Regionally Significant Species

The most commonly occurring animal species of Regional Significance within the three Corridors include, but are not limited to:

A   B   C   D   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

A

  • Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
  • Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
  • Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
  • Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)

B

  • Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
  • Brown-striped Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
  • Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)

C

  • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
  • Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
  • Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)

D

  • Darter
  • Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

E

  • Eastern Snake-necked Tortoise (Chelodina longicollis)

F

  • Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus)

G

  • Gang Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
  • Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

J

  • Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)

L

  • Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
  • Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
  • Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla)

O

  • Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)

P

  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  • Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
  • Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
  • Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

R

  • Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)
  • Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
  • Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
  • Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)
  • Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)

S

  • Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
  • Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
  • Southern Forest Bat (Vespadelus regulus)
  • Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
  • Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
  • Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

W

  • Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
  • White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)
  • White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
  • White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)
  • Water-rat (Hydromys chrysogaster) (one of the best populations in the Melbourne at Scotchman's Creek)

Y

  • Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)

Acknowledgements

Information on these pages has been gathered form the report documenting the findings of a field assessment undertaken at Damper Creek and Valley Reserves in March 2000, and at Scotchman's and Dandenong Creeks in April 2000, with follow-up inspections with the City of Monash in March and May 2000.

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Last updated: 22 February 2011

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