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Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Stats: Fraser Coast 178 observations Backyard BioBlitz (No. 4) 132 species 25 - 26 July 2020 53 identifiers 16 observers No. Date Observed Grade Scientific Name Common Name Location 1 26-07-20 Research Acacia amblygona Takura 2 26-07-20 Research Acacia fimbriata Brisbane wattle Point Vernon 3 25-07-20 Research Acraea andromacha Glasswing Talegalla Weir 4 25-07-20 Research Acronychia imperforata Beach Acronychia Magnolia 5 26-07-20 Research Ailanthus triphysa Ferntop Ash Hervey Bay 6 25-07-20 Research Alectryon connatus Alectryon Magnolia 7 26-07-20 Research Alectura lathami Australian Brush-turkey Hervey Bay 8 25-07-20 Research Alstonia constricta Bitterbark Magnolia 9 25-07-20 Research Amyema conspicua Yengarie 10 25-07-20 Research Araucaria cunninghamii Hoop Araucaria Magnolia 11 25-07-20 Research Ariamnes colubrinus Whip Spider Talegalla Weir 12 25-07-20 Research Auranticarpa rhombifolia Diamond Pittosporum. Magnolia 13 26-07-20 Research Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Yengarie 14 26-07-20 Research Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant Hervey Bay 15 26-07-20 Research Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant Hervey Bay 16 26-07-20 Research Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant Hervey Bay 17 26-07-20 Research Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant Hervey Bay 18 26-07-20 Research Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant Hervey Bay 19 26-07-20 Research Centropus phasianinus Pheasant Coucal Tinana 20 26-07-20 Research Chenonetta jubata Australian Wood Duck Tinana 21 25-07-20 Research Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Silver Gull Dundowran Beach 22 26-07-20 Research Coelophora inaequalis Variable Ladybird Tinana 23 25-07-20 Research Colluricincla megarhyncha rufogaster Rufous Shrike-Thrush Magnolia 24 26-07-20 Research Cormobates leucophaea White-throated Treecreeper Talegalla Weir 25 26-07-20 Research Cracticus nigrogularis Pied Butcherbird Point Vernon 26 25-07-20 Research Cracticus torquatus Grey Butcherbird Magnolia 27 25-07-20 Research Croton insularis Magnolia 28 26-07-20 Research Cupaniopsis anacardioides Tuckeroo Tinnanbar 29 26-07-20 Research Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra Yengarie 30 25-07-20 Research Daphoenositta chrysoptera Varied Sittella Magnolia 31 25-07-20 Research Dicrurus bracteatus Spangled Drongo Magnolia 32 26-07-20 Research Dicrurus bracteatus Spangled Drongo Yengarie 33 25-07-20 Research Diospyros australis Magnolia 34 25-07-20 Research Elaeocarpus obovatus Magnolia 35 25-07-20 Research Entomyzon cyanotis Blue-faced Honeyeater Hervey Bay 36 25-07-20 Research Eopsaltria australis Eastern Yellow Robin Magnolia 37 26-07-20 Research Euchaetis rhizobola Imbil 38 26-07-20 Research Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Priestly Spiny Orbweaver Hervey Bay 39 26-07-20 Research Gehyra dubia Dubious Dtella Yengarie 40 25-07-20 Research Geijera salicifolia Axe Gapper Queensland 41 26-07-20 Research Gerygone palpebrosa Fairy Gerygone Yengarie 42 26-07-20 Research Halmus chalybeus Steelblue Lady Beetle Hervey Bay 43 25-07-20 Research Hibiscus heterophyllus Rosella Magnolia 44 26-07-20 Research Himantopus leucocephalus Pied Stilt Great Sandy Strait 45 26-07-20 Research Hypocala guttiventris Imbil 46 26-07-20 Research Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly Hervey Bay 47 26-07-20 Research Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly Tinana 48 26-07-20 Research Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly Hervey Bay 49 26-07-20 Research Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly Hervey Bay 50 26-07-20 Research Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly Urraween 51 25-07-20 Research Indigofera australis Australian Indigo Magnolia 52 26-07-20 Research Jacksonia scoparia Talegalla Weir 53 25-07-20 Research Jasminum didymum Hervey Bay 54 26-07-20 Research Lichmera indistincta Brown Honeyeater Yengarie 55 25-07-20 Research Litoria fallax Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Talegalla Weir 56 26-07-20 Research Litoria fallax Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Talegalla Weir 57 25-07-20 Research Litoria latopalmata Broad-palmed Frog Talegalla Weir 58 26-07-20 Research Lomandra multiflora Many Flowered Matrush Talegalla Weir 59 26-07-20 Research Macropus rufogriseus Red-necked Wallaby Yengarie 60 25-07-20 Research Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi Queensland 61 25-07-20 Research Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi Queensland 62 25-07-20 Research Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi Queensland 63 25-07-20 Research Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi Queensland 64 25-07-20 Research Mallotus philippensis Kamala Magnolia 65 26-07-20 Research Malurus lamberti Variegated Fairywren Yengarie No. Date Observed Grade Scientific Name Common Name Location 66 25-07-20 Research Manorina melanocephala Noisy Miner Hervey Bay 67 25-07-20 Research Manorina melanocephala Noisy Miner Magnolia 68 26-07-20 Research Maratus ottoi Otto's Peacock Spider Talegalla Weir 69 25-07-20 Research Melaleuca styphelioides Prickly-leaved Paperbark Magnolia 70 26-07-20 Research Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown Hervey Bay 71 25-07-20 Research Melithreptus albogularis White-throated Honeyeater Magnolia 72 25-07-20 Research Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater Magnolia 73 26-07-20 Research Metura elongatus Saunder's Case Moth Tinana 74 26-07-20 Research Morelia spilota mcdowelli Coastal Carpet Python Cooloola Cove 75 25-07-20 Research Myoporum acuminatum Boobialla Magnolia 76 25-07-20 Research Myzomela sanguinolenta Scarlet Honeyeater Magnolia 77 26-07-20 Research Myzomela sanguinolenta Scarlet Honeyeater Yengarie 78 25-07-20 Research Myzomela sanguinolenta Scarlet Honeyeater Talegalla Weir 79 26-07-20 Research Neosparassus salacius Northern Badge Huntsman Yengarie 80 26-07-20 Research Nyssus coloripes Spotted Ground Swift Spider Tinnanbar 81 26-07-20 Research Ocyphaps lophotes Crested Pigeon Yengarie 82 25-07-20 Research Pachycephala pectoralis Golden Whistler Magnolia 83 26-07-20 Research Pachycephala rufiventris Rufous Whistler Yengarie 84 26-07-20 Research Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote Point Vernon 85 26-07-20 Research Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote Yengarie 86 25-07-20 Research Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican Toogoom 87 25-07-20 Research Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican Dundowran Beach 88 26-07-20 Research Philemon citreogularis Little Friarbird Yengarie 89 26-07-20 Research Pogona barbata Eastern Bearded Dragon River Heads 90 26-07-20 Research Pristhesancus plagipennis Point Vernon 91 26-07-20 Research Pristhesancus plagipennis Hervey Bay 92 25-07-20 Research Psydrax odorata Lamboto Magnolia 93 25-07-20 Research Ranatra dispar Needle Bug Fraser Island 94 25-07-20 Research Ranoidea caerulea Green Tree Frog Talegalla Weir 95 25-07-20 Research Ranoidea gracilenta Dainty Green Tree Frog Toogoom 96 25-07-20 Research Rhinella marina Cane Toad Toogoom 97 25-07-20 Research Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail Magnolia 98 26-07-20 Research Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail Yengarie 99 26-07-20 Research Rhizophora stylosa Spotted mangrove Tinnanbar 100 25-07-20 Research Samadera bidwillii Queensland 101 25-07-20 Research Samadera 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