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FAUNA SPECIES LIST: SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK Sydney Olympic Park Provides Habitat for Over 250 Native Animal Species FAUNA SPECIES LIST: SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK Sydney Olympic Park provides habitat for over 250 native animal species. A quarter of all bird species found in Australia have been recorded at the Park, as well as many species of amphibians, frogs, reptiles, mammals and fish. This species list is based on the results of fauna surveys conducted from 2000 to 2014, as well as incidental records. Native fauna species list: Sydney Olympic Park. 2000 - 2014 Common name Scientific name BIRDS Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni Musk Duck Biziura lobata Freckled Duck # Stictonetta naevosa Black Swan Cygnus atratus Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis Grey Teal Anas gracilis Chestnut Teal Anas castanea Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Hardhead Aythya australis Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Australasian Darter Anhinga melanogaster Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Australasian Bittern # Botaurus poiciloptilus Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica Great Egret Ardea alba Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia Cattle Egret Ardea Ibis Striated Heron Butorides striatus White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Little Egret Egretta garzetta Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Page 1 of 6 Native fauna species list: Sydney Olympic Park. 2000 - 2014 Common name Scientific name Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Brown Falcon Falco berigora Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Black Falcon # Falco subniger Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Painted Snipe (Australian subspecies) Rostratula benghalensis australis Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Page 2 of 6 Native fauna species list: Sydney Olympic Park. 2000 - 2014 Common name Scientific name Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Curlew Sandpiper # Calidris ferruginea Ruff Philomachus pugnax Little Tern # Sterna albifrons Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Crested Tern Sterna bergii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Galah Eolophus roseicapillus Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Eastern Rosella Platycercus adscitus eximius Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Barn Owl Tyto alba Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii Page 3 of 6 Native fauna species list: Sydney Olympic Park. 2000 - 2014 Common name Scientific name Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Little Wattlebird Anthochaera crysoptera Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata White-fronted Chat # Epthianura albifrons Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii Rose Robin Petroica rosea Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Page 4 of 6 Native fauna species list: Sydney Olympic Park. 2000 - 2014 Common name Scientific name Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis Australian Pipit Anthus australis Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava MAMMALS White-striped free-tail bat ^ Austronomus australis Lesser long-eared bat ^ Nyctophilus geoffroyi Gould’s wattled bat ^ Chalinolobus gouldii Chocolate wattled bat Chalinolobus morio Eastern free-tail bat ^ Mormopterus sp. 2 Eastern bent-wing bat # Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis Little bent-wing bat # Miniopterus australis Large forest bat Vespadelus darlingtoni Eastern broad-nosed bat Scotorepens orion Large-footed Myotis # Myotis macropus Grey-headed Flying Fox # Pteropus poliocephalus Common Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula Common Ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus AMPHIBIANS Green and Golden Bell Frog # Litoria aurea Peron’s Tree Frog Litoria peronii Bleating tree Frog Litoria dentata Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera REPTILES Bar-Sided Skink Eulamprus tenuis Blackish Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops nigrescens Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus Cream-striped Shinning-skink Cryptoblepharus virgatus Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata
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