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Morialta Vertebrate Species List
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
Collared Sparrowhawk	Accipiter cirrhocephalus cirrhocephalus
Brown Goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus fasciatus
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata carunculata
Wedge-tailed Eagle	Aquila audax audax
White-faced Heron	Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Dusky Woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis flabeliformis
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Funeral Cockatoo)	Calyptorhynchus funereus
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris chloris
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus
Bronze Treecreeper	Climacteris picumnus picumnus
Grey Shrikethrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Feral pigeon (Rock Dove)	Columba livia
Black-faced Cuckooshrike	Coracina novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
White-throated Treecreeper	Cormobates leucophaea leucophaea
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Pallid Cuckoo	Cuculus pallidus
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae
(Varied) Sittella	Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Black-capped Sittella	Daphoenositts chrysoptera pileata
Mistletoe Bird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum
Galah	Eolophus roseicapillus
Brown Hawk (Brown Falcon)	Falco berigora
Little Falcon (Australian Hobby)	Falco Longipennis
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
(Crested) Shriketit	Falcunculus frontatus frontatus
Musk Lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Magpie Lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
White-backed Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen leuconota
Black-backed Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen
Sacred Kingfisher	Halcyon sancta sancta
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin	Hirundo nigricans nigricans
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren	Hylacola pyrrhopygia
White-winged Triller	Lalage sueurii
Supurb Blue Wren	Malurus cyaneus
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater	Meliphaga chrysops
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
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes
Golden Whistler	Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler	Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris
Spotted Pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote	Pardalotus striatus
Yellow-rumped Pardalote	Pardalotus xanthopygus
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus domesticus
Scarlet Robin	Petroica multicolor
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera
New Holland Honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Crescent Honeyeater	Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
Crimson Rosella & Yellow Rosella	Platycercus elegans
Adelaide Rosella	Platycercus elegans 'adelaidae'
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius eximius
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotous
Grey Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys
White-browed Scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis frontalis
Grey Currawong	Strepera versicolor
Spotted Turtle-dove	Streptopelia chinesis
(Common or European) Starling	Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus
Blackbird	Turdus merula merula
Mountain Thrush (Ground Thrush or White's Thrush)	Zoothera lunulata lunulata
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Mammalia
Yellow-footed Antichinus	Antechninus flavipes
Goat	Capra hircus
Gould's Wattled Bat	Chalinolobus gouldii
Cat	Felis catus
Western Grey Kangaroo	Macropus fuliginosus
House Mouse	Mus domesticus
(European) Rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Ringtail	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Bush Rat	Rattus fuscipes
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
Lined Worm-lizard	Aprasia striolata
Eastern Three-lined Skink	Bassiana duperreyi
Western Three-lined Skink	Bassiana trilineata
Tawny Dragon	Ctenophorus decresii
Eastern Striped Skink	Ctenotus robustus
Spotted Ctenotus	Ctenotus uber
Adelaide Snake-lizard	Delma molleri
Cunningham's Skink	Egernia cunninghami
Three-toed Earless Skink	Hemiergis decresiensis
Garden Skink	Lampropholis guichenoti
Bougainville's Skink	Leista bougainvillii
Dwarf Skink	Menetia greyii
Thick-tailed Gecko	Underwoodisaurus millii
Marbled Gecko	Phyllodactylus marmoratus
Eastern Bearded Gecko	Pogona barbata
Eastern Brown Snake	Pseudonaja textilis
Southern Blind Snake	Ramphotyphlops australis
Sleepy Lizard	Tiliqua rugosa
Eastern Bluetongue	Tiliqua scincoides

source: Department for Environment and Heritage (2001) Morialta and Black Hill Conservation Parks Background Information, Adelaide, South Australia.

* Note the Port Lincoln parrot does not occur naturally in the Morialta Conservation Park. It is thought that aviary birds may have escaped.

This page updated 13 November 2006

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