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The continent of Australia has a unique depth of fauna not found anywhere else in the world. As well as the native wildlife, colonisation and modernisation has introduce many non indigenous species in to Australia from around the world, some of which have done too well and have reached plague proportion, often threatening, if not having already wiped out various native species.
How often is it that as you travel around Australia, you say… what do koala eat? Our aim here is not to reproduce the myriad of information that is available in print and on the internet for the web of life, but to provided some general information, with images of living plants that can be found here in Australia, which will offer an insight into what is Australia… enjoy…
Following is our index of fauna listed here in Ausemade… come back as we include information from our archives and add new content.
Check out our Birds Index for the current full list of birds on our website (more to be added over time).
- BIRDS
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Bowerbirds
- Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- Honeyeaters
- Kingfishers
- Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus)
- Paradise Riflebird (Lophorina paradisea)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)
- Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens)
- Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Rufous Bristlebird © Dorothy L Pair of Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii) Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) Male Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata) in its’ bower Little Grassbird, Bool Lagoon, SA © Dorothy L Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus) © Dorothy L Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) © Dorothy L Australian Pelican © Andi Leel Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) © Greg Sully Southern Emu-wren © Dorothy L Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) © Dorothy L Azure Kingfisher © Dorothy L Beautiful Firetail © Dorothy L Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- FROGS
Perons Tree Frog © Katrina Leel Desert Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus centralis) Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) Desert Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus centralis) emerging from aestivation Perons Tree Frog © Katrina Leel Centralian Tree Frog (Litoria gilleni) at Simpsons Gap, West MacDonnell Ranges, NT. Centralian Tree Frog at Simpsons Gap Desert Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus centralis) Centralian Tree Frog (Litoria gilleni) at Simpsons Gap, West MacDonnell Ranges, NT. Peron’s Tree Frog, Blue Mountains © Katrina Leel
- CARNIVORES
- INSECTS
- REPTILES
Perentie (Varanus giganteus), Alice Springs Reptile Centre Black Headed Goanna (Varanus tristis), Alice Springs Reptile Centre Perentie (Varanus giganteus), Alice Springs Reptile Centre Inland Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps), Alice Springs Reptile Centre, NT Gould’s Goanna – Varanus gouldii (V g flavirufus) in Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park Juvenile Inland Bearded Dragon / Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps), Alice Springs Reptile Centre, NT Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii), Finke Gorge National Park
- RODENTS
Check out our section on wildlife in your backyard:
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera) Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis) Euro – Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus erubescens) Terry the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) at Alice Springs Reptile Centre Juvenile Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) Black-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) Western Bowerbird in bower Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) Young Diamond Python, Blue Mountains © Katrina Leel Sulphur-crested Cockatoo in my mum and dad’s backyard.