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Fauna List for Ku-Ring-Gai Flying-Fox Reserve, Gordon Mammals 2014 Fauna List for Ku-ring-gai Flying-fox Reserve, Gordon This list was initially compiled by Gordon Limburg in 1993, including information from Martyn Robinson and a bird list provided by Win Filewood in 1989. A small mammal survey with live traps was conducted for four nights in January 1989 by Ray and Anne Williams of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Additional observations contributed by Madeleine Schofield, Nancy Pallin, Marjorie Beck, Jocelyn Chenu and other bush regenerators have been added since. * non-native species Mammals 2014 Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus yes Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor yes Eastern Pigmy Possum Cercartetus nanus * Black Rat Rattus rattus yes * Domestic Dog Canis familiaris * Fox Vulpes vulpes * Domestic Cat Felis catus Birds Australian Brush Turkey Alectura lathami Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Chestnut Teal Anas castanea Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae 2 White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Yes D & J Chenu Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Brown cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis Omolanthus fruit J Chenu Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca heard White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Galah Cacatua roseicapilla yes Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita yes Rainbow Lorrikeet Trichoglossus haematodus yes Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis yes Eastern Rosella Platycerus eximius Crimson Rosella Platycerus elegans yes Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cuculus pyrrhophanus heard Common Koel Eudynamis scolopacea heard Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae yes Powerfull Owl with young Ninox strenua yes Southern Boobook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo Novaeguinae yes Sacred Kingfisher Hacyon sancta Dollar Bird Eurystomus orientalis heard Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolour 1 22/07/2014 NP Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae heard Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Fairy Martin Cecropis ariel Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae heard White's (Ground)Thrush Zoothera lunulata Yes 2 Rose Robin Petroica rosea 1 male 2013 NP Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis yes Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis yes Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Pair 2014/03 NP Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa yes Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Eastern Whipbird breeding Psophodes olivaceus yes Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus yes Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis yes Brown Gerygone (Warbler) Gerygone mouki yes Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata yes White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus yes Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata yes Brush (Little) Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Noisy Friarbird Philimon corniculatus Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii yes Yellow-face Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae White-cheeked Honeyeater Philidonyris nigra Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris yes Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus heard Silveryeye Zosterops lateralis Yes JChenu Red-browed Firetail Emblema temporalis flock Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Yes February 2014 Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus yes Magpie Lark (Pee Wee) Grallina cyanoleuca Pied Currawong Strepera graculina yes Grey Butcherbid Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Australian Raven Corvus coronoides yes * Feral Pigeon Columba livia * Spotted Turtle-dove Streptopelia chinensis * Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus * House Sparrow Passer domesticus * Common Starling Sturnus bulgaris * Common Mynah Acridotheres tristis Reptiles Diamond Python Morelia spilota spilota Lace Monitor (Goanna) Varanus varius Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata Eastern Water Dragon Physignathus leseurii yes Southern Leaf-tail Gecko Phyllurus platurus Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus Weasel Skink Saproscincus mustelinus Three-toed Skink Saiphos equialis Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus (syn yes Spehomorphus) quoyii Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua scincoides Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus Eastern Small-eyed Snake Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens Golden-crowned Snake Cacophis squamulosus Frogs Giant Barred Frog Mixophyes iteratus Red-crowned Toadlet Pseudophryne australis Common Eastern Toadlet Crinia signifera heard Brown-striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peroni Leaf Green Tree Frog Litoria phyllochroa heard Fish Long-finned Eel Anguilla reinhardtii Invertebrates Yabby Cherax destructor Sydney Spiny Cray Euastacus spinifer Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graessei yes Native snail (green glass) Helicarion sp. Parmavitrina current name planilabris Eastern Mouse Spider Missulena bradleyi St Andrews Cross Spider Arigiope aetheria Golden Orbweaving Spider Nephila spp. Leafcurling Spider Phonognatha graeffei yes Common Netcasting spider Dinopis subrufa Large huntsman Spider Isopoda sp. yes Sydney Funnelweb Spider Atrax robusus Sydney Brown Trapdoor Spider Misgolas rapax Daddy-longlegs Spider Pholcus phalangioides Ogre-faced Spider Paralysis Tick Ixodes holocyclus yes Common Centipede Scolopendra morsitans yes Dragonfly Aeshna brvistyla Green Mantid Orthodera mimistralis Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa australis yes Katydid Caedicia major Maidenhair Fern Aphid Idiopterus nephrelepidis Floury Baker Cicada Abricta curvicosta Greengrocer, Yellow Monday Cyclochila australasiae Cherrynose Cicada Macrotristria anularis Redeye Cicada Psaltoda moerens Black Prince cicada Psaltoda plaga Double Drummer Cicada Thopha saccata Shield Bug Lestonia haustorifera Shield Bug Lestonia grossi Bluegum Psyllid Ctenarytaina thysanura Assassin Bug, Bee Killer Pristhesancus papuensis Assassin Bug Havinthus rufovarius Common Antlion Myrmeleon acer yes Christmas Beetle Anoplognathus viriditarsis Scarab Beetle Cephalodesmius armiger yes Stratiomyid fly Boreoides subulatus Hover Fly Syrphus viridiceps Macq. Metallic-green Tomato Fly Lamprolonchaea brouniana Queensland Fruit Fly Dacus tryoni (Bactrocera, Strumeta) Dirioxa pornia * Crofton Gall "Wasp" Procecidochares utilis Pittosporum leafminer Phytobia pittosporphylli Regent Skipper Euschemon rafflesia Black Slug Cup Moth Doratifera casta Mottled Cup Moth Doratifera vulnerans White Cedar Moth Leptocneria reducta Blue Fanny Butterfly Graphium sarpedon choredon Orchard Butterfly Papilio aegus yes Caper White Butterfly Anaphaeis java teutonia Cabbage white butterfly Pieris rapae Wanderer Butterfly Danaus plexippus Common Crow Euploea core Common Brown Butterfly Heteronympha merope Sword-grass Brown Butterfly Tisiphone abeona Common Aeroplane Butterfly Phaedyma shepherdi Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi Splendid Ghost Moth Aenetus ligniveren Australian privet Hawk Moth Psilogramma menephron Geebung Hawk Moth Coequosa trangularis *Honey Bee *Apis mellifera Native Stingless Bee Trigona tetragonula Nigger Head Termite Nasuititermes walkeri Sugar Ant Camonotus consobrinus yes Anonychomyrma nitidiceps, (Syn iridomyrmex nitidiceps) Jumping Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta yes Bull Ant Myrmecia forficata Greenhead Ant Rhytidoponera "metallica" Spider Ant Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus yes Orange Caterpillar parasite Netelia producta Cream Spotted Ichneumon Echthromorpha intricatoria Steelblue Sawfly Perga affinis affinis Spider-killing Wasp Cryptocheilus sp. Cicada-killer Wasp Exeirus lateritius Cicada-killer Wasp Sphecius pectoralis Metallic Blue Wasp Diamma bicolor * European Wasp Vespula germanica .
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