NATURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS PROGRAM m)

FAUNA DISTRIBUTION MODELLING FOR CAPE YORK PENINSULA

D. G. Glasco, M.P. Bolton and A.J. Bryett Environmental Resources information Network Department of the Enviro~iment,Sport and Territories 1995 . .a

CYPLUS is a joint initiative of the and Commonwealth Governments CAPE YORK PENINSULA LAND USE STRATEGY (CYPLUS)

Natural Resources Analysis Program

FAUNA DISTRIBUTION MODELLING FOR CAPE YORK PENINSULA

D.G. Glasco, M.P. Bolton and A.J. Bryett Environmental Resources Information Network Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories 1995

CYPLUS is a joint initiative of the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments

Final report on project:

NR19 - FAUNA DISTRIBUTION MODELLING Recommended citation:

Glasco, D.G., Bolton, M.P. and Bryett, A.J. (1995). 'Fauna Distribution Modelling for Cape York Peninsula'. (Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy, Office of €he Co- ordinator General of Queensland, Brisbane, Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Canberra.)

Note:

Due to the timing of publication, reports on other CYPLUS projects may not be fully cited in the REFERENCES section. However, they should be able to be located by author, agency or subject.

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The Manager, Commonwealth Information Services GPO Box 84 CANBERRA ACT 2601 CAPE YORK PENINSULA LAND USE STRATEGY STAGE I

PREZ'ACE TO PROJECT REPORTS

Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy (CYPLUS) is an initiative to provide a basis for public participation in planning for the ecologically sustainable development of Cape York Peninsula. It is jointly funded by the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments and is being carried out in three stages:

Stage I - information gathering; Stage I1 - development of principles, policies and processes; and Stage III - implementation and review.

The project dealt with in this report is a part of Stage I of CYPLUS. The main components of Stage I of CYPLUS consist of two data collection programs, the development of a Geographic Information System (GIs) and the establishment of processes for public participation.

The data collection and collation work was conducted within two broad programs, the Natural Resources Analysis Program (NRAP) and the Land Use Program (LW). The project reported on here forms part of one of these programs.

The objectives of NRAP were to collect and interpret base data on the natural resources of Cape York Peninsula to provide input to:

evaluation of the potential of those resources for a range of activities related to the use and management of land in line with economic, environmental and social values; and formulation of the land use policies, principles and processes of CYPLUS.

Projects examining both physical and biological resources were included in NRAP together with Geographic Information System (GIs) projects. NRAP projects are listed in the following Table.

I Physical Resource/GIS Projects Biological Resource Projects Bedrock geological data - digitising and Vegetation mapping (NRO1) integration m05) Airborne geophysical survey (NR15) Marine plant (seagrass/mangrove) distribution (NR06) Coastal environment geoscience survey fauna survey (NR17) (NR14) Mineral resource inventory (NRM) fauna survey (NR10) Water resource investigation (groundwater) Terrestrial vertebrate fauna survey (NR03) W16) Regolith terrain mapping (NR12) Wetland fauna survey (NRO9) 1 Physical ResourcelGIS Projects Biological Resource Projects Land resource inventory (NR02) Flora data and modelling (NR18) Environmental region analysis (NR11) Fauna distribution modelling (NR19) CYPLUS data into NRIC database FINDAR Golden-shouldered parrot conservation mo) management (NR2 1) Queensland GIs dev$lopment and maintenance (NRO8)

* These projects are accumulating and storing all Stage I data that is submitted in GIs compatible formats.

Research priorities for the LUP were set through the public participation process with the objectives of:

collecting information on a wide range of social, cultural, economic and environmental issues relevant to Cape York Peninsula; and highlighting interactions between people, land (resource use) and nature sectors.

Projects were undertaken within these sector areas and are listed in the following Table.

People Projects Land Projects Nature Projects

Population Current land use Surface water resources Tmnsport services and Land tenure Fire infrastructure Values, needs and aspirations Indigenous management of land Feral and pest and sea Services and idmstructure Pastoral industry weeds Economic assessment Primary industries (non-pastoral, Land degradation and soil non-forestry) erosion Secondary and tertiary industries Forest resources Conservation and natural heritage assessment Traditional activities Commercial and non commercial Conservation and National Park fisheries management Current administrative structures Mineral resource potential and mining industry Tourism industry TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents 1 List of Figures, Tables, Maps and Appendices iii Abbreviations iv Executive Summary vii

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Preamble 1.2 Aims of Project

2.0 Methods 2.1 Overview of Methods 2.2 Collation 2.2.1 Identification 2.2.2 EvaluatiodNegotitation 2.2.3 Specification 2.2.4 Conversion/databasing 2.2.5 Supply to ERIN 2.2.6 Feedback to Custodian Taxon Listing Integration 2.4.1 Duplication control Packaging 2.5.1 Database design 2.5.2 Database building 2.5.3 Data documentation 2.5.4 Additional (value added) data 2.5.5 Data extraction and GIs tools 2.5.6 System documentation Analysis 2.6.1 distribution modelling at ERIN

3.0 Results 3.1 Data acquisition 3.1.1 Identified datasets 3.1.2 Acquired datasets 3.1.3 Excluded datasets 3.2 Metadata documentation on source datasets 3.3 Value-adding and packaging 3.3.1 Geocode data validation 3-3.2 Applied categories 3.3.3 Data extraction and GIs tools 3.4 Summary of consolidated CYP fauna dataset 3.4.1 Dataset summaries 3.4.2 Taxonomic and spatial summaries of consolidated database 3.4.3 Temporal extent of consolidated database 3.5 Species distribution mapping 3.6 Analyses 3.6.1 Species diversity 3.6.2 Distribution modelling

4.0 Discussion 4.1 Data Compilation 4.1.1 General discussion 4.1.2 Excluded datasets 4.1.3 Data quality 4.1.4 Value-added data 4.1.5 CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs 4.1.6 Database summaries 4.2 Data availability and restrictions 4.3 Analyses 4.2.1 Species distributions 4.2.2 Species modelling 4.4 Potential Uses in CYPLUS LUP and Stage 2 4.4.1 CYPLUS Land Use Program 4.4.2 CYPLUS Stage 2 4.5 Significance of results 4.5.1 Evaluation against objectives 4.5.2 Methodological advances 4.5.3 General community benefits

5.0 Acknowledgements

6.0 Bibliography LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, MAPS AND APPENDICES

List of Figures

Figure 1 Overview scheme for production of fauna component of CYPLUS GIs

List of Tables

Table 1 Institutions with CYP Fauna Data Table 2 Summary species counts by class Table 3 Summary counts for orders Table 4 Temporal extent of CYP vertebrate records supplied to the CYPLUS GIs

List of Maps

Map 1 records of CYPLUS Study Area Map 2 records of CYPLUS Study Area Map 3 records of CYPLUS Study Area Map 4 records of CYPLUS Study Area Map 5 Terrestrial vertebrate records &om CYP Map 6 Insect specimen records from CYP Map 7 Endemic of CYP (after page) Map 8 Endemic mammals of CYP (after page) Map 9 Lates calcifr (l3arrarnundi) freshwater penetration (after page) Map 10 Onthophagus consenfaneus(dung ) predicted range (after page) Map 11 Coptodactyla rnonstrosa (dung beetle) predicted range (after page) Map 12 Golden-shouldered Parrot predicted (after page)

List of Appendices

Appendix I Metadata Report of Fauna Datasets included in CYPLUS GIs Appendix II Fauna Species of Cape York Peninsula ABBREVIATIONS

AHC Australian Heritage Commission AM Australian Museum, Sydney AMNH American Museum of Natural History, New York ANCA Australian Nature Conservation Agency ANIC CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection ANPWS Australian National Parks and Wddlife Service (now ANCA) ANUZ Australian National University Zoology Department ANWC CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection BMNH Natural History Museum, London CAS California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA CCNT Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CYP Cape York Peninsula CYPLUS Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy DDC Data Dictionary and Catalogue DD&C Data Dictionary and Catalogue DPIM Department of Primary Industries, , Queensland DPIQ Department of Primary Industry, Queensland DWE Division of Wildlife and Ecology (of CSIRO) ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network ENS Environmental Resources Information System FMNH Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago GIs Geographic Information System(s) IMVS Institute of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Melbourne KU University of Kansas Museum of Natural History JCT James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville JCUNQ James Cook University of North Queensland LTB Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University LUP Land Use Program (of CYPLUS) MMS Macleay Museum, Sydney MNHP Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris MCZ Museum of Comparitive Zoology, Harvard University Mvz Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley MV National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne NMV National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne NRAP Natural Resources Analysis Program (of CYPLUS) NHRM Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden NTM Northern Territory Art Gallery and Museum, Darwin PCDS Personal collection and observations of Daryn Storch, , QLD PCGR Private Collection - Dr Greg Richards PCGM Private Collection - Dr G. Mengden PCGB Private Collection - Mr G Brooks, Cairns, QLD PCGT Private Collection - Mr G Theischinger, Engadme, NSW PCKD Private Collection - Mr K Dunn PCWH Private Collection - William Hosmer, Cairns QM Queensland Museum, Brisbane QDEH Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage QDPI Queensland Department of Primary Industries RAOU Royal Australian Ornithological Union RDBMS Relational Database Management System SAM South Afr-ican Museum, Capetown SAM. South Australian Museum, Adelaide USNM Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. UQ Department of Entomology, University of Queensland, Brisbane WAM Western Australian Museum, Perth ZMA Universiteit von Amsterdam, Netherlands

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The Fauna Data and Modelling Project (NR19) was one of three NRAP projects undertaken by ERIN. Before this project, existing data and information about the biota of Cape York Peninsula (CYP) was widely scattered across numerous agencies, institutions and individuals in many diierent formats. This information was a valuable resource that was not being utilised and was largely unavailable to potential users.

The purpose of this project was to make information on the fauna of CYP available to those who need it. We envisioned the primary users to be Queensland and Commonwealth environmental decision-makers and land use managers. We now realise this information is of value to all Cape York stakeholders, be they private citizens, business, indigenous communities, or academic researchers. We have made this information available in a digital form through a Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) and Geographic Information System (GIs).

The objectives of the project were: 1. to collate existing (pre-CYPLUS) data on CYP species and their locations; 2. to integrate existing fauna data with newly collected data fiom NRAP projects NR03, NR10, and NR17; 3. to perform some simple analyses to identi@ gaps in the data and predict the likely distribution of selected species; and 4. to provide suitable computer tools for accessing fauna data in the CYPLUS Geographic Information System.

Methods Collation and Databasing The major sources of fauna data were identified and targeted to assess their suitability for inclusion into the fauna database. To reduce duplication of effort, the workload for collating major data sources was divided up between this project and NR03: "Terrestrial Fauna Survey of ". QDEH was responsible for contacting many custodians, especially those in Queensland and the Australian Museum, in Sydney; readily-available data were collated to NR03 specifications. ERIN was responsible for contacting museums and other custodians in southern Australia and facilitating the databasing of records (especially ) in those institutions. Using a working list of CYP fauna datasets and custodians, ERIN project staff contacted each custodian and established the general particulars of each dataset. Each dataset was evaluated against specifications and priorities already established and releasability was negotiated with each custodian. If a collection was not already recorded in a digital version, the data on the locations of animal observations or collected specimens fiom records in a paper form were copied into a digital form. This was usually done by the relevant data custodian. These datasets were then supplied to ERIN in a semi-standardised format and loaded into Relational Database Management System @DBMS) format on ERIN'S Environmental Resources Information System (ENS). New data collected as a result of NRAP surveys and data extracted fiom published sources (by Glasco) were also integrated with existing data onto ENS. The spatially referenced data in ERIS were then incorporated into in a Geographic Information System (GIs). The primary taxonomic focus of this project was terrestrial vertebrate fauna. However, ERIN also collated and included in the GIs existing insect datasets from the CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection and the results of NRAP projects: NRlO (Fish Fauna Survey) and NR17 (Insect Fauna Survey). Loading data into ENS involved a number of standard tests for current taxonomic naming, locational accuracy, and duplication. was checked against the best available and most authorative listings of Australian fauna (e.g. the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species by the Australian Biological Resources Study for terrestrial vertebrates). A mainland/offshore test was conducted on records to identifj gross locational errors. Elevations were determined for records lacking such using a digital elevation model. As a record may have been reported by more than one source, duplications were checked for by comparing institution specimen identifications, dates, and collectors. Data documentation The strengths and weaknesses of each source data set were documented progressively in the ENS Data Dictionary and Catalogue (DDC) program. This documentation enabled the management of the data at ERIN by project staff. As this project ended, the metadata information on indiviual datasets was extracted from the DDC to be incorporated in this report (Appendix I) and as digital text files in the CYPLUS Fauna & Fauna GIs. Additional value-added data When available, additional information on each species was loaded into the database fiom existing digital sources or fiom paper sources keyed in by ERIN project staE Data such as locational accuracy, common names, conservation status, and distribution were entered in separate fields or tables as appropriate. This additional information was designed to enhance retrieval of pertinent data and information of interest to users. CYPLUS Fauna and Fauna GIs A stand alone GIs based on the ARCNO package were developed to store the collated CYP fauna and fauna data. Interactive tools and menus were developed to assist users in accessing the data and performing simple analyses. Analysis Database Summary Mapping. Aggregated summaries of the spatial distributions of major portions of the fauna dataset were plotted. Individual Species Mapping. The known distribution (including past distribution) of fauna species of special interest for management purposes were plotted. Simple distribution maps of these species can be used to identify and target areas of biological importance on Cape York Peninsula. Species Diversity Mapping. A method was developed to readily determine and map the number of either distinct species (or any taxonomic level) or number of records per a grid of any size. This application has been included in the CYPLUS GIs as a menu driven tool with several preselected grid sizes. Adequacy of Sampling Determination. Tools to assist with the analysis of biotic data were developed at ERIN. These are described in the NR18 Report, Cape York Peninsula Flora Data, (Cofinas efaZ., in prep.). There were insufficient time and resources available to apply these to the fauna data in this project.

Species DisfributionModelling and Analyses. Biogeographic models were developed to provide a more realistic spatial pattern of the potential habitats and distribution of a species population. These can compensate for biases in sampling observed in existing data sets. Several fauna species were selected for distribution modelling using BIOCLIM (Bioclimate Prediction System) in order to demonstrate the methodology. Results Datasets in CYPLUS Flora and Fauna GIs A subset of the identified datasets acquired by ERIN was included in the fauna database. Twenty-three individual fauna datasets have been included in the GIs. These included data from the Queensland Museum, QDEH, QDPI, CSIRO Australian National Widllife Collection, CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, South Australian Museum, National Museum of Victoria, Macleay Museum, overseas institutions, private collections, and published sources. The metadata describtions of each dataset has been provided to users in hardcopy and digital format. Taxonomic Summary A summary of known species is presented in the table below. Class Species on Species in Percent of Cape York Australia Australian Peninsula species in CP Amphibia 63 202 3 1% Aves 426 848 50% Mammalia 114 343 33% Reptilia 206 78 1 26% Osteichthyes () 105 unknown Insecta 1,082 unknown Percent of vertebrate species (excepting fish) in CYP 37%

Records in the database were attributed with information on distribution and conservation status. Common names were also provided for all species. CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs Records from the 23 datasets were included in the GIs with a number of analysis tools (Bryett et al., 1994). These included the ability to create ARC/INFO coverages from selected data, concentrations of taxa and samples across CYP, text files for selected taxa and analyses based on applied categories. Analyses Maps were produced to summarise the distribution of higher-order taxa and portions of the fauna database. The species diversity of bats across CYP was mapped. The distribution of a fish species was plotted using simple interpretation of data. Distribution models were produced for 3 dung beetle species, several petrogales and one endangered species (the golden-shouldered parrot) using BIOCLIM. Discussion This project has brought together most of the existing data about the presence of animals on CYP (generally north of latitude 16 degrees 30 minutes south). The data are provided in a format suitable for general use, including gridded maps summarising distributions of collections and observations of higher taxa, and modelled distributions of animal taxa. The database resulting has provided a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of fauna data across CYP. With the results of the NR03 project it covers one of the most important natural resource datasets relating to CYP. The data provided in the CYPLUS Fauna & Fauna GIs were the best available quality data which could be collated with the resources available. The taxonomic accuracy of the data was checked against the most current, authoritative list provided for Australia by the Australian Biological Resources Study; geocode accuracy was checked manually in most cases. The records passing various tests can be extracted for analyses such as species distribution modelling, which require the highest quality records. Changes in distribution through the years can be shown for some species. All records were provided as received fiom the data custodians except for sensitive taxa, such as endangered and vulnerable animal taxa. Restricted data were gridded to 3 minutes (approximately 6 krn) due to the sensitivity in releasing their locations. The point data are available from ERIN to those with legitimate requirements and appropriate permissions fiom the relevant original data custodians. Analysis of the data can: * determine adequacy of sampling in environmental regions (as defined by project NRl1 (Cofinas & Bolton, in prep.) or some other regionalisation of c-1; * predict the distribution of animals, particularly endangered, vulnerable and newly-discovered species; and * provide a baseline against which to monitor fbture biotic changes in CYP. This project provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge of the CYP fauna. It helps identifl gaps in knowledge that may require hrther field sampling and research. A clear deficiency in this dataset is the absence of information; however, laying this fauna data over the new NRAP data layers, such as vegetation, geology and soils, in a GIs operation may identifl many new patterns worthy of fbrther investigation. 1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Preamble

Other CYPLUS Natural Resources Analysis Program (NEL4P) projects were concerned with collecting and generating new data. This project was mainly concerned with converting existing paper and electronic records of animal species locations into a consistent digital format suitable for export to other CYPLUS projects and Queensland and Commonwealth users.

Existing data on the fauna of CYP was widely scattered and usually in formats unsuitable for analysis by computer, especially those in paper form. The challenge was to make the old and newly collected fauna data available in a common format on the CYPLUS GIs to support planning and decision-making.

Queensland agencies were the major data holders through the Queensland Museum collections and past National Parks and Wildlife Service (now part of Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage, or QDEH) surveys. Significant data holdings also existed with CSIRO, universities, other museums and with private individuals.

The quanity of data in published sources dating to the turn of the century was not large, but such records often contain important historical data and information about type localities.

1.2 Aims of Project

The purpose of this project was to make information on the fauna of Cape York Peninsula (CW) available to environmental decision-makers and land use managers through a Geographic Information System (GIs). The detailed objectives were as follows:

1. to collate existing (pre-CYPLUS) data on the locations of CYP animal species from various sources; 2. to integrate existing fauna data with newly collected data from NRAP projects NR03, NR10, and NR17; 3. to perform some simple analyses to identify gaps in the data and predict the likely distribution of selected species; and 4. to provide suitable computer tools for accessing fauna data in the CYPLUS Geographic Information System. 2.0 METHODS

2.1 Overview of Methods

This project was mainly concerned with converting existing, paper records of animal species locations into a digital format. In constrast with CYP flora data (Cofinas et al, in prep), very few fauna data relating to CYP were already held by ERIN at the commencement of this project.

Data custodians transferred existing data fiom paper or digital format into a semi-standard digital form for transfer to the ERIN Unit. These data were then loaded onto the Environmental Resources Information System (ENS), which is based on the Oracle RDBMS. ERIS provided a de facto standard for point-based species location data (fiom specimens andfor observations), capable of being loaded into Geographic Information Systems (GIs). These existing data were integrated with new data (e.g. from CYPLUS/NRAP project NR03: "Terrestrial Fauna Survey of Far North Queensland") to form a spatially-referenced database of animal species locations ("presences"). Documentation of data quality of these source datasets was a high priority in this project.

A broad outline of the methods for gathering NR19 data fiom existing sources was very similar in principle and practice to the collation of existing and new flora data - see Figure 1. Each of the point-based fauna datasets supplied to the CYPLUS GIs went through the Collation, Integration and Packaging phases. Construction of an authoritative list of CYP fauna taxa (Taxon Listing) was conducted somewhat separately to the gathering of point- based data, but was nevertheless vital for the final product.

Only portions of the data went through the Analysis phase, but fbrther progress is expected here through the Conservation and Natural Heritage Assessment project of the CYPLUS Land Use Program.

Some existing datasets did not reach the CYPLUS GIs; work on these ceased at one or other stage of the Collation phase.

2.2 Collation

In brief, this section describes the steps undertaken by ERIN fiom identification of the existence of a dataset, through its evaluation and databasing (usually by the relevant Custodian), to loading of the raw data into an Oracle source table at ERIN.

Priorities for evaluating and acquiring existing fauna data were established early in the project. Standards and protocols for databasing existing records were also set up early in the project. These standards evolved somewhat during the course of the work Setting Standards I and Priorities I

Collation Taxon Listing (of point-based (fauna of CYP) fauna datasets)

Figure 1: Overview scheme for production of fauna component of CYPLUS GIs. 2.2.1 Identification

One of the earliest tasks at ERIN for this project was to idente sources of existing point- based animal species data, i.e. museum specimens, ecological site survey observations and incidental records. Formal literature searches were also conducted. However, the task was also ongoing, in that discussions with Custodians and others often unearthed datasets previously unknown to ERIN. Bibliographies and a table of identified datasets were also created and added to as datasets and CYP related fauna information became known to project staff.

Using a working list of CYP fauna datasets and likely Custodians of same, ERIN project staff contacted each Custodian and established the general particulars of each dataset. The first question was whether the Custodian held datasets relating to Cape York Peninsula. If so, the next question was whether the dataset was point-based (resulting from either survey observations at a site or collected specimens lodged in an institution) or area based (i.e. polygon map). Cell-based studies up to a 10 minute grid resolution were considered "point" data.

Ifthe dataset was point-based, ERIN commenced negotiation for access to the data for CYPLUS and asked more detailed questions as to the precise nature and coverage of the data, viz: - What was the original purpose for collecting the data? - Was it for ecological survey, taxonomic research or otherwise? - Which taxa were surveyed? - Were the data in paper or digital format? - What is the area covered by the dataset? - How large is the dataset? - What is the quality of the data in the dataset? - How reliable are the taxonomic determinations? - How accurate and precise are the geographic cordmates (geocodes) or localites? - What was the design of the sampling strategy? - What is the availability of the dataset to ERIN and CYPLUS? - What resolution can the data be released to the CYPLUS GIs? - What resources are required to convert the data into a suitable format? - How long would it take?

Thus began the documentation of the strengths and weaknesses of each source dataset. Each dataset was evaluated against specifications and priorities, already established (see above). Given a willingness of the Custodian to make the data available to CYPLUS, the next step was to formalise the process. 2.2.3 Specification

In this step, negotiations with the data Custodian was formalised. In some cases, such as small datasets already in digital format, only an exchange of letters was needed between the data Custodian and ERIN.

In the case of large datasets in paper format, contracts were established between ERIN and the data Custodian to convert the data to RDBMS format and supply the data to CYPLUS via ERIN. In general, the Custodian usually knew their data best, so ERIN preferred to supply resources to the Custodian to upgrade their data in a format suitable for ERIN and the CYPLUS GIs.

In some cases, a third party (with consent of Custodian) was in a better position to upgrade and supply the data, so contracts were set up between ERIN and the third party. In yet other cases, ERIN project officers were in a better position to upgrade public domain CYP fauna datasets directly; here, the Custodian was usually informed by letter.

2.2.4 Conversionldatabasing

Once the above negotiations were formalised, the Custodian or agent set about converting the data into a standardised format suitable for loading into the ERIN System ("ENS" - Environmental Resources Information System). In most cases, data suitable for loading into the ERIS "Specimen" Module was obtained fiom the Custodian. In general terms, each specimen or observational record had locational details as well as date of collection, collector, and taxonomic determination. Many museums store their label data in this format. Data meeting this rninumum requirement was destined for supply to the CYPLUS GIs. A few institutions also recorded, sex, size, and preservation method in their specimen registers, but as this was not consistencly the case this data was not captured and included in the CYPLUS GIs.

In some cases, data suitable for loading into the ERIS "Site Survey" Module was obtained. Several to many species were recorded by the Custodian at each site, which has a single set of habitat data associated with it.

2.2.5 Supply to ERIN

Custodians supplied CYP fauna data to ERIN in RDBMS or structured text format with a 1.ocational reference on each record. Data were supplied in ASCII, .DBF, Microsoft Access or other format. In other words, source data were not in formats immediately suitable for a GIs. A variety of physical formats were employed, data were usually supplied on MS-DOS 3.5 inch floppy disks, but Exabyte tapes or electronic mail were occasionally used.

All relevant incoming datasets were parsed and loaded into "source tables" of raw data in the Oracle RDBMS at the ERIN Unit. At this stage, the incoming source dataset was documented on the ERIN Data Dictionary and Catalogue system. Basic contact details and dataset specifications were entered along with some indication of data quality. 2.5.4 Additional (value-added) data

Where available, additional information on each species was loaded into the database fiom existing digital sources or from paper sources keyed in by ER.IN project staff. Data such as common names, growth form and conservation status were provided in separate fields or tables, as appropriate. ERIN project officers also performed some preliminary attribution of CYP fauna taxa as to whether each was endemic or had a disjunct distribution.

This additional information was designed to enhance user-fiiendly retreival of data fiom the CYPLUS Flora databasdGIS and to provide various non-taxonomic aggregations of the integrated dataset, for summary purposes.

2.5.5 Data extraction and GIs Tools (supplied to CYPLUS GIs)

A series of data extraction tools were set up for operation on the large coverage comprising the data of the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs (Bryett et al., 1994).

2.5.6 System documentation

Documentation of the system was written to speclfjr minimum hardware/soRware requirements, to facilitate loading of the ERIN CYPLUS GIs at remote sites and to provide guidelines for users (Bryett et aZ.,1994). Appendix I provides the minimum documentation requirements to the ERIN floralfauna component of the CYPLUS GIs.

2.6 Analysis

2.6.1 Species Distribution Modelling (at ERIN)

The potential distribution of selected species were modelled from the existing site data and the physical environmental data collated for the Environmental Region Analysis (NRl1) project.

Simple manual interpolation between data points was used to display the fieshwater penetration of barramundi, which is normally an estuarine species.

The Bioclimate Prediction System (Busby, 1991) was used to predict the distribution of * 3 dung , using data supplied by P. Zbrowski, the CYPLUS NR17 field project officer; and * golden-shouldered parrot, using data supplied by Dr S. Garnett, the CYPLUS NR21 project officer. 3.0 RESULTS

3.1 Data acquisition

3.1.1 Identified datasets

We identified over 200 sources of data containing CYP fauna species and distribution data. Sources were identified fiom a combination of ERIN DD&C queries, contacts with museums, personal knowledge and experience, litertature searches, and serendipiv

As part of NR03, QDEH was to compile historical records fiom published sources. Dr. David McFarland was contracted to do this. In December 1993 QDEH provided us with a copy of McFarland's report (1993~).For reasons stated in 4.1.2 following we unable to use his compiled historical dataset. However, his bibliographic work in identmg and locating published sources was superb. We relied upon his bibliography to locate published records of type localities of herpetofauna and mammals of special interest, e.g. rare or restricted species.

3.1.2 Acquired datasets

The institutions listed in Table 1 were indentified as possessing either fauna specimens or reliable observational records from CYP that were actually acquried. ERIN thus negotiated the acquisition of those datasets residing in formal Australian institutions as a priority.

Those institutions followed with @) were discovered while conducting searches in published sources. As these were not discovered until early 1994, there was insufficent time and finds to coordinate extensive searches and databasing of their entire collections for the occasional CYP specimens and records.

Informal inquiries were made with several overseas institutions via the INTERNET to ascertain if their collections were already databased and if they could share their data with ERIN and CYPLUS. Three answered favourably. The best databased and accessible collection was that of the Slater Museum in Washington State, but they had no CYP specimens. The University of Kansas (KU) provided datasets of their Australian mammals and Queensland herpetofauna. Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) sent a paper copy of their Queensland herpetofauna register. Neither asked for any renumeration and both agreed to make the information public domain so long as thier institutions are acknowledged. Unfortunately, the KU collections contained few CYP specimens. In constrast, the MCZ had

-- - - 2Neither rely on seredipity, nor underestimate its potential value. In such a project as this it can not yield quantity but it can produce the occasionaljewel. Just two examples: - While perusing a journal Glasco came across a paragraph-long filler describing an observation of a Goshawk feeding on a juvenile platypus. As the author (Richards 1986) gave a precise location, this 'record' extended the range of the platypus into the CYPLUS study area. - Glasco was laboriously translating portions of a rare Czech book @omin 1910) for speleological purposes when he came across a 1909 'record' of Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo on Bellender Ker. Although this is not in the CYPLUS study area, this record establishes an earlier distribution of this now vulnerable species. over 800 specimens fiom northern Queensland and the Torres Straits, over 400 of which were useable for the CYPLUS GIS.3

In March 1994 we also informally contacted the Riksmuseet (Royal Museum) in Stockholm and the Arnercain Museum of Natural History in New York (AMNH) for information on two historically important CYP related collections; respectively, the collections resulting fiom Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition of northern Queensland in 1909-10 and the 1940s Archibald Expeditions of Australasia4. Neither responded. Two institutions with the world's largest zoological collections, the British Museums and the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, are both known to have large numbers of Australian specimens but neither had yet databased locational information.

ERIN possesed other datasets with CYP data that had been acquired for other ANCA projects. While these have been used in distribution and diversity analysis when appropriate, we were unable to provide the original data to the CYPLUS GIs due to proprietory restrictions. These datasets are labled with (r) following the institution in Table 1.

The Royal Geographic Society of Queensland (RGSQ) sponsored biotic research expeditions of northern CYP in 1989. Their grants included flora and fauna, including invertebrates. The RGSQ graciously allowed the results to be used for CYPLUS purposes. Unfortunately, the consolidated report was not published until early 1994 and only a few of the fauna contributors included locational information and no digital versions of the raw data were available. Hence, we were able to database and forward to the CYPLUS GIs only a few mammal and reptile records gleaned fiom the published report.

The bulk of the QDEH data consists of the 1990s NR03 fauna surveys but also includes data fiom surveys over the previous two decades. The Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service (QNPWS), the predessor of QDEH, conducted fauna surveys of the area, the McIIwraith and Iron Ranges, and the Cape Flattery area between 1976 and 1986 (QDEH 1980,1981,1986; Winter 1980; Winter and Atherton 1986). Any specimens collected were lodged with the Queensland Museum and were presumed to be included in data recieved fiom that institution. However, there many interesting and potentially valuable observations (i.e. no specimens collected) to be captured in the growing database. Using paper copies of the reports, we databased several hundred mammal and herpetofauna records from these earlier surveys. The 1977-9 Mcllwraith surveys by Winter and Atherton, then in the employ of QNPWS, were databased by James Cook University (JCU) circa 1980. While JCU still had the original data on magnetic tapes, changes in information technology and data formatting made it extremely diflticult to extract the information from these valuable surveys (Lethbridge, . pers. comm.). It was May 1994 before this task was completed and the complete McJlwraith data fiom 1977-9 could be incorporated into into the CYPLUS GIs via NR03.

3~.~.Darlington conducted a biological expedition and fauna survey of Northern Queensland in 1932 and lodged his large collection with the MCZ. This is the largest source of CYP fauna information bktween Donald Thompson's work in the 1920s and the Archbold Expeditions of the late 1940s. 4G.HH. Tate's 1948 surveys of the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges were of particular interest. Table 1: Institutions with CYP fauna data

Records is the count of CYP records held by ERIN.

Institution Code Records Taxonomic extent American Museum of Natural History, New York AMNH 107 herpetofauna, mammals

Australian Nature Conservation Agency ANCA 9.778 birds, bats CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection ANIC 10,133 CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection ANWC 650 herpetofauna, birds, mammals California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (p) CAS 3 Conservation Commission of Northern Temtory CCNT 6 birds Department of Entomology, University of UQ 147 insects Queensland, Brisbane Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La LTB 2 mammals Trobe University, Melbourne (p) Department of Primary Industries, Mareeba, DPIM 514 insects Queensland Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (p) FMNH 1 herpetofauna Mtute of Medical and Veterinary Sciences (p) IMVS 13 mammals James Cook University of North Queensland (p) JCT 12 herpetofauna Macleay Museum, Sydney MMS 234 herpetofanua, birds Museum National dlHistoire Naturelle, Paris (p) MNHP 1 reptiles Museum of Comparitive Zoology, Harvard MCZ 45 6 herpetofauna University Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of MVZ 4 herpetofauna Calif., Berkeley (p) National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne NMV 2494 herpetofauna, birds, mammals Natural History Museum, London (p) BMNH 25 herpetofauna, birds Naturhistoriska Rkmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden NHRM 9 reptiles, mammals 0) Northern Temtory Art Gallery and Museum, NTM 5 birds Darwin Personal collection and observations of Daryn PCDS 206 herpetofauna, birds, mammals Storch, Cairns, QLD Private Collection - Dr Greg Richards PCGR 234 bats Private Collection - Dr G. Mengden (p) PCGM 2 herpetofauna Private Collection - Mr G Brooks, Cairns, QLD (p) PCGB 1, herpetofauna Private Collection - Mr G Theischinger, Engadine, PCGT 1 herpetofauna NSW (p) Private Collection - Mr K Dunn (r) PCKD 6,106 buttexflies Private Collection - William Hosmer, Cairns (p) PCWH 3 herpetofauna Queensland Museum, Brisbane QM 6504 herpetofauna, birds, mammals Queensland Department of Environment and QDEH 21,926 herpetofauna, birds, mammals Heritage Queensland Department of Primary Industry QDPI 2104 insects Queensland Department of Primary Industry, QDPI 2185 fish Fisheries Branch Walkamin Royal Australian Ornithological Union (r) RAOU 6,000 birds Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. RGSQ 3 1 mammals, reptiles Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian USNM 3 herpetoha Mtution (p) South Afiican Museum, Capetown (p) SAM 2 herpetofauna South Australia Museum, Adelaide SAMA 698 birds, mammals Universiteit von Amsterdam,Netherlands (p) ZMA 1 University of Kansas Museum of Natural History KU 18 herpetofauna, mammals Western Australian Museum, Perth (r) WAM 17 1 birds

The following institutions were funded to provide CYP fauna data, using CYPLUS NRAP NR19 project andlor ERIN finds:

CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection $15,000 (1992-93) Macleay Museum, University of Sydney $2,600 (1992-93) South Australian Museum $3,000 (1992-93) The CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection had previously been funded by ERIN to database selected taxonomic groups on a continental basis. Queensland Museum (QM) and some Australian Museum (AM) data were acquired through NR03 funding but were reformatted and entered into the CYPLUS GIs by ERIN. Other AM data were extracted from published sources. See Appendix I for complete descriptions and extent of institutional datasets used for this report.

3.1 -3 Excluded datasets

Not all of the individual records available to ERIN have been forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. Reasons for not doing so, in order of frequency, are:

- no reliable geographic coordinate (geocode) accurate within 30 kilometres could be determined, - taxonomy could not be identified to species level or species is not recognized by recognized Australian authorities as a valid species, - custodian of data prohibited distribution.

3.2 Metadata documentation of source datasets

ERIN placed a high priority on documentation of source fauna datasets, both for internal project use and for release to the CYPLUS GIs. Appendix I has descriptions of all 23 datasets supplied to the CYPLUS GIs by ERIN. The section in Appendix I entitled "Explanation of Metadata Fields" describes the items in each dataset description. 3.3 Value-adding and packaging

3.3.1 Geocode data validation

Unlike the CYP flora project (Cofinas et al. in prep.), where geocodes (latitude and longitude of each record) were checked by a semi-automatic program at ERIN, the CYP fauna records were checked manually for consistency with the text description of the locality accompanying each record. The locality description was checked in the Australian Gazetteer, using the FINDAR program of the National Resources Information Centre, Canberra.

3.3.2 Applied categories

The common names of fish and herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) were not provided by the relevant standard taxonomic lists. They were added from literature sources to ERJS and the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs. Common names for all CYP fauna species are listed in Appendix 11.

The distribution of each species was classified into simple categories (Appendix II). These categories have enabled the assessment of concentrations of endemic species in the CYPLUS LUP Conservation and Natural Heritage Assessment project. Appendix II also lists the conservation status of relevant species, following the draft listing by QDEH, (1994) for the new Queensland Nature Conservation Act.

3.3.3 Data extraction and GIs tools A series of data extraction and summary tools were constructed by ERIN, using ARCLNFO and UNIX utilities, to accompany the flora and fauna databases collated for CYPLUS. The package of data and tools was named the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs; Version 1.0 is documented in Bryett et al. (1994). While compatible with the main CYPLUS GIs at NRIC and Qld Department of Lands, it will also run in "stand alone" mode.

3.4 Summary of consolidated CYP fauna dataset

3.4.1 Dataset summaries

The count of records in the Table 1 are of records in the ERIS specimen database and within the CYPLUS study area. Records fiom institutions marked with 'r' were not forwarded to the CYPLUS GIs due to proprietary restrictions, however they have been used in analysis of fauna distributions. Records from institutions marked with '(p)' were derived fiom published sources and are included the dataset "CYPLUS - Published Vert Records" (see Appendix I).

3.4.2 Taxonomic and spatial summaries of consolidated database

Table 2 lists the number of species on CYP (north of 16.5 degrees S) in ERIS compared with all species in Australia. Gridded summaries of the distribution of the records in each class are shown in Maps 1 through 6. Map 5 shows the distribution of all terrestrial vertebrate records. Table 2: Summary species counts by class I

Class Species on CYP Species in EXLS for Summary Mq the Australian No. continent Amphibia 63 202 1 Aves 427 848 4 Mammalia 114 343 3 Reptilia 206 78 1 2 Osteichthyes & 93 not counted see NRlO Chondrichthyes (freshwater) report Insecta 1,082 unknown 6

Table 3 lists the number of records, species and unique locations on CYP for each of the relevant animal orders. Due to lack of coordinates or precise localities or dissemination restrictions, not all records hve been forwarded to the CYPLUS GIs. Obviously, many invertebrate orders have not been collated in this database, but the vertebrate data cover all of the orders relevant to CYP.

Table 3: Summary counts for orders I

Class Order Common name for No. of No. of Unique group Recorh Species Sites Insecta Coleoptera beetles 5406 270 1493 Diptera flies, mosquitoes & 444 115 161 midges Ephemoptera mayflies Isoptera termites butterflies and Megaloptera alderflies & dobsonflies dragonflies Orthoptera locusts, grasshoppers & katydids Plecoptera stoneflies Chondrichthy Lamniformes sharks es Rajifonnes rays Osteichthyes Alterinifonnes hardyhead, blue-eyes & Clupeiformes bream & anchovy Cypinodontiformes longtoms & garfish Elopiformes herring Gonorhynchiformes milkfish Osteoglossiformes saratoga Percifonnes perch, gudgeon, cod, goby & grunters Pleuronectiformes sole Scorpaenifonnes stonefish Siluriformes Synbranchiformes one-fled eels Arnphibia Anura Aves Accipitriformes raptors Anserifonnes ducks & geese Apodiformes swifts Ardeiformes egrets, herons & bitterns Caprimulgiformes frogmouths & nightjars cassowary & emu gulls, noddies, oystercatchers, etc. Cinconiiformes ibis & spoonbills Columbiionnes pigeons & doves Coraciiformes kingfishers Cuculifonnes cuckoos Galliformes fowl, quail & pheasant bustard, cranes & rails Passeriformes Pelecanifonnes cormorants, fiigatebirds & boobies Podicipediformes grebes Procellariiiormes shearwater Psittaciformes cockatoos & parrots Strigiformes owls Marnrnalia Artiodactyla ungulates Carnivora carnivores Chiroptera bats Diprotodonta macropods, possums, cuscus & bettong Montremata platypus & echidna Perissodactyla horses Polyprotodonta , & Rodentia rats and mice Reptilia Crocodiia crocodiies lizards, , & snakes Testudiies turtles Amphibian Records

of CYPLUS Study Area CYPLUS is a joint initiiof the Cape York Peninsula Queendand and Commo~hGovernment

* Amphibian records in CYPLUS study area 1'4 Major Roads N Major Rivers

Projection: Geographical representation Spheroid: Australian National Spheroid Sources.... ERIN Information S em RIS database containin specimen remrds from various institutions including Australian Museum, $Lueenssnd useum Nawnal &eum of vlctorla, Madeary Museum. South Australia Museum. Museum of Comparative Zoolo Universi .of Kansas Natural History Museum. Winter, ..I. and Lethbridge, P. &$s?~~~errdnalVertebrate Fauna. Rnal R t of Rdd Surveys. QDEH. Various published sources. See te for bibliography. Record details are in CYPLU~GIs. Caveats.... On1 records with reliable and current taxornomy are included. spa!. la1 accuracy of records plotted above are within 15 km, with an average of 5 km. Map 1

Map prepared through the facilities of the Environmental Resources Information Netwcrk ERIN (December 19, 1994) Reptile Records

Cape York Peninsula CYPLUS is a pint intiof tim CYPLUS Study Area Quwnshnd and Commomvealth Garemme

* Reptile records from CYPLUS study area Major Roads N Major Rivers

141 E IUE 1- E IU E 34s E

Projection: Geographical representation Spheroid: Australian National Spheroid Sources.... ERIN Information S em RIS database containin specimen records from various institutions including Australian Museum,geen&nd huseum, Natioyal &eum of Victoria, Madeary Museum, South Australla Museum. Museum of Comparative Zoolo (Harvard) Unlversl of Kansas Natural History Museum. Winter, J. and Lethbridge, P. CYPL~S~errddal Vertebrate Fauna. Rnal R t of Field Surveys. QDEH. Various published sources. See8% te for bibliography. Record details are in CYPLU~GIs. Caveats.... Onl records with reliable and current tammomy are included. sp& ~alaccuracy of records plotted above are withln 15 km, with 9 average-of 5 km. Records of marlne rept~lesfrom offshore and northern Torres Straits are not included. Map 2

Map prepared through the facili of the Environmental Resources Infunnation Network ERlN (December 19, 1994) * Mammal records from CYPLUS study area Major Roads N Major Rivers

Projection: Geographical representation Spheroid: Australian National Spheroid Sources .... ERlN Information System (ERIS database containin specimen records from various institutions including Auarpl~anMuseum, quwnslandHuseum Nabonal huseum of Yicmna, Macle Museum. Winter, J: and Lethbn e. P. (1w)C~LUS Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna. A# Rpt of Reid Surveys. QDEH. ObsewattonJ records '$ om G. Rrchards and D. Storch. Various published sources. See text for bibliography. Record details are in CYPLUS GIs. Caveats.... On1 records with reliable and current taxomomy are included. spayid accuracy of records plotted above are within 15 km. with an average of 5 km. Map 3 y Map prepared thmugh the facilii of he Environmental Resources Information Network ERlN (December 19, 1994) Bird Records

Cape York Peninsula CYPLUS is a pint initiative of the CYPLUS Study Area Quwnshrd and Commomveaffh Q~vem

* Bird records from CYPLUS study area

......

Projection: Geographical representation

Map prepared thmugh the facilities of the Environmental Resources lnf~rmrrtionNetwork ERIN (December 19, 1994) Cape York Peninsula

* Terrestrial vertebrate records north of 16 degrees 30 minutes

::;::::::::::;::.;50 160

Projection: Geographical representation

Map prepared through the facilities of the Envimnrnental Resotaces Information Network ERIN (December 19, 1994) lnsect Specimens

from Cape York Peninsula CYPLUS isa joint initiative of the Queenslard and Commonwealth Govern

* lnsect records from Cape York Peninsula

Projection: Geographical representation

ian National Insect Collection NR17 Insect Suwe of CYP. 2 of NR19. Report b specie included. GIs for I~~IMUJrecord detalls.

Map prepared through the facilities of the Environmental Resources Information Network ERIN (December 20, 1994) 3 -4.3 Temporal extent of consolidated database

Records in the ENS specimen database for the CYPLUS study area now span over two centuries (Table 4). The earliest is of a kangaroo collected by Joseph Banks in 1770 near present day Cooktown. The most recent records, May 1994, are roadkills and recent meals of dissected cats identified by Daryn Storch.

Table 4: Temporal extent of CYP vertebrate records supplied to the CYPLUS GIs year count year count year count year count . 1770 1 1908 595 1938 9 1968 272 1845 9 1909 134 1939 34 1969 240 1848 2 1910 685 1942 2 1970 567 1858 4 1911 150 1943 17 1971 374 1860 1 1912 24 1944 23 1972 171 1869 1 1913 344 1945 7 1973 408 1874 26 1914 452 1946 11 1974 947 1875 153 1915 28 1947 3 1975 1831 1884 3 1916 32 1948 509 1976 1499 1885 1 1917 1 1949 44 1977 . 1716 1890 3 1919 3 1950 4 1978 5762 1891 1 1920 8 1951 22 1979 3728 1892 1 1921 13 1952 11 1980 2381 1893 7 1922 60 1953 3 1981 3429 1894 7 1923 9 1954 2 1982 695 1895 1 1924 6 1955 10 1983 777 1896 3 1 1925 1 1956 1 1984 2469 1897 17 1927 86 1957 134 1985 2129 1898 3 1928 228 1958 . 86 1986 3135 1899 3 1929 29 1959 34 1987 1227 1900 16 1930 1 1960 166 1988 395 1901 5 193 1 1 1961 70 1989 400 1902 46 1932 80 1962 58 1990 2322 1903 47 1933 13 1963 3 1 1991 65 1 1904 32 1934 1 1964 507 1992 1828 1905 79 1935 6 1965 73 1993 11896 1906 106 1936 8 1966 297 1994 1112 1907 139 1937 2 1967 141 nodate 519 total 58414

3.5 Species distribution mapping

The distribution of CYP endemic mammals was plotted (Map 7). This was aided by interrogation of national datasets available to ERIN to codinn endemicity. Endemic Mammals um wa smrrmv ' of Cape York Peninsula WRUBLaWWblindIh. Qumnnland and CamnonweaRh Q

Mammals endemic to Cape York Peninsula

Melomys capensis (Cape York Melomys) Petrogale coenensis (Corn Petrogale) 4 Petrogale godmani (Godman's Rock-wallaby ,...... Sminthopsls archeri (Chestnut ) Pseudochelrus cinereus (Daintree River Ringtail Possum)

CO 100

Projection: Geographical representation Spheroid: Australian National Spheroid t Sources.... ERIN Informatton system (ERIS database containin s ecimen records from various institutions including &stdlm Mu u ~uwnsianb~useumN lonal hue)eurn of Victoria. Maciea Museum. nta. J. anmbri. e, P. (1994) CYPLU~Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna. R~@IRpt of Field Surveys. QDEH. ewlafl re~ards%' om D. Storch. Pia oua pudY ehed sources. See text for bibliography. Record details are in CYPLUS GIs.

Map 7

Map prepared thmw the fa~ltiiof the Ehnmental ~o~ lnf~rmationNWrk ERIN (December 20, 1994) No individual species were mapped, separately, for this report. See, however, Em- produced maps in the project report for NR10 "Fish Fauna Survey of CYP". See also the distribution modelling examples, below, where actual locations are plotted along with potential habitat.

3.6 Analyses 3.6.1 Species diversity

The CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs (Bryett et al., 1944) has the facility to display the number of species or specimens of a taxonomic level or applied category in each grid cell across CYP. An example of the output is Map 8, which shows the known bat species diversity across CYP. It should be noted that the summaries reflect the quality of the underlying data; where systematic surveys of particular groups have not been conducted, a false picture may arise.

3.6.2 Distribution modelling

Barramundi. The freshwater penetration of Lates calcarifer (barramundi) which is normally an estuarinelsaltwater fish, was modelled (Map 9).

Dung beetles. The distributions of three species of dung beetles were modelled using the BIOCLlM package (Busby, 1991). Data provided by CYPLUS project NR17 were used at the request of Paul Zbrowski, for use at the second NRAP workshop in Mareeba, in March 1994. The species modelled were as follows:

Onthophagus consentaneus (Map 10) Onthophagus gazella (not shown); and Coptodactyla monstrosa (Map 11)

Golden-shouldered parrot. At the request ofDr S. Garnett, project officer for QDEH and CYPLUS project NR21, ERIN modelled the distribution of the endangered species, using the BIOCLIM program (Map 12). Dr Garnett supplied ERIN with the known point locations (which ERIN does not have permission to display here) for Psephotus chrysopterygerius (golden-shouldered parrot).

Other. Several PetrogaIe spp. (rock wallabies) and Pseudocherus spp. (possums) were run through BIOCLlM (Winter, Rozenbilds and Glasco, unpubl. data). Several spurious records were corrected through interpretation of the results. The overlap of range of the Petrogale coensis and P. godmani indicated possible changes in ranges, due to competition between these species. It also may suggest that some specimens in the overlapping area may have been misidentified. 4.0 DISCUSSION

4.1 Data compilation

4.1.1 General discussion

Before commencement of this project, it was known that the data about the fauna of CYP were scattered across a number of agencies in the Commonwealth and States and some in private collections. The challenge was to identify the datasets, make some assessment of their suitability and worth/contribution to the database and attempt to obtain the data and integrate it into one system usable by many and for many different purposes. Although new surveys (such as the new fauna surveys of CYPLUSINRAP) are often of a higher quality than previous work, the authors considered that there was a wealth of useful knowledge about the fauna of CYP that was essentially unavailable to analysts and decision-makers. The new surveys could only hope to supplement this work, rather than supersede it.

Few of the fauna data supplied to the CYPLUS GIs originated with ERIN. Data were supplied by several agencies, organizations, institutions, and indiviual collaborators. The quality and spatidtemporal extent of data made available to ERIN and CYPLUS varied greatly. Some datasets supplied included much potentially valuable ancillary information. Others contained little information other than species and a locality.

ERIN'S role has been to consolidate the many datasets described in Appendix I into a single consistent reliable fauna database for incorporation into the CYPLUS GIs. Hence, much information, both valuable and spurious, has not been included. For a record to be included it had to have (at a minimum) a valid species with a determinable location, and preferaly a date. Many datasets contained ancillary information and attributes not supplied to the CYPLUS GIs. Appendix I describes these details and who to contact for further information on each dataset.

Note that data from the NRAP fauna projects NR03, NRlO and NR17 have been included in the datasets compiled by ERIN and supplied to the CYPLUS GIs.

4.1.2 Excluded datasets

Every effort was made to identify as many datasets as possible containing fauna data from CYP. However, time and cost constraints did not allow all important datasets to be identified and/or databased. The datasets excluded from the consolidated database as identified in Section 3.l.and Table 1 should be targeted in the future for incorporation into the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs. For example, British Museum, American Natural History Museum, RAOU and Dunn's butterflies.

NR03McFarland. The largest and most taxonomically diverse dataset excluded was McFarland's (1993~).We decided not to use the dataset he compiled for primarily spatial and temporal reasons. It was hoped that with sufficient records fiom the 19th and early 20th Bat Species Diversiy

of Cape York Peninsula CYPLUS b a pint Miof th Quaondpnd and CommomvnaRh Qmmum

Chiroptera (bats) species per 30 minute grid no records It05 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25

MaJor Roads N Major Rivers ...- ,,..+.---7 -1T 0 60 100 $ a j - I f , 1 *&, 4":&-:...... -!

- 'I'i i

Projection: Geographical representation Spheroid: Australian National Spheroid

1 Sources------.... - - - - ERlN lnforrnatlon System (ERIS database contalnin specimen records from various institutlo~including Austdian Museum. Queensi rdhnuseurn. National fiuseurn of Victoria. CSlRO National Wlidlde Collect~on,ANCA. Observational records from & Richards. Various published sources. See text for MMiography. Record detalis are in CYPLUS GIs. Caveats.... S ecies richness affected by'wrach effort. & bat oriented surw havd been conducted in southwest portion of study area. Date of lnforrnatlon 5 #arch 1994. Map 8

Map pmpmd Ihm* tha Mlk of the EmhDnmantd Rsolrrocw Information Network ERlN @emmber 22, 1994) Late6 calcarifer (Barramundi) penetration in major rivers Freshwater penetration )(( NO penetration I"\' Major roads Onthophagus consentaneus I IlkP- (dung beetle) OYPlWhajaMlnPllYHdIh Predicted Habitats on CYP Ounum.nd-hBAlmA*III

* Specimen records Predicted Suitable Habltat

,:! Major Roads N Major Rhrers

Caveats.... lmen location do"not r resent entire species dlslrlbution. B@~JThmtion prrsddons bas% upon 16 dlmrtlc and etevaion VWI~UBS. Date of lnformatlon 5 March 1094. Map 10 * Specimen records Suitable Habitat Marginal Habitat

;\' ;\' Major Roads MGMajor Rivers

f ,Ma *#'& wi:' ;li.*.irL-"*.4n.-~ .,...... f !' : - Ill I I Golden-shouldered Parrot d*a

Predicted Habitats CVXLl3 b a join -nitmiw or th. Cape York Peninsula QuwnslPnd and Commorwcdh Qwwmm$

I

Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopteryglus) Sultable Habitat Marginal Habitat

b 144 t 146 E

Projection: Geographical representation Spherold: Australian National Spherold - . - Sources ....

Caveats .... Only records lidated b S. Garnett were used in modellin . See CYPLUS%S for rib locations and remrd details. ~ucRrecords may not have been used in above modelling.

Map pmparsd Ihmm tha feeilk of the Ehnmental Resow Informatin Nstwork ERIN (hmrnbor 20, 1894) changes in distribution for some species could be determined and potential habitats more accurately predicted. A majority, but not all, of the records McFarland found gave only general localities vice specific coordinates. Hence, he used a 15 minute (approximatedly 17 km) grid system. As many records where near coasts, about 30% of his records fell into coastal waters when plotted. Such records would have failed ERIN'S offshore validation test when loaded into the ERIS specimen module. Any geographic coordinates and precise localities in the original records were not captured.

McFarland did include a "year" field in his dataset, but this was the year of the published source, not the actual date of collection or observation. As an example, Donald Thomson's valuable specimens and observations from the 1920s and 30s where given a date of 1985, the date of Dixontsand Huxley's publication of his work.

Although McFarland extracted information fiom museum registers, no institution specimen identification number or collector's name were included. Hence, we could not check for duplication of records ERIN had already obtained.

For these reasons, McFarlandtsdataset was not included in the data provided by ERIN to the CYPLUS GIs. Nonetheless, his work is still usefil as stand alone dataset for general distributions of many species and for identifying gaps and deficiencies in the spatial coverage of each species. His bibliography was invaluable in allowing us to find and capture over 3,000 herpetofauna and mammal records with sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to be included in the CYPLUS GIs (see Appendix I).

Other. Some of the identified datasets were quite small and were discovered by references in taxonomic descriptions and revisions. Unfortunatly, the localities where older specimens, especially those of 19th century, were collected were not recorded or described in very general terms, e.g. "Northern Queensland". Hence such records and specimens are of limited use in determining past distributions. Due to taxonomic revisions many of the older specimen records are unreliable and hence were not loaded into the ENS specimen database nor forwarded to the CYPLUS GIs.

4.1.3 Data quality

Taxonomy. Obtaining an accurate, up-to-date list of animal taxa within the study area proved to be very time consuming. A number of problems were identified which had to be overcome to produce the coherent fauna dataset.

1. The taxon list for CYP at ERIN, based on earlier versions of Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (ABRS, 1994), was not up to date during most of this project. A final standard list was not available from this source until May 1994.

2. Separate, more-complete lists were maintained by the NR03 field project team. This meant that data received from Queensland was often unnecessarily rejected by ERIS due to taxon name clashes. 3. CAVS did not cover fish, so a separate Northern Queensland taxon list was created by ERIN using appropriate authorities (Allen, 1989; Grant, 1993) and utilised.

4. The "Zoocat" series (ABRS, 1983+) does not cover all insect taxa, so the specimen lists provided to ERIN by the CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection were used to generate lists of taxa.

All records loaded into ENS that corresponded to the taxon list provided by ABRS were included in the NR19 fauna database supplied to the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs (Bryett et al. 1994).

Geocodin~.The specified latitudes and longitudes of many records were checked manually against locality descriptions by the project officer. This concurrent checking of many database fields, for each record, including the taxonomic validity, above.

'Offshore' records identified by the mainlardoffshore test (Chapman & Busby, 1994; Cofinas et al., 1994) were not included in analyses of the fauna data. Offshore records were not attributed as such in the database, as many are of birds and reptiles which may indeed occur on small islands and cays not included in the digital base maps we used.

Map 5 shows all the vertebrate fauna records in the database, both offshore and mainland. The validity of the offshore records needs to be checked by the Custodians of the data (see below). Similarly, Map 6 shows all insect records for CYP in ERIS.

S~atialbias. It is apparent that much of the data existing about the fauna of CYP was concentrated in particular areas or followed particular themes. For example, many collections were concentrated along major roads due to access and others were from popular areas such as Iron Range and the McIlwraith Ranges. Therefore, the project served the purpose of collating existing data as well as providing the opportunity to identify gaps in collections in a spatial and taxonomic sense. The bias is apparent in Map 5. Similar biases in botanical and zoological collections has been noticed in many other datasets, eg . elapid snakes (Longmore 1986).

This simple overview of the dataset provided by the distribution maps could immediately be used to identify gross spatial gaps in the fauna collections across CYP. The simple maps in McFarland (1993~)were useful for this purpose, down to individual species. Similar maps could be produced from the CYP fauna data on ERIS, but this was a low priority in this project.

4.1.4 Value-added data

The applied categories determined for the fauna have proved to be very useful and should be developed further. The idea of applied categories is to allocate species to one or more higher-level non-taxonomic groups (eg. conservation status or distribution type - see Appendix II), to enable meaningful summaries of species location data against each relevant applied category. With applied categories, when the underlying primary species location data are changed, there is no need to alter the applied categories (unless the species name changes) to enable repeated standard analyses. As a summary, they have the potential to provide a broad picture of the fauna of CYP and provide aggregations of the data useful for many purposes. They have also been used in the CYP flora work (Cofinas et al., in prep.). The lists of taxa determining the applied categories also need to be maintained as new data becomes available and further research sees taxa added, removed or changing in status.

4.1.5 CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs

The data fields provided to CYPLUS are detailed in Bryett et al. (1994). The majority of the data were provided as received from the data Custodians (that is, point locations) except for sensitive taxa, such as the endangered and vulnerable animal taxa. These were gridded to 3 minutes due to the sensitivity in releasing their locations. A number of tools to extract the data were incorporated into the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs (Bryett et al., 1994) based on commonly asked questions about fauna. See Map 1 of Cofinas et al. (1994) for examples of what potential applications to CYP fauna data.

At this stage, the maintenance of the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs is unclear. ERIN does not plan to maintain the consolidated database as a stand-alone since superior tools and data providing a wider context are already available in ERIS. The database/GIS also needs to be reviewed by users for its ease of use and content. Advantages and disadvantages identified by users will provide valuable feedback to ERIN, other government organisations constructing such databases, scientists, local government and community groups.

4.1.6 Database summaries

Most of the maps and Tables in this report are essentially summaries of large subsets of the consolidated fauna database. These represent only a fraction of the possible views of the dataset; others can be obtained by using the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs, discussed above.

4.2 Data availability and restrictions

The data provided to the CYPLUS GIs are available to all CYPLUS member agencies and organisations. Some of the datasets are public domain and are labelled as such, both in Appendix I and as an attribute field in the CYPLUS GIs.

Please respect the release instructions, acknowledgments, citations, caveats, and copyrights described in Appendix I. Please include a copy, digital or paper, of the appendix to any persons or orginisations to whom CYPLUS fauna data is provided.

In addition to having a fauna database in a standard format and available for use by a wide variety of users, the availability of the other NR4P data in the CYPLUS GIs will allow relationships between various aspects of the environment to be explored across the whole Cape. Such analyses were not possible previous to CYPLUS except at a very coarse scale.

4.3 Analyses

Most analyses essentially required a complete or near complete fauna dataset of CYP to make any conclusions about the region's fauna. Some results were obtained within this project and others were completed within the CYPLUS Land Use Program project: "Conservation and Natural Heritage. Assessment".

4.3.1 Species distributions

The range of a taxon's distribution can be determined for any individual taxon or collections of taxa. These are best shown in the maps of fish sites in the NRlO "Fish Fauna Survey" (Herbert et al., in prep.).

4.3.2 Species modelling

The next step in identifying a taxon's distribution from existing data is to model the distribution of its habitat (and hence its potential distribution) within the region. Where little is known about the taxon, this type of analysis can aid in gaining a region-wide or continent-wide perspective on the potential environments it can occupy, based upon its known distribution.

An intensive sampling survey across the Cape would remove the need for species modelling, but across such a large area this would never be practical or cost effective. Therefore, modelling provides the best solution at this stage to providing information on important species.

The importance of placing these analyses within the Australian context cannot be underestimated. The national significance of a particular taxon or group of taxa will play an important role in determining decisions made within a region. For example, an endangered species found only in CYP and nowhere else in Australia will have more weight in a decision than a species found in adjacent regions also, especially where they are already conserved in other regions. The national context helps to sort out priorities in an otherwise complex environment.

Examples are shown in Maps 10 to 12. Of these, the predicted distribution and suitable habitats of the Golden-shouldered Parrot most likely to be useful in managing the biota of CYP; see the report for project NR21 for more details.

4.4 Potential uses in CYPLUS LUP and Stage 2

4.4.1 CYPLUS Land Use Program

The fauna database can be used for any analysis within the Land Use Programs where there is a requirement for information on the fauna of CYP. In particular, the data will be used for the Conservation and Heritage Assessment in conjunction with the flora, fauna, vegetation, soil and geological data collated from other NRAP projects.

Conservation and Natural Heritage Assessment (CNHA). Through the CNHA, Qld Department of Environment and Heritage and the Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) are currently developing an overall assessment of conservation values with reference to obligations under international treaties or conventions, national programs, state responsibilities and regional initiatives. ERIN is providing GIs support to the AHC for the project.

The fauna database is being used to identify sites of significance on CYP. The ease with which the fauna data can now be used for a complete analysis of CYP is a definite advantage at this stage of CYPLUS. The source datasets have been collated into one database with the minimum set of attributes associated with them.

The following attributes will be derived from the fauna dataset for the Conservation and Hertiage Assessment (CNHA) using methodology and criteria.recently applied to the Central Highlands of Victoria (Anon 1994):

* endemic, disjunct and relictual species; * animal species diversity; and * rare animal species (lists and concentrations).

It would also be possible to use the fauna database and NRAP vegetation data to perform an analysis of fauna assemblage diversity on CYP (c.f. Anon, 1994).

These attributes will form the basis of the delineation of areas of high value. The combination of faunal values with other natural values will be used to show how areas and features with conservation and heritage values overlap. These areas could also be intersected with the areas identified for other land uses by other LUP projects.

4.4.2 CYPLUS Stage 2

Stage 2 of CYPLUS will see the development of principles, policies and mechanisms to formulate a land use strategy for CYP using the results from Stage 1 of CYPLUS (NRAP, Public Participation Program and LUP). The strategy is aiming to provide a direction and a framework within which specific issues can be systematically addressed.

The potential use of the fauna database in Stage 2 may include the following:

defining a baseline of data for monitoring through time; the basis for biotic regionalisations (animal assemblages); greenhouse scenarios (e.g. Busby, 1988; Dexter et al., in prep); assessment and preservation of animals as cultural resources; assessments of disturbances, such as feral animals; resource assessments (e.g . ecotourism, harvesting potential); results from the Conservation and Heritage Assessment program will identify key conservation and heritage sites, a direct input into Stage 2; and provision of a sound base for putting CYP into a continental context as a result of management decisions having implications in other regions.

4.5 Signjficance of results

4.5.1 Evaluation against objectives

The self-evaluation against the objectives outlined in Section 1.2 are as follows.

* To collate existing pre-CYPLUS data on the locations of CYP animal species from various sources. This objective was met. Approximately 23 sources of flora data across CYP were collated with many other sources identified. A large amount of literature on the flordvegetation of CYP was also collected during the project.

The summary of the datasets incorporated into the database (Table 1 and Appendix I) indicates that this aspect of the project was achieved with success. Data were obtained from large existing databases, such as the Queensland Museum, to small specific collections such as roadkill data from D. Storch. The main deficiency in the NR19 database appears to be the absence of much data from the Australian Museum, although these records have been included in the NR03 database.

* To integrate existing animal data with newly collected data from the NRQP project h?R03. The second objective was largely met. ERIN encountered a number of problems whilst incorporating the NR03 and NRlO data into EMS. Additions and improvements to the NR03 and NRlO databases since July 1994 may not be reflected in ERIN'S CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs.

* To pe~omsome simple analyses to idem3 gaps in the data and predict the likely distribution of selected species. This objective was only partially met. Techniques were developed within ERIN to identify gaps in the data and predict species distributions. These were run on test data during the project to develop the techniques, but application of the tools required the complete, consolidated database, which was not completed until the very end of the project. This left no time to complete thorough investigations to determine gaps in the fauna database.

The modelling component of the objective was partially met; BIOCLIM was used to model the distributions of selected species. The GARP program (see Cofinas et al., in prep.) was not applied to CYP fauna data. A number of species were modelled during the project upon request. Little time was able to be devoted to detailed assessments of the modelled taxa.

* To provide suitable computer tools for accessing fauna data in the CYPLUS GIS. This objective was met. A number of tools were provided with the flora database for accessing the data within the GIs. Details of these are in Bryett et al. (1994). A further version of the fauna component of the database will be desirable upon completion of the CYPLUS LUP Conservation and Natural Heritage Assessment project. Most of the time on the project was spent on Objective 1, followed by Objectives 2 and 4 then Objective 3.

4 -5.2 Methodological advances

Primary data collected for a variety of fauna surveys are often overlooked once they have been used for their initial purpose. It is sometimes the case that the primary data are lost, so that reinterpretation of the reported information is not possible at a later date. This project located the data from a number of such surveys and databased the site information from these. Therefore, these datasets need no longer be used in isolation of other datasets, both historical and new.

The collation of the backlog of fauna data for CYP was essentially a one off event. The data collected to date should be maintained and added to as new surveys are completed. This will enable a very comprehensive dataset for CYP to be developed over time from the wealth of information being collected. The maintenance of such a dataset will enhance any fauna work on CYP for a number of reasons:

repeated data collections initiated by diierent surveys over one area will not be necessary unless extra attributes for collection are identified; large areas where no data collection has taken place can be investigated as possible new sources of information; comprehensive analyses can be run at any time on the most current dataset available for CYP; flora and fauna surveys could run in conjunction after analysing the two sets of records in conjunction; and other surveys (eg. soils) covering other disciplines can be added on to new flora surveys or vice versa to increase overall efficiency.

A 'minimum set' of data was defined for databasing the fauna records as required for GIs applications. The minimum dataset can always be worked upon to add as many attributes necessary for particular applications eg. addition of habitat information to individual records or linking site information to records. The 'minimum set' of data collected should form the basis of all new surveys to allow full integration of the data.

With the results of the NR03 project, this dataset provides the most comprehensive overview to date on the collection of fauna data across CYP. The comprehensiveness of the dataset will support the testing of new concepts such as that of declining species.

The results of analyses have already been used by surveyors in the field to target particular areas on CYP. The approach to the problem clearly has wider applicability to other regions in Australia. This is also true of the analysis tools which have been developed to run using any datasets. Point-based species records (especially survey records from NR03) are compatible with emerging theories about the balance of nature (eg. Walter & Paterson 1994). 4.5.3 General community benefits

A project to collate information on the fauna of CYP was seen to be one part of a collection of projects under NRAI? to build a natural resource information base. Data and information about the flora and fauna across CYP would take us one step further to understanding the biological diversity of the area which is important when considering land use plans and decisions on the Cape that will affect the land in the long-term. The many years of time and money put into these collections makes them a very valuable resource so that maintenance of one complete fauna database available to users and decision-makers seemed a logical step.

One of the major achievements of this project has been the collation of fauna data from historical surveys on CYP which would otherwise have been lost, buried and stored on paper due to lack of money and time to database them. Two examples include: Over 700 Queensland herpetofauna records from the 1930 and 40s extracted from handwritten specimen registers of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. Donald Thompson's observations and records in his journals dating from his work on Cape York Peninsula in the 1920's and 30's.

The current fauna database is by no means a final product but is well developed, documented and easily maintained. It is accessible to the community of CYP but more work is necessary before it is totally available because of constraints placed upon the data by the Custodians of some datasets. Access to the CYP flora information by electronic means is already technically feasible through networks (Boston & Stockwell, 1994) or CD- ROM.

The data can be seen as an increase in the knowledge base of the fauna occurring on CYP and will allow more informed decisions to be made about the management of the region as a whole and particular areas where conflicts may arise. Decisions about the Cape, made on the basis of improved and current information will directly benefit the community and potentially decrease the impacts on the community which would arise from lack of access to existing data.

The knowledge gained from such a database is consistent with Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) which is a national strategy to enable decisions to be made about an area aimed at a sustainable land-use strategy for the region.

The database is available to sub-regional interest groups to use for their own investigations, such as species lists for a small area of interest, as well as looking at the basis of management and land-use decisions made about the area.

LocaI government authorities, responsible for planning in the region will have access to the data and can use them in conjunction with other hformation to develop and assess land-use strategies proposed for the Cape. Landholders can extract existing information about the biological resources of their property or a regional overview. Information about adjacent properties will also aid aid in land management practices on their property. Therefore, information can be extracted at a number of levels from property, to local area, to regionwide. 5.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This project was fbnded by CYPLUS, NRAP under project number NR19 "Fauna Distribution and Modelling".

ERIN, ANCA and DEST provided systems and administrative support. We would particularly like to thank David Crossley for his invaluable assistance with computer systems and sohare programs. Elsa Dexter provided many ideas and assistance with the acquisition of datasets. Ann Bull and Antti Roppola devised priority lists of fauna species for databasing. The latter databased CYP bird records at the Museum of Victoria and sundry records at the CSlRO Australian National Wildlife Collection.

Graham McColrn (Qld Dept of Lands) and Ian McNaught (National Resources Information Centre) provided expert guidance on requirements for the CYPLUS GIs.

We sincerely thank Dr. John Winter for his advice, sanity checks, and identification of data blunders.

We thank and acknowledge all Custodians of the datasets incorporated into the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs for giving permission to use their data. These are listed in Table 1 with details in Appendix I. 6.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Appendix I

Metadata Report for Fauna Datasets included in the CYPLUS Flora & Fauna GIs

Purpose

This purpose of this Appendix is to describe the fauna source datasets supplied to the CYPLUS GIs by the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) Unit. The dataset descriptions are intended to be intelligible when accompanied by the section entitled "Explanation of Metadata Fields". Descriptions of the relevant datasets should travel with the data, when datasets, or parts thereofj are transferred between systems.

Background

With few exceptions, none of the data supplied to the CYPLUS GIs originated with ERIN. Data were supplied by several agencies, organizations, institutions, and indiviual collaborators. The quality and spatidtemporal extent of data made available to ERIN and CYPLUS varied greatly. Some datasets supplied included much potentially valuable ancillary information. Others contained little information other than species and a locality.

ERIN'S role has been to consolidate the many datasets described in this Appendix into a single consistent reliable fauna database for incorporation into the CYPLUS GIs. Hence, much information, both valuable and spurious, 'has not been included. At a minimum, for a record to be included it must be a valid species with a determinable location. This appendix describes ancillary information and attributes not included in the CYPLUS GIs and who to contact for such information. Not all of the individual records available to ERIN have been forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. Reasons for not doing so, in order of frequency, are:

- no reliable geographic coordinate (gde)accurate within 30 kilometres could be determined; - taxonomy could not be identifed to species level or species is not recognized by recognized Australian authorities as a valid species; andfor - custodian of data prohibited distribution.

Availability and Restrictions

This Appendix with its descriptions of datasets is public domain. The described data provided to the CYPLUS GIs are available to all CYPLUS member agencies and organisations. Some of the data are public domain and is labelled as such, both in this Appendix, and as an attribute field in the CYPLUS GIs. Appendix 1 - 2

Please respect the release instructions, acknowledgments, citations, caveats, and copyrights described in this appendix. Please include a copy, digital or paper, of this appendix to any persons or orginisations to whom CYPLUS fauna data are provided.

Don Glasco CYPLUS Project Officer Environmental Resources Information Network Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Sports and Territories Canberra, ACT 21 August 1994 Appendix 1- 3

Table of Contents (Appendix I)

Explanation of Metadata Fields ANIC - Insect Indicators ANIC - Wet Tropics Insects CSIRO - W and E Amphibians CSIRO - W and E Birds CSIRO - W and E Reptiles CYP - Additional CSIRO Mammals CYP - QM Amphibians CYP - QM Birds CYP - QM Mammals CYP - QM Reptiles CYPLUS - ANIC Insects CYPLUS - Bird ANPWS CYPLUS - Bird SAMA CYPLUS - Greg Richards Bats CYPLUS - Macleay Birds CYPLUS - Macleay Museum Fauna CYPLUS - NRlO Fish CYPLUS - Published Vert. Rec.s CYPLUS - QDEH NR03 Fauna CYPLUS - Storch KU - Herpe MCZ - Herpe Museum of Victoria Birds Appendix 1- 4

Explanation of Metadata Fields

DATA SET REPORT (Data Set Name as it appears in this appendix and in ERIN'S master database available to public)

Data Set Name = 'CYPLUS Birds2 (Short title as currently used within ERIN)

Version = 1 .O (1 .O, 1.1.,2.0. etc. denotes which version of dataset supplied by custodian is forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. With few exceptions it 1.O)

Theme = FAUNA (denotes a theme or topic of the dataset. Examples include: FLORA/FAUN~OROLOGICAL/GEOLOGICALetc.)

Main Project Number = NR03 (the CYPLUS NRAP Project whose data has processed by ERIN and forwarded to CYPLUS GIs)

Secondary Project Number = NR19 (other NRAP projects which this dataset contributes to)

Data Set Title:3 Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Birds Survey (a short expansion of the Data Set Name)

Description : {free text describing essentials of dataset}

Custodian : Queensland Deparhnent of Environment and Heritage (Agency responsible for providing and /or updating described dataset}

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = Point (denotes if data was provided as point data, a polygodarea coverage, text description, etc. With few exceptions, biota data provided to CYPLUS is as point or generalised gridded daa)

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 5500 records (Usually given in number of table rows of records provided to ERIN. Can be size of data file in kilolmegabytes for polygon coverages or text files. When prefixed by 'approx' indicates that original data provided to ERIN was in paper form, corrupted, or not readily readable by ERIN)

An '=' sign denotes a mandatory field which is included in CYPLUS GIs. Entry is in all CAPS. 21talics denotes a sample field entry. 0 surround explaintions of a field. 3':' denotes a free text field not included in CYPLUS GIs. Always entered on next line following a colon, i.e ":" Appendix 1- 5

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) ; 2,331 records. 450 species, 179 sites (saeened data actually forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. This is always smaller than dataset supplied to ERIN because non CYPLUS study area records, incomplete taxonomy, and indeterminate locations have been screened out . Read number of records1 distinct species1 distinct geographic coordinates.)

Spatial Extent = NORTH QUEENSLAND (Spatial extent of original dataset as supplied to ERIN.)

Temporal Extent : 1975 -89 (dates when source information was collected.)

Taxon Extent; Vertebrates: birds (self explanatory. provided to class level with common name)

Fields Supplied: See data dictionaryfile: monster.dct (fields supplied to CYPLUS GIs. Essentially, who coIlected/saw what when where.)

Other Fields : Site descriptions, specimen descriptions (Attributes not forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. Contact ERIN and/or Custodian for details)

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY (states who can access this information without further authorisation)

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian .. . .. (states conditions for release of data to non-CYPLUS users)

Acknowledgement : If this data is used in a publication cite "....." (This field provides citation information or persodorganisation to be credited with original information)

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

(options are VERY GOOD/GOOD/POOR/SUSPECT~OWN/VARIABLE These are defined as : VERY GOOD = recommended for a wide range of uses, e.g. assemblage analysis, environmental resources management decision making, national heritage designation GOOD = recommended for several uses but do not base policy decisions on this dataset, e.g. species-based modelling, determine regions or areas for further study POOR = recommended as a source of hypotheses to further test with better-quality data Appendix 1- 6

SUSPECT = quality is suspect, similar to VARIABLE UNKNOWN = quality not known VARIABLE = dataset includes patches of high and low quality data, subsetting would normally be required prior to particular analyses)

Reliability Comments : Locations and dates where faithfully recorded by qualified observers... (afree text explanation of reliability determination)

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED (Ususally specimen based for all fauna point data. For non-point data this field can be SITE BASED = areallocation > 1 sq. km SPECIMEN BASED = area/location < 1 sq km)

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES (Valid values are be : NOT APPLICABLE = self explanatory OPPORTUNISTIC = occasional sightings, often accidental, such as road kills of fauna. TAXONOMIC PURPOSES = main purpose of collecthg dataset is for taxonomic purposes; may be limited vouchering of ecological survey and experimental material. ECOLOGICAL SURVEY = Ecological survey of a region; sampling approach not specified. STRAmED SURVEY = Ecological survey of a region; sampling of representative vegetation types - sub sampling not specified or selective. STRA- RANDOM = Ecological survey of a region; sampling of representative vegetation or habitat types. RANDOM = Ecological survey of a region; true random sampling. REGULAR = sampling by a regular pattern, such as points on a grid. EXPERIMENTAL = Data from ecological experiments; could be from a Long Term Ecological Research site. VARIOUS = One or more of the above sampling strategies in the dataset.}

Sampling Methodology : Various (How specimens or information was obtained)

LINEAGE Supplier : Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage (the organisation or person who supplied the dataset to EEUN)

Received @ ERIN = 12-DEC-1993 (self explanatory. Subsequent informal updates and corrections via personal communications have not been recorded)

Lineage Comments : Data provided on floppy in dBase 3+ fonnut. Current scientific names assigned to common names provided.. .. (A brief text description of data trans-formation of original data as provided to ERIN has undergone. Additional lineage detail is contained in attributes and reliability fields of this report.) Appendix 1- 7

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Collectors and Custodian usually provided geocodes within a minute, i.e. 1000 metres accuracy. See individual records for geocode determination and accuracy. Altitude determined by ERIN using 1/40 degree continental Digital Elevation Model (DEM). (Free text: describing format of positions and accuracy Recieved at ERIN, and additional methods if necessary to derive geographic coordinates)

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERZN's Taxon Table have been forwarded to .... (Free text stating ERIN'S taxonomic screening criteria and authority for forwarding data to CYPLUS GIs.)

OTHER

Data Set Comments : This dataset has very good coverage of birds in the Weipa region (Free text describing particular strengths or weaknesses of dataset, as well as pertinent information not covered in previous fields.)

Date of Report : 25 June 1994 (date the description of pertinent dataset was made) Appendix 1- 8

DATA SET REPORT ANIC - Insect Indicators 2.0

Data Set Name = ANIC - Insect Indicators 2.0

Version = 2.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR17

Data Set Title : Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) - Insect Indicators

Data Set Description : The CSIRO Division of Entomology Australian National Insect Collection contains approx. 8 million specimens. North-east Queensland specimens of selected orders were databased for this dataset. Groups databased include 'traditional' indicators of environmental health, e.g. dragonflies, chironomid midges, water beetles, etc. Also includes termites and Christmas beetles.

Custodian : ACT CSIRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Address : ANIC, Division of Entomology CSIRO GPO Box 1700 Canberra, ACT 2601

Phone = (06) 246 4258

Fax : (06) 246 4264

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : approx. 3500

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 2,142 records

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = Australia Appendix 1 - 9

Temporal Extent : 1900 to 1992

Taxon Extent : Invertebrates: Insects CTraditional' indicators of environmental health, dragonflies, chironomid midges, water beetles, etc. plus termites and Christmas beetles.

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. life stage, sex).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before using for any commercial purposes.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EFUN CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : Cite "CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection. 1993. Insect Indicators dataset. unpublished. Databasing funded by the Environmental Resources Information Network."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODLAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Geocoding variable. Few g&es provided by collectors prior to mid 1950s. Also used: AUSLIG Gazetteer, topographic maps and ERZN's geocoding program. Identifications by pertinent expert entomologists.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Samphng Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Various, including sweep nets, pitfall traps etc. Most of specimens have been collected for taxonomic purposes.

LINEAGE Appendix I - 10

Supplier : ACT CSLRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 11 JUN1992

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Emomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 06NOV 1992

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 09JUN1993

Lineage Comments : Data supplied progressively under a contract with ERIN. The contract predated CYPLUS.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geocode allocated in various ways, often by compiler from topographic maps, AUSLIG gazetteer, in-house list of sites, etc. Collectors often provided lat/long to nearest minute after mid 1950s. Average accuracy is 1 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent. to the CYPLUS GIs. For invertebrates, it is a combination of the Zoological Catalogue (Australian Biological Resources Study) and taxon lists provided by Custodian. Unnamed species have not been forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. Identifications usually done by specialist taxonomist revising an order for publication, ABRS catalogues. A few orders, i.e. Plecoptera, Megaloptera, were databased without confurnation with foremost Australian experts' review.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : On receiving the contract from ERIN, ANIC set up a database with many fields in InformixSQL. Most data entered by two specially trained technicians under supervision of specimen curators at ANIC; some data entered directly by curators.

Date of Report : 25 June 1994 Appendix I - 11

DATA SET REPORT ANIC - Wet Tropics Insects 1.0

Data Set Name = ANIC - Wet Tropics Insects

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR17

Data Set Title : CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection - Wet Tropics Insects

Data Set Description : Databased from selected existing insect specimen labels in Australian National Insect Collection. Consist of specimen records fiom Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in north-east Queensland. custodian : ACT CSIRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Address : ANIC, Division of Entomology,CSIRO GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601

Phone = (06) 246 4258

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRZMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : Approx. 2,500

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 1,424 specimen records

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = NORTH QUEENSLANT)

Temporal Extent : 1985 to 1992 Appendix 1- 12

Taxon Extent : Invertebrates: Insects

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for site description and specimen details (e.g. sex, life stage

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before release to non CYPLUS users.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN CONTRACT

Aclcnowledgement : Cite "CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection. 1992. Wet Tropics dataset. unpublished.".

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Identification by expest entomologists. Geomdes reliable.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Various.

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT CSTRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 1lMAY 1992 Appendix 1- 13

Lineage Comments : Databased by ANIC technicians from existing collection under supervision of relevant curators/experts.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : See individual records for geocode determination method and accuracy. Accuracy usually within 1500 metres.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent. to the CYPLUS GIs. For invertebrates, this is a combination of Zoological Catalogues (ABRS) and taxon list. provided by ANIC. Unnamed specimens not supplied to CYPLUS GIs.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Data prepared in dBase IlI+ format for Commonwealth's case for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in North Queensland. Data set sent to CRES, ANU for performing BIOCLIM modelling. Multiple records of same species/place/datelikely.

Date of Report : 25 June 1994 Appendix 1- 14

DATA SET REPORT CSIRO W and E Amphibians 1.0

Data Set Name = CSIRO W and E Amphibians

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : CSIRO Australian National Wrldlife Collection Amphibians

Data Set Description : Amphibian Data from CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Division of Wddlife and Ecology, Gungahlin, Canberra

Custodian : ACT CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection

Address : Australian National Wildlife Collection CSIRO Division of Wrldlife and Ecology PO Box 84 Lynham ACT 2602

Phone = (06) 242 1693

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 1619

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 58 records, 18 species, 21 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = AUSTRALLA

Temporal Extent : 1963 - 1992 Appendix 1- 15

Taxon Extent : Vertebrate: Amphibian

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. size, sex, preservation).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before releasing data to third party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding, as well as requirements specified by Custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of Involvement = ERIN-CYPLUS CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge "CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection" and CYPLUS funding.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Caveats :

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Taxonomy should be quite reliable as based upon museum specimen, Spatial reliability not so good, as with most museum records databased from specimen cards.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology :

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Wildlife & Ecology

Date Received @ ERIN = 04-MAR- 1993 Appendix I - 16

Lineage Comments : Also distributed To :Qld National Parks and W~ldlifeService, Kenmore, in April 1993, for compilation of existing data by Dr David McFarland.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Spatial reliability variable, ranging from 1 to 10 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only specimens matching Australian Census of Vertebrate Species version 8.1 provided to CYPLUS GIs. Taxonomy is reliable as based upon museum Specimens identified by experienced taxonomists, but persons not confirmed.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Data from specimens at the Australian Wildlife Collection, CSlRO Div. Wildlife and Ecology, Gungahlin.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix I - 17

DATA SET REPORT CSIRO W and E Birds 1.0

Data Set Name = CSIRO W and E Birds

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection Birds

Data Set Description : Bird data from CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Canberra.

custodian : ACT CSIRO Australian National Widlife Collection

Address : Australian National Wildlife Collection CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology PO Box 84 Lynham ACT 2602

Phone = (06) 242 1693

Fax = (06) 24 1 3343

Custodianship Comments : An additional 28 records were databased directly by ERIN (Antti Roppola). To simplifj management, these have been incorporated into this dataset.

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRlMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 7930 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 300 records, 1 11 species, 90 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = AUSTRALIA Appendix 1- 18

Temporal Extent : 1911 to 1992

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Birds

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact EBIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before releasing data to third party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding, as well as requirements specified by Custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN-CYPLUS CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge "CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection" and CYPLUS funding.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Caveats :

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Dates and geocodes provided by custodian are consistent and thought reliable.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology : Various.

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Wrldlife & Ecology Appendix I - 19

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 05-MAY - 1993

Lineage Comments : Also distributed To :Qld National Parks and Wildlife Service, Kenmore, in May 1993, for compilation of existing data by Dr David McFarland.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Gdeswere provided by custodian, usually within 1 degree with accuracy of ca. 1500 metres. Pre 1950 records may have accuracy of few kilometres. Accuracy determined by ' m.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs: For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates, Version 8.1 Taxonomy should be quite reliable as based upon museum specimens identified by experienced taxonomists, in this case Dr R. Schodde, a foremost authority on Australian bird taxonomy.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Data from specimens at the Australian W~ldlifeCollection, CSIRO Div. Wildlife and Ecology, Gungahlin. Mostly done by Wayne Longmore on contract between ERIN & CSIRO. Selected additional species databased by Amii Ropola, ERIN.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 20

DATA SET REPORT CSIRO W and E Reptiles 1.0

Data Set Name = CSlRO W and E Reptiles

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : CSIEZO Australian National Wildlife Collection Reptiles

Data Set Description : Reptile data from specimens at the CSIRO Australian National Widlife Collection Gungahlin, Canbena

custodian : ACT CSlRO Australian National Wddlife Collection

Address : Australian National Wildlife Collection CSIRO Division of Widlife and Ecology PO Box 84 Lynham ACT 2602

Phone = (06) 242 1693

Fax = (06) 24 1 3343

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 5600 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) : 212 records, 50 species, 62 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = AUSTRALIA

Temporal Extent : 1910 to 1993 Appendix 1- 21

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Reptiles

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian Before Releasing Data To Third Party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding as well as requirements of Custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN-CYPLUS CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge "CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection" and CYPLUS funding.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Caveats :

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Taxonomic identifications are reliable, but spatial reliability varies as with most datasets derived fiom specimen cards.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Samphg Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology :

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Wddlife & Ecology

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 04-MAF&193 Appendix 1- 22

Lineage Comments : Also distributed To :Qld National Parks and Wildlife Service, Kenmore, in April 1993, for compilation of existing data by Dr David McFarland.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Accuracy varies from 500 metres to several kilometres. Pre 1950 records are usually less accurate. Assume an accuracy of 2500 metres. Approximately half of the records contained only a location and hence have not been supplied to CYPLUS GIs.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERZN's Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1 Taxonomy is reliable as based upon museum specimens identified by experienced taxonomists.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Data from specimen labels at the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Div. of Wildlife & Ecology, Gungahlin Records without geocodes not provided to CYPLUS GIs.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 23

DATA SET REPORT CYP - Additional CSIRO Mammals 1.0

Data Set Name = CYP - Additional CSIRO Mammals

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR19

Data Set Title : CYP - Additional Mammals fiom the CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Gungahlin, Canberra

Data Set Description : Mammal data from CSIRO ANWC databased by Antti Roppola; selected using CYP species list.

Custodian : ACT CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection

Address : Australian National Wildlife Collection CSIRO Div. Wildlife and Ecology PO Box 84 LYNEHAM ACT 2602

Fax = (06) 242 3343

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : Approx. 200 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 123 records, 20 species, 24 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = NORTH QUEENSLAND Appendix 1- 24

Temporal Extent : 1964 to 1992.

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Mammals

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. size, sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release htructions : Contact custodian before releasing data to third party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding as well as any other requirements specified by custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERTN Involvement = NRAP PROJECT

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge "CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection", CYPLUS funding and EEUN databasing as well as any other requirements specified by custodian.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODLAN

Caveats :

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Geocodes determined from location field using gazetteer. Taxonomy determined by expert mammalogists.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology : Various.

LINEAGE Appendix 1- 25

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Wildlife & Ecology

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 20-MAY-1993

Lineage Comments : Also distributed To :Qld National Parks and Wildlife Service, Kenmore, in May 1993, for compilation of existing data by Dr David McFarland.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Gdesdetermined fi-om localion information on specimen data cards using ERIN digital gazetteer. Accuracy varies &om 1 to 10 km. Assume an accuracy of 5 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Amibute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates, Version 8.1 Taxonomy is reliable as based upon museum specimens identified by experienced taxonomists.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Data fi-om specimens at the Australian Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Div. Wildlife and Ecology, Gungahlin. Selected species databased by Antti Roppola, ERIN.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 26

DATA SET REPORT CYP-QM-Amphibians 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPYPQMMAmphibians

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Queensland Museum Amphibian Records

Data Set Description : Amphibian records from CYPLUS study area held by Queensland Museum

Custodian : Qld QUeeWdMuseum

Address : Queensland Museum PO Box 3300 SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Phone = (07) 840 7555

Fax = (07) 846 1918

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 1174

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 1,164 records, 53 species, 301 sites

Temporal Extent : 1948 1992, mean ca. 1978

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates :Amphibians Appendix 1- 27

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, life stage, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Releasable as point data to CYPLUS family. Others must contact QldMus.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of EFUN Involvement = EXCHANGE OF LEmS

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge Queedand Museum

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : Queensland Museum

Caveats : none

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : No collector name or institution specimen id provided so duplicate records with other datasets with Qld Mus records is likely. Taxonomy quite reliable as curators/taxonodsts are world experts on Queensland amphibians.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Various

Supplier : Queensland Museum Appendix 1- 28

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 18JUN1 994

Lineage Comments : Origmally supplied to Dr. D. MacFarland as part of NR03. Forwarded to ERIN via email by Phil Lethbridge under direction of Dr. J. Winter. Parsed and entered into ERIN database by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Degee/Minutes provided. mtyusually detailed. Assume a geodeaccuracy of 1500 metres unless individual record gives another value.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching WIN'STaxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals,this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1. Obsolete names were updated June 1994.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Duplicate records likely in datasets CYP - NR03 Fauna and CYPLUS - Published Vert. Rec.s. This dataset covers a time period, i.e. 1940s - 1970s not well covered in other datasets. Appendix 1- 29

DATA SET REPORT CYP-QM-Birds 1.0

Data Set Name = CYP-QM-Birds

Version = 1 .O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Queensland Museum Bird records

Data Set Description : Bird records from CYP held by Queensland Museum

Custodian : Qld Queensland Museum

Address : Queensland Museum PO Box 3300 SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Phone = (07) 840 7555

Fax = (07) 846 1918

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 1230 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIS) 1152 records, 255 species, 143 sites

Temporal Extent : 1884 to 1992. Clustered around 1948,1958,1978and 1986.

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates : birds Appendix 1- 30

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, size, preservation method, collector name).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Releasible as point data to CYPLUS family. Others must contact QldMus.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE OF LET'I'ERS

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge Queensland Museum

Copyright = WFTH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : Queensland Museum

Caveats : none

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Records span a century. No collector or institution specimen id provided. Taxonomy reliable.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Various

LINAGE :

Supplier : Queensland Museum

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 18JUN19!34 Appendix 1- 3 1

Lineage Comments : Originally supplied to Dr. D. MacFarland as part of NR03. Forwarded to ERIN via email by Phil Lethbridge under direction of Dr. J. Winter. Parsed a& entered into ERIN database by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Degree/Minutes provided. Locality ususally detailed. Assume a geocode accuracy of 1500 metres unless indiviual record gives another value.

A'ITRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1. Obsolete names were updated June 1994.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : This dataset covers a time period, i.e. pre 1970s, not well covered in more current datasets containing birds (e.g QDEH NR03 Fauna).

Date of Report: 27 June 1994 Appendix 1- 32

DATA SET REPORT CYP-QM-Mammals 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPYPQMMMammals

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Queentiland Museum Mammal records

Data Set Description : Mammal records from CYP held by Queensland Museum

Custodian : Qld Queensland Museum

Address : Queensland Museum PO Box 3300 SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Phone = (07) 840 7555

Fax = (07) 846 19 18

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 278 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIS) 274 records, 44 species, 84 sites

Temporal Extent : 1973 to 1993, mean ca 1980

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates :Mammals Appendix 1- 33

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, size, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Insmctions : Releasable as point data to CYPLUS family. Others must contact QldMus.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE OF LETIERS

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge Queensland Museum

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : Queensland Museum

Caveats : Mlne

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliabity Comments : Most records from formal QDEH surveys. Locations and taxonomy good.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : various

LINEAGE

Supplier : Queensland Museum

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 18JUN 1994 Appendix 1- 34

Lineage Comments : Originally supplied to Dr. D. MacFarland as part of NR03. Forwarded to ERIN via email by Phil Lethbridge under direction of Dr. J. Winter. Parsed and entered into ERIN database by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Degree/Minutes provided. Locality usually detailed. Assume a geocode accuracy of 1000 metres unless individual record give another value.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1. Obsolete names were updated June 1994 by ERIN.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : This dataset does not represent all Queensland Museum mammal records. It appears to be a subset their mammal records since ca. 1975. Duplicate records are likely to occur in datasets CYP - NR03 Fauna and CYPLUS - Published Vert. Rec.s.

Date of Report: 27 June 1994 Appendix 1- 35

DATA SET REPORT CYP-QM-Reptiles 1.0

Data Set Name = CYP-QM-Reptiles

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Queendand Museum Reptile Records

Data Set Description : Reptile records £rom CWheld by Queensland Museum

Custodian : Qld Queensland Museum

Address : Queensland Museum PO Box 3300 SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Phone = (07) 840 7555

Fax = (07) 846 1918

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 523 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 503 records, 67 species, 119 sites

Temporal Extent : 1975 1986

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates :reptiles Appendix 1- 36

nelds Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Releasable as point data to CYPLUS family. Others must contact QldMus.

More Detail At Custodian = MES

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge Queensland Museum

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : Queedand Museum

Caveats : Mlne

LINEAGE

Supplier : Queedand Museum

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 18JUN1994

Lineage Comments : Originally supplied to Dr. D. MacFarland as part of NR03. Forwarded to ERIN via email by Phil Lahbridge under direction of Dr. J. Winter. Parsed and entered into ERIN database by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : DegreeMkutes provided. Locality usually detailed. Assume a geocode accuracy of 1000 metres unless individual record gives another value. Appendix 1- 37

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1. Obsolete names were updated June 1994. Ori* identification experts on reptiles based upon specimens lodged in museum.

OTHER

Dara Set Comments : Approx. 350 records are duplicated in other datasets, specifically CYPLUS - QDEH NR03 Fauna and CYPLUS - Published Vert. Rec-s. This dataset covers a time period 1970s - 1980s, and hence does include the entire Queensland Museum reptile ~011~011

Date of Report: 27 June 1994 Appendix 1- 38

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - ANIC Insects 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - ANIC Insects

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR17

Secondary Project Number = NR19

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula - CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection - Insect Fauna Survey

Data Set Description : Databased from insect specimen labels from north-east Queensland in CSIRO Australian National Insert Collection. Includes specimens from Qld DPI insect surveys in 1992-3. Selected orders. Beetles dominate the dataset.. . custodian : ACT CSIRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Address : ANIC Division of Entomology CSIRO GPO Box 1700 Canberra, ACT 2601

Phone = (06) 246 4258

Fax = (06) 246 4264

Custodianship Comments : The CYPLUS Project NR17 involves QLD Dept of Primary Industries and the QLD Museum. Also private entomologists may have a Custodial interest in this dataset. Data fiom these custodians was supplied in the first instance to ANIC, before passing on to ERIN.

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : approx. 11,000

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 6,567 specimen records. Appendix 1- 39

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = NORTH QUEENSLAND

Temporal Extent : 1892 to 1993

Taxon Extent : Invertebrates: Coleoptera (beetles)

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact EBIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, life stage).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before release to non CYPLUS Family users.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = NRAP PROJECT

Acknowledgement : Contact ANIC for current acknowledgements/ citation of subsets of data. Interim citation is "CSIRO - Australian National Insect Collection. 1993. North Queemland Beetles dataset. unpublished."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Geocoding variable. Usually within one minute after mid 1950s. Identifications and databasing done under supervision by relevant curators and experts.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Mahodology : Various, including sweep nets, pitfall traps, stratified surveys, etc. Contact custodian for precise methodology for spatial/temporal/taxonomicsubsets of dataset. Appendix 1- 40

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT CSIRO Division of Entomology, ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 28JUL1993

Lineage Comments : Results fi-om QDPI surveys forwarded to ANIC for databasing and inclusion with existing specimens.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : See individual records for determimion method and accuracy. Geocode allocated in various ways, often by compiler from topographic maps, AUSLIG Gazetteer, in-house list of sites. CoUectors usually provided lat/long to nearest minute since mid 1950s.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For invertebrates, this is a combination of Zoological Catalogue of Australia (ABRS) and taxon lists provided by ANIC. Identification of specimens usually done by specialist taxonomist working on the order being classified for ABRS catalogues, publications.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Further data fi-om the CYPLUS project NR17, QDPI surveys remains to be databased and forwarded by ANIC. Multiple records of same species/place/date very common

Date of Report: 25 June 1994 Appendix 1- 4 1

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - Bird ANPWS 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - Bird ANFWS

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : CYPLUS - Bird data from Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, managed by the Australian Nature Conservation Agency.

Data Set Description : Bird and bat data from Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, managed by the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (formerly ANPWS). custodian : ACT Australian Nature Conservation Agency

Address : Australian Nature Conservation Agency GPO Box 636 Canberra ACT 2601

Phone = (06) 250 0200

Fax = (06) 250 0399

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : ca. 50,000

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 9,778 records, 164 species, 34 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = AUSTRALIA

Temporal Extent : early 1950s - 1991 Appendix 1- 42

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Birds, Bats

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for banding details (e.g. size, sex, band numbers).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Data not to be released to third party without written permission of the custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE LE?TERS

Acknowledgement : Data collected by participants in the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, administered by ANCA.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments :

Sampling Unit = SITE BASED

Sampling Code = SELECTIVE

Sampling Methodology : Mist netting, etc. to catch and band individuals. Various methods of recovery, including mist netting, road kills, duck shooting, etc.

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT Australian Nature Conservation Agency

Date Received- @ ERIN = 20-JAN- 1993

Lineage Comments : Appendix 1- 43

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geocdes usually obtained from maps; accurate to about 1 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS), Version 8.1 Birds were identified by experienced ornithologists by observation of HAND-HELD INDrVIDuALs.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : There are duplicate species/place/date records in this dataset, especially for bats. Incidents of mass capture of the same species birds or bats have not been screened and duplicates deleted.

Date of Report: 23 June 1994 Appendix 1- 44

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - Bird SAMA 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - Bird SAMA

Version = 1.O

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : CYPLUS - South Australian Museum Birds.

Data Set Description : South Australian Museum specimen records of birds and fish

Custodian : SA South Australian Museum

Address : South Australian Museum North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5000

Phone = (08) 207 7500

Fax = (08) 207 7390

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = NEAR PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to EEUN) : 6,843

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIS) 598 records, 164 species, 25 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = AUSTRALIA

Temporal Extent : 1850 to 1992

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: birds, fish Appendix 1- 45

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e-g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Original point data not releasable to non CYPLUS FAMILY without approval of Custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN CYPLUS CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : If data used in maps or publications cite "South Australian Museum. 1993. Bird and fish collection dataset. unpublished."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliabiity = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Databased and checked by Museum curator, Lynette Queale. Approx. half of records supplied to ERIN contain no geocodes. Taxonomy of pre 1960 records often obsolete. Date and collector often missing.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology :

LINEAGE

Supplier : SA South Australian Museum

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 21JUN 1993

Lineage Comments : Taxonomy of Cape York Peninsula bird records with geocode updated by Don Glasco, EWN Unit. Appendix 1- 46

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geocode determination by collector or museum using maps. If no altitude was provided, determined by ERIN using 1/40 degree DEM. Assume a geocode accuracy of 5 kilometres.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species, Version 8.1. None of the fish records with geocodes came &om the CYPLUS Study Area.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : EBIN paid for databasing. While the records forwarded to CYPLUS GIs are thought reliable, the original dataset as supplied to ERIN is not suitable for resource management decision making. ReW.W.11 records of historic biogeographic interest.

Date of Report : 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 47

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - Greg Richards Bats 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - Greg Richards Bats

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy - Greg Richards Bat Dataset

Data Set Description : Personal bat records collected and compiled by Greg Richards, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology from NE Queensland and . custodian : Greg Richards Personal Records

Address : CSIRO Division of Wrldlife and Ecology PO Box 84 Lynham ACT 2602

Phone = (06) 242 1646

Fax = (06) 242 3343

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 528 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 261 records, 33 species, 70 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = NORTH Queensland

Temporal Extent : 1981 - 1986, & 1992 for Torres Strait Islands Appendix 1- 48

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Bats

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for details on collectors, dates, and site descriptions.

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Cite Greg Richards as source if data used in maps or publications.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE LETTEBS

Acknowledgement : Citation "Richards, G. (1993). NE Queensland Bat Data Set, unpublished"

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliabiity = GOOD

Reliability Comments : AU collection dates set to 1983. Actual dates from 1981 - 1986. Torres Strait records year = 1992. Taxonomy determined by expert.

Sampling Unit = SITE BASED

Sampling Code = ECOLOGICAL SURVEY

Sampling Methodology : Various. Methods included audio signatures, examination of specimens, field ID.

LINEAGE

Supplier : Greg Richards

Date Received @ ERIN = 18-JAN-1994

Lineage Comments : Appendix 1- 49

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geodes and altitudes from maps. Amateto 1 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates Species (CAVS), Version 8.1

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Primarily personal ~ollection/observationby Greg Richards. Data has been used in various publications, including National Bat Action Ha.1994, by Endangered Species Unit, ANCA.

Date of Report: 23 June 1994 Appendix 1- 50

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS-Macleay-Birds 1.0

Data Set Name = CYFLUS-Macleay-Birds

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy - Macleay Museum Bird Records

Data Set Description : Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait Islands bird specimens from Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Dates fiom 1885 to mid 1940s.

Custodian : NSW University of Sydney, Macleay Museum

Address : Macleay Museum University of Sydney SYDNEY NSW 2006

Phone = (02) 692 2274

Fax = (02) 692 4203

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : Paper copy of register of Queensland specimens contains approx. 600 records.

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 207 records, 103 species, 20 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = QUEENSLAND

Temporal Extent : 1885 - 1945 Appendix 1- 51

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: bids

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, size, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FmY

Release Instructions : Contact custodian before releasing data to third party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding as well as any other requirements specified by Custodian.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN CYPLUS CONTRACT

Acknowledgement : If date used in maps or publications cite "University of Sydney, Macleay Museum. 1993. Bird Specimens. unpublished data. Databased by Environmental Resources Information Network".

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Historical specimens. Geocodes generated by WIN based on locality. Collection dates and collector name usually not provided, excepting Torres Strait Islands expedition of 1885-6. Taxonomy reliable for records provided to CYPLUS GIs.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PUWOSES

Sampling Methodology :

LINEAGE

Supplier : NSW University of Sydney, Macleay Museum

Date Recieved @ E;RIN = 10-SEP- 1993 Appendix 1- 52

Lineage Comments : Paper copy of Queensland bird specimens provided by custodian. Selected records databased by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit, May 1993. Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait Islands records selected that had specific and determinable localities.

* POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Gdesgenerated by ERIN using digital gazetteer when sp-c locality was provided. See individual records for geocode accuracy. Island locations from 1880s most reliable. Assume an average accuracy of 15 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1 Identification of specimens in museum by experienced taxonomists. Not all families have been updated,keviewed since lodged in museum. Obsolete names for CYP specimens updated by Don Glasco, E;RTN Unit.

OTHER

Data Set Comments: Due to poor spatial accuracy and possible taxonomic mis-identifications the original dataset is not suitable for resource management decisions. However it is of historical biogeographic interest. Those records with collector name and date (1885-6, 1Ws) considered reliable.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 53

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - Macleay Museum Fauna 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - Macleay Museum Fauna

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = Mi19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy - Macleay Museum Vertebrate Fauna

Data Set Description : Historical Pacific basin fauna from Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Contains Mammals, Frogs, Lizards, Snakes. Dates from 1870 - ca 1930s. Rough localities given, thus poor geodeaccuracy. Many records supplied without date, set to 1900 (estimate).

Custodian : NSW University of Sydney, Macleay Museum

Address : Macleay Museum University of Sydney SYDNEY NSW 2006

Phone = (02) 692 2274

Fax = (02) 692 4203

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRZlMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 317 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 53 records, 29 species, 9 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = EXTRA-CONTINENTAL Appendix 1- 54

Temporal Extent : 1870 1930

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: reptiles, amphibians, mammals.

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, size, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact custodian before releasing data to third party. Acknowledge CYPLUS funding as well as any other requirements specified by Custodian

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = ERIN CYPLUS CONTRACT

Aclrnowledgement : If date used in maps or publications cite "University of Sydney, Macleay Museum. 1992. Fauna Collection, unpublished data".

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = POOR

Reliability Comments : Historical data, gdesgenerated by ERIN based on ldty.Collection dates and collector name usually not provided. Taxonomy reliable for records provided to CYPLUS GIs.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology :

LINEAGE

Supplier : NSW University of Sydney, Macleay Museum Appendix 1- 55

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 10-SEP-1993

Lineage Comments :

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional AmaqComments : Gdesgenerated by ERIN using digital gazetteer when specific locality was provided. Assume an accuracy of 10 km.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1 Identification of specimens in museum by experienced taxonomists. Obsolete names for CYP specimens updated by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

OTHER

Data Set Comments: Due to poor spatial accuracy and possible taxonomic mis-identifications the original dataset is not suitable for resource management decisions. However it is of historical biogeographic interest.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 56

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - NRlO Fish 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - NRlO Fish

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NRlO

Secondary Project Number = NR19

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Project NRlO Fish Fauna Survey

Data Set Description : Rive~efish records for Cape York Peninsula collected by QLD Dept of Primary Industries, Walkamin Research Station for NRAP project NR10. Covers the major river systems of CYP. Contains information on fish distribution and abundance and chemical composition of rivers.

Custodian : Qld Dept of Primary Industries Fisheries Branch Walkamin

Address : Fisheries Branch DPI Research Station Kennedy Highway WALKAMIN QLD 4872

Phone = (070)93 3834

Fax = (070)93 3903

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 2,185 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIS) approx. 2000 records, 100 species, 100 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Study Area, Queensland Appendix 1- 57

Temporal Extent : 1991 to 1994

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Fish

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Chemical composition of surveyed rivers, bank vegetation, turbidity, depth and flow rates, survey techniques. Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for details.

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions :

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = NRAP PROJECT

Acknowledgement : If data is used in maps or publications cite "Qld Dept of Primary Industries Fisheries Branch Walkamin, (1994), CYP Fish Fauna Survey dataset, unpublished".

Copyright = WITH CUSTODLAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VERY GOOD

Reliability Comments : Taxonomy determined by experts, although several species remain to be described and named. Spatial and temporal resolution is high and very reliable.

Sampling Unit = SITE BASED

Sampling Code = STRATIFIED SURVEY

Sampling Methodology : Various, including netting, trapping, explosives, and electrical stunning.

LINEAGE

Lineage Comments : Appendix 1- 58

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : GPS readings taken from riverbank. Geocodes accurate to 100m.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Fish Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. This table was derived jointly by QDPI Fisheries Branch Research Station and Don Glasco, EEUN Unit using: Allen, G.R. 1989. "Freshwater Fishes of Australia", TF.H. Publications Inc., Neptune City; and Grant, E.M. 1993. "Grant's Guide to F~shes",E.M. Grant Pty Ltd, Scarborough, Qld. Unidentified species have not been included in CYPLUS GIs. Field idemifcarion was by keys in Men, G.R 1989. Voucher specimens of any new species were lodged at the Queensland Museum.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : To date this is the most comprehensive and detailed fish daraset for CYP, comprising 99% of the fish records supplied to the CYPLUS GIs. The high spatial and temporal resolution and the river and water quality attributes in original dataset make this a valuable source for modelling or riverine resources management.

Date of Report : 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 59

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - Published Vert. Recs 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - Published Vert. Rec.s

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy - Published Vertebrate Records

Data Set Description : A compilation of terrestrial vertebrate records derived &om published sources. Selected mammal specimen records (approx. 150) from the National Museum of Victoria and Australian Museum provided to Dr. David MacFarland for NRAP Project NR03 are also included. Compiled by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

Custodian : ACT ERIN Unit

Address : EEUN Unit Department of Environment, Sport and Territories GPO Box 636 Canberra ACT 2601

Phone = (06) 250 0200

Fax = (06) 250 0360

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : approx. 3500

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 3,057 records, 498 species, 642 sites Appendix 1- 60

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = NORTH QUEENSLAND

Temporal Extent : 1888 to 1993

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians

Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit for specific source.

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOWN

Release Instructions : If institution code in CYPLUS GIs for this dataset is "NMV" or "AM" contact ERIN to determine if record point data is releasable to non CYPLUS Family users.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = NRAP PROJECT

Aclmowledgement : Acknowledge ERIN Unit as Custodian and CYPLUS funding of NRAP project NR19. Please cite original references, wherever possible, and where particular subsets of the data are used.

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Data set was compiled by ERIN officer (Don Glasco) to ERIN standards, thus precision, etc. fields reliable. Records selected such that most fields could be entered.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Appendix 1- 61

LINEAGE

Supplier : ACT ERIN Unit

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 28JAN1994

Lineage Comments : Derived from published sources with frequent updates. See details under Attribute Accuracy.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geocode and altitude determination varies. With few exceptions original sources used maps to provide point locations. Geocode accuracy varies from 100 metres to 10 kilometres, with an average of 1500 metres. See individual records for spatial determination and accuracy.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Ataibute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERn\T's Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1. Most records, excepting birds, where based upon museum specimens, hence taxonomy is reliable. Obsolete names from older sources have been updated by ERIN Unit.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : The selection of sources was suggested by the bibliography in Dr. David MacFarland's "Fauna of the Cape York Peninsula Biogeographic Region", 1993, Queensland Dept. of Environment and Heritage. Individual records were selected to fill various spatial, temporal, and taxonomic gaps in ERIN'S CYP database as existed in early 1994. A portion of the QDEH Mcllwraith Range 1978-79 survey was databased into this dataset but not forwarded to the CYPLUS GIs as it duplicated data in the NRO3 Fauna dataset. Approx. 400 Weipa region and south-east wet tropics herpefauna records in this dataset are suspected to be duplicated in other datasets but have been forwarded to the CYPLUS GIs nonetheless.

. . Date of Report : 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 62

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS - QDEH NR03 Fauna 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS - QDEH NR03 Fauna

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR03

Secondary Project Number = NR19

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy - Queensland Department of Enviroment & Heritage NRAP project NR03, Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna

Data Set Description : Fauna specimen and observations collected by various QDEH surveys from 1975 to 1993. Also includes data collected by John Winter and Phil Lethbridge under National Rainforest Conservation Program funding.

Custodian : Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage

Address : Dept of Environment and Heritage PO Box 155 BRISBANE ALBERT STREET QLD 4002

Phone = (07) 227 71 1 1

Fax : (07) 227 6534

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to EIUN) : 25,550 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 25,406 records, 510 species, 946 sites

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Study Area, Queensland Appendix 1- 63

Temporal Extent : 1975 to 1993

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: mammals, bids, amphibians, reptiles

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Site description, including vegetation type, topography, physiographic unit, soil. Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for details.

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Point data on endangered and vulnerable species restricted to CYPLUS FAMILY. Releasable to other users in 3 minute grid. Other users must contact Custodian for point data on restricted species.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ElUN Involvement = NRAP PROJECT

Acknowledgement : Contact Custodian for correct current citation. Interim citation is "Queensland Dept of Environment and Heritage. 1994. Cape York Peninsula Vertebrate Fauna Surveys Dataset. unpublished."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VERY GOOD

Reliability Comments : Dataset compiled from systematic surveys and observations by experienced zoologists. Spatial and temporal resolution high and very reliable. Taxonomy determined by experienced observers in the field or from museum voucher specimens.

Sampling Unit = SITE BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : Various, including census, traps, pits, audio, observations, shooting, road kills. Appendix 1- 64

LINEAGE

Supplier : Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 28FEB 1994

Lineage Comments : Data collected in the site survey format, and supplied to ERIN in site and observations tables. Initial data delivered in Feb 1994 with subsequent deliveries in May and June 1994. Data combined and converted for CYPLUS GIS by ERIN (Ashley Bryea and Don Glasco).

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geuccxies where determined by map in pre 1990 surveys, GPS subsequently. Accuracy varies from 100 to 1000 metres. AU altitudes are derived from map. Geocode and altitude accuracy where determined by collectors or Custodian. See geocode and altitude precision fields in CYPLUS GIs for accuracy of individual records.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIS. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1. Records of voucher specimens awaiting precise identification and/or description were not forwarded by Custodian. Records identified only to genus have not been forwarded to CYPLUS GIs. Most records are from field observations and hand-held identification. Approximately 2100 records are of specimens lodged with museums, most commonly the Queensland Museum.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : This dataset is by far the largest and most comprehensive single collection of Cape York Peninsula terrestrial vertebrate information available, comprising over half of the vertebrate records provided to the CYPLUS GIS. The coverage of the Weipa region, the Wet Tropics, and the McIlwraith and Iron Ranges are especially good. Its coverage of the Lakefield National Park area and south-west portion of the CYPLUS study region is less complete. Its size, extent, spatial and temporal resolution, site attributes, and reliability make it suitable for mod- and resource management decision making.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 65

DATA SET REPORT CYPLUS-Storch 1.0

Data Set Name = CYPLUS-Storch

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Cape York Peninsula vertebrate records from Daryn Storch.

Data Set Description : Vertebrate records collected by Daryn Storch of QDEH, Cairns. Mainly Lakefield area.

Custodian : Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage, Cairns

Address : National Parks and Wildlife Service PO Box 2066 CAIRNS QLD 4870

Phone = (070) 593 0%

Fax = (070) 52 3080

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = # PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERTN) : 235 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 235 records, 76 species, 118 sites

Temporal Extent : 1992 to 1993

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: birds, mammals, reptiles Appendix 1- 66

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Other fields include site details and deposition of collected specimens Please contact RUN Unit or Custodian for details.

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Do not release records of E and V species outside of CYPLUS or DEST without permission of D. Storch. Contact D. Storch for commercial use of data.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE OF LEmS

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge Daryn Storch in any use of this data

Copyright = WlTH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : Daryn Storch

Caveats : Contact D. Storch before publishing detailed data from this source (i.e. taxa and location).

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = GOOD

Reliability Comments : Locations fiom GPS. Taxonomy from handheld or museum specimens.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = RANDOM

Sampling Methodology : Various, including road kills, shooting, examinalion of freshly killed predators

LINEAGE

Supplier: Daryn Storch Date Recieved @ ERIN = 18JUN1994

Lineage Comments : Data provided to ERIN via email Jun 1994. Parsed and database. by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Geamdes determined by GPS. Accurate witbin 150 metres. Altitude precision is accurate within 20 metres.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'S Taxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Records fiom road kills, reliable observations, dissection of feral cats. Questionable records not forwarded by ~~Ilectorl~~mpiler(i.e. D. Storch).

Date of Report : 27 June 1994 Appendix 1- 68

DATA SET REPORT KU-Herpe 1.0

Data Set Name = KU-Herpe

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Queensland Herpetological Collection

Data Set Description : Selected records of herpetofauna collected in Qld from 1926 to 1983. ERIN holds a paper copy of the entire collection (479 records of 8 1 species) but only 103 have been entered into the ERIS database.

Custodian : USA University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History

Address : Museum of Natural History The University of Kansas Lawrence, KANSAS 66044-2454 USA

Phone = 1 9 13 628 5664

Fax = 1 913 628 40%

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : 479 records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 15 records, 13 species, 12 sites

Spatial Extent (in source dataset) = Queensland

Temporal Extent : Appendix 1- 69

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates : Reptiles and Amphibians

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary frle: monster.dct

Other Fields : Please contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, size, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian prior to commercial use.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE OF Ll3'ITERS

Acknowledgement : Dr John Simmons, Herpetofauna Collection Manager, KU Museum of Natural History

Copyright = WlTH CUSTODIAN

Copyright : University of Kansas Museum of Natural History

Caveats : Information indicates nature and extent of museum collection. It should not be used to determine regulatory policies with respect to a particular species or population

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARLABLE

Reliability Comments : Taxonomy reliable. Some locarions very general.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = VARIOUS

Sampling Methodology : mkaown Appendix 1- 70

LINEAGE :

Supplier : University of Kansas Museum of Natural History

Date Recieved @ ERZN = 15MAR1994

Lineage Comments : Provided as paper copy. Edited and entered by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY :

Positional Accuracy Comments : Generally good. See geocode precision field for geocode accuracy of indiviual records. Average is 5 km. Most gemodes determined by ERIN using digital gazatteer.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only records conforming to Census of Australia Vertebrate Species, Version 8.1, are supplied to CYPLUS GIs. Original identification based on specimens lodged in museum.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Specimen regsister of KUMNH herptofauna records is provided to indicate nature and extent of collection Information should not be used as a primary data source in publications or to determine regulatory policies. Outdated names and erroneous locations are possible. Dr. Norman Slate of KUMNH provided ERIN with the register of the museum's a small collection (approximately 120) of Australian mammals, but only two originated from the CYPLUS study area, and hence that dataset is not herein described.

Date of Report : 28 June 1994 Appendix 1 - 71

DATA SET REPORT MCZ-Herpe 1.0

Data Set Name = MCZ-Herpe

Version = 1.O

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoo10gy Queenshd Herpefauna Collection

Data Set Description : Selected specimen records from the Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA) Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) of reptiles and amphibians from Queensland and Torres Strait Islands.

Custodian : Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology

Address : Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge MA 02138 USA

Phone =

Fax =

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data Type = POINT

Aggregation Level = PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : Approx. 1000 paper records. 720 databased.

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) 495 records, 118 species, 53 sites

Spatial Extent :QUEENSLAND Appendix 1- 72

Temporal Extent : ca 1900 to 1985

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: Reptiles and Amphibians

Eel& Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : None databased. Contact Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = PUBLIC DOMAIN

Release Instructions : Contact custodian for any commercial use.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE LETTERS

Acknowledgement : If data is used in maps or publications cite "Rosado, Jose P.(compiler) 1994. Herpetological Register of Harvard University MCZ, unpublished."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

Caveats : This information is provided solely to indicate the nature and extent of the Harvard University MCZ herpetological collection. Not to be used to determine regulatory policies for a particular species.

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : Only records whose taxonomy is current and localities are in ERIN'S digital gazetteer were database.. Few collection dates and collectors where provided by custodian, but most specimens are thought to have been colldin the 1930s during the P.J. Darlington Queensland expedition

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology : Unknown Appendix 1- 73

LINEAGE

Supplier: Jose P. Rosado, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology Cambridge, Ma, USA

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 15-FEB-1994

Lineage Comments : Supplier provided photocopies of herpetological register for Queensland. Don Glasco, ERIN Unit, databased selected records and updated taxonomy.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : Custodian provided only localities. Gemodes derived by ERIN using digital gazemr. Geocode accuracy varies from 1 to 30 kilometres. Geocode-precision field denotes positional accuracy. Altitude determined at ERIN from 1/40 degree DEM. Altitude accuracy approximately 50 metres. Records from islands generally most accurate and reliable.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only records matching the Australian Census of Vertebrate Species (CAVS), version 8.1 are provided to the CYPLUS GIs. Species identification was by experienced taxonomists based on museum specimens.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Relatively good coverage of Torres Strait Islands. The listing of selected MCZ holdings is provided solely to indicate the nature and extent of museum holdings. Information should not be used as primary data source or to determine regulatory policies in respect to particular species.

Date of Report: 24 June 1994 Appendix 1- 74

DATA SET REPORT Museum of Victoria Birds 1.0

Data Set Name = Museum of Victoria Birds

Version = 1.0

Theme = FAUNA

Main Project Number = NR19

Secondary Project Number = NR03

Data Set Title : National Museum of Victoria Bird Records

Data Set Description : Bird specimen records fiom the National Museum of Victoria, databased by Anai Roppola, ERIN Unit Included in this report is a separate dafaset of 74 records (as delivered to ERIN) of bird eggs.

Custodian : Vic National Museum of Victoria, Abbotsford

Address : National Museum of Victoria 7 1 Victoria Crescent ABBOTSFORD VIC 3067

Phone = (03) 4 19 5200

Fax = (03) 416 0475

Custodianship Comments :

DATASET SIZE AND EXTENT

Data 'Ilpe = POINT

Aggregation Level = NEAR PRIMARY

Data Set Size (as delivered to ERIN) : approx. 800 records plus 74 bird egg records

Data Set Size (as delivered to CYPLUS GIs) : 369 records, 90 species, 41 sites for bird specimens 14 records, 6 species, 5 sites for bird eggs

Spatial Extent (in source data set) = QUEENSLAND Appendix 1- 75

Temporal Extent : 1850 to 1992

Taxon Extent : Vertebrates: birds

Fields Supplied : See data dictionary file: monster.dct

Other Fields : Contact ERIN Unit or Custodian for specimen details (e.g. sex, preservation method).

DATASET USAGE

Data Set Use Code = CYPLUS FAMILY

Release Instructions : Contact Custodian before releasing to third party.

More Detail At Custodian = YES

Basis of ERIN Involvement = EXCHANGE LE'ITERS

Acknowledgement : Acknowledge CYPLUS funding, as well as requirement specified by Custodian If used in publication cite "National Museum of Victoria 1993. Bird Collection databased by Enviromnental Resources Information Network unpublished."

Copyright = WITH CUSTODIAN

DATA QUALITY

Reliability = VARIABLE

Reliability Comments : AU geumdes determined from locality using ERIN geocoding utility from text locality descriptions on each specimen. Taxonomy considered reliable but many obsolete names in original dataset. Date and collector often missing.

Sampling Unit = SPECIMEN BASED

Sampling Code = TAXONOMIC PURPOSES

Sampling Methodology : unlolown.

LINEAGE

Supplier : Vic National Museum of Victoria, Abbotsford Appendix 1- 76

Date Recieved @ ERIN = 05MAY 1993

Lineage Comments : AZso distributed To :Qld National Parks and Wildlife Service, Kenmore, in May 1993 for compilation of existing data by Dr David McFarland.

POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Positional Accuracy Comments : See geocode precision field in CYPLUS GIs for accuracy of individual records. Varies from 2 to 10 kilomem, assume a 5 kilometre accuracy otherwise. All gdesdetermined from locality using ERIN'S digital gazetteer.

ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY

Attribute Accuracy Comments : Only those records matching ERIN'STaxon Table have been sent to the CYPLUS GIs. For animals, this is Census of Australian Vertebrates, Version 8.1. Identification of museum specimens by experienced taxonomists. Obsolete names updated by Don Glasco, ERIN Unit, June 1994.

OTHER

Data Set Comments : Compiled and databased from specimen register at Museum of Victoria by Antti Roppola, ERIN. No lat/long supplied by Custodian, geocoded from locality.

Date of Report : 24 June 1994 Appendix I1

Fauna of Cape York Peninsula

Appendix to Cape York Peninsula Fauna Data (CYPLUSNRAP Project NR19)

D.G. Glasco

Environmental Resources Information Network Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories Canberra

Table of Contents (Appendix 11)

1.1 Explanation of Appendix 1.1.1 Purpose 1.1.2 Sources of Information 1.1.3 Methods 1.1.4 Taxonomic Extent 1.2 Definitions of Fields and Codes 1.2.1 Naming 1.2.2 Counts 1.2.3 Distribution 1.2.4 Conservation Status 1.2.5. Caveat

2.0 CLASS : AMPHIBIA (Amphibians)

2.1 Order : Anura (Frogs)

3.0 CLASS : AVES (Birds) 3.1 Order : Accipitriformes (Raptors) 3.2 Order : Anseriformes (Magpie Goose, Ducks, Geese) 3.3 Order : Apodiformes (Swifts) 3.4 Order : Ardeiforme (Egrets, Herons, Bitterns) 3.5 Order : Caprimulgiformes (Frogmouths, Nightjars) 3.6 Order : Casuariiformes (Cassowary, Emu)

, 3.7 Order : Charadriiformes (Gulls, Noddies, Oystercatchers, etc) 3.8 Order : Cinconiiformes (Ibises, Spoonbills) 3.9 Order : Columbiformes (Pigeons, Doves) 3.10 Order : Coraciiformes (Kmgfishers) 3.11 Order : Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) 3.12 Order : Galliformes (Fowl, Quail, Pheasent) 3.13 Order : Gruiformes (Bustard, Cranes, Rails) 3.14 Order : Passeriformes (Passerines) 3.15 Order : Pelecaniformes (Cormorants, Frigatebirds, Boobies) 3.16 Order : Podicipediformes (Grebes) 3.17 Order : Procellariiformes (Shearwater) 3.18 Order : Psittaciformes (Cockatoos, Parrots) 3.19 Order : Strigiformes (Owls) 4.0 CLASS : MAMMALIA (Mammals)

Order : Artiodactyla (Ungulates) Order : Carnivora (Carnivores) Order : Chiroptera (Bats) Order : Diprotodonta (Macropods, Possums,Cuscus, Bettong) Order : Monotremata (Platypus, Echinda) Order : Perissodactyla (Horses) Order : Polyprotodonta (Antechinus, Quolls, Planigales) Order : Rodentia (Rodents)

5.0 CLASS : Reptilia (Reptiles)

5.1 Order : Crocodilla (Crocodiles) 5.2 Order : Squamata (Lizards, Skinks, Geckos, Snakes) 5.3 Order : Testudines (Turtles)

6.0 CLASS : CHONDRICHTHYES AND OSTEICHTHYES (Fishes)

6.1 Order : Larnniformes (Sharks) 6.2 Order : Rajiformes (Rays) 6.3 Order : (Hardyheads, Blue-eyes, Rainbowfish) 6.4 Order : Clupeiformes (Bream, Anchovy) 6.5 Order : Cypinodontiformes (Longtoms, Garfish) 6.6 Order : Elopiformes (Herring) 6.7 Order : Gonorhynchiformes (Milkfish) 6.8 Order : Osteoglossiformes (Saratoga) 6.9 Order : Perciforme (Perch, Gudgeon, Cod, Goby, Grunters) 6.10 Order : Pleuronectiforme (Sole) 6.11 Order : Siluriformes (Catfish) 6.12 Order : Scorpaeniformes (Stonefish, Flathead, Stingers) 6.13 Order : Synbranchiformes (One-gilled Eels)

7.0 CLASS : INSECTA (Insects)

7.1 Order : Coleoptera (Beetles)

. . 7.2 Order : Diptera (Flies, Mosquitoes, Midges) 7.3 Order : Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) 7.4 Order : Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees) 7.5 Order : Isoptera (Termites) 7.6 Order : Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) 7.7 Order : Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies) 7.8 Order : Odonata (Dragodies, ) 7.9 Order : Orthoptera (Locusts, Grasshoppers, Katydids) 7.10 Order : Plecopter (Stoneflies) 1. Explanation of Appendix

1.1.1 Purpose

This appendix is a summary of the fauna species found on Cape York Peninsula (CYP). This information is the result of several Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy (CYPLUS) Natural Resources Analysis Program (NRAP) projects. This listing of CYP terrestrial and riverine vertebrate fauna is the most complete to date and based on the most current and reliable information available to the authors.

Details of individual records and locations are not provided. The number of records and sites are given for each species. Conservation status and endemism are also noted.

This listing provides users and managers an appreciation of the extent of data and information available for CYP species and may be used to suggest which species or taxonomic groupings require additional field research.

1.1.2. Sources of Information

These data are a result of compiling numerous datasets and information from numerous sources which include museum collections (both Australian and overseas), past faunal surveys, privately developed datasets, and published sources. Three NRAP projects were key sources for recent information on their respective taxonomic focus. These projects were:

- NR03 Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna Survey - NRlO Fish Fauna Survey - NR17 Insect Fauna Survey

These three projects alone accounted for approximately 35% of the almost 67,696 records noted in this appendix. They are also the most spatially and taxonomically reliable records. See the NR19 report (Fauna Distribution of Cape York Peninsula) and its Appendix I (Metadata Report for Fauna Datasets included in CYPLUS GIs) for detailed descriptions and extent of sources.

1.1.3 Methods

This appendix was derived from the data existing in the Environmental Resources Information System (ERIS) database maintained by ERIN. Records with unreliable taxonomy or spatial resolution have not been loaded into ERIS or used in this report. Unfortunately, not all of the ERIS data could be supplied to the CYPLUS Geographical Information System (GIs) due to proprietary restrictions (e.g Dunns butterfly data and most RAOU records). Such records account for approximately 10% of the 67,696 records tabulated in this appendix. However, all reliable records were used in any analysis and modelling conducted by the authors. A few (less than 250) of the terrestrial vertebrate records may be from locations outside the precise boundaries of the CYPLUS study area. The database query was based upon a geographical area defined by latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes (approximately Warrior Reef) and 16 degrees 30 minutes south (approximately Mossman), and longitudes 141 and 146 degrees east. Hence some records from the northern Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and the Great Barrier Reef south of Cooktown are included. While the counts of records for species may not always be strictly within the study area, all species listed have been collected or observed in the CYPLUS area.

Undetermined or undescribed species have not been included.

1.1.4. Taxonomic Extent

The main taxonomic focus of NR19 was on terrestrial vertebrates. Marine mammals are not included. Only about a hundred records of marine fish and reptiles (i.e. sea snakes) are included. These were incidentals found in mouths of rivers or were embedded in datasets supplied to ERIN.

Insects are incomplete. Only 10 of the 32 insect orders found in Australia had been databased when this fauna database was compiled. Several diverse and numerous classes have not yet been thoroughly surveyed and databased (e.g. , bacteria, molluscs, .)

A summary by class is:

Class Number of records Number of species Distinct Sites AMPHIBIA (Amphibians) 3,550 63 890 AVES (Birds) 33,467 426 800 MAMMALIA (Mammals) 4,151 114 425 REPTILIA (Rep tiles) 4,374 206 910 OSTEICHTHYES (Fishes)l 2,142 93 50 INSECTA (Insects) 20,012 1,082 1,500

lIncludes estuarine sharks and rays of class CHONDRICHTHYES. 1.2 Explanation of Fields and Codes

1.2.1. Naming

The following tables are organised by class, order, family, genus, species, and subspecies. The authority used for taxonomic names is the Census of Vertebrate Species (CAVS version 8.1) (ABRS 1994). CAVS rarely includes subspecies and does not include common names for reptiles and amphibians. The common names for herpetofauna used in this appendix follow, in order of precedence, Ingram et al. (1993) and Cogger (1992).

CAVS does not include fish. The authorities used for fish are Allen (1989) and Grant (1993).

The CSIRO Division of Entomology is the custodian, and is databasing, the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). Hence, ANIC is used as the naming authority for insects.

1.2.2. Counts

The number of records in the ERIS database for each species is also included, as is the number of distinct sites (i.e. unique geographical coordinates).

1.2.3. Distribution

The next field is Distribution (Dist). The codes used are:

E Species is endemic to the CYPLUS study area, occurring nowhere else in the world.

Ee Species occurs outside the continent but within Australia, it occurs only in the CYPLUS study area.

Disj Population in CYP is disjunct. The species occurs elsewhere in Australia but not in areas adjacent to the study area.

Rng Range extension. Species was not known to occur in the study area prior to the beginning of the NRAP projects.

? Insufficient information to make a determination but may be unique to CYP.

Intro Introduced and exotic to Australia. Population is self sustaining.

Endemism was determined through database queries searching for occurrences outside of the CYPLUS study area. When such data were insufficient to make a determination, published sources were consulted. Specifically: Simpson (1993) and Blakers et a1 (1984) for birds; Cogger (1992) and Swanson (1990) for herpetofauna; and Winter and Lethbridge (1994) and Strahan, ed. (1992) for mammals. If a species occurs north of 10 degrees (north of Mulgrave Island) we assumed it also occurs in Papua New Guinea even if we had no confirming records to that effect. Endemism was not determined for fishes and insects. 1.2.4 Status

The last field is the rare and threatened status (Status). The codes used are;

End Endangered.

Rare Rare. Very small and1 or restricted populations.

Vul Vulnerable.

Unk Insufficient information to make a determination.

SI Special Interest.

The endangered, rare, and vulnerable status is in accordance with the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage draft listing (QDEH 1994) for the new Queensland Nature Conservation Act. QDEH understandably addresses a species' status within Queensland. Hence a species that may be stable or common elsewhere in Australia may still be on the Queensland listing.

Unknown and Special Interest are not official designations, however are of interest to researchers and/or conservation managers. The Unknown determinations are by Winter and Lethbridge (1994). McFarland (1993) uses Special Interest.

1.2.5. Caveat

This species listing with its endemism determinations and conservation status do not reflect official ERIN or Commonwealth Department of Environment, Sports and Territories policy or endorsement. While ERIN facilities were essential for this data compilation, this report with any errors or omissions are the sole responsibly of this author.

Don Glasco CYPLUS Project Officer Environmental Resources Information Network Commonwealth Department of Environment, Sports and Territories Canberra, ACT 20 November 1994 Amphibians of Cape York Peninsula

2.0 CLASS :AMPHIBLA

The following species of amphibians have been observed or collected from Cape York Peninsula. For purposes of this table, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees and 146 degrees east. Detailed information on individual records are in ERIN'S Environmental Resources Information System and have been have been provided to the CYPLUS GIS unless noted otherwise. An '*' following the species name indicates no records for this species exist in ERIS database, but are known to have occured in CYP from published sources (usually Cogger 1992).

See the introduction to this appendix for an explanation of Distribution (Dist) and Status codes. Species are listed alphabetically by family, genus, species. Common names follow Ingram, Nattrass and Czechura (1993). If none provided by this source, Cogger (1992) is used.

Date of information is 15 June 1994.

2.1 Order : Anura Frogs 3550 records, 63 species, 890 sites

FAMILY <;EN JS SPECIES COMMONNAME Srras Dm. S'rkrrrs Bufonidae Bujb marinus Cane Toad 130 Intro Hylidae Cjlclorana australis Northern Snapping-frog 4 Hylidae Cyclorana brevipes Superb Collared-frog 8 Hylidae Cyclorana maculosa a frog 3 Hylidae Cyclorana manya Little Collared-frog 5 E Rare Hylidae Cyclorana novae hollandiae Eastern Snapping-frog 44 Hylidae Litoria alboguttata Greenstripe Frog 22 Hylidae Litoria bicolor Northern Sedgefrog 99 Hylidae Litoria caerulea Green Treefrog 100 Amphibians

FAMILY GENJS SPECIES CCIMMONNAME Hylidae Litoria chloris Southern Orange-eyed Treefrog Hylidae Litoria dnhlii Northern Waterfiog Hylidae Litoria dorsalis Dwarf Rocket Frog Hylidae Litoria eucnemis a frog1 Ee Hylidae 1, to ria fdlax Eastern Sedgefrog Hylidae Litoria genimaculata Green-eyed Teefrog Rare Hylidae Litoria grncilenta Graceful Treefrog Hylidae Litoria inermis Bumby Rocketfrog Hylidae Litorza infrafrenata White-lipped Treefrog Hylidae Litoria latopalmata Broad-palmed Rocketfrog Hylidae Litoria lesueuri Stony-creek Frog Hylidae Litoria bngiro,stris Scrub Rocketfrog E Rare Hylidae Litoria brica Armoured Mistfrog E End Hylidae Litoria nannotis Waterfall Frog End Hylidae Litoria nasuta Striped Rocketfrog Hylidae Litoria nigropenata Tawney Rocketfrog Hylidae Litoria nyak~lensi~s Mountain Mistfrog Hylidae Litoria pallida Peach-sided Rocketfrog Hylidae Litoria peronii Emerald-spotted Treefrog Hylidae Litoria rheocola Common Mistfrog End Hylidae Litoria rothii Red-eyed Treefrog Hylidae Litoria rubella Naked Treefrog Hylidae Litoria xanthomera Northern Orange-eyed Treefrog Hylidae Nyctimystes dayi Australian Lace-lid End Microhylidae C'ophixalus bom biens Windsor Nursery-frog E2 Rare

l~otrecognised by CAVS but included in Cogger (1992) and Winter and Lethbridge (1994). Occurs in Torres Strait. 2~ndemicto Windsor Tablelands and not strictly limited to CYPLUS study area. Amphibians

FAMII.Y GENUS SPECIES C~M~NNAME STATUS Microhylidae Clophixalus concinnus Tapping Nursery-fiog Rare Microhylidae Clophixalus crepitan,~ Northern Nursery-frog Rare Microhylidae (.70phixalus exiguus Bloomfield Nursery-fiog Rare Microhylidae C7ophixalus hosmeri Pipping Nursery-frog Microhylidae Cvophix~i/us neglectus Tangerine Nursery-frog Microhylidae Chphixalus ornatu,~ Common Nursery-frog Microhylidae C70phixalu~s peninsularis Cape York Nursery-frog Rare Microhylidae Cophix~lu~s saxatilis Boulder Nursery-frog Rare Microhylidae Sphenophryne Ji~i Cricket Chirper Rare Microhylidae Sphencyhryne gracilipes Shrill Chirper Microhylidae Sphenophryne pluvialis White-browed Chirper Unk Microhylidae Sphenophryne robusta Pealing Chirper (Jrinia de,serticob Chirping Froglet Myobatrachidae Crinia remota Torrid Froglet Myobatrachidae Crinia signfera Clicking Froglet Myobatrachidae Lintnodynastes con~~exiusculus Marbled Frog Myobatrachidae Limnodynastes ornatus Ornate Burrowing Frog Myobatrachidae L,imnodynastes peronii Striped Marshfrog Myobatrachidae Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Spotted Marshfrog Myobatrachidae Limnodynastes terraereginae Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk Myobatrachidae Mixophyes fasciolatus Great Myobatrachidae Mixophyes schevilli Northern Barred-frog Myobatrachidae Notaden melanoscaphus Brown Orbfrog Myobatrachidae Pseudophryne major Great Brown Broodfrog

3~ndemicto Thornton Peak. (Cogger 1992). 4Believed endemic to McIlwraith Range (Cogger 1992). 5Believedendemic to McIlwraith Range (Cogger 1992). Amphibians

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC. SITES DIST. STATUS Myobatrachidae Taudactylus acutirostris Sharp-snouted Dayfiog 166 47 End Myobatrachidae Taudactylus rheophilus Northern Tinkerfrog 1 1 ?6 Unk Myobatrachidae Uperoleia lithomoda Stonemason Gungan 52 32 Myobatrachidae Uperoleia mimula Torres Gungan 45 32 Ee Ranidae Rana daemeli Australian Bullfrog 223 140

6~otincluded in data provided to CYPLUS GIs but noted by Cogger 1992 from Thornton Peak.

8 Birds of Cape York Peninsula

3.0 CLASS :AVES

The following species of birds have been observed or collected from Cape York Peninsula. For purposes of this table, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees and 146 degrees east. Detailed information on individual records are in ERIN'S Environmental Resources Information System and have been have been provided to the CYPLUS GIs unless noted otherwise. An I*' following the species name indicates no records for this species exist in ERIS database, but are known to have occured in CYP from published sources (usually Simpson and Day 1993).

The taxonomy of birds has recently been undergoing major revisions. Hence the Royal Australian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) number is provided. While generic and familial names may change, the RAOU number always stays the same.

See the introduction to this appendix for an explanation of Distribution (Dist) and Status codes. Species are listed alphabetically by order, family, genus, species. Date of information is 15 June 1994.

This table of bird species is a summary of: 33,467 records for 425 species, ca. 800 sites

3.1 Order :Accipitriformes Raptors 674 records, 23 species, 256 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REC SITES DIST STATUS Accipitridae A ccipiter cirrhocephalus 222 Collared Sparrowhawk 22 18 Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus 221 Brown Goshawk 33 29 Accipitridae A ccipiter novaehollandiae 220 Grey Goshawk 3 1 24 Rare Accipitridae Aquila audax 224 Wedge-tailed Eagle 26 24 Accipitridae A quila gurneyi 79 Gurney's Eagle 1 1 Ee Accipitridae A viceda su bcristata 234 Pacific Baza 8 7 Birds

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES S~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REC SITES DIST. S'~AT[JS Accipitridae Circus approximans 2 19 Swamp Harrier 16 6 Accipitridae Circus spilonotus spilothorm * Papuan Harrier7 - - Rng Accipitridae Elanus axillaris 232 Black-shouldered Kite 6 2 Accipitridae Erythrotriorchis radiatus 223 Red Goshawk 27 20 End Accipitridae HaIiaeefus Ieucoga~ler 226 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 82 54 Accipitridae Haliastur indus 227 Brahminy Kite 42 33 Accipitridae Halia,stur sphenurus 228 Whistling Kite 144 103 Accipitridae Han~irostra melanosternon 23 1 Black-breasted Buzzard 10 10 SI Accipitridae Hieraaetus morphnoides 225 Little Eagle 1 1 Accipitridae Lophoictinia isura 230 Square-tailed Kite 9 9 Rare Accipitridae Milvus migrans 229 Black Kite 75 52 Accipitridae Pandion haljaetus 241 Osprey 37 29 Falconidae Falco berigora 239 Brown Falcon 44 36 Falconidae Falco cenchroides 240 Australian Kestrel 42 26 Falconidae Falco longipennis 23 5 Australian Falcon 11 8 Falconidae Falco peregrinus 237 Peregrine Falcon 6 5 Falconidae Falco subniger 238 Black Falcon 1 1

3.2 Order: Anseriformes Magpie Goose, Ducks, Geese 28 1 records, 14 species, 1 10 sites

Anatidae Anas castanea 2 10 Chestnut Teal 1 1 Rare Anatidae Anas gracilzs 21 1 Grey Teal 32 11 Anatidae Anas querquedula 209 Garganey 1 1 Anatidae Anas rhynchotis * 2 12 Australasian Shoveler 1 1 Rng*

70bserved by Winter and Lethbridge (1994) but not recognised as Australian species by RAOU. Increasingly reported sightings frpm NT, Torres Straits, and CYP (Simpson and Day 1993).

10 Birds

FAMIL~Y GEMJS SPECIES SUBSPECIES RAOU COMMONNAME REC' SITES DIST STATIJS Anatidae Anas superciliosa 208 Pacific Black Duck 70 43 Anatidae Aythya australis 215 Hardhead 4 4 Anatidae CJhenonetta jubata * 202 Maned Duck 3 1 Anatidae Denhocygna arcuata 204 Wandering Whistling-Duck 15 13 Anatidae Dendrocygna eytoni 205 Plumed Whistling-Duck 5 4 Anatidae Malacorhynchus mem branaceus * 2 1 3 Pink-eared Duck 5 3 Anatidae Nettapus corurnandelianus 200 Cotton Pygmy-Goose 2 2 Rare Anatidae Nettapus pulchellus 20 1 Green Pygmy-Goose 42 27 Anatidae Tadorna radjah 206 Radjah Shelduck 49 39 Rare Anseranatidae Anserana,~ semipalntata 199 Magpie Goose 51 22

3.3 Order: Apodiformes Swifts 87 records, 5 species, 39 sites

Apodidae Apus pacificus 335 Fork-tailed Swift 12 10 Apodidae C?u1!ZocaZiu esculenta 882 Glossy Swiftlet 3 2 Apodidae ~.?ollocalia .spodiopygus 333 White-rumped Swiftlet 66 26 Rare Apodidae Clollocalia vanikorensis 88 1 Uniform Swifilet 2 2 Apodidae Hirundupus caudacutus 3 34 White-throated Needletail 4 3

-. 8~ossiblevagrant. RAOU Atlas does not include Cape York Peninsula in Australasian Shoveler range. 3.4 Order: Ardeiformes Egrets, Herons, Bitterns 754 records, 14 species, 168 sites

FAIVIII,Y GENJS SPECIES SU~SPECIESRAOU C(IMMONNAIVE SITES DIST. S'TATIJS Ardeidae A rdea alba 187 Great Egret 5 2 Ardeidae Arden ibis 977 Cattle Egret 2 Ardeidae A rdea intermedia 186 Intermediate Egret 24 Ardeidae A rdea paczfica 189 Pacific Heron 22 Ardeidae A rdea picata 190 Pied Heron 11 Ardeidae Ardea sumatrana 184 Great-billed Heron 13 SI Ardeidae Butorides striatus 193 Striated Heron 23 Ardeidae Egretta garzetta 185 Little Egret 3 5 Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae 188 White-faced Heron 5 1 Ardeidae Egre tta sacra 19 1 Eastern Reef Egret 12 Ardeidae Ixobrychus ji'a\)icollis 196 Black Bittern 17 Ardeidae Ixobrychu,~ minutus 195 Little Bittern 2 Ardeidae Nycticorm caledonicus 192 Nankeen Night Heron 55 Ciconiidae Ephippiorhynchus asiuticus 183 Black-necked Stork (Jabiru) 42 Rare

3.5 Order: Caprimulgiformes Frogmouths, Nightjars 65 1 records, 7 species, 254 sites

Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus 3 17 Australian Owlet-nightjar Caprimulgidae (,'aprimulgus macrurus 332 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgidae Eurostopodus argus 33 1 Spotted Nightjar Caprimulgidae Eurostopodus mystacalis 330 White-throated Nightjar Podargidae Podargus ocellatus 3 14 Marbled Frogmouth

- - - g~isjunctpopulation, Nearest other population in coastal rainforests in south-east Queensland, north-east NSW.(RAOU Atlas)

12 Birds

FAMILY GENTJS SPECIES SIT~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME;, Podargidae Podargu,~ papuensis 3 16 Papuan Frogmouth Podargidae Podargugus strigoides 3 13 Tawny Frogmouth

3.6 Order: Casuariiformes Cassowary, Emu 11 5 records, 2 species, 76 sites

Casauriidae Chsuarius ca,suariu.s 2 Southern Cassowary 98 64 Vul Casauriidae Dromaius novaehollandiae 1 Emu 17 12

3.7 Order: Charadriiformes Curlews, Gulls, Noodies, Oystercatechers, Plovers, Terns 1,791 records, 63 species, 265 sites Sandpipers, Godwitts, Lapwings, Stints, Tattlers

Burhinidae Burhinus grallariu~s 174 Bush Stone-curlew 98 36 Burhinidae Esacus mapirostris 175 Beach Stone-curlew 58 22 Vul Charadriidae Charadrius bicinctus 140 Double-banded Plover 3 3 Charadriidae (-~haraJriu,s le.schenaultii 14 1 Greater Sand Plover 11 11 Charadriidae Clharadrius mongolus 139 Lesser Sand Plover 15 10 Charadriidae C.'haradriu,s rujcapillus 143 Red-capped Plover 24 18 Charadriidae Charadrius veredus * 142 Oriental Plover 3 3 Charadriidae Elsey ornis melanops 144 Black-fronted Plover 18 8 Charadriidae Pluvialis dominica 13 7 American Golden Plover 6 6 Charadriidae Pluvialis firhja 8006 Pacific Golden Plover 9 8 Charadriidae Pluvialis squatarola 13 6 Grey Plover 2 2 Charadriidae Vanellus miles 133 Masked Lapwing 101 52 Charadriidae Vanellus tricolor * 135 Banded Lapwing 1 1 Glareolidae Glareola maldivarum 172 Oriental Pratincole 1 1 Glareolidae Stiltia isnbella 173 Australian Pratincole 11 5 FAMILY GENIJS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME Wc SITES DIST. STATUS Haematopodidae Haematopus filiginosus 13 1 Sooty Oystercatcher 1 1 Rare Haematopodidae Haematopus long.irmtri.s 130 Pied Oystercatcher 29 22 Jacanidae Irediparra gallinacea 171 Comb-crested Jacana 11 9 Laridae Anous minutus 124 Black Noddy 20 3 Laridae Anous stolidus 122 Common Noddy 2 1 6 Laridae (.'hlidonia.s hybridus 1 10 Whiskered Tern 6 2 Laridae C'hlidonias leucopteru.~ 109 White-winged Tern 6 3 Laridae (;ygi,s alba * 972 White Tern 1 1 Rng1° Laridae Larus dominicanus 981 Kelp Gull 1 1 Laridae Larus novaehollandiae 125 Silver Gull 52 25 Laridae Stercorarius pomarinus 945 Pomarine Jaeger 1 1 Laridae Sterna albzjbns 1 17 Little Tern 93 57 Vul Laridae Sterna anaethetus 121 Bridled Tern 150 14 Laridae Sterna bengalen,sis 1 16 Lesser Crested Tern 15 12 Laridae Sterna bergii 1 15 Crested Tern 347 I6 Laridae Sterna caspia 1 12 Caspian Tern 36 10 Laridae Sterna dougallii 1 13 Roseate Tern 48 3 Laridae Sterna fuscata 120 Sooty Tern 5 4 Laridae Sterna hirundo 953 Common Tern 9 3 Laridae Sterna nilotica 1 1 1 Gull-billed Tern 32 12 Laridae Sterna sumatrana 1 19 Black-naped Tern 307 12 Recurvirostridae CZadorhynchus leucocephalus 147 Banded Stilt 1 1 Recurvirostridae Himantopus himontopus 146 Black-winged Stilt 2 1 1I

'O~robablevagrant. Previously only reported from NSW coast. (RAOU Atlas) Birds

FAMILY GENIJS SPECIES SI~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNhME RE<; SITES DIST. STATUS Recurvirostridae Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 148 Red-necked Avocet 1 1 Scolopacidae Actitis hypoleucos 157 Common Sandpiper 34 11 Scolopacidae Arenaria interpres 129 Ruddy Turnstone 10 7 Scolopacidae (-:alidri,s acuminata 163 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 11 10 Scolopacidae Jris alba * 166 Sanderling 2 2 Scolopacidae (;alidris canutus * 164 Red Knot 9 4 Scolopacidae Clalidris ferruginea 16 1 Curlew Sandpiper 4 2 Scolopacidae C.'alidri,s ruficollis 162 Red-necked Stint 28 14 Scolopacidae (7alidris subminuta * 965 Long-toed Stint 1 1 Rngll Scolopacidae (Jalidris tenuirostris 165 Great Knot 4 4 Scolopacidae (;allinago hnrdwickii 168 Latham's Snipe 3 3 Scolopacidae (;allinago megaln 169 Swinhoe's Snipe 2 2 Scolopacidae He tero,scelus brevipes 155 Grey-tailed Tattler 20 10 Scolopacidae Hetero,scelus incanus 156 Wandering Tattler 2 1 Scolopacidae Limicola falcinellus * 167 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 1 Scolopacidae Limosa lapponica 153 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 10 Scolopacidae Limosa limosa 152 Black-tailed Godwit 1 1 Scolopacidae Numenius madcrgascariensis 149 Eastern Curlew 17 13 Rare Scolopacidae Nunzenius minutus 151 Little Curlew 17 10 Scolopacidae Numenius phaeopus 150 Whimbrel 32 23 Scolopacidae Philomnchau.~ pugnax * 934 Ruff 2 2 Scolopacidae Tringa glareola * 154 Wood Sandpiper 1 1 Scolopacidae Tringa ne bularia 158 Common Greenshank 14 13 Scolopacidae Tringa stagnatilis 159 Marsh Sandpiper 5 5 Scolopacidae Xenus cinereus 160 Terek Sandpiper 4 2

- - l~angeextension from previously recorded sightings. Nearest other range noted in RAOU Atlas is Gregory Downs, north-western Queensland.

15 Birds

3.8 Order : Cinconiiformes Ibises, Spoonbills 300 records, 5 species, 101 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME Threskiornithidae Platalea flavipes 182 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Threskiornithidae Platalea regia 181 Royal Spoonbill Threskiornithidae Plegadis falcinellus 178 Glossy Ibis Threskiornithidae Threskiornis molucca 179 Australian White Ibis Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis 180 Straw-necked Ibis

3.9 Order : Columbiformes Pigeons, Doves 2088 records, 16 species, 347

Columbidae Chalcophaps indica 33 Emerald Dove 88 54 Columbidae Columba livia* 957 Rock Pigeon 1 1 Intro Columbidae Ducula bicolor 26 Pied Imperial Pigeon 298 94 Columbidae Ducula mulleriil2 793 Black-collared Fruit-Pigeon - - Ee Columbidae Geopelia cuneaia 3 1 Diamond Dove 14 13 Columbidae Geopelia humeralis 32 Bar-shouldered Dove 383 202 Columbidae Geopelia striata 30 Peacehl Dove 436 135 Columbidae Geophaps scripta 39 Squatter Pigeon 66 25 Columbidae Lopholaimus antarciicz/s 27 Topknot Pigeon 5 3 Columbidae Macropygia am boinensis 29 Brown Cuckoo-Dove 105 43 Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes * 43 Crested Pigeon 4 4 Columbidae Petrophassa albipennis 37 White-quilled Rock-Pigeon 1 1 Columbidae Phaps chalcoptera 34 Common Bronzewing 16 14 Columbidae Ptilinopus magnificus 25 Wompoo Fruit-Dove 227. 107

12Not in data provided to CYPLUS GIs but noted in RAOU Atlas as occurring on Torres Strait Islands.

16 Birds

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REC SITES DIST. STATUS Columbidae Ptilinopus regina 21 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove 114 56 Columbidae Ptilinopus superbus 23 Superb Fruit-Dove 328 47

3.10 Order : Coraciiformes Kingfishers 2521 records, 13 species, 349 sites

Alcedinidae A lcedo azurea 3 19 Azure Kingfisher Alcedinidae A lcedo pusilla 320 Little Kingfisher Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis 3 18 Dollarbird Halcyonidae Dacelo leachii 323 Blue-winged Kookaburra Halcyonidae Dacelo novaeguineae 322 Laughing Kookaburra Halcyonidae Syma torotoro 32 1 Yellow-billed Kingfisher Halcyonidae Tanysiptera galateal3 na Common Paradise-Kingfisher Halcyonidae Tanysiptera sylvia 328 Buff-breasted Paradise- Kingfisher Halcyonidae Todirhampus chloris 327 Collared Kingfisher Halcyonidae Todirhampus macleayii 324 Forest Kingfisher Halcyonidae Todirhampus pyrrho~~gia 325 Red-backed Kingfisher Halcyonidae Todirhampus sanctus 326 Sacred Kingfisher Meropidae Merops ornatus 329 Rainbow Bee-eater

13Reported by Winter and Lethbridge (1994). Simpson (1993) states a single record from Darnley Island is in doubt. Not recognised as Australian species by RAOU.

17 Birds

3.11 Order : Cuculiformes Cuckoos 795 records, 13 species, 176 sites

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES SI~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME Centropodidae Centropus pha,sianinus 349 Pheasant Coucal Cuculidae Cacomanlis castaneiventris 340 Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cuculidae Clacomantis .flabelli$ormis 338 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cuculidae C1acomantis ~ariolosus 339 Brush Cuckoo Cuculidae Chry.sococcyx basalis 342 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Cuculidae (.~hrysococcyx lucidus 344 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Cuculidae C~hrysococcyx minutillus 345 Little Bronze-Cuckoo Cuculidae Chrysococcyx osculan,s 34 1 Black-eared Cuckoo Cuculidae (.~hry,sococcyx ru,s,satu,s 346 Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo Cuculidae (.:uculus pallidus 337 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculidae Cuculus saturatus 336 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculidae Eudynamys scolopacea 347 Common Koel Cuculidae Scythrops novae hollandiae 348 Channel-billed Cuckoo

3.12 Order : Galliformes Fowl, Quail, Pheasent 394 records, 8 species, 156 sites

Megapodiidae Alectura lathanzi 8 Australian Brush-turkey 137 97 Megapodiidae Megapodius reimvardt 6 Orange-footed Scrubfowl 218 97 Phasianidae Coturnix chinensis 12 King Quail 2 2 Phasianidae Coturnix pectoralis * 9 Stubble Quail 1 1 Phasianidae Coturnix ypsilophora 11 Swamp Quail 24 11 Phasianidae Coturnix ypsilophora australis 10 Brown Quail 4 2 Phasianidae Gallus gallus * 902 Red Junglefowl 5 5 Intro Birds

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIES RAOU COMMONNAME REC SITES DIST. STATUS Phasianidae Phasianus colchicus 950 Common Pheasant 3 2 Intro

3.13 Order : Gruiformes Bustard, Cranes, Rails 500 records, 19 species, 12 1 sites

Gruidae Grus untigone 898 Sarus Crane Gruidae Grus ru bicunda 177 Brolga Otididae A rdeotis australis 176 Australian Bustard Rallidae Amaurorni solivaceus 53 Bush-hen Rallidae Fulica atra 59 Eurasian Coot Rallidae (;allirauh philippensis 46 Buff-banded Rail Rallidae (;allinula tene brosa * 56 Dusky Moorhen Rallidae Porphyrio porphyrio 58 Purple Swamphen Rallidae Porzana cinereus 52 White-browed Crake Rallidae Porzana pusilla 50 Baillon's Crake Rallidae Porzana tabuensis 5 1 Spotless Crake Rallidae Rallina tricolor 48 Red-necked Crake Turnicidae Turnix ca.stanota 15 Chestnut-backed Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix maculosa 13 Red-backed Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix melanogaster 17 Black-breasted Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix olivii 16 Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix pyrrhothorax 19 Red-chested Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix varia 14 Painted Button-quail Turnicidae Turnix velox 18 Little Button-quail

14Rangeextension from previously known populations in northern NT and north-west WA. (RAOU Atlas) Birds

3.14 Order: Passeriformes Passerines 17,496 records, 175 species, 7 11 sites

FAMIL~Y GENUS SPECIES SUSSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REc SITES DIST. STATUS Alaudidae Mirafa javanica 648 Singing Bushlark 2 2 Artamidae Artamts cinereus 546 Black-faced Woodswallow 12 10 Artamidae Artamus cyanopterus 547 Dusky Woodswallow 1 1 Artamidae Artanzu,~ lt?ucorynchus 543 White-breasted Woodswallow 56 45 Artamidae Artamus minor 548 Little Woodswallow 17 15 Artamidae Artamus personatus 544 Masked Woodswallow 4 3 Artamidae Artamus superciliosus 545 White-browed Woodswallow 4 3 Artamidae (17racticus men tali.^ 704 Black-backed Butcherbird 112 74 Ee Artamidae (.lracticus nigrogularis 700 Pied Butcherbird 97 65 Artamidae Cracticus quoyi 70 1 Black Butcherbird 286 155 Artamidae (.Trueticus torquatus 702 Grey Butcherbird 1 1 Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen 705 Australian Magpie 73 45 Artamidae Strepera graculina 694 Pied Currawong 103 52 Campephagidae Coracina lineata 428 Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike 12 10 Campephagidae (7oracina maxima 460 Ground Cuckoo-shrike 2 2 Rng Rare Campephagidae (-70rncina novaehollandiae 424 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 162 110 Campephagidae Coracina papuensis 425 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 246 161 Campephagidae Coracina tenuirostris 429 Cicadabird 51 37 Campephagidae Lalage leucomela 43 1 Varied Triller 272 141 Campephagidae Lalage sueurii 430 White-winged Triller 27 26 Cinclosomatidae Psophodes olivaceus 42 1 Eastern Whipbird 22 1 Climacteridae Climacteris picumnus 55 5 Brown Treecreeper 15 13 Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaeus minor 558b White-throatedTreecreeper 122 1 Corcoracidae Struthidea cinerea 675 Apostlebird 20 12 Birds

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUSSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME Corvidae (d'orvus coronoides * 930 Australian Raven Corvidae (.'orvus orru 692 Torresian Crow Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum 564 Mistletoebird Dicruridae A rses kaupi 370 Pied Monarch Dicruridae A rses te kscophthalm14s 3 7 1 Frilled Monarch Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus 673 Spangled Drongo Dicruridae (irallina cyanoleucu 4 1 5 Magpie Lark Dicruridae M~ich~lerirhynchus,fkrviventer 368 Yellow-breasted Boatbill Dicruridae Monarcha ,fiater 374 Black-winged Monarch Dicruridae Munarcha 1eucoti.s 376 White-eared Monarch Dicruridae Munarcha melanopsis 373 Black-faced Monarch Dicruridae Monarchu trivirgatus 3 75 Spectacled Monarch Dicruridae My iagra alecto 372 Shining Flycatcher Dicruridae My iagra cyanokuca 366 Satin Flycatcher Dicruridae Myiagra inquieta * 369 Restless Flycatcher Dicruridae Myiagra rubecula 365 Leaden Flycatcher Dicruridae Myiagru ruficollis 367 Broad-billed Flycatcher Dicruridae Rhipidura filiginosa 36 1 Grey Fantail Dicruridae Rhipidura leucophrys 364 Willie Wagtail Dicruridae Rhipidura phasiana * 826 Mangrove Fantail Dicruridae Rhipidura rufifions 362 Rufous Fantai Dicruridae Rhipidura rufiventris 363 Northern Fantail Hirundinidae Hirundo ariel 360 Fairy Martin Hirundinidae Hirundo &urica 448 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena 3 57 Welcome Swallow Hirundinidae Hirundo nigricans 3 59 Tree Martin -- 15~angeextension from coastal NT. (RAOU Atlas) Birds

FAMILY GENTJS SPECIES SU~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME &C SITES DIsr. STATUS Hirundinidae Hirundo rustica 879 Barn Swallow 1 1 Hirundinidae Hirundo tahitica * na16 Pacific Swallow 1 1 Maluridae Malurus amabilis 539 Lovely Fairy-wren 46 26 Maluridae Malurus lamberti 536 Variegated Fairy-wren 110. 39 Maluridae Mcrlur14s melanocephnl~~~s 541 Red-backed Fairy-wren 117 87 Meliphagidae Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris '59 1 Eastern Spinebill 33 2 Meliphagidae (-Terthionyx pectoralis 588 Banded Honeyeater 72 54 Meliphagidae (.~onopophila albogularis 600 Rufous-banded Honeyeater 13 10 Melip hagidae C:onopophila rufogularis 60 1 Rufous-throated Honeyeater 12 9 Melip hagidae Entonzyzon . cyanotis 64 1 Blue-faced Honeyeater 226 126 Meliphagidae Glycichaera fallm 604 Green-backed Honeyeater 18 11 Ee SI Meliphagidae (;rantiella picta * 598 Painted Honeyeater 1 1 Rare Meliphagidae Lichenostomus chrysops 6 14 Yellow-faced Honeyeater 4 3 Melip hagidae Lichenostomus flavescens 624 Yellow-tinted Honeyeater 2 2 Meliphagidae Licheno,stomus jlavus 626 Yellow Honeyeater 235 141 Meliphagidae Licheno.stomu.s frenatus 6 11 Bridled Honeyeater 291 11 Meliphagidae Lichenostomus unicolor 628 White-gaped Honeyeater 9 7 Meliphagidae Licheno~stumu~s versicolor 609 -Varied Honeyeater 38 24 Meliphagidae Licheno,stomus virescens 608 Singing Honeyeater 1 1 Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta 597 Brown Honeyeater 95 56 Meliphagidae Manorina melanocephala 634 Noisy Miner 8 6 Meliphagidae Meliphagu gracili'~ 6 12 GracefUl Honeyeater 547 190 Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii 605 Lewin's Honeyeater 67 11 Meliphagidae Meliphaga notata 606 Yellow-spotted Honeyeater 611 190 Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis 579 White-throated Honeyeater 381 211 Meliphagidae Melithreptus gularis 580 Black-chinned Honeyeater 1 1

16Not offtcially recognised by RAOU as occurring in Australia. (ABRS 1994). Birds

FAMILY GENIJS SPECIES SU~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REc SI'TES DIST. STATUS Meliphagidae Melithreptus gularis laetior 58 1 Golden-backed Honeyeater 15 9 SI Meliphagidae Melithreptus lunatus * 578 White-naped Honeyeater 1 1 Rng Meliphagidae Myzoniela erythrocephala 587 Red-headed Honeyeater 40 25 Meliphagidae Myzonzela obscura 590 Dusky Honeyeater 559 153 Meliphagidae Myzomela .sangrrinolenfa 586 Scarlet Honeyeater 9 5 Meliphagidae Philemon argenticeps 644 Silver-crowned Friarbird 101 70 Meliphagidae Philemon buceroide,~ 642 Helmeted Friarbird 111 65 Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis 646 Little Friarbird 171 112 Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus 645 Noisy Friarbird 31 27 Meliphagidae Phy lidonyris nzgra * 632 White-cheeked Honeyeater 2 2 Rng Meliphagidae Ram,sayornis fa,sciatus 596 Bar-breasted Honeyeater 27 22 Meliphagidae Ramsayornis modestus 595 Brown-backed Honeyeater 101 60 Meliphagidae Trichodere cockerelli 627 White-streaked Honeyeater 101 52 E Meliphagidae Xanthotis chrysotis 629 Tawny-breasted Honeyeater 580 116 Ee Meliphagidae Xanthotis macleayana 6 15 Macleay's Honeyeater 24 22 E Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae 647 Richard's Pipit 12 9 Motacillidae Motacilla cinera 875 Grey Wagtail 1 1 Motacillidae Motacilla Java 877 Yellow Wagtail I 1 Muscicapidae Zoothera lunulata 779 Bassian Thrusher 25 1 Nectariniidae Nectarinia jugularis 572 Yellow-bellied Sunbird 185 103 Neosittidae Daphoenositta chry,soptera 549 Varied Sittella 39 30 Oriolidae Oriolu,s flavocinctus 672 Yellow Oriole 313 148 Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus 67 1 Olive-backed Oriole 117 74 Oriolidae Sphecotheres viridis 432 Figbird 147 88 Orthonychidae Orthonyx spaldingiii 43 5 Chowchilla 85 14 Pachycephalidae (,'olluricincla boweri 4 14 Bower's Shrike-thrush 86 4 Pachycephalidae (lolluricincla harmonica 408 Grey Shrike-thrush 73 57 Birds

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SU~SPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REC SI'I'ES DIST. STATUS Pachycep halidae (lolluricincla megarhyncha 413 Little Shrike-thrush 569 148 Pachycephalidae Pachycephala lanioides* 404 White-breasted Whistler 2 2 Pachycephalidae Pachycephala melanura 400 Mangrove Golden Whistler 10 8 Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis 398 Golden Whistler 97 4 Pachycephalidae Pcrchycephalcr rujhrenlris 401 Rufous Whistler 177 110 Pachycephalidae Pachycephala simplex 406 Grey Whistler 186 86 Paradisaeidae Manucodia keraudrenii 689 Trumpet Manucode 132 67Ee S Paradisaeidae Ptiloris magnificus 688 Magnificent Riflebird 261 104 Ee Paradisaeidae Ptiloris victoriae 687 Victoria's Riflebird 39 20 Pardalotidae A canthiza katherina 474 Mountain Thornbill 165 3 Pardalotidae A canthiza reguloides * 484 Buff-rumped Thornbill 1 1 Rng Pardalotidae Gerygone leviga.ster 460 Mangrove Gerygone 2 1 Pardalotidae Gerygone magnirostris 457 Large-billed Gerygone 151 80 Pardalotidae Gerygone mouki 454 Brown Gerygone 2 2 Pardalotidae Gerygone olivacea 453 White-throated Gerygone 66 49 Pardalotidae (jerygone palpe brosa 456 Fairy Gerygone 264 140 Pardalotidae 0re0,scopu.s gutturalis 496 Fernwren 414 3 Pardalotidae Pardcrbtus punctatus * 565 Spotted Pardalote 2 2 Rng Pardalotidae Pardnlotus ru bricatus 570 Red-browed Pardalote 72 46 Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus 976 Striated Pardalote 144 82 Pardalotidae beccarii 490 Tropical Scrubwren 221 75 Ee Pardalotidae Sericornis citreogularis 493 Yellow-throated Scrubwren 186 2 Pardalotidae Sericornis frontalis 488 White-browed Scrubwren 2 2 Pardalotidae Sericornis keri 946 Atherton Scrubwren 254 15 Pardalotidae Sericornis magnirostris 494 Large-billed Scrubwren 119 9 Pardalotidae Smicrornis brevirostris 465 Weebill 55 38 Passeridae Erythrura gouldiae 670 Gouldian Finch 35 17 End FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU C(XVIMONNAME REC SITES DIST. STATUS Passeridae Erythrura trzchroa 660 Blue-faced Parrot-finch 1 1 Rare Passeridae Lonchura castaneothorax 657 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin 11 11 Passeridae L,onchura pectoralis * 659 Pictorella Mannikin 1 1 Rare Passeridae Lonchura punctulata * 983 Nutmeg Mannikin 3 3 Intro Passeridae Neochmia phaeton 664 Crimson Finch 8 4 Vul Passeridae Neochmia ruficauda 663 Star Finch 6 4 End Passeridae Neochmia temporalis 662 Red-browed Finch 132 50 Passeridae Pcrs,ser domesticus 995 House Sparrow 2 2 Intro Passeridae Poephila cincta 667 Black-throated Finch 52 38 Passeridae Poephila personata 669 Masked Finch 48 32 SI Passeridae Taeniopygia bichenovii 65 5 Double-barred Finch 128 46 Petroicidae L>rymodes superciliaris 442 Northern Scrub-robin 67 29 Disj17 ST Petroicidae E;opsal?ria australis 392 Eastern Yellow Robin 3 3 Petroicidae EopIsaltria puhjerulenta 33 8 Mangrove Robin 25 17 Petroicidae Heteromyias albi,specularis 389 Grey-headed Robin 722 15 Petroicidae Microeca fuscinans 377 Jacky Winter 22 8 Petroicidae Microeca flnvigaster 379 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher 119 90 Petroicidae Microeca griseoceps 395 Yellow-legged Flycatcher 28 17 Ee SI Petroicidae Poecilodryas superciliosa 390 White-browed Robin 79 36 Petroicidae Tregellasia capito 396 Pale-yellow Robin 7 1 7 SI Petroicidae Tregellasia leucops 397 White-faced Robin 323 43 Ee Pittidae Pitta erythrogaster 3 53 Red-bellied Pitta 34 22 Ee Pittidae Pitta rnoluccensis 880 Blue-winged Pitta 1 1 Rng18 Pittidae Pitta versicolor 352 Noisy Pitta 124 56 Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus temporalis 443 Grey-crowned Babbler 122 8 5

17~ossibleremnant population. NT population believed extinct. (Simpson and Day 1993) Isvagrant from SE Asia. Previous Australian records were all from northern WA. (ibid)

25 Birds

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNAME REC SITES DIST. STATUS Ptilonorhynchidae A iluroedus cras,sirostris 676 Green Catbird 1 1 Ptilonorhynchidae A iluroedus melanotis 677 Spotted Catbird 149 32 Ptilonorhynchidae (:hlamydera cerviniventris 682 Fawn-breasted Bowerbird 87 60 Ee Ptilonorhynchidae (.:hlamydera macukata 680 Spotted Bowerbird 2 2 Ptilonorhynchidae Chlclmydera nuchalis 683 Great Bowerbird 128 87 Ptilonorhynchidae Prionodurane wtoniana 685 Golden Bowerbird 37 12 Ptilonorhynchidae Ptilonovhynchus vi02aceu.s 679 Satin Bowerbird 1 1 Ptilonorhynchidae Scenopoeetes dentirostris 678 Tooth-billed Bowerbird 44 4 Sturnidae Acridotheres tristis* 998 Common Mynah 2 2 Intro Sturnidae Aplonis metalkica 674 Metallic Starling 91 50 Sturnidae Sturnus vulgaris * 999 Common Starling I 1 Intro Sylviidae Acrocephalus orientalis 872 Oriental Reed Warbler 2 1 Sylviidae Acrocephalus stentoreus 524 Clamorous Reed-Warbler 25 7 Sylviidae (-:incloramphus cruralis 508 Brown Songlark 4 2 Sylviidae Cincloramphus mathewsi 509 Rufous Songlark 8 3 Sylviidae (-?isticola exilis 525 Golden-headed Cisticola 44 31 Sylviidae Ci,sticola juncidis 969 Zitting Cisticola 2 2 Unk Sylviidae Megalurus timoriensis 523 Tawny Grassbird 13 12 Zosteropidae Zo'sterops citrinellus 577 Pale White-eye 8 4 Ee Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis 574 Silvereye 74 24 Zosteropidae Zosterops luteus 576 Yellow White-eye 8 2

3.1 5 Order: Pelecaniformes Cormorants, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Pelican 2699 records, 13 species, 125 sites

Anhingidae Anhinga melanogaster 101 Darter Fregatidae Fregata ariel 95 Lesser Frigatebird Birds

FAMILY GENJS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNm REC SI'rEs DIST. STATUS Fregatidae Fregata minor 94 Great Frigatebird 6 6 Hydrobatidae Oceanites oceanicus * 63 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2 2 Pelecanidae Pelecanus conspicillatus 106 Australian Pelican 71 40 Phaethontidae Phaethon rubricauh 107 Red-tailed Tropicbird 465 3 Vul Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorox car bo * 96 Great Cormorant 24 Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 100 Little Pied Cormorant 75 50 Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulciro,~tris 97 Little Black Cormorant 22 18 Phalacrocoracidae Phalamcorax varius 99 Pied Cormorant 7 7 Sulidae Sula dactylatra 105 Masked Booby 914 5 Sulidae Sula leucogaster 102 Brown Booby 760 8 Sulidae Sula sula 103 Red-footed Booby 270 1

3.16 Order: Podicipediformes Grebes 17 records, 2 species, 10 sites

Podicipedidae Poliocephalus poliocephalus 62 Hoary-headed Grebe Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 61 Australasian Grebe

3.17 Order: Procellariiforrnes Shearwaters 76 records, 6 species, 7 sites

Procellariidae Calonectris leucornelas 853 Streaked Shearwater Procellariidae Pterodroma arminjoniana 92 1 Herald Petrel Procellariidae Pterodroma lessonii 77 White-headed Petrel Procellariidae Puffinus gavia 68 Fluttering Shearwater Procellariidae Puffinus huttoni 91 3 Hutton's Shearwater Procellariidae PufJinus pacificus 69 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Birds

3.18 Order: Psittaciformes Cockatoos, Parrots 20 18 records, 2 1 species, 43 1 sites

FAMIL~Y GENIJS SPECIES SUBSPECIESRAOU COMMONNM RLC' SITES DIsr. STA'I'US Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita 269 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 363 176 Cacatuidae Cacatt~n ru.seicapil/a 273 Galah 131 72 Cacatuidae Clacatua sanguinea 271 Little Corella 3 3 Cacatuidae Ch'yptorhynchus banksii 264 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 78 31 Cacatuidae Nymphicus hollandicus 274 Cockatiel 6 5 Cacatuidae Probosciger aterrimus 263 Palm Cockatoo 180 105 Ec Rare Psittacidae Alisterus scapulari,~ 28 1 Australian King-Parrot 1 1 Psittacidae Aprosmictus erythropterus 280 Red-winged Parrot 207 130 Psittacidae (.~clop,sitta diophthalma 26 1 Double-eyed Fig-Parrot 118 28 Rare Psittacidae Eclectus roratus 275 Eclectus Parrot 192 57Ee Vul Psittacidae Geoffroyus geoffioy i 276 Red-cheeked Parrot 81 33Ee Psittacidae Glossop.sitta pusilla 260 Little Lorikeet 4 2 Psittacidae Melopsittacus undulatus * 3 10 Budgerigar I 1 Rng Psittacidae Platycercus adscitus 286 Pale-headed Rosella 154 96 Psittacidae Platycercus eximius 288 Eastern Rosella 3 2 Rng19 Psittacidae Platycercus venustus 287 Northern Rosella 4 1 Rng Psittacidae Psephotus chrysopterygius 300 Golden-shouldered Parrot 101 58E2O End Psittacidae Psitteuteles versicolor 257 Varied Lorikeet 14 9 Psittacidae Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus 256 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 5 5 Psittacidae Trichoglossus haematodus 254 Rainbow Lorikeet 373 207

lg~earestpreviously recorded population vicinity of Brisbane. (ibid) 20While now only found in the CYPLUS study area, ERIS has records of the Golden-shouldered Parrot showing it ranged further south and west as of the 1940s. Birds

3.19 Order: Strigiformes . Owls 2 1 0 records, 8 species, 130 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SWSPECIES RAOU COMMONNAME c SITES Dm. STATIJS Strigidae Ninox connivens 246 Barking Owl 21 17 S trigidae Ninox novaeseelandiae 242 Southern Boobook 142 107 Strigidae Ninox rufa 247 Rufous Owl 10 9 Rare Tytonidae Tyto alba 249 Barn Owl 28 22 Tytonidae Tyto capensis 729 Grass Owl 2 1 Tytonidae Tyto capensis Zongimembris 252 Eastern Grass Owl 2 1 Unk Tytonidae Tyto multipunctata 730 Lesser Sooty Owl 1 1 Tytonidae Tyto no~)aeholZandiae 250 Masked Owl 4 4 Unk Mammals of Cape York Peninsula

4.0 CLASS : MAMMALJA

The following species of terrestrial mammals have been observed or collected from Cape York Peninsula. Marine mammals that frequent Cape York waters (e.g. Dugong, whales, seals) are not included. For purposes of this table, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees and 146 degrees east. Detailed information on individual records are in ERIN'S Environmental Resources Information System and have been have been provided to the CYPLUS GIs unless noted otherwise.

See the introduction to this appendix for an explanation of Distribution (Dist) and Status codes. Species are listed alphabetically by order, family, genus, species. Date of information is 15 June 1994.

These tables of mammals are a summary of : 4 15 1 records for 114 species, ca. 425 sites

4.1 Order :Artiodactyla Ungulates 220 records, 2 species, 136 sites

FAMILY GENUS COMMONNAME REcs SITES DIST. STATUS Bovidae Boas Cattle (feral) 62 42 Intro Suidae Sus Pig (feral) 158 123 Intro Vul

4.2 Order : Carnivora Carnivores 18 1 records, 2 species, 119 sites

Canidae Canis familiaris Dingo 9 5 80 Felidae Felis catus Cat (feral) 86 64 Intro Mammals

4.3 Order : Chiroptera Bats 13 1 1 records, 40 species, 3 5 1 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME Emballonuridae Saccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Emballonuridae S~rccolaimus mixtus Papuan Sheathtail Bat Rare Emballonuridae Sacco1aimu.s saccolairnus Naked-rumped Sheathtail Bat Rare Emballonuridae Taphozous austraZis North-eastern Sheathtail Bat Vul Emballonuridae Taphozous georgianus Common Sheathtail Bat Hipposideridae Hippo,sidero.s ater Dusky Horseshoe Bat Hipposideridae Hippo,sidero,s cer vinus Fawn Horseshoe Bat Vul Hipposideridae Hippasidero,~ diadema Diadem Horseshoe Bat Rare Hipposideridae Hipyasideros semoni Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe Bat Vul Megadermatidae Macroderma gigas Ghost Bat Rare Molossidae Chaerephon jobensis Northern Mastiff Bat Molossidae Mormopterus beccarii Beccari's Mastiff Bat Molossidae Mormopterus loriae Little Freetail Bat Molossidae Mormopterus norfolken.sis Eastern Little Mastiff Bat Pteropodidae Dobbsonia moluccensi,s Bare-backed Fruit Bat Pteropodidae MacrogloOssu,s minimus Northern Blossom Bat Pteropodidae Nyctimene robinsoni Queensland Tube-nosed Bat Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto Black Flying-fox Pteropodidae Pteropus con,spicillatus Spectacled Flying-fox Vul Pteropodidae Pteropus poliocephalu,~ Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus Little Red Flying-fox Pteropodidae Syconycteris austraZi.s Queensland Blossom Bat Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus megaphyllus Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophidae Rhino2uphu.s philippinensis Large-eared Horseshoe Bat Rare Mammals

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC! SI'TES DIST. STATUS Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus nigrogriseus Hoary Bat 50 34 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula papuensis Golden-tipped Bat 2 1 Rare Vespertilionidae Miniopterus australis Little Bent-wing Bat 18 15 Vespertilionidae Miniopterus schreibersii Common Bent-wing Bat 170 29 Vespertilionidae Murina ,fl~rium~~ Flute-nosed Bat 2 2 ? Vul Vespertilionidae Myotis adversus Large-footed Bat 23 22 Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus bvax Queensland Long-eared Bat 41 30 Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus geoffyi Lesser Long-eared Bat 2 2 Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus timoriensis Greater Long-eared Bat 11 Rare Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus adamsi Adam's Pipistrelle Bat 26 11 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus westralis Western Pipistrelle Bat 30 19 Rng Vespertilionidae Scotorepens balstoni Western Broad-nosed Bat 6 3 Vespertilionidae Scotorepens san borni Little Northen Broad-nosed Bat 24 21 Vespertilionidae Vespaa'elus dmlingtoni a cave bat 2 2 Vespertilionidae Vespadelus pumilus Little Cave Eptesicus 20 10 Vespertilionidae Ve,spadelus troughtoni Eastern Cave Bat 2 1

4.4 Order : Diprotodonta Macropods, Possums, Gliders, Cuscus, Koala, Bettong 1042 records, 32 species, 3 70 sites

Burramyidae A crobates pygmaeu,~ Feathertail Glider 9 9 Burramyidae Cercartetus caudcltus Long-tailed Pigmy Possum 4 4 Macropodidae Dendrolagus bennettianus Bennett's Tree-kangaroo 18 17 E Rare Macropodidae Lagorchestes conspicillatus Spectacled Hare-wallaby 11 11 Macropodidae Macropus agilis Agile Wallaby 342 179

2' A little known genus, Ad. j7oriu)n is known from , south of Cooktown. A single specimen from the Iron Range is suspected to be a second undescribed species (Richards, personal communications). Mammals

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES COMMONNAME Macropodidae Macropus antilopinus Antilopine Wallaroo Macropodidae Macropus giganteus Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropodidae Macropus parryi* Whiptail Wallaby Macropodidae Macropus robustus Common Wallaroo Macropodidae Onychogalea unguifera Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Macropodidae Petrogale assimilis Allied Rock-wallaby Macropodidae Petrogak coenensis Cape York Rock-wallaby Rare Macropodidae Petrogale godmani Godman's Rock-wallaby I Macropodidae Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Macropodidae Thylogale stigmatica Red-legged Pademelon Macropodidae Wallabia bicolor Swamp Wallaby Petauridae Dactylopsila trivirgata Striped Possum Petauridae Petauroides volans Greater Glider Petauridae Petaurus austrlai Yellow-bellied Glider Petauridae Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider Petauridae Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider Petauridae Pseudocheirus cinereus Daintree River Ringtail Possum Rare Petauridae Pseudocheirus her bertensis Herbert River Ringtail Possum Petauridae Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common Ringtail Possum Petauridae Pseudochirops archeri Green Ringtail Possum Rare Phalangeridae Phalanger intercastellanus Grey Cuscus Rare P halangeridae Spilocuscus maculalus Spotted Cuscus Rare P halangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula Common Brush-tailed Possum Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus Koala . Potoroidae Aepyprymnus rufescens* Rufous Bettong Potoroidae Be ttongia tropica Northern Bettong End Potoroidae Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Musky Rat- kangaroo SI Mammals

4.5 Order : Monotremata Platypus and Echinda 3 1 records, 2 species, 30 sites

FAMIL.Y GEMJS SPECIES COWN NAME Ornithorhynchidae Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus Tachyglossidae T~rchyglo.s,sus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna

4.6 Order : Perissodactyla Horses 27 records, 1 species, 19 sites

Equidae Equus caballus Horse (feral) 27 19 Intro

4.7 Order : Polyprotodonta Antechinus, Quolls, Planigales, , Bandicoots 253 records, 17 species, 144 sites

Dasyuridae Antechinus laniger * 1 1 Dasyuridae Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Antechinus 6 6 Dasyuridae Antechinus godmani Atherton Antechinus 1 1 Dasyuridae Antechinus leo Cinnamon Antechinus 5 5 26 E Rare Dasyuridae Antechinus stuartii Brown Antechinus 2 2 Rng Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus Northern 47 36 Dasyuridae Dasyurus maculatus Tiger or Spotted-tail Quoll 4 4 Rare Dasyuridae tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascola 3 3 Unk Dasyuridae Planigale ingrami Long-tailed Planigale 1 1 Dasyuridae Planigale maculata Common Planigale 11 10 Dasyuridae Sminthopis archeri Chestnut Dunnart 9 7 Ee Dasyuridae Sminthopsis murina Common Dunnart 1 1 Dasyuridae Sminthop,siis virginiae Red-cheeked Dunnart 44 29 Mammals

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REcs SI'TES DIST. STATUS Peramelidae Echymipera rufescens Rufous Spiny Bandicoot 15 15 Ee Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus Northern Brown Bandicoot 3 1 30 Peramelidae Lsoodon obesulus Southern Brown Bandicoot 16 11 E Unk Peramelidae Perame bs nasuta Long-nosed Bandicoot 8 8

4.8 Order : Rodentia Rodents 1086 records, 18 species, 264 sites

Muridae Hydromys chrysogaster Water Rat 56 47 Muridae Leggadina lakedownen,sis Lakeland Downs Mouse 11 11 E Unk Muridae Melomys burtoni Grassland Melomys 287 104 Muridae Melomys capensis Cape York Melomys 2 18 60 E Muridae Melomys cervinipes Fawn-footed Melomys 18 11 Muridae Melomys hadrourus Thornton Peak Melomys 5 4 Muridae Mesembriomys gouldii Black-footed Tree-rat 8 7 Muridae Notomys aquilo* Northern Hoppin-mouse 1 1 Disj Vul Muridae Pogonomys loriae Prehensile-tailed Rat 2 1 E Unk Muridae pseudo my,^ delicatulus Delicate Mouse 68 29 Muridae Rattus fuscipes Bush Rat 2 2 Muridae Rattus leucopus Cape York Rat 147 58 E Muridae Rattus lutreolus Swamp Rat 1 1 Muridae Rattus rattus Black Rat 8 8 Intro Muridae Rattus sordidus Canefield Rat 123 60 Muridae Rattus tunneyi Pale Field-rat 29 20 Muridae Uromys caudimaculatus White-tailed Rat 101 55 Muridae Zyzomys argurus Cornmom Rock-rat 1 1 Reptiles of Cape Y ork Peninsula

5.0 CLASS : REPTILIA

The following species of reptiles have been observed or collected from Cape York Peninsula. For purposes of this table, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees and 146 degrees east. Detailed information on individual records are ERIN's Environmental Resources Information System. Detailed information on individual records are in ERIN's Environmental Resources Information System and have been have been provided to the CYPLUS GIs unless noted otherwise. An '*I following the species name indicates no records for this species exist in ERIS database, but are known to have occured in CYP from published sources (usually Cogger 1992). A few species of marine reptiles (i.e. sea snakes) found in river estuaries and around Torres Strait Iskands are included.

See the introduction to this appendix for an explanation of Distribution (Dist) and Status codes. Species are listed alphabetically by order, family, genus, species. Date of information is 15 June 1994.

This table of reptiles is a summary of : 4374 records for 206 species, ca. 9 10 sites

5.1 Order : Crocodilla Crocodiles 54 records, 2 species, 42 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME -c. SITES DIST. STATIJS Crocodylidae Crocodylus johnstoni Freshwater Crocodile 27 2 1 Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus Salt-Water Crocodile 27 2 1 Vul Reptiles

5.2 Order : Squamata Lizards, Skinks, Geckos and Snakes 4193 records, 194 species, 88 1 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES C~MM(-INNAME SI'~ES DIs'r. S'FATIJS Acrochordidae A crochordus arafurae Arahra File Snake 3 Acrochordidae Acrochordus gran~ilatus Little File snake 1 Agamidae Amphibolurus nobbi * Nobbi Dragon 1 Agamidae C7hlamydosauruds kingii Frilled Lizard 28 Agamidae Diporiphora australis Tommy Roundhead 2 Agamidae Diporiphora bilineata Two-Lined Dragon 125 Agamidae Dipuriphora magnu* a dragon lizard 1 Agamidae Hypsiluru,~ boydii Boyds Forest Dragon 10 Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti Gilbert's Dragon 1 Agamidae Lophognuthus temporalias Northern Water Dragon 24 Agamidae Phy,signathus lesueurii Eastern Water Dragon 4 Agamidae Pogona barbata Bearded Dragon 1 Boidae A spidites melanocephalus Black-headed Python 11 Boidae (.?hondropython viridis Green Python 5 Ee Rare Boidae Liasis albertisii D'Albert's Python - Ee22 Boidae Liasis childreni Children's Python 9 Boidae Liasis fuscu.s Water Python 4 Boidae Liasis ntaculosus a python 17 Boidae Liasis stimsoni * a python 2 Boidae Morelia amethistina Arnethystine Python 29 Boidae Morelia spilota Diamond Python 1 Carpet Snake 12 Colubridae Boiga irregularis Brown Tree Snake 33 Colubridae Cerberus rhynchops * Bockadam 2

Z2Not in data provided to CYPLUS GIs but noted by Cogger 1992. Endemic to Torres Strait Islands.

37 Reptiles

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES C~V~IVI~NNAME SITES Drsrr. STAT~JS Colubridae Dendrelaphis caZZigastra Northern 'Free Snake 25 E Colubridae Denu'relaphi,~ punctulata Common Tree Snake 36 Colubridae Enhydris polylepis Macleay's Water Snake 10 Colubridae Stegonotus cucullatus Slaty-Grey Snake 27 Colubridae Stegonotus parV1Is a snake 1 Ee23 Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii Keelback or Freshwater Snake 5 1 Elapidae Acan thophis antarcticus Common Death Adder 20 Rare Elapidae A canthophis praelongus Northern Death Adder 22 Elapidae Cacophis harriettae White-Crowned Snake 2 Elapidae Cacophis ,squamulosus Golden Crowned Snake 1 Elapidae Demansia atra Black Whip Snake 77 Elapidae Demansia olivacea Marble-headed Whip Snake 5 Elapidae Demansia papuensis Papaun Whip Snake 5 Elapidae Demansia psammophis Yellow-Faced Whip Snake 4 Elapidae Deman,sia torquata Collared Whip Snake 7 Elapidae Furina barnardi Yellow-naped Snake 2 Elapidae Furina diadema Red-naped Snake 9 Elapidae Furina ornata Orange-naped Snake 3 1 Elapidae Firrina tristis Brown-headed Snake 36 Ee Elapidae Hemiaspis signata Black-bellied Swamp Snake 1 Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus Coastal Taipan 23 Elapidae Pseudechis austra1i.s King Brown or Mulga Snake 24 Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus Red-bellied Black Snake 10 Elapidae Pseudoncrja nuchalis Western Brown Gwarder 12 Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Gwarder 2 Elapidae Rhinoplocephalus boschmai * Carpentaria Whip Snake 2

2%ound in Murray Islands, Torres Straits, and, hence, outside of precise CYPLUS study area. (Mirtschin & Davis 1992). Reptiles

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC Elapidae Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens * Eastern Small-eyed Snake 1 Elapidae Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus Black-striped Snake 10 Elapidae Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps Northern Small-eyed Snake 2 Elapidae Siimo.se1ap.s sen~ifasciatu~s Half-girdled Snake 5 Elapidae ,S'imose laps warro Robust Burrowing Snake 22 E Rare Elapidae Sinio,seZapVs woodjoneszi a banded snake 4 Elapidae Suta suta Myall or Curl Snake 4 Elapidae Vermicella annulata Bandy Bandy Snake 8 Ge k konidae (~arphodactylus laevis Chameleon Gecko 7 Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis Ring- Tailed or Banded Gecko 22 Gekkonidae Dipludac~ylu,~ conspicillatus Fat-tailed Gecko 2 Gekkonidae Diplodactyl~~s steindachneri Steindachner's Gecko 3 Gekkonidae Dipl~dactylu~s williamsi * Soft-spined Gecko Gek konidae Gehyra australis Northern Dtella / House Gecko Gekkonidae Gehyra baliola a gecko Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia a gecko Gekkonidae Gehyra nana a gecko Unk Gekkonidae Gehyra variegata Tree Dtella Gekkonidae Eiemidactyl~~s frenatus Asian House Gecko Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Prickly Gecko Gekkonidae Lepido&ctylu,s 1ugubri.s Mourning Gecko E Gekkonidae Lepidu&ctyluts pumilus a gecko Ee Rare Gekkonidae Nmtus galgajuga a gecko E24 Rare Gekkonidae Nactus pelagicus Pelagic Gecko Ee Gekkonidae Nephrurus asper Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko Gekkonidae castelnaui Northern Velvet Gecko .-- . -- .-. - 24~ndemicto Treviathian Range (Cogger 1992) Reptiles

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC Gekkonidae Oedura coggeri Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko 1 Gekkonidae Oedura nzarmorata Marbled Velvet Gecko 1 Gekkonidae Oedura rhom bger Zig-zag Gecko 90 Gekkonidae Pseudothecaahctyus australis Cape York Tree Gecko 50 Gekkonidae Rhynchoedura ornata * Beaked Gecko 1 ~ekkonidae Saltuarius cornatus a gecko 14 DisjZ5 Gekkonidae Saltuarius occultus a gecko 8 E Rare Hydrophiidae Acalyptophis peronii a sea snake 6 Hydrophiidae A ipysurus duboisii Dubois's Sea Snake 1 Hydrophiidae Aipy.surus eydouxii Spine-tailed Sea Snake 3 Hydrophiidae Aipysurus laevis Olive Sea Snake 1 Hydrophiidae Astrotia s tokesii a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Disteira kingii a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Disteria major a sea snake 5 Hydrophiidae Enhydrina schistosa a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrelaps dar w iniensis a ses snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis atriceps a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis belcheri a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis elegans a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis gracilis26 a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis mcdowelli * a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis melano~oma2~ a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis ornatus * a sea snake 1 Hydrophiidae Hydrophis v0risi2~ a sea snake 1

25~isjunctpopulation in McIlwraith Range. (Cogger 1992) 26~otin data provided to CYPLUS GIs but noted by Mirtschin & Davis (1992). 27~otin data provided to CYPLUS GIS but noted by Mirtschin & Davis (1992) from Torres Strait. Reptiles

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME Hydrophiidae Lapemis hardwickii a sea snake Hydrophiidae Pelamis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Pygopodidae Delma inornata * a legless lizard Pygopodidae Delma tincta a legless lizard Pygopodidae Linsis burtonis Burton's Flap-footed Lizard Pygopodidae Pygopus Zepidopodus Common Scaly Foot Lizard Pygopodidae Pygopus nigriceps * Black-headed Scaly-foot Scincidae A nomalupus pluto a skink Rare Scincidae Bassiana duperreyi a skink Scincidae Calyptolis thorntonensis a skink Unk Scincidae Carlia amax a skink Scincidae :arlia bicarinata a skink Scincidae Carlia coensis a skink Scincidae Carlia dugare a skink Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae a skink Scincidae Carlia longipes a skink Scincidae Carlia munda a skink Scincidae Carlia mundivensis a skink Scincidae Carlia pnrrhasius30 a skink Unk Scincidae Carlia pectoralis a skink Scincidae CarZia rhornboidalis a skink Scincidae C'arlia rimula a skink

.- -. --- -- 28~otin data provided to CYPLUS GIS but noted by Cogger (1992). Endemic to Torres Strait Islands. 29~elievedendemic to McIlwraith Range (Cogger 1992) "New species not described before this CYP fauna database was compiled. Hence not ~~'ERISor CAVS. Reported by Winter and Lethbridge (1994). 'Believed endemic to Iron Range (Cogger 1992) Reptiles

FAMEY GENTJS SPECIES COMMONNAME Scincidae Carlia rostralzs a skink Scincidae Cyarlia ru brigularis a skink Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii a skink Scincidae C7arlia scirtetis a skink Rare Scincidae ('nrlkr storri a skink Scincidae (.larlia vivm a skink Scincidae Cloeranoscincus frontalis a skink Rare Scincidae Cryptoblepharus carnabyz a skink Scincidae (,'ryptoblepharus fihni a skink Rare Scincidae (,'ryptoblepharus litoralis a skink Scincidae (Jryptoblepharus plagiocephaluas a skink Scincidae C'ryptohlepharus virgatus Fence Skink Scincidae C'tenotus esszngtoniz a skink Scincidae Ctenotus inornutus a skink Scincidae Ctenotu,~ nullum a skink Unk Scincidae (:tenotus quinkan a skink Unk Scincidae Ctenotus rawlznsoni a skink Rare Scincidae Ctenotus robustus a skink Scincidae (Itenotus spaldingi a skink Scincidae Egernia Perei Major Skink Scincidae Egernia rugosa Yakka Skink Vul Scincidae Emoia atrocostata a lizard Rare Scincidae Emoia longicauda a lizard Scincidae Eugongy lus rufescens a skink

32~elievedendemic Black Treviathian Range (Cogger 1992) "~elievedendemic to Melville Range, Cape Melville (Cogger 1992) 34~elievedendemic to Cape Bedford region (Cogger 1992) Reptiles

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC Scincidae Eulamprus tenuis a skink 16 Scincidae Eulamprus tigrinus a skink 4 Rare Scincidae Glaphyromorphus crassens * a skink I Ee Scincidae Glaphyromorphus crassicaudi.~ a skink 2 1 Ee Scincidae (~Iaphyromorphz~s fi,scicaudis a skink 22 E Scincidae (;laphyromorphu,s mjobergi a skink 6 E Rare Scincidae G1aphyromorphu.s nigricaudis a skink 224 Ee Scincidae (;laphyromorphus pardalis a skink 90 Ee Scincidae (;laphyromorphus pumilus a skink 42 Ee Scincidae Gnypeto,scincu,s queenslandiae Prickly Rain-forest Skink 16 Scincidae Hemiergis peronii a skink 1 Scincidae Lanzpropholis coggeri a skink 8 Scincidae Lampropholi,~ delicata a skink 2 Scincidae Lerista ingrami a skink 3 E Rare Scincidae Lerista zonulata a skink 1 E Scincidae Lygi.sau~u,s aeratus a skink 22 E Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum a skink 3 4 Scincidae Lygisauru,~ laevis a skink 11 Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani a skink 76 E Scincidae Lygisaurus sesbrauna a skink 8 8 E Scincidae Lygi,saurus tanneri a skink 6 E Unk Scincidae Lygisaurus timlowi * a skink 2 Scincudae Menetia greyii a skink 1 Scincidae Menetia koshlandae a skink 3 Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura Fire-Tailed Skink 2 1 Scincidae Saproscincus challengeri a skink 10 Scincidae Saproscincus czechurai a skink 6

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FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES COMMONNAME Scincidae Saproscincus spectabilis a skink Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops afJinis a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops braminus * a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops broomi a blind snake Rare Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops diversus * a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops ~~YPUS* a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops leucoproctus * a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops proximus a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops unguirostris a blind snake Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops wiedii a blind snake E Unk Varanidae Varanus gouldii Sand Monitor Varanidae Varanus indicus Mangrove Monitor Ee Varanidae Varanus mertensi Mertens' Water Monitor Varanidae Varanus panoptes a goanna or monitor Varanidae Varanus prasinus Emerald Monitor Ee Varanidae Varanus semiremex Rusty Monitor Rare Varanidae Varanus teriae a goanna or monitor E Rare Varanidae Varanus timorensis Spotted Tree Monitor Varanidae Varanus tristis Frecked Tree Monitor Varanidae Varanus varius Lace Monitor Reptiles

5.3 Order : Testudines Tortises and Turtles 127 records, 10 species, 64 sites

FAMILY' GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC SITES DIsr. S'TATUS Chelidae Chelodina no1 jaeguineae New Guinea Long-necked Turtle 6 6 Chelidae Chelodina rllgoOm Northern Long-necked Turtle 18 16 Chelidae El.seya latisternum Saw- Shelled Turtle 26 18 Chelidae Emydura krefft zi Krefft's River Turtle 7 4 Chelidae Emydura su bglo boss a turtle 2 2 Ee Rare Cheloniidae Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle 2 2 End Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas Green Turtle 15 8 Vul Cheloniidae Eretmochely,~ imbricata Hawksbill Turtle 3 8 10 Vul Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivacea Pacific Ridley Turtle 1 1 Cheloniidae Natator depre.ssu,s Flatback Turtle 12 3 Vul Fishes of Cape York Peninsula

6.0 CLASS : CHONDRICHTHYES AND OSTEICHTHYES

The following species of sharks and rays (Class : Chondrichthyes) and bony fish (Class : Osteichthyes) have been observed or collected from Cape York Peninsula. For this appendix and database processing, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees and 146 degrees east. However, for this table, only water bodies within CYP and its river estuaries are included. Hence, marine species from adjacent reefs and seas are not included. While nominally this includes only freshwater species, several species may migrate between fresh and salt waters depending upon life cycle and / or season.

Detailed information on individual records are in ERIN'S Environmental Resources Information System and have been supplied to the CYPLUS GIs.

See the introduction to this appendix for an explanation of Distribution (Dist) and Status codes. Species are listed alphabetically by class, order, family, genus, species. Common names follow Grant (1993) and Allen (1989), in order of preferance. Species names like ,sp A or sp 2 are valid described species but were not named by species author (usually Allen). Distribution and conservation status is aRer McFarland (1993) and hence may not be recognized by QDEH and the Queensland Nature Consematon Act.

This table of sharks, rays, and fish species is a summary of: 2142 records, 93 species, ca 50 sites.

Date of information is 15 May 1994.

6.1 Order : Lamniformes Sharks 1 record, 1 specie, 1 site

FAMIL,Y GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas River Shark Fishes

6.2 Order : Rajiformes Rays 5 records, 2 species, 5 sites

FAMILY GENJS SPECIES COMMONNAME Dasyatidae Da,syati,s fluviorum Brown Stingray Pristidae Pri,slj.s pristis River Sawfish

6.3 Order : Atheriniformes Hardyheads, Blue-eyes, Rainbowfish, Sunfish 383 records, 11 species, 23 sites

Atherinidae Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum Fly-specked Hardyhead 11 Atherinidae Pseudomugil gertrudae Spotted Blue-eye 8 Unk Atherinidae Pseudomugil signifer Pacific Blue-eye 3 Atherinidae Pseudomugil tenellus Delicate Blue-eye 1 PoVul Melanotaeniidae Iriatherina werneri Threadfin Rainbowfish 7 E PoVul Melanotaeniidae maccullochi McCullochs Rainbowfish 6 PoVul Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia nigrans Black banded Rainbowfish 1 Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendih subsp Australian Rainbowfish 4 Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendih subsp Chequered Rainbowfish 12 Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendih subsp Sunfish 6 Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia trifaciata Banded Rainbowfish 9

6.4 Order : Clupeiformes Bream, Anchovy 84 records, 2 species, 9 sites

Clupeidae Nematolosa erebi Bony bream Engraulidae Thryssa scratchleyi Freshwater Anchovy Fishes

6.5 Order : Cypinodontiformes Longtoms, Garfish 62 records, 4 species, 6 sites

FAMILY GEMIS SPECIES COMMONNAME Belonidae Strongylura krefftii Freshwater Long-tom Hermiramphidae A rramphus ,scbrolepis Snub nosed Garfish Hermiramphidae Zenarchopterus buffonis Buffons River Garfish Hermiramphidae Zenarchopterus novaeguineae Fly River Garfish

6.6 Order : Elopiformes Herring 67 records, 2 species, 15 sites

Elopidae Elops machnata Ten pounder / Giant Herring 2 1 Megalopidae Megalops cyprinoides Ox-eye Herring 1 Tarpon 65 15

6.7 Order : Gonorhynchiformes Milkfish 2 records, 1 specie, 1 site

Chanidae (,'hanos chanos Milkfish / Giant Herring 2 1

6.8 Order : Osteoglossiformes Saratoga 50 records, 1 specie, 7 sites

Osteoglossidae Scleropages jardinzi Northern Saratoga Fishes

6.9 Order : Glassfish, Perch, Gudgeon, Cod, Goby, Cod, Grunter, Butterfish, 1,147 records, 53 species, 27 sites Archerfish

FAMILY GENIJS SPECIES COMMONNAME Apogonidae (;konasamia aprion Mouth Almighty Carangidae Caranx sexfa,scintr~~s Bigeye Trevally / Turrum Centropomidae Am ba,s,sis agassizi Agassiz's Glassfish Unk Centropomidae Am bassi,r agrammus Sailfin Glassfish / Perchlet E Unk Centropomidae Amba,r,~is elongatus* Elongate Glassfish Centropomidae Am bassis interruptus Glassfish / Perchlet Centropomidae Am bassis macleayi Macleay's Glassfish / Perchlet Unk Centropomidae Am ba,s,sis miops Flag-tailed Glassfish / Perchlet Centropomidae Am bassis mulleri Mueller's Glassfish / Perchlet Centropomidae Denariusa bandata Penny fish Rare Centropomidae Lates calcarifer Barramundi PoVul Eleotridae Butis butis Crimson-tipped Gudgeon Eleotridae Eleotris fusca Brown Gudgeon Eleotridae Eleofris melanosoma Ebony Gudgeon Eleotridae Hypseleotris compressus Empire Gudgeon Eleotridae Mogurnda adspersa Purple-spotted Gudgeon PoVul Eleotridae Mogurnda mogurnda Northern Trout Gudgeon Eleotridae Ophiocara aporos Snakehead Gudgeon Eleotridae Oxyeleotris aruensis Aru Gudgeon E PoVul Eleotridae Oxyeleotri,~ fim briatus Fimbriate Gudgeon E PoVul Eleotridae Oxyeleotr is gyrinoides Red-finned PoVul Eleotridae Oxyeleotris lineolatus Sleepy Cod Eleotridae Oxye leotris nullipora Poreless Gudgeon E Rare Eleotridae Oxyeleotris selheimi Striped Sleepy Cod Fishes

FAMILY GENTJS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC . SITES DIST. STATUS Gerreidae Gerres filamentosus Threadfin Silver-Biddy 10 7 Awaous crassilabrus Roman nose Goby 16 5 E Gobiidae Glossogobius aureus Golden Goby 3 2 Gobiidae CJlosogobius cele bius Celebes Goby 8 3 Gobiidae Gko,ssogobius concavlfrons Concave Goby 14 3 E Gobiidae Glossogobius gurus * Flathead Goby 2 2 Gobiidae Glo,sPsogobius species I Square blotch Goby 1 1 Gobiidae ~~loIsrsogobius species 2 Dwarf Goby 5 1 Gobiidae G10,ssogobius species A Square blotch Goby 3 1 Gobiidae C~lo,s,sogobius species C Square-blotch Goby 39 7 Gobiidae Redigobius bikolanus Speckled Goby 15 5 Gobiidae Redigobius chrysosoma Spot-fin Goby 1 1 Gobiidae Schismatugbius SP * Scaleless Goby 1 1 E Unk Kuhliidae Kuhlia rupestris Jungle Perch 1 Golden Bream 30 8 PoVul Lutjanidae Lutjanus argentimaculatus Mangrove Jack / Red Bream 9 5 Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Sea Mullet / Bully Mullet 1 1 Scatophagidae Seatophagus argus Spotted Butterfish 4 2 Scatophagidae Selenotoea multi,faciata Butterfish 1 1 Teraponidae Amniataba percoides Barred Grunter 83 8 Teraponidae Hephaestus carbo Coal Grunter 37 5 Unk Teraponidae Hephaestus fuliginosus Sooty Grunter / Black Bream 42 7 Teraponidae Leiopotherapon unicolor Spangled Perch 87 11 Teraponidae Mesopristes argenteus Silver Trumpeter 2 2 Teraponidae Pingalla gilberti Gilbert's Grunter 3 1 Teraponidae Pingalla lorentzi Lorentz's Grunter 6 1 E Rare Teraponidae barcoo Barcoo Grunter 15 3 Teraponidae Scortum hilli Leathery Grunter 5 3 Fishes

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC. SITES DIST. Toxotidae Toxotes chatareus Seven-spot Archerfish 8 1 10 Toxotidae Toxotes .jaculatrix Banded Archerfish / Riflefish 3 3

6.10 Order : Pleuronectiformes Sole 2 records, 1 specie, 21 site

Soleidae Brachirus salinarum Saltpan Sole Soleidae Brachirus selheimi * Freshwater Sole

6.11 Order : Siluriformes Catfish 3 13 records, 11 species, 17 sites

Ariidae Arius berneyi Berney's Catfish 1 Forktail Unk Ariidae Ariu's graeffei Blue Catfish / Forktail Unk Ariidae Arius leptaspis Triangular-shield Catfish Unk Ariidae Arius midgleyi Shovel-nosed Catfish PoVul Plotosidae A nodontigkmi,~ dahli Toothless Catfish / Eeltail PoVul Plotosidae Neosilurus argenteus Silver Tandan Plotosidae Black Catfish Unk Plotosidae Neosilurus brevidorsalis Shortfinned Catfish Unk Plotosidae Silver Moonfish Unk Plotosidae Porochilus obbesi Obbes Catfish Rare Plotosidae Porochilus renabhli Rendahl's Catfish PoVul

6.12 Order : Scorpaeniformes Stonefish, Flathead, Stingers 1 records, 1 specie, 1 site

Scorpaenidae Notesthes robusta * Bullrout / Freshwater Stonefish Fishes

6.1 1 Order : Synbranchiformes One-gilled Eels 30 records, 2 species, 8 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMONNAME REC. SITES DIST. STATUS Synbranchidae Monopterus albus Belut (One-gilled Eel) 2 2 Synbranchidae Ophisternon bengalense Swamp Eel 28 8 Unk Insects of Cape York Peninsula

7.0 CLASS : INSECTA

The following species insects have been collected from Cape York Peninsula. For this appendix and database processing, CYP is defined as between latitudes 9 degrees 30 minutes S and 16 degrees 30 minutes south, and between longitudes 141 degrees E and 146 degrees east.

Only data screened, reviewed, and forwarded by the Australian National Insect Collection Note (ANIC) have been provided to the CYPLUS GIs. Due the vastness of ANIC's collection (ca 8 million specimens), and Australia's diversity of invertebrates, this table is far from a complete catalogue of Cape York invertebrates. ANIC experts have yet to classifjl and database every specimen collected from Cape York. Not every insect order and family has been reviewed and hence may not be included in this table. Likewise, there are no invertebrates of other classes (e.g. arachnids, isopods, ). Of the 32 recognised insect orders, the following orders (listed in evolutionary sequence) are not included in these tables:

Collembola (springtails), Protura, Diplura, Archaeognatha (bristletails), Thysanura (silverfish), Blattodea (cockroaches), Mantodea (praying mantids), Grylloblattodea (ice crawlers), Dermaptera (earwigs), Phasmatodea (stick insects), Embioptera, Zoraptera, Psocoptera (booklice), Phthiraptera (lice), Hemiptera (leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects), Thysanoptera (thrips), Raphidioptera (snake-flies, camelneck-flies), Neuroptera (lacewings), Strepsiptera, Mecoptera (scorpion-flies, hanging-flies), Siphonaptera (fleas), Trichoptera (caddis-flies)

The extent of invertebrate in Cape York is unknown, but presumed to be extensive. Every survey and expedition finds new species, faster than they can be described. Many are probably endemic to Cape York, but endemism can not be verified without extensive invertebrate surveys and databasing in other regions of Australia. Likewise, it would presumptuous to label any species as 'Endangered or Vulnerable".

Species are listed alphabetically by order, family, genus, species. Species names like species A or species 2 are valid described species but have not been given a formal Latin name by species author. Common English names are not included as only a very few insect species have a widely recognisable common name, and those few that may have common names do have such recorded in the ANIC or ERIN'S databases.

These tablea are a summary of : 20,O 12 records, 1,082 species, ca 1,500 sites. Date of information is 1 April 1994. Insects

7.1 Or'der: Coleoptera Beetles 5,406 records, 270 species, 1493 sites

FAIVIILY GENUS SPECIES REC . Gal-abidae A bacetus angustior 1 Carabidae Cata.scopus laticolli,~ 1 Carabidae (licindela doddi 2 Carabidae Cicindeb froggat ti 1 Carabidae (,'larencia quadridens 2 Ca rabidae Coleolissus PaPua 1 Carabidae Coptodera aurata 1 Carabidae Craspedophorus banksi 2 Carabidae Demetrida quadricollis 1 Carabidae Desera smaragdina 1 Carabidae Dicraspeh nitida 6 Carabidae Dicraspeda obscura 2 Carabidae Distipsidera grutti 3 Ca rabidae Distipsidera parva 3 Ca rabidae Distipsidera volitans 1 Carabidae Eutoma aberrans 1 Carabidae Homalosoma o bscuripenne 1 Cz~rabidae Lachnoderma foveolatum 1 Carabidae Mecyclothorax lewisensis 1 Crlrabidae Minuthodes queenslandica 2 Cuabidae Notonomus spurgeoni 1 Carabidae Parena picea 1 Ciuabidae Perigona dorsata 1 Ciirabidae Platycoelus poeciloides 1 Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Carabidae Stenolophus robustus Carabidae Tachys flavicornis Carabidae Tachys trunci Carabidae Teratidium convexun Carabidae Trechodes lustrms Cerylonidae A ustraliorylon ne boissi Cerylonidae A ustraliorylon setosus Cerylonidae (lerylonopsis australis Cerylonidae Cery10nopsi.s doyeni Cerylonidae Philothermus microsetosus Chrysomelidae Aspidomorpha deusta Chrysomelidae A,spidomorpha interrupta Chrysomelidae Aspidomorpha maculatissima Chrysomelidae A,spidomorpha punctum Chrysomelidae Aspidomorpha socia Chrysomelidae Augomela dives Chrysomelidae A ugomela hypochalcea Chrysomelidae Augomela ornata Chrysomelidae Cklomela crassicornis Chrysomelidae (lalomela distinguenda Chrysomelidae Calomela pallida Chrysomelidae (lalomela tarsalis Chrysomelidae (lassida sexguttata Chrysomelidae Cleorina mjoe bergi Chrysomelidae Dactylispa rubus Chrysomelidae Demotina acanthomera Chrysomelidae Donacia australasiae Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Chrysomelidae Eurispa fiaterna Chrysomelidae Eurispa howitti Chrysomelidae Eurispa major Chrysomelidae Hispellinus multispinosus Chrysomelidae Lacooptem impre,s,sa Chrysomelidae Lilioceris bakewelli Chry somelidae Lilioceris nigripes Chrysomelidae Macrolema pulchella Chrysomelidae Macrolema quadripunctata Chrysomelidae Pagria signata Chrysomelidae Promechus au,stralicus Chrysomelidae Promechus tripartita Chrysomelidae Uroplata girardi Dytiscidae Antiporu,~ bakewellii Dytiscidae Batrachomatus wingi Dytiscidae Bidessodes bilita Dytiscidae Bidessodes denticulatus Dytiscidae Bidessodes flavosignatus Dytiscidae Bides,sodes grossus Dytiscidae Bidessodes mjobergi Dytiscidae Clypeodytes bifasciatus Dytiscidae Clypeodytes darlingtoni Dytiscidae Clypeodytes migrator Dytiscidae Copelatus australis Dytiscidae Copelatu.s bakewelli Dytiscidae (lopelatus clarki Dytiscidae Cope latus divisus

Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Dytiscidae Hydrovatus fasciatus Dytiscidae Hydrovatus opacus Dytiscidae Hydrovatus ovalis Dytiscidae Hydrovatus parallelus Dytiscidae Hydrovatws rufoniger Dytiscidae Hyphydrus contiguus Dytiscidae Hyphydrs decemmaculatu~s Dytiscidae Hyphydrrus efleminatus Dytiscidae Hyphydrus elegans Dytiscidae Hyphydrus lyratus Dytiscidae Laccophilus cingulatus Dytiscidae Laccophilus clarki Dytiscidae Laccophilus seminiger Dytiscidae Laccophilus sharpi Dytiscidae Laccophilus singulatus Dytiscidae Laccophilus unifasciatus Dytiscidae Laccophilus univittatus Dytiscidae Laccophilus walkeri Dytiscidae Lim bodessus compactus Dytiscidae Megaporus nativigi Dytiscidae Megaporus ruficeps Dytiscidae Platynectes decempunctatus Dytiscidae Platynectes monostigma Dytiscidae Rhantaticus congestus Dytiscidae Sandracottus bakewelli Dytiscidae Sternopriscus hansardii Dytiscidae Terradessus caecus Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Dytiscidae Tiporus denticulatus Dytiscidae Tiporus josepheni Dytiscidae Tiporus undecimmaculatus Gyrinidae Dineutus australis Gyrinidae Dineu tu,s neohollandicus Hydrophilidae Cenebriophilus costatus Hydrophilidae Cetiocyon papuensis Hydrophilidae Dactylosternum abdominale Hydrophilidae Pilocnema maculiapex Hydrophilidae Pseudoosternum brunneum Hydrophilidae Pseudoosternum maculatum Hydrophilidae Sphaeridium discolor Hygrobiidae Hygrobia maculata Noteridae Hydrocanthus australasiae Noteridae Hydrocanthus waterhousei Noteridae Hydrocoptus subfasciatus Noteridae Notomicrus tenellus Amphistomus complanatus Scarabaeidae amp his to mu.^ palpebratus Scarabaeidae Amphistomus squalidus Scarabaeidae Amphistomus tuberculatus Scarabaeidae A noplognathus abnormis Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus aeneus Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus aureus Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus boisduvalii Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus daemeli Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus macalpinei Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus ne bulosus Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus parvulus Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus punctulatus Scarabaeidae Anoplo&nathws smaragdinus Scarabaeidae Anoplognathus smargdinus Scarabaeidae Boletoscapter cornutus Scarabaeidae (~alloodes atkinsoni Scarabaeidae Calloodes rayneri Scarabaeidae C~optodzctyla depressa Scarabaeidae Cloptodzctyla ducalis Scarabaeidae (.~optodactyla glabricolli,s Scarabaeidae (.'optodactyla monstrosa Scarabaeidae (Joptodactyla su baenea Scarabaeidae (Joptodnctyla torresica Scarabaeidae Demarziella eungella Scarabaeidae Demarziella geminata Scarabaeidae Demarziella imitatrix Scarabaeidae Demarziella storeyi Scarabaeidae Demarziella tropicalis Scarabaeidae Demarziella yorkensis Scarabaeidae Lepanus arator Scarabaeidae Lepanus globulus Scarabaeidae Lepanus latheticus Scarabaeidae Lepanus monteithi Scarabaeidae Lepanus nitidus Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Scarabaeidae Lepanus parapisoniae Scarabaeidae Lepanus pisonzae Scarabaeidae Lepanus PYgmaeus Scarabaeidae Lepanus villosus Scarabaeidae Mimadoretus niveosq~~amo~st~~s Scarabaeidae Monoplistes occidentalis Scarabaeidae Monoplistes phanophilus Scarabaeidae Monoplistes tropicus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus atrox Scarabaeidae Onthophagus bicarinaticeps Scarabaeidae Onthophagus bicavicollis Scarabaeidae Onthuphagus bicornis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus binyana Scarabaeidae Onfhophagus bunamin Scarabaeidae Ontho~hagu~s capellinus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus capitosus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus comperei Scarabaeidae Onthophagus consentuneus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus con.spicuu,s Scarabaeidae Onthophagus cruciger Scarabaeidae Onthophagus desectus Scarabaeidae Onthuphagus dicranocerus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus discolor Scarabaeidae Onthophagus dummal Scarabaeidae Onthophagus furcaticeps Scarabaeidae Onthophagus gandju Scarabaeidae Onthophagus gazella Insects

FAMILY GENJS SPECIES Scarabaeidae Onthophagus gidju Scarabaeidae Onthophagus glabratus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus gurburra Scarabaeidae Onthophagus incornutus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus jangga Scarabaeidae Onthophagus koebelei Scarabaeidae Onthophagus kora Scarabaeidae Onthophagus lamgalio Scarabaeidae Ontho~hagu~s laminutus Scarabaeidae Onthophaps latro Scarabaeidae Onthophagus mije Scarabaeidae Onth(phaps minusculus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus monteithi Scarabaeidae Onthophagulr mulgravei Scarabaeidae Onthophap,~ muticus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus noduhfer Scarabaeidae Onthophagus ocelliger Scarabaeidae Ortthophagus paluma Scarabaeidae Onthophagus parallelicornis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus parrum bal Scarabaeidae Onthophagus parvus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus planicollis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus prehensilis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus propinquus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus purpureicollis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus quadripu,~tulatzrs Scarabaeidae Onthophagus rubescens Insects

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES Scarabaeidae Onthophagus ru brimaculatus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus rufosignatus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus sagttarius Scarabaeidae Onthophagus semimetallicus Scarabaeidae Onthophagugus signat icollis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus symbioticus Scarabaeidae Onth~phagu~s tabellicurnis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus trawalla Scarabaeidae Onthophagus tricavicollis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus vilis Scarabaeidae Onthophagus walteri Scarabaeidae Onthophagus waminda Scarabaeidae Onthophagus wanappe Scarabaeidae Onthophagus wigmungan Scarabaeidae Onthophagus wombalano Scarabaeidae Onth~phagu~s yaran Scarabaeidae Onthophagus yeyeko Scarabaeidae Onthophagus yiryoront Scarabaeidae Onthophagus Scarabaeidae Onthophagus yunkura Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron bornemisszai Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron disruptunz Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron diversicolle Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron laeve Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron politulum Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron rotundum Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES REC. SITES Scarabaeidae Temnoplectron subvolitans 2 5 8 Scarabaeidae Tesserodon feehani 3 3 Scarabaeidae Tesserodon gestroi 3 6 18 Scarabaeidae Tes,serodon novaehollandiae 49 38 Scarabaeidae Tes.serodon simplicipunctatum 1 1

7.2 Order : Diptera Flies, Mosquitoes, Midges 444 records, 1 12 species, 16 1 sites

Culicidae Aedes au,slraliensis Culicidae Aedes iwi Culicidae Aedes leilae Culicidae Aedes li~tlechildi Culicidae Aedes mackerrasi Culicidae Aedes palmarum Culicidae A edes spinosips Culicidae Aedes tulliae Culicidae Anopheles colledgei Culicidae Anopheles stigmaticus Drosophilidae Amiota albomaculata Drosophilidae Amiota annulata Drosophilidae Drosophila altera Drosophilidae Drosophila baechlii Drosophilidae Drosophila concolor Drosophilidae Drosophila crocata Drosophilidae Drosophila cultello Drosophilidae Drosophila dichromos Insects

FAMLY GENUS SPECIES Drosophilidae Drosophila eluta Drosophilidae Drosophila fim briata Drosophilidae Drosophila glauca Drosophilidae Drosophila hirtominuta Drosophilidae Dro.sophila hirudo Drosophilidae Drosophila mixtura Drosophilidae Drosophila mossmana Drosophilidae Drosophila nimia Drosophilidae Drosophila novoguinensis Drosophilidae Dro,sophila pseudotetrachaeta Drosophilidae Drosophila pseudotrachaeta Drosophilidae Drosophila rhkister Drosophilidae Drosophila rubida Drosophilidae Drosophila scaptomyzoidea Drosophilidae Drosophila scopata Drosophilidae Drosophila sinuata Drosophilidae Drosophila specensis Drosophilidae Drosophila sulfurigaster Drosophilidae Drosophila tricolora Drosophilidae Drosophila trifurca Drosophilidae Drosophila variata Drosophilidae Drosophila zentae Drosophilidae Hyp.selothyrea lanigera Drosophilidae Leucophenga ornata Drosophilidae Leucophenga quadripunctata Drosophilidae Leucophenga stigma Drosophilidae Leucophenga zebra Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Drosophilidae Liodro,sophila formiciformes Drosophilidae Liodro,sophila lutea Drosophilidae Liodro,sophila moyae Drosophilidae Liodrosophila nitida Drosophilidae Li,ssocephala metal/e,scen,s Drosophilidae Microdrosophila hasta Drosophilidae Microdro,sophila ochracella Drosophilidae Microdrosophila residua Drosophilidae Microdrosophila takadai Drosophilidae Mulgravea minima Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila annulata Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila carinata Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila claudensis Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila compacta Drosophilidae Mycodro.sophila diversa Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila helenae Drosophilidae Mycodro,sophila joalahae Drosophilidae Mycodrosoph ila minor Drosophilidae Mycodrosophi b mulgravensis Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila scotos Drosophilidae Mycodrosophila separata Drosophilidae Nesiodrosophila lindae Drosophilidae Paramycodrosophila acumina Drosophilidae Paramycodrosophila pictula Drosop hilidae Stegana scarabeo Drosophilidae Zygothrica samoaensis Lauxaniidae Cephaloconus cyprinus Insects

FAMILY GENTJS SPECIES Lauxaniidae Cephaloconus tene brosus Lauxaniidae Cerastocara queenslandensis Lauxaniidae Homoneura acestrocuspa Lauxaniidae Homoneura ancora Lauxaniidae Homoneura appendicula Lauxaniidae Homoneura asetulispina Lauxaniidae Homoneura binaria Lauxaniidae Homoneura celaenotibia Lauxaniidae Homoneura collessi Lauxaniidae Homoneura dichasca Lauxaniidae Homoneura epacra Lauxaniidae Homoneura gordoni Lauxaniidae Homoneura illingworthi Lauxaniidae Homoneura insurstylis Lauxaniidae Homoneura intercisa Lauxaniidae Homoneura laticosta Lauxaniidae Homoneura ornatipeniis Lauxaniidae Homoneura ornatipennis Lauxaniidae Homoneura partita Lauxaniidae Homoneura resima Lauxaniidae Homoneura rudiscutella Lauxaniidae Homoneura senta Lauxaniidae Homoneura stupenda Lauxaniidae Homoneura thegalea Lauxaniidae Homoneura torula Lauxaniidae Tanyocerca bzfissa Lauxaniidae Tanyocerca geminata Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Lauxaniidae Tanyocerca longiseta Lauxaniidae Trypetisoma australis Lauxaniidae Trypetisoma corniculata Lauxaniidae Xenohomoneura webbensis Tipulidae Molophilus acutissimus Tipulidae Molophilu,~ auriculifer Tipulidae Mo1ophilu.r brurnby Tipulidae Molophilus fiagillimus Tipulidae Molophilus macalpinei Tipulidae Molophilus multicurvatus Tipulidae Molophilu,~ mu1tispicatu.s Tipulidae Molophilus pulchripes Tipulidae Molophilus vallisspei

7.3 Order : Ephemeroptera Mayflies 3 records, 3 species, 3 sites

Leptophlebiidae J~PP~ edmundri Leptophlebiidae J~PP~ serrata Prosopistomatidae Prosopistoma sedlaceki Insects

7.4 Order : Hymenoptera Wasps, Ants, Bee@, and Sawflies 890 records, 86 species, 273 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Chalcididae Smicromorpha banksi Chalcididae Smicromorpha doddi Chalcididae Smicromorpha lagvnos Chalcididae Smicromorpha minera Diapriidae Acanthobetyla mirabilis Diapriidae Coptera asszmili~s Diapriidae Diphoropria agenor Diapriidae Diphoropria nigricans Diapriidae Diphoropria pseudoclavata Diapriidae Diphoropria pulchricornis Diapriidae Diphoropria splendida Diapriidae Neurogalsus carznatifrons Diapriidae Neurogalesus dissimilis Diapriidae Neurogalesus grandis Diapriidae Neurogaksus militis Diapriidae Paramesius consirnilis Diapriidae Paramesius venustus Eulophidae Elasmus cairnsensis Eulophidae Elasmus cyaneicoxa Formicidae Eurhopdothrix procera Formicidae Orectognathus nanus

35~hislist, and the data provided to CYPLUS GIs, does not include bees (Suborder : Apoidea). Exley et a1 (1993) provide information on 32 bees species from five of the seven Australian families collected from the Heathlands in 1992. Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Formicidae Orectognathus robustus Formicidae Orectognathus satan Formicidae Orectognathus sexspinosus Formicidae Pri.stotnyrmex faveolatus Scelionidae ~Irem~rstobaeti~s atireus Scelionidae (Jrema,stobaeus flavipes Scelionidae Dichotelea,~ subcoeruleus Scelionidae Encyrtoscelio mirissimus Scelionidae Macroteleia torresia Scelionidae Neoscelzu agilis Scelionidae Psilanteris tridentata S phecidae Aha ha Sphecidae Ammophila clavus Sphecidae A rpactophilus reticulatus S phecidae Auchenophorus aeneus Sphecidae Bem becinus egens Sphecidae Bem bix allunga Sphecidae Bembix flavipes Sphecidae Bembix littoralis Sphecidae Bembix mareeba S phecidae Bembix nzusca S phecidae Bembix promontorii Sphecidae Bembix variabilis Sphecidae Cerceris armigera Sphecidae Cerceris australis Sphecidae Cerceris calida Sphecidae Cerceris goddbrdi Insects

FAMILY GENTJS SPECIES Sphecidae Cerceris listrognatha Sphecidae Cerceris minuscula S phecidae Cerceris multiguttata Sphecidae Cerceris praedura Sphecidae Cerceris storeyi Sphecidae DoZichurus carbonarius Sphecidae Larru melanocnemis Sphecidae Larrisson azyx Sphecidae Liris chrysonota Sphecidae Liris haemorrhoi&Zi,s Sphecidae Liris obliquetr.uncata Sphecidae Liris reginn Sphecidae Liri,s spathulifera Sphecidae Nitela kuranke Sphecidae Prionyx globosus Sphecidae Psenulus interstitialis Sphecidae S'liphron formosum Sphecidae Sceliphron laetum Sphecidae Sphecius pectoralis Sphecidae Sphex cognatur,s Sphecidae Sphex ermineus Sphecidae Sphex sericeus Sphecidae Sphex vestitus Sphecidae Tachytes approximatus Sphecidae Tachytes dispersus Sphecidae Tachytes fatalis Sphecidae Tachytes plutocraticus Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Sphecidae Trypoxylon albitarsatum Sp hecidae Trypoxylon bituberculatum Sphecidae TrypoxyEon eximium Sphecidae Trypoxylon papuanum Sphecidae Trypoxylon schmiedeknechti Vespidae Polistes variahilis Vespidae Ropalidia elegantula Vespidae Ropalidia kurandae Vespidae Ropalidia mackayensis Vespidae Ropalidia revolutionalis Vespidae Ropalidia trichophthalma

7.5 Order : Isoptera Termites 1,224 records, 8 1 species, 520 sites

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES Kalotermitidae Cryptotermes cynocephalus Kalotermitidae Cryptotermes domesticus Kalotermitidae (Iryptotermes dudleyi Kalotermitidae (:ryptotermes primus Kalotermitidae (lryptotermes queenslandis Kalotermitidae Clryptotermes secundus Kalotermitidae Cryptotermes tropicalis Kalotermitidae Glyptotermes brevicornis Kalotermitidae Incisitermes barretti Kalotermitidae Neotermes insularis Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Kalotermitidae Procryptotermes australiensis Mastotermitidae Mastotermes darwiniensis Rhinoterrnitidae C'optotermes acinacijormis Rhinoterrnitidae Coptotermes dreghorni Rhinotermitidae Heterotermes paradoxus Rhinoterrnitidae Heterotermes vagus Rhinoterrnitidae Heterotermes venustus Rhinotermitidae Parrhinotermes queenslandicus Rhinotermitidae Prorhinotermes inopinatus Rhinotermitidae Schedorhinotermes actuosus Rhinoterrnitidae Schedorhinotermes breinli Rhinoterrnitidae Schedorhinoterme,~ intermedius Rhinoterrnitidae Schedorhinotermes seclusus Termitidae Ahamitermes nidicola Termitidae Amitermes eucalypti Termitidae Amitermes herbertensis Termitidae Amitermes latidens Termitidae Amitermes lauren,sis Termitidae Amitermes parvus Termitidae Amitermes perelegans Termitidae Amitermes raws Termitidae Amitermes scopulus Termitidae Amitermes subtilis Termitidae Amitermes vitiosus Termitidae Apsenterotermes improcerus Termitidae Australitermes dilucidus Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES REC. SITES Termitidae A ustralitermes perlevis 2 2 Termitidae Cristatitermes arenicola 1 1 Termitidae Cristatitermes froggatti 1 1 Termitidae Drepanotermes invasor 6 5 Termitidae Drepanotermes ru brzceps 2 2 Termitidae Ephelotermes cheeli 83 49 Termitidae Ephelotermes paleat us 8 6 Termitidae Hapsidotermes harrisi 10 8 Termitidae Hapsidotermes maideni 2 1 17 Termitidae Invasitermes inermis 10 9 Termitidae Lophotermes aduncus 19 18 Termitidae L,ophotermes brevicephalus 11 8 Termitidae Lophotermes crinitus 3 2 Termitidae Lophotermes parvicornis 8 7 Termitidae Lophotermes pectinatus 27 18 Termitidae Macrognathutermes errator 23 14 Termitidae Macro.subulitermes greavesi 1 1 Termitidae Microcerotermes biroi 8 6 Termitidae Microcerotermes nanus 12 9 Termitidae Microcerotermes repugnuns 1 1 Termitidae Microcerotermes serratus 56 40 Termitidae Microcerotermes taylori 25 2 1 Termitidae Microcerotermes turneri 24 15 Termitidae Nasutitermes eucalypti 3 3 Termitidae Nasutitermes graveolus 86 68 Termitidae Nasutitermes longipennis 28 2 1 Termitidae Na~utitermes magnus 30 26 Insects

FAMIL~Y GENUS SPECIES Termitidae Nasutitermes pluvialis Termitidae Nasutitermes princeps Termitidae Nasutiterme.~ smithi Termitidae Nasutitermes torresi Termitidae Na,sutilermes triodiae Termitidae Nasutitermes walkeri Termitidae 0ccultiterme.s aridus Termitidae Occultitermes occultus Termitidae Paracapritermes primus Termitidae Paracapritermes prolixus Termitidae Paracapritermes secundus Termitidae Tumulitermes comatus Termitidae Tumulitermes nzarcidus Termitidae Tumulitermes maree bensis Termitidae Tumulitermes pastinator Termitidae Tumulitermes pulleinei Termitidae Xylochomiterme.~ punctillus Termopsidae Stololermes australicus 7.6 Order : Lepidoptera Butterflies and Moths 11,398 records, 41 3 species, 673 sites

Cossidae Xyleutes ceramica Cossidae Xyleutes donovani Cossidae Xyleutes mackeri Cossidae Xyleutes nephocosma Cossidae Xyleutes tectorius Cossidae Xyleutes tigrinus Drepanidae Hypsidia erythropsalis Geometridae Sauris brevipalpis Geometridae Sauris cirrhigera Geornetridae Sauri,s melanoceros Geometridae Sauris plumipes Hesperiidae A rrhenes hchilus Hesperiidae Hesperilla ornata Hesperiidae Netrocoryne repancia Hesperiidae Ocybadistes ardea Hesperiidae Ocybadistes fla\)ovittatus Hesperiidae Ocybadistes walkeri Hesperiidae Sabera caesina Hesperiidae Sabera dobboe Hesperiidae Sabera fuliginosa Hesperiidae Suniana lascivia Hesperiidae Suniana sunias Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Hesperiidae Telicota augias Hesperiidae Telicota brachydesma Hesperiidae Telicota ohara Hesperiidae Toxidia thyrrhus Lycaenidae Arhopa lo madytu,s Lycaenidae A rhopala wildei Lycaenidae Binhhara phocides Lycaenidae (,'analides helenita Lycaenidae (,'analides hyacinthinus Lycaenidae Candalides helenita Lycaenidae Danis cyanea Lycaenidae Danis danis Lycaenidae Danis hymetus Lycaenidae Deudorix epijarbas Lycaenidae Hypochrysops apollo Lycaenidae Hypochrysops ignitus Lycaenidae Hypochrysops miskini Lycaenidae Hypochrysops narcissus Lycaenidae Hypochrysops polycletus Lycaenidae Hypolycaena danis Ly caenidae Hypolycaena phorbas Ly caenidae Ionolyce helicon Lycaenidae Jamides aleuas Lycaenidae Megisba strongyle Lycaenidae Ogyris hewitsoni Lycaenidae Philiris Jirlgens Lycaenidae Philiris innotata Insects

FAMZY GENUS SPECIES Lycaenidae Philiris nitens Lycaenidae Pseudodipsas eone Lycaenidae Thedinesthes sulpitius Lycaenidae Virachola democles Noctuidiae Agarista agricola Noctuidiae ldalma aethrias Noctuidiae Idalima affinis Noctuidiae Idalima tasso Noctuidiae Leucogonia ekeikei Noctuidiae Metaxanthiella co,smopis Noctuidiae Mimeu,semia centralis Noctuidiae Mimeu,semia econia Noctuidiae Periopta ardescens Noctuidiae Radinocera vagata Nymphalidae Cethosia cydippe Nymp halidae Cupha prosope Nymphalidae Euploea darchia Nymphalidae Euploea eichhorni Nymphalidae Euploea sy h~ester Nymp halidae Mycalesis terminus Nymphalidae Mynes geoffiooyi Nymphalidae Neptis praslini Nymp halidae Pantoporia consimilis Nymphalidae Phae@ma sheperdi Ny mphalidae Tellervo zoilus Papilionidae Graphium agamemnon Papilionidae Graphium aristeus

78 Insects

FAMILY GENJS SPECIES Papilionidae Ornithoptera priamus Papilionidae Pachlioptera poEydorus Papilionidae Papilio ambrax Papilionidae Papilio ulrysses Pieridae Appias au'a Pieridae Appias melania Pieridae Delias ennia Pieridae Delias mysis Sphingidae A cosmeryx anceus S phingidae Agrius convolvuli Sphingidae Ambulyx dohertyi Sphingidae Ambulyx: wildei Sphingidae A ngonyx testacea Sphingidae C.lephonodes kingii Sphingidae Coenotes eremophilae Sphingidae Daphnis placida Sphingidae Daphnis protrudens S phingidae Eupanacra splendens Sphingidae Gnathothlibus erotus Sphingidae Hippolion boerhaviae Sphingidae Hippotion brennus Sphingidae Hippotion celerio Sphingidae Hippotion rosetta Sphingidae Hippotion scrofa Sphingidae Hippotion velox Sphingidae Langia tropicus Sphingidae Leucomonia bethia Insects

FAMILY GEMJS SPECIES Sphingidae MacrogZossum alcedo Sphingidae Macroglossum corythus Sphingidae Ma~roglo~ssurn hirundo S phingidae Macroglo,s.sum insipidum Sphingidae Macrog/o,srsum joannisi Sphingidae Macroglo,s,sum micacea Sphingidae Mucroglossum nubilum Sphingidae Macroglossum rectans Sphingidae Macroglossum tenebrosum Sphingidae Macroglossum vacillans Sphingidae Meganoton rufescens Sphingidae Nephele hespera S phingidae Panacra splendens S phingidae Psilogramma casuarinae S phingidae Psilogramma menephron Sphingidae Theretra clotho Sphingidae Theretra indistincta Sphingidae There tra latreillei Sphingidae Theretra margarita S phingidae Theretra mornata Sphingidae Theretra oldenlandiae S phingidae Theretra silhetensis Sphingidae Theretra turneri Adoxophyes panxantha Tortricidae A doxophyes templana Tortricidae A rotrophora charistis Tortricidae A terpia protosema Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Tortricidae Demezjerella chrysoplea Tortricidae Diakonoffia tricolorana Tortricidae Dudua aprobola Tortricidae Dudua iniqua Tortricidae L;:pifymbia eudrosa Tortricidae Euco,smoga,stra mittographa Tortricidae E,uco,smogastra pyrrhupa Tortricidae Euobraztsovia chiohodelta Tortricidae (;nathmocerodes euplectra Tortricidae (;nathmocerodes ophiocosma Tortricidae Homona mermerodes Tortricidae Laspeyre.sia nemico~sma Tortricidae Lobesia arescophanes Tortricidae Neocalyptis oxygona Tortricidae Ophiorrhabda mormopa Tortricidae Ophiorrhabcla mysterica Tortricidae Ophzorrhab& pham~igma Tortricidae Periphoe ba trepidcl Tortricidae Rhodacra pyrrhocrossa Tortricidae Scolioplecta ochrophylla Tortricidae Sorolopha cyclotoma Tortricidae Sorolopha elaeodes Tortricidae Sorolopha johngreeni Tortricidae Sorolopha leptchlora Tortricidae Statherotis batrachodes Tortricidae Sycacantha castinicolor Tortricidae Sycacantha exedra Insects

7.7 Order : Megaloptera Alderflies, Dobsonflies 17 records, 6 species, 16 sites

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES REC. SITES Corydalidae Archichauliodes cuspidatus 1 1 Corydalidae A rchichauliodes phaeoscius 2 2 Corydalidae Archichauliodes uncinatus 9 8 Corydalidae Protochauliodes kirramae 2 2 Sialidae Stenosialis australiensis 2 2 Sialidae Stenosialis hollmayi 1 1

7.8 Order: Odonata Dragonflies, Damselflies 307 records, 48 species, 161 sites

Aeshnidae A ustroaeschna forcipata Aeshnidae Telephlebia tillyardi Amphipterygidae Diphle bia euphaeoides Chlorocyphidae Rhinocypha tincta Coenagrionidae Aciagrion fragilis Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis argentea Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis femina Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis pygmaea Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis rubrzcauda Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis thoracalis Coenagrionidae Archi basis mimetes Coenagrionidae A rgiocnemis rubescens Coenagrionidae A ustroagrion exclamationis Coenagrionidae Austrophle bia costalis Insects

FAMILY GENIJS SPECIES Coenagrionidae Ceriagrion aeruginosum Coenagrionidae Ischnura aurora Coenagrionidae Ischnura heterosticta Coenagrionidae Ischnura pruinescens Coenagrionidae P,se~~dagrion ignifer Coenagrionidae Pseudagrion microcephalum Coenagrionidae Teinobasis rufithorax Gomphidae Antipodogomphus edentulus Gomphidae Antipodugomphus proselythus Gomphidae Au,strogomphu,s amphiclitus Gomphidae Au,strogomphus arbustorurn Gomphidae A u,strogomphus bijiurcahis Gomphidae Au,strogomphus divaricatus Gomphidae A ustrogomphus pra,sinus Gomphidae Hemigomphus comitatus Gomphidae Hemigomphus theischingeri Gomphidae Ictinogomphus australis Gomphidae Ictinogomphus paulini Neosticta Jiaseri Isostictidae Odontogomphus longipositor Isostictidae Oristicta filicicola Isostictidae Rhadinosticta banksi Isostictidae Rhadinosticta simplex Lestidae Austrolestes insularis ~estidae Indolestes alleni Lestidae Indolestes tenuissimus Lestidae Lestes concinnus Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES REC. SITES Lestoideidae Lestoidea conjuncta 8 6 Megapodagrionidae A rgiolestes minimus 1 1 Megapodagrionidae A ustroargioles tesaureus 10 7 Petaluridae Petalura pulcherrima 1 1 Protoneuridae No,so.sticri coelestina 10 9 Protoneuridae Nososticta solitaria 3 0 29 Synlestidae (7horismagrion risi 2 2

7.9 Order : Orthoptera Locusts, Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets 252 records, 54 species, 89 sites

Gryllacrididae Mooracra cartobolas Gryllidae Amu.surgus kanyahis Gryllidae Amusurgus mubboonis Gryllidae Amusurgus nilarius Gryllidae Amusurgus tinka Gryllidae Aphonoides angustissimus Gryllidae Aphonoides australis Gryllidae Aphonoides biangri Gryllidae Aphonoides debilis Gryllidae Aphonoides hackeri Gryllidae Aphonoides warratinna Gryllidae Aphonoides weeronga Gryllidae Dolichoxipha gracilipes Gry llidae Gryllotatpa coarctata Gry Ilidae Marinna iranda Gryllidae Metioche vittaticollis Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Gry llidae Muna'eicus longi~eemur Gry llidae Mundeicus nillanilla Gryllidae Mundeicus tindalei Gryllidae Myara wintrena Gry llidae Myrmecophil~ls australii~ Gryllidae Patiscus australicus Gryllidae Pentacentrus kakirra Gryllidae Polichoxipha gracilipes Gryllidae Pteronemobius nundra Gryllidae Pteronemobius ornaticeps Gryllidae Pteronenzobius regulus Gryllidae Pteronemobius truncatus Gryllidae Pteronemobius unicolor Gryllidae Rzatina villosicep,~ Gryllidae Salmanites alta Gryllidae Tozeria muwitiwallina Gryllidae Trigonidium amarina Gryllidae Trigonidiunz armarina Gryllidae Trigonidonzorphas jostedti Gryllidae Umbulgaria ita Gryllidae Unka boreena Gryllidae Xanthogryllacris punctipennis Tettigoniidae Antipodectes graminicolus Tettigoniidae Antipodectes memorialis Tettigoniidae (~onocephalus semivittatus Tettigoniidae Neophisis ecmurra Tettigoniidae Nicsara bifasciata Insects

FAMILY GENUS SPECIES Tettigoniidae Nicsara wifaciata Tettigoniidae Paraphisis alumba Tettigoniidae Paraphisis kurnkuni Tettigoniidae Paraphi,sis leawillia Tettigoniidae Puraphi,sis wirreecoo Tettigoniidae Paraphisis wonnewarra Tettigoniidae Zaprochilus mongubarra Tridactylidae Tridactylus australicus Tridactylidae XY~ muta Tridactylidae XY~ smithersi Tridactylidae XY~ unicolor

7.10 Order : Plecoptera Stoneflies 7 1 records, 9 species, 48 sites

Eustheniidae Stenoperla wangoonoo Eustheniidae Stenoperla wongoonoo Gripopterygidae Dinotoperla spinosa Gripopterygidae Illiesoperla barbara Gripopterygidae Illiesoperla cerberus Gripopterygidae Illie,soperla tropica Gripopterygidae Kirrama abolos Gripopterygidae Nescioperla curtisae Gripopterygidae Trinotoperlu minima