Western Australia Fauna

Western Australia FaunaBirds Insects Reptiles Spiders

The vast region of Western Australia encompasses a diverse selection of habitats from marine environments along Australia’s lengthy coastline, inland water sources that include permanent and seasonal waterways and wetlands, beaches and mangrove forests, tropical rainforest, grasslands and savannas to arid regions.

All these habitats are home to a diverse range of wildlife from aquatic creatures, insects, spiders, reptiles, mammals, marsupials and birds. Whilst most of the larger wildlife are known, there are many thousands of unamed species of insects and spiders.

Check out some of the listed fauna here, with many more to be added over times.

Stimson's python - "Children's pythons" © Gary Taylor — Stimson’s Python (Antaresia stimsoni), Midwest WA © Gary Taylor

Anomis definata, Yalgorup S F / Yalgorup National Park WA © Paul Kay — *Anomis definata*, Yalgorup S F / Yalgorup National Park WA © Paul Kay

There is also some fauna information listed here (these are a work in progress, with more information to come):

Zanda latirostris (Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham — *Zanda latirostris* (Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham

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

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Footnote & References

Western Australia FaunaBirds Insects Reptiles Spiders

Western AustraliaWestern Australia Fauna Western Australia Flora The Batavia Coast and Midwest WA Bungle Bungles – Purnululu National Park Great Southern WA South West WA Stirling Range National Park