Black Hill Vertebrate Species List

Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa, Mark Barritt
Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa.
Mark Barritt
Black Hill Conservation Park

White-throated treecreeper, photograph taken by Dan Monceaux, Photographer / Illustrator / Designer
White-throated treecreeper.
Dan Monceaux / DANiMATiONS

Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, Mark Barritt
Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen.
Mark Barritt
Black Hill Conservation Park

Red browed finch Black Hill Conservation Park
Red browed finch.
12 November 2007

White faced heron, Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae, Mark Barritt
White faced heron, Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae.
Mark Barritt
Black Hill Conservation Park

Kookaburra, Morialta Conservation Park
Kookaburra.
15 November 2007

Eastern Rosella, Morialta Conservation Park
Eastern Rosella.
15 November 2007

Galah, Morialta Conservation Park
Galah.
15 November 2007

koala
Koala

bandicoot
Southern Brown Bandicoot
This photograph taken at an
information session hosted by the Friends

White-naped Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
18 April 2009, Black Hill Conservation Park

White-naped Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
18 April 2009, Black Hill Conservation Park

Crescent Honeyeater
Crescent Honeyeater
10 June 2009, Black Hill Conservation Park

Amphibia
Brown Froglet (common Eastern Froglet) Crinia signifera
Bull Frog (Eastern Banjo Frog) Limnodynastes dumerili
Marbled Frog (Spotted Grass Frog) Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingi
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibroni
Aves
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides reguloides
Eastern spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus fasciatus
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata carunculata
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax audax
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Pacific (White-necked) Heron Ardea pacifca
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita galerita
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabeliformis
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
(Funeral Cockatoo)		 Calyptorhynchus funereus
* European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
* European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris chloris
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
Feral pigeon (Rock Dove) Columba livia
Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea leucophaea
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides coronoides
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Grey butcherbird Cracticus torquatus torquatus
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae
(Varied) Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Mistletoe Bird Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Galah Eolophus roseicapillus
Brown Hawk (Brown Falcon) Falco berigora
Nankeen (Australian) Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides
Little Falcon (Australian Hobby) Falco longipennis
(Crested) Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus frontatus
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Black-backed Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans nigricans
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia
White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii
Supurb Blue Fairy-Wren Malurus cyaneus
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Meliphaga chrysops
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Meliphaga ornata
White-plumed Honeyeater Meliphaga pencillata
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus lunatus
Rainbow Bird (Rainbow Bee-eater) Merops ornatus
Restless Flycatcher (Scissor-grinder) Myiagra inquieta inquieta
Red-browed Finch Neochima temporalis
Boobook Owl
(Southern Boobook)		 Ninox novaeseelandiae
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Ppachycephala rufiventris rufiventris
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus domesticus
Australian Pelican Pelecnus conspicillatus
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans elegans
White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
Crimson Rosella & Yellow Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius eximius
Tawny Frogmounth Podargus strigoides
Zebra Finch Poephila guttata
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotous
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis frontalis
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Spotted Turtle-dove Streptopelia chinesis
(Common or European) Starling Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris
Black-throated (Australasian) Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Sacred (White) Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Blackbird Turdus merula merula
Little Button-quail Turnix velox
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Masked Plover/Masked Lapwing/Spur-winged Plover Vanellus miles
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Mammalia
Yellow-footed Antichinus Antechninus flavipes
Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii
Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus
Cat Felis catus
House Mouse Mus domesticus
(European) Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
*Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes greyii
Brown Rat (Sewer Rat or Norway Rat) Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat (Ship Rat) Rattus rattus
Short-beaked Echidna (Spiny Anteater) Tachyglossus aculeatus
Common Brushtail Trichosurus vulpecula
Rox (red Fox) Vulupes vulupes
Reptilia
Gekkonides 
Marbled Gecko Phyllodectylus mormoratus
Thick-tailed Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii
Spiny-tailed Gecko Diplodectylus intermedius
Agamidae 
Tawny Dragon Ctenophorus decresii
Coastal Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata
Scimcidae 
Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus
Spotted Ctenotus Ctenotus uber
Greys Skink Menetia greyii
Common Grass Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
Three-Toed Skink Hamiergis decresiiensis
Bouganville Skink Lerista bougainvillii
Common Blue-Tongue Tiliqua acincoides
Shingleback Skink or Sleepy Lizard Tiliqua rugosa
Whites Skink Egernia whitii
Adelaide's Skink Morethia adelaidensis
Elapidea 
Red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
Common Brown Snake Pseudechis textilis
Hooded snake Rhinoplocephalus flagellum
Pygopodidae 
Adelaide Snake-Lizard Delma molleri - Dalma
Common Scaly Foot Pygopus lepidopodus
Striated Worm Lizard Aprasia striolata
Note Reptile List as prepared by Derek J Mitchell 18/6/94 Scientific permit No E23438 - 01
source: Department for Environment and Heritage (2001) Morialta and Black Hill Conservation Parks Background Information, Adelaide, South Australia with additions
* Introduced species

This page updated 19 June 2009 - New photos added.

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