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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 31 species · Shark Bay

Showing 31 species · Shark Bay

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Spotted Wobbegong

Orectolobus maculatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

InsectivoreDiurnalBird

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Red Kangaroo

Osphranter rufus

MarsupialHerbivoreCrepuscular

Great Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Thorny Devil

Moloch horridus

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Eastern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja textilis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Sand Monitor

Varanus gouldii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Australian Ringneck

Barnardius zonarius

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Pied Oystercatcher

Haematopus longirostris

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

150 countries70 parks400 dive sites

Dugong

Dugong dugon

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

46 countries16 parks41 dive sites

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

155 countries83 parks364 dive sites

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

32 countries14 parks15 dive sites

Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin

Sousa chinensis

CarnivoreVulnerableOcean

23 countries10 parks28 dive sites

Near Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

57 countries27 parks23 dive sites

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs

5 countries56 parks

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

1 country14 parks

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata

CarnivoreSolitaryMollusc

24 countries14 parks129 dive sites

Flatback

Natator depressus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

3 countries8 parks4 dive sites

1 country11 parks10 dive sites

91 countries31 parks

30 countries26 parks

3 countries53 parks

3 countries53 parks

3 countries57 parks

5 countries56 parks

5 countries39 parks

1 country14 parks

4 countries49 parks

1 country11 parks

1 country12 parks

3 countries51 parks

3 countries45 parks

3 countries18 parks

1 country31 parks

1 country11 parks

4 countries68 parks

1 country20 parks

3 countries24 parks

1 country51 parks