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 cucullata Hooded Robin Microeca fascinans Jacky Winter Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin Petroica goodenovii Red-capped Robin Petroica phoenicea Flame Robin Petroica rodinogaster Pink Robin Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Pied Cormorant Phasianidae Coturnix pectoralis Stubble Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Brown Quail Podargidae Podargus strigoides Tawny Frogmouth Podicipedidae Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hoary-headed Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian Grebe Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus ruficeps Chestnut-crowned Babbler Family Scientific Name Common Name Pomatostomus superciliosus White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern subsp.) Procellariidae Pterodroma lessonii White-headed Petrel Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater Psittacidae Alisterus scapularis Australian King-Parrot Barnardius zonarius Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius barnardi [Mallee Ringneck] Glossopsitta concinna Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla Little Lorikeet Lathamus discolor Swift Parrot Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar Neophema chrysostoma Blue-winged Parrot Neophema pulchella Turquoise Parrot Northiella haematogaster Blue Bonnet Platycercus adscitus Eastern Rosella Platycercus adscitus eximius Eastern Rosella Platycercus elegans Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans flaveolus [Yellow Rosella] Platycercus Hybrid Eastern/Yellow Rosella Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides Regent Parrot (eastern subsp.) Polytelis swainsonii Superb Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus varius Mulga Parrot Trichoglossus haematodus Rainbow Lorikeet Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera maculata Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Satin Bowerbird Pycnonotidae Pycnonotus jocosus Red-whiskered Bulbul Rallidae Fulica atra Eurasian Coot Gallinula tenebrosa Dusky Moorhen Gallinula ventralis Black-tailed Native-hen Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen Porzana fluminea Australian Spotted Crake Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake Rallus pectoralis Lewin's Rail Recurvirostridae Cladorhynchus leucocephalus Banded Stilt Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Red-necked Avocet Rostratulidae Rostratula benghalensis Painted Snipe Scolopacidae Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris canutus Red Knot Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris minuta Little Stint Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot Family Scientific Name Common Name Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit Numenius madagascariensis Eastern Curlew Numenius minutus Little Curlew Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel Phalaropus fulicaria Grey Phalarope Philomachus pugnax Ruff Steganopus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper Spheniscidae Eudyptula minor Little Penguin Strigidae Ninox boobook Southern Boobook Strigidae Ninox connivens Barking Owl Sturnidae Acridotheres tristis Common Myna Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling Sylviidae Acrocephalus australis Australian Reed-Warbler Cincloramphus cruralis Brown Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi Rufous Songlark Cisticola exilis Golden-headed Cisticola Megalurus gramineus Little Grassbird Threskiornithidae Platalea flavipes Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea regia Royal Spoonbill Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis Threskiornis molucca Australian White Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Straw-necked Ibis Turnicidae Turnix pyrrhothorax Red-chested Button-quail Turnix varia Painted Button-quail Turnix velox Little Button-quail Tytonidae Tyto alba Barn Owl Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis Silvereye

Reptiles

Family Scientific Name Common Name Agamidae Amphibolurus nobbi Nobbi Lashtail Ctenophorus pictus Painted ground-dragon Pogona barbata Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona vitticeps Central Bearded Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata Lined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Long-tailed Earless Dragon Boidae Morelia spilota Carpet / Diamond Python Morelia spilota variegata Carpet Python Chelidae Chelodina expansa Broad-shelled Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Emydura macquarii Murray Short-necked Turtle Elapidae Austrelaps superbus Lowlands Copperhead Drysdalia rhodogaster Mustard-bellied Snake Echiopsis curta Bardick Hemiaspis damelii Grey Snake Notechis scutatus Mainland Tiger Snake Pseudechis australis Mulga Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudonaja nuchalis Gwardar Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake Suta spectabilis Spectacled Hooded Snake Suta spectabilis dwyeri Variable Black-naped Snake Suta suta Curl Snake Vermicella annulata Eastern Bandy-bandy Gekkonidae Christinus marmoratus Marbled Southern Gecko Diplodactylus byrnei Gibber Gecko Diplodactylus intermedius Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko Diplodactylus steindachneri Box-patterned Gecko Diplodactylus tessellatus Tesselated Gecko Diplodactylus vittatus Eastern Stone Gecko Gehyra variegata Varied Dtella Heteronotia binoei Prickly Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii Thick-tailed Gecko Pygopodidae Delma inornata Patternless Delma Pygopus lepidopodus Southern Scaly-foot Pygopus nigriceps Western Scaly-foot Scincidae Carlia tetradactyla Southern Rainbow-skink Cryptoblepharus carnabyi Shiny-palmed Shinning-skink Ctenotus atlas Southern Mallee Ctenotus Ctenotus regius Pale-rumped Ctenotus Ctenotus robustus Robust Ctenotus Ctenotus schomburgkii Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus Ctenotus uber Spotted Ctenotus Egernia striolata Tree-crevice Skink Eremiascincus richardsonii Broad-banded Sand-swimmer Hemiergis decresiensis Three-toed Earless Skink Lampropholis guichenoti Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lerista muelleri Wood Mulch-slider Lerista punctatovittata Eastern Robust Slider Menetia greyii Common Dwarf Skink Morethia adelaidensis Saltbush Morethia Skink Morethia boulengeri South-eastern Morethia Skink Tiliqua scincoides Common Bluetongue Trachydosaurus rugosus Shingleback Lizard Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops australis Southern Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus Prong-snouted Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops nigrescens Blackish Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus Proximus Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops wiedii Brown-snouted Blind Snake Varanidae Varanus gouldii Sand Monitor Varanus varius Lace Monitor Mammals

Family Scientific Name Common Name Acrobatidae Acrobates pygmaeus Feathertail Glider Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle Capra hircus Goat Ovis aries Sheep (feral) Canidae Canis lupus Dingo, domestic dog Vulpes vulpes Fox Dasyuridae Antechinomys laniger Kultarr Antechinus agilis Agile Antechinus Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Antechinus Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll Phascogale tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascogale Planigale gilesi Paucident Planigale Planigale tenuirostris Narrow-nosed Planigale Sminthopsis crassicaudata Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis macroura Stripe-faced Dunnart Sminthopsis murina Common Dunnart Felidae Felis catus Cat Leporidae Lepus capensis Brown Hare Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit Macropodidae Lagorchestes leporides Eastern Hare-wallaby Macropus fuliginosus Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus robustus Common Wallaroo Macropus rufus Red Kangaroo Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallaby Molossidae Mormopterus planiceps Little Mastiff-bat Mormopterus sp. mastiff-bat Mormopterus sp. 1 undescribed mastiff-bat Mormopterus sp. (big penis) Mormopterus sp. (big penis) Mormopterus sp. (little penis) Mormopterus sp. (little penis) Nyctinomus australis White-striped Freetail-bat Muridae Conilurus albipes White-footed Tree-rat Hydromys chrysogaster Water-rat Mus musculus House Mouse Notomys mitchellii Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Rattus rattus Black Rat Ornithorhynchidae Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus Petauridae Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula Common Brushtail Possum Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus Koala Pseudocheiridae Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common Ringtail Possum Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus Little Red Flying-fox Suidae Sus scrofa Pig Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna Thylacomyidae Macrotis lagotis Bilby Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio Chocolate Wattled Bat Family Scientific Name Common Name Chalinolobus picatus Little Pied Bat Miniopterus schreibersii Common Bentwing-bat Myotis adversus Large-footed Myotis Nyctophilus geoffroyi Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus timoriensis Greater Long-eared Bat Scotorepens balstoni Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens greyii Little Broad-nosed Bat Vespadelus baverstocki Inland Forest Bat Vespadelus pumilus Eastern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus Little Forest Bat Vombatidae Lasiorhinus krefftii Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Vombatus ursinus Common Wombat

Amphibians

Family Scientific Name Common Name Hylidae Cyclorana novaehollandiae New Holland Frog Cyclorana platycephala Water-holding Frog Litoria booroolongensis Booroolong Frog Litoria ewingii Southern Brown Tree Frog Litoria latopalmata Broad-palmed Frog Litoria peronii Peron's Tree Frog Litoria raniformis Southern Bell Frog Litoria sp. Unidentified Tree Frog Myobatrachidae Crinia parinsignifera Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet Crinia signifera Common Eastern Froglet Crinia sloanei Sloane’s Froglet Limnodynastes dorsalis Pobblebonk Limnodynastes dumerilii Bullfrog Limnodynastes fletcheri Long-thumbed Frog Limnodynastes interioris Giant Bullfrog Limnodynastes peronii Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Spotted Marsh Frog Neobatrachus sudelli Painted Burrowing Frog Notaden bennettii Holy Cross Toad Pseudophryne bibronii Bibron’s Toadlet Uperoleia rugosa Wrinkled Toadlet