Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Description: Brightly coloured bird. Deep blue head, green-yellow nuchal collar, red chest. Behaviour: Often travel together in pairs; nests hollows of tall trees. Lifespan: 7-9 years. Development:  Breeds June-January; lays 2-3 white eggs.   Length: 25-30 cm. Weight: 75 - 157 grams. Diet: fruit, pollen and nectar. Habitat: Eucalypt forests,ran forests, gardens, parks. Threats: Land clearing and cats. Status: Secure.		Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Description: Behaviour: Lifespan: Development:  Length: Weight: Diet: Habitat: Threats: Status:
Collared Kingfisher Halcyon chloris Description: Behaviour: Lifespan: Development:  Length: Weight: Diet: Habitat: Threats: Status:		Australian Darter Anhinga melanogaster Description: Behaviour: Development:  Length: Weight: Diet: Habitat: Threats: Status:
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Description: Short and stocky. Woolly grey fur with white chest and belly. Koalas have three 'fingers' and two 'thumbs' on each front paw. Behaviour: Nocturnal and spend most of their time resting or feeding in the upper branches of eucalypt trees. Lifespan: 10-15 years. Development: Koalas breed once a year and give birth to a single young. Newborns weigh only 0.5 grams and are the size of a human thumbnail. Length: 90 cm (Males are larger than females). Weight: 4-13.5 kg. Males are up to 50% heavier than females. Diet: Eucalypt leaves Habitat: Dry to open eucalypt forests. Threats: Land clearing, cars and dogs Status: Vulnerable in South East Queensland		Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus Description: Light stripe on face; reddish shoulders and upper back. Behaviour: Sleep during the day but active in early morning and late afternoon. Lifespan: May live up to 18 years of age.  Development: Breeding throughout the year, except in Tasmania when breeding takes place between January to July. Babies remain in their mother's pouch until they are 40-43 weeks of age. Length: Body length 82 cm, tail 80 cm. Weight: 15 kg. Diet: Grasses. Habitat: Costal woodlands with some brushy undergrowth and grasslands. Threats: Land clearing, cars and dogs. Status: Secure
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Description: Body covered with short sharp spines. Each spine is formed from a single hair. Short-beaked Echidnas have short powerful limbs with claws and a long sticky tongue. Their scientific name, Tachyglossus aculeatus, means 'spiny fast-tongue'. Behaviour: Active during the day. Detects ants and termites by smell and by using sensors in the tip of their beak. They use their powerful claws to uncover prey and dig burrows for shelter. Development: May live up to 50 years of age. Mate between June - September. Babies develop spines at 6-9 weeks of age. Length: 45 cm. Weight: 7 kg. Diet: Ants, worms, termites and other invertebrates. Habitat: Most habitats. Australia wide and anywhere with a food source. Threats: Cars and dogs. Status: Secure.		Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus Description: Long pointed snout and rounded ears; thick-set bodies with a short neck. The hind feet are elongated and the second and third toes are fused together. Bandicoots have sharp teeth and their molars are slightly pointed. Behaviour: Nocturnal. Detect food by smell; dig holes with their forefeet and probe with their snout. Males are solitary and territorial. Development: May live up to 3 years of age. Sexually mature at 3-4 months. Length: Body 40 cm, tail 17 cm. Weight: 2 kg. Diet: Worms, insects, fungi, seeds, plant roots. Habitat: Bushlands and suburbia that has long grass and thick shrubs. Threats: Cars, dogs and cats. Status: Secure.
Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis Description: Grey-brown fur with red neck and shoulders. Behaviour: Nocturnal. Solitary and shy animals. Lifespan: 18 years. Development: Sexually mature at 17 months of age. Breeds throughout the year and produces one young at a time. Length: Body 50 cm, tail 40cm. Weight: 6 kg. Males larger than females. Diet: Leaves and grasses. Habitat: Rainforests. Threats: Dogs and cats. Status: Secure.		Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami Description: Large black bird; red head and neck and a yellow 'wattle' (anatomy - a fleshy dewlap or caruncle that hangs from various parts of the head or neck). Behaviour: Flies clumsily with heavy flapping leaps when frightened; roosts in trees at night and during the heat of the day. Constructs large nests (mounds) on the ground. Lifespan:  10 years. Development: Females can lay up to 20 eggs per season. Length: 70 cm. Weight: up to 2.9 kg. Diet: Leaf litter, invertebrates and fruits. Habitat: Rainforest to suburban parks and yards. Threats: Dogs and cats. Status: Secure.
Laughing Kookaburra Daecelo novaeguineae Description: Large brown and white bird with long, broad bill, brown eyes, brown ear patch. Behaviour: Distinctive 'laugh' - "kook, kook, ka, ka ka". Sits patiently in a tree before swooping on unsuspecting prey. Lifespan:  15 years. Development: 2 to 4 white eggs are laid at once; both parents participate in the 25-29 day incubation period. Length: 45 cm. Weight: up to 4.65 grams. Diet: Small mammals, insects, reptiles and crustaceans. Habitat: Open forest and woodland to suburban parks and yards. Threats: Land clearing. Status: Secure.		Satin bowerbird (photo: female) Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Description: Male - glossy blue-black; Female - green. Both have lilac-blue eyes. Behaviour:  The male builds 'bowers' and decorates it with blue objects such as flowers, fruits, feathers, drinking straws, pegs, pens and bottle tops - everything to impress the female. Lifespan: 15-22 years. Development: Breeds between September-January.  Lays 1-3 creamy coloured blotchy eggs. Incubation is 21–22 days and nestling period is 17–21 days. Length: up to 27cm. Weight: up to 2.9 grams. Diet: Frugivorous. Feeds on lily-pilly, seedlings, nectar, grapes. Forages mostly in the canopy but winter flocks forage on the ground for leaves and herbs. Habitat: Rainforests, eucalypt forests and woodlands; in winter they can be seen in open woodlands, parks and paddocks. Threats: Land clearing. Status: Secure.
Black Swan Cygnus atratus Description: Large black bird; long neck and red beak.  Behaviour: Swims gracefully with their neck and heads held high. Flocks of black swans keep together in flight by the whistle of their wings. Voice: they make trumpet-like calls when they move from one feeding ground to another. Lifespan:  40 years. Development: Lays 5-6 greenish-white eggs; eggs have an incubation period of 29-36 days. Length: 140 cm. Weight: up to 9 kg. Diet: Herbivores. Mainly eat aquatic vegetation. Habitat: Natural or artificial wetlands. Threats: Habitat destruction. Status: Secure.		Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius Description: Large ground dwelling bird that is grey-brown and has long legs, white 'eyebrow' and a dark mask on the face around the eyes. Behaviour: Mainly nocturnal and has an eerie wailing cry that is mainly heard at night. Lifespan:  10-15 years. Development: Lays 1-2 blotchy, stone-coloured eggs on the ground. Length: 60 cm. Weight: 550 - 750 grams. Diet: Spiders, small frogs, lizards, grasshoppers, snails, insects, molluscs, crustaceans, seeds and fruits. Habitat: Woodlands and grasslands, parks, golf-courses, mangrove fringes. Threats: Habitat destruction, foxes, cats, dogs and cars. Status: Listed as endangered in NSW, threatened in Victoria, and secure in Queensland.
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata Description: Large black and white bird with long orange legs; small beak with slight hook at the end. Behaviour: They are gregarious birds and can form large flocks of up to a few thousand. The Magpie Goose has a loud honking voice. Lifespan: 6 years. Development: Lays 5-8 creamy-white eggs; eggs have an incubation period of 24-35 days. Length: 92 cm. Weight: up to 2 kg. Diet: Aquatic plants, seeds, rushes and grasses. Habitat: Open wetlands, swamps, floodplains and well-vegetated dams. Threats: Habitat destruction, drought. Status: Secure.		Common Flatwing Damselfly Austroargiolestes icteromelas Description: Long, slender bodies; mostly bright metallic greenish black in colour. They have two pairs of net-like wings. Behaviour: When resting they hold theirs wings horizontally like a dragonfly (which differs to other damselflies). Lifespan: Adults live for a few weeks to several months. Development: Females lays eggs in water. Eggs hatch into nymphs. Wingspan: 55-70 mm. Diet: Adults feed on small flying insects, while nymphs feed on mosquito larvae and other small aquatic organisms. Habitat: Creeks and slow moving rivers. Threats: Cats. Status: Secure.
Carpet Python Morelia spilota Description: Non-venomous. Behaviour: Semi-arboreal and mostly nocturnal. Carpet Pythons shelters in tree hollows but can be seen climbing trees and crossing open areas such as forest floors. Basking behaviour is also commonly observed.  Lifespan: 25-30 years. Development: Females breeds every 2-3 years. Up to 54 eggs are laid between November to January. Length: up to 3.5m. Weight: up to 4.5 kg. Diet: The carpet python are carnivores and feed on small mammals, birds and reptiles. Habitat: Most habitats. Rainforest to suburban parks and yards. Threats: Land clearing and cats. Status: Secure in South East Queensland.		Common Crow Butterfly Euploea core Description: Glossy black butterfly with prominent white marks along the outer margins of the wing. Behaviour: Due to chemicals extracted food plants consumed in their caterpillar stage, the Common Crow Butterfly is protected from many predators by its inedibility. As a result it is commonly often seen. It often flies near shrubs and bushes in search of its host plants for mating and breeding purposes. Development: Females can lay up to 20 eggs per season. Body Length: Wingspan 70mm. Diet: Native plants such as native figs, native hoyas and parsonsia, as well as a variety of introduced plants - such as the oleander. Habitat: Open forests and woodlands. Widespread from northern to eastern Australia. Threats: Cats. Status: Secure.