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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 28 species · Wasur

Showing 28 species · Wasur

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Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Frilled Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Blue Emperor

Papilio ulysses

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Green Tree Python

Morelia viridis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Moluccan Eclectus

Eclectus roratus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

White's Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Eastern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja textilis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Pig-Nosed Turtle

Carettochelys insculpta

OmnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

New Guinea Crocodile

Crocodylus novaeguineae

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

CarnivoreDiurnalBird

Common Spotted Cuscus

Spilocuscus maculatus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Magpie Goose

Anseranas semipalmata

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Common Phalanger

Phalanger orientalis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Black Flying Fox

Pteropus alecto

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Greater Bird-of-Paradise

Paradisaea apoda

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Irrawaddy Dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered

10 countries11 parks5 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

Kerengga Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

OmnivoreDiurnalInsect

21 countries28 parks

Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

9 countries13 parks

Near Threatened

Nicobar Pigeon

Caloenas nicobarica

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

11 countries16 parks

Near Threatened

Palm Cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

3 countries6 parks

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

6 countries48 parks

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary

3 countries53 parks

3 countries53 parks

3 countries11 parks

4 countries12 parks

3 countries7 parks

5 countries7 parks

5 countries56 parks

3 countries25 parks

3 countries45 parks

3 countries5 parks

2 countries4 parks

3 countries12 parks

5 countries5 parks

3 countries10 parks

4 countries6 parks

4 countries68 parks

3 countries9 parks

3 countries12 parks

2 countries1 park