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Dusky Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus personatus Masked Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus White-browed Woodswallow Cracticus nigrogularis Pied Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Grey Butcherbird Gymnorhina tibicen Australian Magpie Strepera graculina Pied Currawong Strepera versicolor Grey Currawong Burhinidae Burhinus grallarius Bush Stone-curlew Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua sanguinea Little Corella Cacatua tenuirostris Long-billed Corella Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy Black-Cockatoo Eolophus roseicapillus Galah Nymphicus hollandicus Cockatiel Campephagidae Coracina maxima Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Family Scientific Name Common Name Coracina papuensis White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Lalage tricolor White-winged Triller Caprimulgidae Eurostopodus argus Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis White-throated Nightjar Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae Emu Charadriidae Charadrius australis Inland Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus Double-banded Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Red-capped Plover Elseyornis melanops Black-fronted Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Red-kneed Dotterel Pluvialis dominica Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover Vanellus miles Masked Lapwing Vanellus tricolor Banded Lapwing Climacteridae Climacteris affinis White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus Brown Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus White-throated Treecreeper Columbidae Columba livia Rock Dove Geopelia cuneata Diamond Dove Geopelia humeralis Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia placida Peaceful Dove Ocyphaps lophotes Crested Pigeon Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewing Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Turtle-Dove Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird Corcoracidae Corcorax melanorhamphos White-winged Chough Struthidea cinerea Apostlebird Corvidae Corvus bennetti Little Crow Corvus coronoides Australian Raven Corvus mellori Little Raven Corvus spp. Unidentified Corvid Cuculidae Cacomantis flabelliformis Fan-tailed Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites osculans Black-eared Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Pallid Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Channel-billed Cuckoo Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum Mistletoebird Dicruridae Grallina cyanoleuca Magpie-lark Monarcha melanopsis Black-faced Monarch Myiagra cyanoleuca Satin Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Restless Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Leaden Flycatcher Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail Rhipidura leucophrys Willie Wagtail Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail Estrildidae Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Finch Stagonopleura guttata Diamond Firetail Taeniopygia bichenovii Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia guttata Zebra Finch Family Scientific Name Common Name Eupetidae Cinclosoma castanotus Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum Spotted Quail-thrush Psophodes cristatus Chirruping Wedgebill Falconidae Falco berigora Brown Falcon Falco cenchroides Nankeen Kestrel Falco hypoleucos Grey Falcon Falco longipennis Australian Hobby Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Falco subniger Black Falcon Fringillidae Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch Glareolidae Stiltia isabella Australian Pratincole Gruidae Grus rubicundus Brolga Halcyonidae Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra Todiramphus pyrrhopygia Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Sacred Kingfisher Hirundinidae Cheramoeca leucosternus White-backed Swallow Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow Petrochelidon ariel Fairy Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Tree Martin Laridae Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Black Tern Larus novaehollandiae Silver Gull Sterna caspia Caspian Tern Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern Maluridae Amytornis striatus Striated Grasswren Amytornis textilis modestus Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern subsp.) Malurus cyaneus Superb Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus splendens Splendid Fairy-wren Megapodiidae Leipoa ocellata Malleefowl Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Eastern Spinebill Anthochaera carunculata Red Wattlebird Certhionyx niger Black Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus Pied Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Blue-faced Honeyeater Epthianura albifrons White-fronted Chat Epthianura aurifrons Orange Chat Epthianura tricolor Crimson Chat Grantiella picta Painted Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens Singing Honeyeater Family Scientific Name Common Name Manorina flavigula Yellow-throated Miner Manorina melanocephala Noisy Miner Melithreptus brevirostris Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis gularis Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subsp.) Melithreptus lunatus White-naped Honeyeater Philemon citreogularis Little Friarbird Philemon corniculatus Noisy Friarbird Phylidonyris albifrons White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae New Holland Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata Striped Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia Regent Honeyeater Meropidae Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater Motacillidae Anthus australis Australian Pipit Muscicapidae Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird Zoothera dauma Unindentified Ground Thrush Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera Varied Sittella Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus Olive-backed Oriole Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian Bustard Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrike-thrush Falcunculus frontatus Eastern Shrike-tit Oreoica gutturalis Crested Bellbird Pachycephala inornata Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Golden Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Rufous Whistler Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus xanthopyge [Yellow-rumped Pardalote] Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote Passeridae Passer domesticus House Sparrow Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Pedionomidae Pedionomus torquatus Plains-wanderer Pelecanidae Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican Petroicidae Drymodes brunneopygia Southern Scrub-robin Eopsaltria australis Eastern Yellow Robin Melanodryas
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