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Rainforest in Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, September 2006

Overview

Queensland is bordered in the south by New South Wales and in the west by Northern Territory, while South Australia cuts a small corner into the state. Queensland includes the Great Barrier Reef and has some species in common with New Guinea due to the short geographic distance from Cape York. It is the second-largest state in Australia and has the greatest biodiversity, with over 630 species of bird recorded, 22 of them being endemic.

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Photo by HelenB
The Proserpine River, near Airlie Beach, home to saltwater crocodiles and good birds, October 2009

Bird List for Queensland^[1]

Other Wildlife

Mammals: Over 100 species of mammals occur in the state, 13 of which are endemic to the Wet Tropics. Wet Tropics mammals include the following: Platypus, Echidna, Musky Rat Kangaroo, Agile Wallaby, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Red-legged Pademelon, Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo, Northern Bettong, Atherton Antechinus, Yellow-footed Antechinus, White-footed Dunnart, Northern Brown Bandicoot, Long-nosed Bandicoot, Herbert River Ringtail, Green Ringtail, Lemuroid Ringtail, Long-tailed Pygmy Possum, Striped Possum, Mountain Brush-tailed Possum, Sugar Glider, Yellow-belied Glider, Feathertail Glider, Greater Glider, Spotted-tailed Quoll, Northern Quoll, Masked White-tailed Rat, Giant White-tailed Rat, Australian Water Rat, Fawn-footed Melomys, Grassland Melomys, Lakeland Downs Mouse, Black-footed Tree Rat, Prehensile-tailed Rat, Spectacled Flying Fox, Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Northern Freetail Bat, Gould's Wattled Bat, Chocolate Wattled Bat, Hoary Wattled Bat, Eastern Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat, Eastern Bentwing Bat, Little Bentwing Bat, Large-footed Myotis and Northern Long-eared Bat.

Photo by HelenB
Female saltwater (estuarine) crocodile, Proserpine River, near Airlie Beach, October 2009

Reptiles: At least 200 species of reptiles occur in the Wet Tropics. These include: Green Tree Snake, Brown Tree Snake, Keelback, Slatey-Grey Snake, Macleay's Water Snake, Amethystine Python, Carpet Python, Spotted Python, Children's Python, Water Python, Northern Crowned Snake, Collared Whip Snake, Red-bellied Black Snake, Eastern Brown Snake, Coastal Taipan, Eastern Small-eyed Snake, Northern Death Adder, Rough-scaled Snake, North-eastern Blind Snake, Lace Monitor, Spotted Tree Monitor, Sand Goanna, Boyd's Forest Dragon, Eastern Water Dragon, Tommy Roundhead, Northern Two-lined Dragon, Frilled Lizard, Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko, Tree Dtella, Chamaeleon Gecko, Ring-tailed Gecko, Pink-tongued Skink, Eastern Bluetongue, Eastern Water Skink, Major Skink, Worm Skink,Burton's Legless Lizard, Common Scalyfoot, Saw-shelled Turtle and Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile. A small introduced population of Freshwater Crocodile exists at Mareeba Wetlands.

Amphibians: More than 60 species of frogs occur in the Wet Tropics. These include the following: White-lipped Tree Frog, Green Tree Frog, Northern Stony-creek Frog, Kuranda Tree Frog, Waterfall Frog, Green-eyed Tree Frog, Northern Orange-eyed Tree Frog, Northern Barred Frog, Cogger's Barred Frog, Ornate Nursery Frog, Peeping Whistling Frog and introduced Cane Toad.

Site Information

Photo by HelenB
Peaceful Dove, Airlie Beach, October 2009

Areas of Interest

• Lamington National Park - Queensland's most significant national park, 20,200 hectares in size and containing forests varying in type from the dry eucalypt forest of the northern escarpment, to the temperate Antarctic beech forest, high on the border ranges, and subtropical rainforest. There are over 160 species of subtropical birds and many mammals, frogs, reptiles and invertebrates there.
• Atherton Tablelands - immediately to the west of Cairns, the land rises rapidly into a range of mountains and a large plateau known as the Atherton Tablelands. This is an area of very high biodiversity and contains a number of species of birds and other wildlife.
• Black Mountain Road
• Cairns
• Crater Lakes National Park
• Emerald Creek
• Hasties Swamp
• Kingfisher Park
• Lake Mitchell
• Mareeba Wetlands
• Michaelmas Cay
• Mount Lewis
• Mount Molloy
• Yungaburra

External Links

• Birdwatching in Queensland
• Birdline North Queensland bird sightings updated continually
• Birdline Central and South Queensland bird sightings updated continually
• Queensland Parks and Forests
• About Australia, Queensland

1. Bird List for Queensland