APPENDIX 1: FAUNA SPECIES RECORDED IN MYALL LAKES NATIONAL PARK

Common Name Scientific Name Amphibians Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax Jervis Bay Tree Frog Litoria jervisiensis Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera Wallum Froglet Crinia tinnula Ornate Burrowing Frog Limnodynastes ornatus Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Haswell's Frog Paracrinia haswelli Green and Gold Bell Frog Litoria aurea Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii

Birds Australian Bush-turkey Alectura lathami King Quail Coturnix chinensis Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Painted Button-quail Turnix varia Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Gannet Morus serrator Brown Bobby Sula leucogaster Darter Anhinga melanogaster Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Australian Grebe Podiceps ruficollis Black Swan Cygnus atratus Buff-banded Gallirallus philippensis Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Chestnut Teal Anas castanea Grey Teal Anas gracilis Hardhead Aythya australis Musk Duck Biziura lobata Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyio Fulica atra Dusky Gallinula tenebrosa Great Egret Ardea alba White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica Little Egret Egretta garzetta Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Australian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca

G:\Ramdata\5Oceania\\5AU052\Australia Myall Lake RIS 1999 E.doc: syoung: 27/05/99 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles *Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Great Skua Catharacta skua Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Little Tern Sterna albifrons Crested Tern Sterna bergii Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Osprey Pandion haliaetus Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Little Falcon Falco longipennis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Brown Falcon Falco berigora Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Brush Bronzewing elegans Domestic Pigeon Columba livia Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Ninox strenua Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae Barn Owl Tyto alba Grass Owl Tyto longimembris White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus

Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris *Crimson Chat Ephthiamura tricolor Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Rose Robin Petroica rosea Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufivetris Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Spectacled Monarch Monarch trivirgatus Black-faced Monarch Monarch melanopsis Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Spangled Dronga Dricrurus bracteatus Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Figbird Sphecotheres viridis Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor Australian Raven Corvus coronoides G:\Ramdata\5Oceania\Australia\5AU052\Australia Myall Lake RIS 1999 E.doc: syoung: 27/05/99 Torresian Crow Corvus orru Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris

Mammals Black Rat Rattus rattus Brown Antechinus stuartii Brown Hare Lepus capensis Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes Cat (feral) Felis catus Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula Common Sminthopsis murina Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus Dingo and Dog (feral) Canis familiaris Dugong Dugong dugon Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii Eastern Chestnut Mouse Pseudomys gracilicaudatus Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus Fox Vulpes vulpes Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii Greater Glider Petauroides volans Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Horse (feral) Equus caballus House Mouse Mus musculus Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi Little Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus australis little Forest Eptesicus Vespadelus vulturnus Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta Mountain Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus Pseudomys novaehollandiae Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Tiger Dasyurus maculatus Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster

Reptiles Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata Black-bellied Swamp Snake Hemiaspis signata Common Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus

Common Scaly Foot Pygopus lepidopodus Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus Eastern Blue-tounged Lizard Tiliqua scincoides Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja texilis Eastern Water Dragon Physignathus lesueurii Diamond Python Morelia spilota spilota Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti Grass Skink Lampropholis delicata Green-tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulata Jacky Lizard Amphibolorus muricatus Lace Monitor Varanus varius Land Mullet Egernia major Long-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus She-oak Skink Cyclodomorphus casuarinae Stephen's Banded Snake Hoplocephalus stephensii Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus Yellow-faced Whip Snake Demansia psammophis

* As vagrants only

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Common Name Scientific Name Fringe forest Swamp Oak Casuarina glauca Paperbark quinquenervia Melaleuca sieberi Swamp Mahogany Eucalyptus robusta Baumea juncea Jointed Twig Rush Baumea articulata Baumea rubiginosa Cladium procerum Schoenoplectus validus Common Reed Phragmites australis Sea Rush Juncus krausii Swamp Water Fern Blechnum indicum Gahnia clarkii

Wet heath oblongifolia Xanthorrhoea resinosa ssp. fulva Hakea teretifolia liversidgei Leptospermum juniperinum Bauera ruboides microphylla Swamp Heath Epacris paludosa Epacris obtusifolia Blandfordia grandiflora Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata Lepyrodia interrupta Restio complanatus Restio tetraphyllus Kunzea capitata Gristle Fern Blechnum cartilagineum Boronia falcifolia Swamp Boronia Boronia parviflora Dillwynia floribunda Dillwynia retorta Dillwynia sericea Adrastaea salicifolia Crimson Bottlebrush Callistemon citrinus Sprengelia sprengelioides Gahnia clarkii Lepyrodia interrupta Sundews Drosera spp. Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus Slender Clubmoss Lycopodium laterale Cassytha glabella Comesperma defoliatum

Swamp Restio tetraphyllus Leptospermum liversidgei Sprengelia incarnata Lepyrodia muelleri Schoenus brevifolius Baumea rubiginosa Bladderworts Utricularia spp. Empodisma minus Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus

Banksia robur Paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia

Swamp forest Paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca sieberi Swamp Mahogany Eucalyptus robusta Smooth Barked Apple Angophora costata Restio tetraphyllus ssp. meiostachyus Leptospermum liversidgei Leptospermum juniperineum Sprengelia incarnata Lepyrodia muelleri Gristle Fern Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum campfieldii Swamp Water Fern Blechnum indicum Gleichenia dicarpa elongata Chorizandra sphaerocephala Baumea arthrophylla Villarsia exaltata Gahnia sieberiana Spartothamnella juncea Crimson Bottlebrush Callistemon citrinus Empodisma minus Epacris obtusifolia Schoenus brevifolius Sprengelia spp.

Wet heath forest Smooth Barked Apple Angophora costata Swamp Mahogany Eucalytpus robusta Paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca seiberi Banksia oblongifolia Melaleauca nodosa Acacia elongata Xanthorrhoea resinosa ssp. fulva Schoenus brevifolius Baumea rubiginosa Baumea arthrophylla Empodisma minus Two Colour Panic Panicum simile Gonocarpus micranthus Restio tetraphyllus ssp. meiostachyus Pultenaea microphylla

Lepironia swamp Lepironia articulata Lepidosperma longitudinale

After Myerscough & Carolin (1986) and Cropper (1997)

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FAUNA Scientific Name Common Name Reserve(s)** Reference(s) Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy Black Cockatoo BBNP; MLNP; Elizabeth Beach REF; SF Turner (1998); C. Slatyer, pers. obs. ??Clayptorhychus Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Bulahdelah Myall Lakes NP - Checklist magnificus sighting; MLNP of Birds Diomedea exulans Wandering Albatross MLNP Myall Lakes NP - Checklist of Birds Ephippiorhynchus Black-necked Stork MLNP; BBNP; Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth asiaticus YINR; CNR Beach REF; Turner (1998); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Esacus neglectus Beach Stone Curlew MLNP; BBNP Myall Lakes NP - Checklist of Birds; Pringle (1987); Forestry Commission (1993); C. Slatyer, pers.obs. ??Grantiella picta Painted Honeyeater MLNP Myall Lakes NP - Checklist of Birds Haematopus fuliginosus Sooty Oystercatcher MLNP; BBNP; Violet Hill REF; CTINR CTINR Fauna List; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Haematopus longirostris Pied Oystercatcher MLNP; BBNP; Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth CTINR Beach REF; CTINR Fauna List; Turner (1998); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. ??Ixobrychus flavicollis Black Bittern MLNP Myall Lakes NP - Checklist of Birds Neophema pulchella Turquoise Parrot MLNP Violet Hill REF; Turner, D. pers. comm.; C. Slatyer, pers. obs.; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Ninox strenua Powerful Owl MLNP; SF: Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth BBNP; CTINR Beach REF; CTINR Fauna List; Turner (1998); C. Slatyer, pers. obs.; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Pandion haliateus Osprey BBNP; MLNP Elizabeth Beach REF; Turner (1998)

??Pezoporus wallicus Ground Parrot BBNP; MLNP Turner, pers. comm. (1998) Pterodroma leucoptera Gould’s Petrel CTINR; BBNP; Elizabeth Beach REF; MLNP NPWS Wildlife Atlas; Turner (1998). Ptilinopus magnificus Wompoo Fruit dove MLNP; BBNP; Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth CTINR Beach REF; CTINR Fauna List; Turner (1998); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Sterna albifrons Little Tern BBNP; MLNP; Elizabeth Beach REF; CTINR CTINR Fauna List; Turner (1998); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern MLNP D. Turner (pers. comm.) Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl MLNP; SF; Violet Hill REF; CTINR CTINR Fauna List; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Tyto tenebricosa Sooty Owl MLNP Violet Hill REF Xanthomyza phrygia Regent Honeyeater MLNP Myall Lakes NP - Checklist of Birds NSW NPWS, 1997

MAMMALS Scientific Name Common Name Reserve(s)** Reference(s) Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll MLNP; BBNP North Tiona REF; Turner (1998); (Tiger Quoll) NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Petaurus australis Yellow-bellied Glider MLNP; SF; Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth Beach BBNP REF; C. Slatyer, pers. obs.; D. Turner, pers. obs. Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider BBNP; MLNP Elizabeth Beach REF; Turner (1998); C. Slatyer, pers. obs. Phascolarctos cinerus Koala MLNP; SF; Violet Hill REF; C. Slatyer pers. BBNP obs.; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. ??Isoodon obesulus Southern Brown MLNP Violet Hill REF; NPWS Wildlife Bandicoot Atlas. Macropus parma Parma Wallaby MLNP tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascogale MLNP; BBNP Violet Hill REF; Turner, D. pers. comm. Pseudomys Eastern Chestnut Mouse MLNP; BBNP Elizabeth Beach REF; Ecotone gracilicaudatus Ecological Consultants (1995); Turner (1998); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Bats

G:\Ramdata\5Oceania\Australia\5AU052\Australia Myall Lake RIS 1999 E.doc: syoung: 27/05/99 Kerivoula papuensis Golden-tipped Bat MLNP; SF Nerong Village REF; NPWS Wildlife Atlas; C. Slatyer pers. obs. Miniopterus australis Little Bent-wing Bat MLNP; BBNP Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth Beach REF; C. Slatyer, pers. obs.; NPWS Wildlife Atlas Miniopterus schreibersii Common Bent-wing Bat MLNP; BBNP Violet Hill REF; Elizabeth Beach REF; NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Syconycteris australis Blossom Bat BBNP; possibly Elizabeth Beach REF; Turner, D. MLNP pers. comm.

REPTILES Scientific Name Common Name Reserve(s)** Reference(s) Cacophis harriettae White-crowned Snake MLNP Violet Hill REF Hoplocephalus stephensi Stephen’s Banded Snake MLNP; SF Violet Hill REF; C. Slatyer, pers. obs.

AMPHIBIANS Scientific Name Common Name Reserve(s)** Reference(s) Crinia tinnula Wallum Froglet MLNP; BBNP Violet Hill REF; Bombah Point REF; C. Slatyer pers. obs.; M. Mahony pers. comm., March 1998. Litoria aurea Green and Golden Bell MLNP; SF; NW corner Violet Hill REF Frog BBNP Litoria brevipalmata Green-thighed Frog MLNP; SF C. Slatyer, pers. obs. Mixophyes balbus Stuttering Frog SF (Bulahdelah) White (1994) FLORA Scientific Name ROTAP code* Reserve(s)** Reference(s) Asperula asthenes 3VC-; TSC Act 1995 Sch MLNP; WINR; BBNP? NE NSW ROTAPs; 2 ‘Vulnerable’ Harden (1991) v3 p488; Binns pers. comm. (1998); Royal Botanic Gardens, . Eucalyptus fergusonii ssp. 3KC- MLNP NE NSW ROTAPs; fergusonii Harden (1991) v2 p120; Cropper (1997) Gonocarpus salsoloides 3RCa MLNP?; BBNP? (coastal NE NSW ROTAPs; swampy heath on sand) Harden (1991) v2 p212 Macrozamia pauli- 2K MLNP; SF (possibly in Binns pers. comm.

guilielmi ssp. flexuosa the Nerong area) (1998). Rhizanthella slateri 3KC- MLNP; SF NE NSW ROTAPs; Harden (1991) v4 p219; Binns pers. comm (1998) Senna aclinis 3RC-; TSC Act 1995 Sch MLNP?; BBNP? NE NSW ROTAPs; 1 ‘Endangered’ (subtropical rainforest Harden (1991) v2 p322 north of Bulahdelah. Probably at Cape Hawke BBNP) Syzygium paniculatum 3VCi; TSC Act 1995 Sch MLNP; BBNP NE NSW ROTAPs; 2 ‘Vulnerable’ Harden (1991) v2 p144; Binns (1996); NPWS Wildlife Atlas. Typhonium eliosurum 3RC- MLNP (record for NE NSW ROTAPs; Bulahdelah, off park) Harden (1991) v4 p35; Binns (1996)

*ROTAP species from Briggs and Leigh (1988). Key to codes on attached sheet. **Key to abbreviations MLNP - Myall Lakes National Park BBNP - Booti Booti National Park CTINR - Cabbage Tree Island Nature Reserve YINR - Yahoo Island Nature Reserve CNR - Coolongolook Nature Reserve SF - State Forest areas to the west of Myall Lakes National Park. Underlined species are known to occur as they have been observed in the given areas. ?? indicates that the record may be questionable.

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