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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 27 species · Carnarvon Gorge

Showing 27 species · Carnarvon Gorge

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Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

NectarivoreDiurnalColonial

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

White's Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Red Kangaroo

Osphranter rufus

MarsupialHerbivoreCrepuscular

Common Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Eastern Water Dragon

Intellagama lesueurii

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Eastern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja textilis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

CarnivoreDiurnalBird

Magpie Goose

Anseranas semipalmata

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Rough Knob-tail

Nephrurus asper

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

Petrogale penicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Queensland Lungfish

Neoceratodus forsteri

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

1 country20 parks

Sugar Glider

Petaurus breviceps

OmnivoreNocturnalFamily group

3 countries8 parks

Carpet Python

Morelia spilota

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

3 countries7 parks

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs

5 countries56 parks

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

1 country17 parks

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

1 country14 parks

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

6 countries48 parks

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary

3 countries53 parks

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

3 countries53 parks

Frilled Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

3 countries11 parks

4 countries25 parks

3 countries57 parks

5 countries56 parks

3 countries25 parks

1 country14 parks

2 countries59 parks

1 country16 parks

3 countries51 parks

3 countries45 parks

3 countries12 parks

3 countries10 parks

1 country31 parks

1 country5 parks

4 countries68 parks

3 countries9 parks

1 country51 parks

1 country3 parks