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Wildlife of Thornton View Nature Refuge

Total number of species: 184

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status
Records Specimens Last
seen
animals mammals Macropodidae Petrogale penicillata brush-tailed rock-wallaby V V QA 4 0 06/12/2022
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus breviceps sugar glider C QA 3 0 06/12/2022
animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus norfolcensis squirrel glider C QA 1 0 06/12/2022
animals mammals Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala E E QA 14 0 15/11/2020
animals mammals Peramelidae Isoodon macrourus northern brown bandicoot C QAI 1 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Estrildidae Neochmia temporalis red-browed finch C QA 6 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia bichenovii double-barred finch C QA 2 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Dicaeidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C QAI 2 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Turdidae Zoothera heinei russet-tailed thrush C QA 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Hirundinidae Hirundo neoxena welcome swallow C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis silvereye C QAI 6 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Locustellidae Cincloramphus timoriensis tawny grassbird C QAI 1 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C QA 7 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C QAI 2 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Petroicidae Petroica boodang scarlet robin C QA 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Petroicidae Petroica rosea rose robin C QA 2 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Monarchidae Monarcha melanopsis black-faced monarch C QAI 1 0 27/02/2000
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra inquieta restless flycatcher C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C QAI 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Monarchidae Symposiachrus trivirgatus spectacled monarch C QAI 2 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI 5 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa grey fantail C QAI 6 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C QAI 6 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura rufifrons rufous fantail C QAI 3 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis pied butcherbird C QA 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus torquatus grey butcherbird C QA 6 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Artamidae Gymnorhina tibicen Australian magpie C QAI 7 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C QA 8 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus olive-backed oriole C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Oriolidae Sphecotheres vieilloti Australasian figbird C QAI 5 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush C QAI 5 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla megarhyncha little shrike-thrush C QAI 1 0 27/02/2000
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis golden whistler C QAI 4 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C QAI 6 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina lineata barred cuckoo-shrike C QA 1 0 27/02/2000
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Campephagidae Edolisoma tenuirostre common cicadabird C QAI 5 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Campephagidae Lalage leucomela varied triller C QAI 3 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Neosittidae Daphoenositta chrysoptera varied sittella C QAI 3 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Cinclosomatidae Cinclosoma punctatum spotted quail-thrush C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Psophodidae Psophodes olivaceus eastern whipbird C QA 6 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus temporalis grey-crowned babbler C QAI 2 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Meliphagidae Anthochaera carunculata red wattlebird C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Meliphagidae Caligavis chrysops yellow-faced honeyeater C QA 5 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta brown honeyeater C QA 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina melanocephala noisy miner C QA 5 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's honeyeater C QA 7 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI 4 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus lunatus white-naped honeyeater C QA 2 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Meliphagidae Myzomela sanguinolenta scarlet honeyeater C QA 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI 2 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus spotted pardalote C QA 5 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C QA 4 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza lineata striated thornbill C QA 2 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza pusilla brown thornbill C QA 4 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C QA 2 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone mouki brown gerygone C QA 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI 5 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Acanthizidae Pyrrholaemus sagittatus speckled warbler C QA 2 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis frontalis white-browed scrubwren C QA 5 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Acanthizidae Sericornis magnirostra large-billed scrubwren C QA 2 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Maluridae Malurus cyaneus superb fairy-wren C QA 1 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Maluridae Malurus lamberti variegated fairy-wren C QA 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ptilonorhynchus violaceus satin bowerbird C QA 5 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Climacteridae Cormobates leucophaea metastasis white-throated treecreeper (southern) C QA 5 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis dollarbird C QAI 1 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo novaeguineae laughing kookaburra C QA 8 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Alcedinidae Todiramphus sanctus sacred kingfisher C QAI 1 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Tytonidae Tyto javanica eastern barn owl C QAI 2 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Strigidae Ninox boobook southern boobook C QAI 1 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Cuculidae Cacomantis flabelliformis fan-tailed cuckoo C QAI 2 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Cuculidae Centropus phasianinus pheasant coucal C QA 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites basalis Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo C QAI 1 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Cuculidae Chalcites lucidus shining bronze-cuckoo C QAI 2 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Cuculidae Cuculus optatus oriental cuckoo SL QAI 1 0 27/02/2000
animals birds Cuculidae Eudynamys orientalis eastern koel C QAI 2 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Cuculidae Scythrops novaehollandiae channel-billed cuckoo C QAI 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Psittaculidae Alisterus scapularis Australian king-parrot C QA 4 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Psittaculidae Parvipsitta pusilla little lorikeet C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus adscitus pale-headed rosella C QA 2 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus elegans crimson rosella C QA 6 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus scaly-breasted lorikeet C QA 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C QA 4 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C QA 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Turnicidae Turnix varius painted button-quail C QA 2 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Falconidae Falco cenchroides nankeen kestrel C QAI 1 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Falconidae Falco peregrinus macropus Australian peregrine falcon C QA 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter cirrocephalus collared sparrowhawk C QAI 1 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Accipitridae Accipiter fasciatus brown goshawk C QAI 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C QAI 3 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Accipitridae Aviceda subcristata Pacific baza C QAI 1 0 19/10/2006
animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis straw-necked ibis C QAI 1 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C QAI 1 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C QAI 4 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Eurostopodidae Eurostopodus mystacalis white-throated nightjar C QAI 1 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C QA 1 0 06/12/2022
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia humeralis bar-shouldered dove C QAI 5 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI 5 0 25/11/2001
animals birds Columbidae Leucosarcia melanoleuca wonga pigeon C QA 3 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Columbidae Lopholaimus antarcticus topknot pigeon C QA 2 0 27/02/2000
animals birds Columbidae Macropygia phasianella brown cuckoo-dove C QAI 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C QA 2 0 01/07/2001
animals birds Columbidae Ptilinopus magnificus wompoo fruit-dove C QAI 1 0 18/06/2000
animals birds Anatidae Anas superciliosa Pacific black duck C QAI I 1 0 13/03/2000
animals birds Megapodiidae Alectura lathami Australian brush-turkey C QA 1 0 27/02/2000
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria fallax eastern sedgefrog C QA I 2 2 06/12/2022
animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria peronii emerald spotted treefrog C QA 1 0 06/12/2022
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Crinia signifera clicking froglet C QA I 1 1 18/04/2022
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Mixophyes fasciolatus great barred frog C QA 1 1 06/12/2022
animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Uperoleia fusca dusky gungan C QA 1 1 06/12/2022
animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes peronii striped marshfrog C QA I 1 1 06/12/2022
plants land plants Apocynaceae Asclepias curassavica red-head cottonbush NAQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Apocynaceae Gomphocarpus physocarpus balloon cottonbush NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asparagaceae Lomandra longifolia C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Asteraceae Ageratina adenophora crofton weed NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asteraceae Bidens pilosa NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asteraceae Cyanthillium cinereum C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asteraceae Erigeron bonariensis NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asteraceae Peripleura hispidula var. setosa C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Asteraceae Picris angustifolia subsp. carolorum-henricorum C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum neohollandicum C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Campanulaceae Lobelia purpurascens white root SL NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina torulosa C NTQ 2 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Chenopodiaceae Einadia polygonoides knotweed goosefoot C NTQ 1 1 18/10/2024
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus gracilis C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Cyperaceae Gahnia aspera C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Cyperaceae Scleria mackaviensis C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium esculentum common bracken C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia scandens C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia grandiflora C NTQ 1 0 26/09/2022
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia hederacea C NTQ 1 1 03/06/2024
plants land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola albida C NTQ 1 1 07/12/2018
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus australis C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Lauraceae Cryptocarya obovata pepperberry C NTQ 1 1 22/03/2022
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Eustrephus latifolius wombat berry C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia implexa lightwood C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia irrorata subsp. irrorata C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia maidenii Maiden's wattle C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia obtusifolia C NTQ 1 0 26/09/2022
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria montana var. angustifolia C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Desmodium brachypodum large ticktrefoil C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Desmodium gunnii C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine tabacina glycine pea C NTQ 2 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Glycine tomentella woolly glycine C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna sophera var. sophera C NTQ 1 1 04/08/2022
plants land plants Leguminosae Swainsona brachycarpa C NTQ 1 1 11/11/2021
plants land plants Malvaceae Sida rhombifolia NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia intermedia pink bloodwood C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus biturbinata C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus crebra narrow-leaved red ironbark C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus eugenioides C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus laevopinea silvertop stringybark C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus melanophloia C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus melliodora yellow box C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus quadrangulata white-topped box C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus tereticornis C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon confertus brush box C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Oxalidaceae Oxalis chnoodes C NTQ 1 1 11/11/2021
plants land plants Pentapetaceae Melhania oblongifolia C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Poaceae Bothriochloa bunyensis Bunya Mountains bluegrass V V NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Poaceae Heteropogon contortus black speargrass C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Poaceae Imperata cylindrica blady grass C NTQ 2 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Poaceae Oplismenus aemulus creeping shade grass C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Poaceae Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei tussock grass C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Poaceae Sarga leiocladum C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Poaceae Themeda triandra kangaroo grass C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Ranunculaceae Clematis glycinoides C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Rosaceae Rubus parvifolius pink-flowered native raspberry C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Rosaceae Rubus rosifolius C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Rubiaceae Asperula conferta C NTQ 1 1 24/11/2021
plants land plants Santalaceae Santalum obtusifolium sandalwood C NTQ 1 0 12/12/2015
plants land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila debilis winter apple C NTQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Solanaceae Physalis angulata NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Sterculiaceae Brachychiton populneus C NTQ 2 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Verbenaceae Lantana camara lantana NAQ 2 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Verbenaceae Verbena bonariensis purpletop NAQ 1 0 14/09/2016
plants land plants Xanthorrhoeaceae Xanthorrhoea glauca SL NTQ 2 0 14/09/2016

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
Est. - Establishment
DNQ : Doubtfully naturalised in QLD
EXQ : Not native to QLD
FNQ : Formerly naturalised in QLD
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
NAQ : Naturalised in QLD
NNQ : Native and naturalised in QLD
NTQ : Native to QLD
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
SUQ : Status unknown in QLD
U : Unknown - native
UPQ : Unknown provenance in QLD
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
XA : Exotic (Intranational)
XI : Exotic (International)
XU : Exotic (Unknown)
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


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Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2025) Wildlife of Thornton View Nature Refuge, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 December 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=nature-refuge-thornton-view-nature-refuge

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