Northern Beaches FaunaAustralian Bush Turkey Blue Bottles By-the-wind Sailor Common Brushtail Possum Purple Shore Crab Red-tipped Crab Spider Three-bar Porcupinefish

The Northern Beaches have a range of habitats that is home to a variety of creatures, including birds, reptiles, insects and aquatic life. Listed here are some of the creatures that can be found along the coastal region, parks, reserves, gardens and even along roadsides and streets.

Bluebottle Jellyfish (Physalia utriculus), Northern Beaches NSW
Bluebottle Jellyfish (Physalia utriculus), Northern Beaches NSW
By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella), Northern Beaches NSW
By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella), Northern Beaches NSW
Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami), Dee Why NSW
Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami), Dee Why NSW
Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) on a Flannel Flower, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Red-tipped Crab Spider (Sidymella rubrosignata) on a Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi), Dee Why NSW

This section is a work in progress… more information coming.


Footnote & References

  1. Bluebottle Jellyfish, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/jellyfish/bluebottle/
  2. Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758), By-The-Wind-Sailor, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f170a621-12cf-42ea-b36a-e2c6bf1201f1
  3. Alectura lathami J.E. Gray, 1831, Australian Brush-Turkey, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3c6fe522-90df-4447-ab21-1dd086461abc
  4. Sidymella rubrosignata, Arachne.org.au, http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2113

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