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FMV is considering the
reality of extending the scope of the current list (below) really
applies only to the area of the Afton Street Conservation Park. We
are seeking to find the level of support for extending the range to
extend from, say, Westgate to Sunbury and the range to include all
major groups of plants and animals. It is acknowledged that such a
project would be beyond the capacity and expertise of FMV members
but with collaboration of specialist groups in the area, could be a
reality.
It could not be expected
to be comprehensive but FMV could be at the heart of open ended
checklist that included observed species of interest or of note
occurring in the Maribyrnong Valley. Feedback to
John Upsher please.
Fauna List for Maribyrnong Valley
(Steels Creek
intersection to Afton Street Footbridge)
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Amphibians
Introduced Birds
- Song Thrush
- Common Blackbird
- Common Myna
- Common Starling
- House Sparrow
- Spotted Turtle Dove
- Mallard
Introduced Mammals
- Red Fox
- European Rabbit
- *Feral Dog/Domestic Dog
- Feral Cat/Domestic Cat
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Native Mammals
- *Black Wallaby
- Grey-headed Flying Fox
- Ring-tailed Possum
- Common Brushed-tailed Possum
- Water Rat
Monotremes
Reptiles
- *Brown Snake
- *Tiger Snake
- *Various Skinks
Note: * indicates
surveyed by Friends of Maribyrnong Valley Members.
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BIRDS RECORDED IN THE MARIBYRNONG VALLEY Updated March 2006 |
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GREBES Podicipedidae |
Australian little grebe |
Podiceps
novaehollandae |
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PELICANS Pelecanidae |
Australian pelican |
Pelecanus
conspicillatus |
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DARTERS Anhingidae |
Darter |
Anhinga rufa |
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CORMORANTS
Phalacrocoracidae |
Black cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Pied cormorant |
Phalacrocorax varius |
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Little black cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
sulcirostris |
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HERONS
Ardeidae |
White-necked heron |
Ardea pacifica |
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White-faced heron |
Ardea novaehollandiae |
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Little egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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Nankeen night heron |
Nycticorax
caledonicus |
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IBISES
Threskiornithidae |
White ibis |
Threskiornis molucca |
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Straw-necked ibis |
Threskiornis
spinicollis |
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SWANS GEESE AND DUCKS |
Black swan |
Cygnus atratus |
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Anatidae |
Black duck |
Anas superciliosa |
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Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos* |
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Chestnut teal |
Anas castanea |
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Wood duck |
Chennonotta jubata |
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EAGLES AND KITES |
Black shouldered kite |
Elanus notatus |
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Black kite |
Milvus migrans |
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Whistling kite |
Haliastur sphenurus |
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Wedgetailed eagle |
Aquila audax |
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White bellied sea eagle |
Haliaetus leucogaster |
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FALCONS AND KESTRELS |
Little falcon |
Falco longipennis |
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Falconidae |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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RAILS Rallidae |
Dusky moorhen |
Gallinula tenebrosa |
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Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
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Black tailed native hen |
Tribonyx ventralis |
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Coot |
Fulica atra |
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PLOVERS Charadriiae |
Masked plover |
Vanellus miles |
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GULLS Laridae
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Pacific gull |
Larus pacificus |
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Silver gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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Little tern |
Sterna albifrons |
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PIGEONS AND DOVES |
Domestic pigeon |
Columbia livia* |
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Columbidae |
Spotted turtledove |
Streptopelia
chinensis* |
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Crested pigeon |
Ocyphaps lophotes |
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LORIKEETS COCKATOOS AND
PARROTS Psittacidae |
Rainbow lorikeet |
Trichoglossus
haematodus |
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Musk lorikeet |
Glossopsitta concinna |
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Little lorikeet |
Glossopsitta pusilla |
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Sulfur crested cockatoo |
Cacatua galerita |
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Long billed corella |
Cacatua tenuirostris |
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Galah |
Eolophus
rosiecapillus |
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Crimson rosella |
Platycercus elegans |
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Eastern rosella |
Platycercus eximius |
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Red-rumped parot |
Psephotus
haematonotus |
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OWLS Strigiformes
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Powerful owl |
Ninox strenua |
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Caprifmulgiformes |
Tawny frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
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KINGFISHERS
Alcedinidae |
Laughing kookaburra |
Dacelo gigas |
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Sacred kingfisher |
Halcyon sancta |
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LARKS
Alaudidae |
Skylark |
Alauda arvensis* |
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SWALLOWS Hirundinidae |
Welcome swallow |
Hirundo neoxena |
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MAGPIE-LARKS
Grallinidae |
Magpie-lark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
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CUCKOO SHRIKES
Campephagidae |
Black-faced cuckoo
shrike |
Coracina
novaehollandiae |
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THRUSHES
Turdidae |
Song thrush |
Turdus philomelos* |
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Blackbird |
Turdus merula* |
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AUSTRALIAN WRENS
Maluridae |
Superb blue wren |
Malurus cyaneus |
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SCRUB WRENS |
White-browed scrub-wren |
Sericornis frontalis
frontalis |
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AUSTRALIAN ROBINS |
Southern yellow robin |
Eopsaltria australis |
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FANTAILS |
Willie wagtail |
Rhipidura leucophrys |
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SILVEREYES
Zosteropidae |
Grey breasted silvereye |
Zosterops lateralis |
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HONEYEATERS |
White-plumed honeyeater |
Meliphaga penicillata |
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MINERS |
Bell miner |
Manorina melanophrys |
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WATTLE BIRDS |
Little wattle bird |
Anthochaera
chrysoptera |
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Red wattle bird |
Anthochaera
carunculata |
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FLOWER PECKERS |
Mistletoe-bird |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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GRASS FINCHES
Spermestidae |
Red-browed finch |
Aegintha temporalis |
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SPARROWS
Ploceidae |
House sparrow |
Passer domesticus* |
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FINCHES
Fringillidae |
Goldfinch |
Chloris chloris* |
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STARLINGS
Sturnidae |
English starling |
Sturnus vulgaris* |
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Indian myna |
Acridotheres tristis* |
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WOOD SWALLOWS |
Masked wood swallow |
Artamus personata |
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MAGPIES ETC
Cractidae |
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