We again engaged Cumberland Plain Regeneration to help us work out the fauna at Provest Creek after completing some bush regeneration. In summary 13 species of mammals, 4 reptile species, 11 frog species and over 50 species of birds were detected during the monitoring period. Not bad for a site very close to an urban area. We are very fortunate to have our national parks which preserve habitat for the diverse fauna found in this vegetation community, the Peppermint-Angophora Forest.
Here is the final report from Cumberland Plain Regeneration.
Native Mammals
- Ring-tailed Possum – Pseudocheirus peregrinus
- Brush-tailed Possum – Trichosurus vulpecula
- Swamp Wallaby – Wallabia bicolor
- Possibly a Bush Rat – Rattus sp.
- Sugar Glider – Petaurus breviceps
- Feather-tail Glider – Acrobates pygmaeus
- Whitestriped Free-tail Bat – Austronomus australis
- Eastern Horseshoe Bat – Rhinolophus megaphyllus
- Wattled Bat species – Chalinolobus sp.
- Bentwinged Bat – Miniopterus sp.
- Greyheaded Flying Fox – Pteropus poliocephalus (Vulnerable sp. NSW)
Introduced Mammals
- Red Fox – Vulpes vulpes
- Cat – Felis catus
Reptiles
- Red-bellied Black Snake – Pseudoechis porphyriacus
- Eastern Water Skink – Eulamprus quoyii
- Eastern Water Dragon – Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii
- Eastern Snake-necked Turtle – Chelodina longicollis
Amphibians
- Bleating Tree Frog – Litoria dentata
- Common Eastern Froglet – Crinia signifera
- Dwarf Tree Frog – Litoria fallax
- Spotted Marsh Frog – Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
- Striped Marsh Frog – Limnodynastes peronii
- Broad-palmed Frog – Litoria latopalmata
- Peron’s Tree Frog – Litoria peronii
- Smooth Toadlet – Uperoleia lavigata
- Ewing’s Tree Frog – Litoria ewingii
- Leaf-green Tree Frog – Litoria phyllochroa
- Red-crowned Toadlet – Pseudophryne australis (Vulnerable sp. NSW)
Other Aquatic Species
- Eel sp. (short finned or long finned) – Anguilla reinhardtii
- Spiny Freshwater Crayfish – Euastacus spinifer
- Damselfly – Zygoptera order
- Darner Family Dragonfly – Aeshnidae family
Birds
- Australian Brush Turkey – Alectura lathami
- Australian Golden Whistler – Pachycephala pectoralis
- Australian King-Parrot – Alisterus scapularis
- Australian Magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen
- Little Raven – Corvus mellori
- Australian Wood Duck – Chenonetta jubata
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike – Coracina novaehollandiae
- Brown Cuckoo-dove – Macropygia phasianella
- Brown Thornbill – Acanthiza pusilla
- Brown Gerygone – Gerygone mouki
- Crimson Rosella – Platycercus elegans
- Eastern Whipbird – Psophodes olivaceus
- Eastern Spinebill – Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Eastern Yellow Robin – Eopsaltria australis
- Grey Butcherbird – Cracticus torquatus
- Grey Fantail – Rhipidura albiscapa
- Grey Shrikethrush – Colluricincla harmonica
- Laughing Kookaburra – Dacelo novaeguineae
- Lewin’s Honeyeater – Meliphaga lewinii
- Little Wattlebird – Anthochaera chrysoptera
- New Holland Honeyeater – Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Noisy Friarbird – Philemon corniculatus
- Noisy Miner – Manorina melanocephala
- Olive-backed Oriole – Oriolus sagittatus
- Pied Currawong – Strepera graculina
- Pilotbird – Pycnoptilus floccosus
- Rainbow Lorikeet – Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Red-browed Finch – Neochmia temporalis
- Red Wattlebird – Anthochaera carunculata
- Rufous Whistler – Pachycephala rufiventris
- Satin Bowerbird – Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Silvereye – Zosterops lateralis
- Spotted Pardalote – Pardalotus punctatus
- Striated Thornbill – Acanthiza lineata
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita
- Superb Lyrebird – Menura novaehollandiae
- Superb Fairy-wren – Malurus cyaneus
- Variegated Fairy-Wren – Malurus lamberti
- Welcome Swallow – Hirundo neoxena
- Willie Wagtail – Rhipidura leucophrys
- White-eared Honeyeater – Nesioptilotis leucosis
- White-browed Scrubwren – Sericornis frontalis
- White-cheeked Honeyeater – Phylidonyris niger
- White-throated Treecreeper – Cormobates leucophaea
- White-headed Pigeon – Columba leucomela
- Wonga Pigeon – Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo – Calyptorhynchus funereus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater – Caligavis chrysops
- Yellow Thornbill – Acanthiza nana
Introduced
- Common Blackbird – Turdus merula
- Red-whiskered Bulbul – Pycnonotus jocosus