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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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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 41 species · Springbrook

Showing 41 species · Springbrook

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Not Evaluated

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

CarnivoreDiurnalBird
Least Concern

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

White's Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Great Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Common Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Eastern Water Dragon

Intellagama lesueurii

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Macleay's Spectre

Extatosoma tiaratum

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Satin Bowerbird

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Not Evaluated

Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia gulosa

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Eastern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja textilis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Regent Bowerbird

Sericulus chrysocephalus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal
Endangered

Greater Glider

Petauroides volans

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Feathertail Glider

Acrobates pygmaeus

OmnivoreNectarivoreNocturnal
Least Concern

Common Death Adder

Acanthophis antarcticus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Australian Brushturkey

Alectura lathami

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Eastern Snake-necked Turtle

Chelodina longicollis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
Least Concern

Long-nosed Bandicoot

Perameles nasuta

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Powerful Owl

Ninox strenua

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Common Ringtail Possum

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Red-legged Pademelon

Thylogale stigmatica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Swamp Wallaby

Wallabia bicolor

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Vulnerable

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

Petrogale penicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Eastern Pygmy Possum

Cercartetus nanus

OmnivoreNectarivoreNocturnal
Vulnerable

Grey-headed Flying Fox

Pteropus poliocephalus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Brown Antechinus

Antechinus stuartii

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
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PlatypusNear Threatened

Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country20 parks
Carpet PythonLeast Concern

Carpet Python

Morelia spilota

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity
3 countries7 parks
Willie WagtailLeast Concern

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs
5 countries56 parks
Least Concern

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
36 countries66 parks
Not Evaluated

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
47 countries109 parks
Least Concern

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
6 countries48 parks
Least Concern

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary
3 countries53 parks
Least Concern

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
3 countries53 parks
Least Concern

Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

NectarivoreDiurnalColonial
4 countries25 parks
Not Evaluated

Blue Emperor

Papilio ulysses

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
4 countries12 parks
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3 countries57 parks
3 countries26 parks
5 countries56 parks
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4 countries49 parks
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1 country16 parks
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1 country33 parks
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1 country14 parks
1 country19 parks
4 countries68 parks
1 country15 parks
1 country17 parks
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1 country17 parks
3 countries9 parks
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