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

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Sarus Crane

Antigone antigone

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Palm Cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Frilled Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

NectarivoreDiurnalColonial

Blue Emperor

Papilio ulysses

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Green Tree Python

Morelia viridis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Moluccan Eclectus

Eclectus roratus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

White's Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

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

Freshwater Crocodile

Crocodylus johnstoni

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Black Flying Fox

Pteropus alecto

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

32 countries14 parks15 dive sites

Southern Cassowary

Casuarius casuarius

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

3 countries7 parks

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs

5 countries56 parks

Banded Archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

15 countries26 parks17 dive sites

Box Jelly

Chironex fleckeri

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

2 countries5 parks4 dive sites

Irukandji

Carukia barnesi

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

1 country6 parks4 dive sites

Flatback

Natator depressus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

3 countries8 parks4 dive sites

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

36 countries66 parks

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

47 countries109 parks

Kerengga Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

OmnivoreDiurnalInsect

21 countries28 parks

11 countries15 parks

9 countries13 parks

3 countries6 parks

6 countries48 parks

3 countries53 parks

3 countries53 parks

3 countries11 parks

4 countries25 parks

4 countries12 parks

3 countries7 parks

3 countries57 parks

5 countries7 parks

5 countries56 parks

5 countries39 parks

3 countries25 parks

4 countries49 parks

2 countries59 parks

3 countries51 parks

3 countries45 parks

3 countries12 parks

3 countries10 parks

1 country31 parks

1 country5 parks

4 countries68 parks

1 country7 parks

3 countries9 parks

3 countries12 parks

1 country51 parks