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climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Australian Magpie &UDFWLFXV WLELFHQ When to look: 7KURXJKRXW WKH \HDU Its eyes are red-brown Images courtesy of ClimateWatch users Luca Mav and Nicola Storey 2016 • The back of its neck, upper tail and shoulders are white in males and grey in females Similar species: Pied Butcherbird: has a completely black head and bib that is separated from its black back by a completely white collar. Its underparts are white Magpie-lark: is smaller with a smaller beak Currawong: doesn’t have large areas of white on its body, especially on the back of the neck. Also won’t have the red iris The rest of its body is black Square-tipped tail One toe faces backwards and three face forwards climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Channel-billed Cuckoo 6F\WKURSV QRYDHKROODQGLDH When to look: $XJXVW WR 0DUFK EUHHGLQJ EHKDYLRXU FDQ EH VHHQ IURP $XJXVW WR 2FWREHU Bright scarlet red eyes Images courtesy of Geoff Whalan 2013 via FlickrCC (large) and Tony Palliser (small) Large, downward-curved beak which is pale to mid- grey with a whitish tip Similar species: Its large size, down-curved beak, grey colouring and long, barred tail make it GLIÀFXOW WR FRQIXVH LW ZLWK any other bird. Whitish belly and abdomen Grey all over (darker on its back and wings) White-grey tail climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Common Blackbird 7XUGXV PHUXOD When to look: $XJXVW WR HQG RI )HEUXDU\ EUHHGLQJ VHDVRQ LV 6HSWHPEHU WR -DQXDU\ Male: Black all over Images courtesy of Matteo Di Nicola (male) and Arto Hakola (female) Grey-brown with some streaks or mottling Similar species: Common Starlings are 4 to 5cm smaller and shinier black in summer, with whitish feather tips and a black bill in winter. Males doesn’t have the orange to yellow ring around its eye. Another black bird won’t have the distinctive orange to yellow eye ring. Deep orange to yellow beak and narrow ring around its eye Female: Dull yellow-brown beak and orange to yellow ring around its eye climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Crested Pigeon 2F\SKDSV ORSKRWHV When to look: $XJXVW WR 0DUFK Red eyes with pin-red rings around them ,PDJH E\ 1HRQ 7RPDV %XHQDÁRU 5RVHOO Grey head with a noticeable thin black crest 6LPLODU VSHFLHV Spinifex Pigeon: smaller (20–24 cm) with cinnamon coloured feathers and a bright red patch on its face. Topknot Pigeon: larger (40–46 cm) with a shaggy, red-brown crest that is droopy rather than erect like the Crested Pigeon’s. Also, it is rarely found on the ground. Wings have black bars and glossy green and purple patches Dark grey bill Grey-brown feathers that become pinker on the underparts Pink legs and feet climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Eastern Koel (formerly Common Koel) (XG\QDP\V RULHQWDOLV When to look: 6HSWHPEHU WR 0DUFK Male: Distinctive glossy black tinged with iridescent blue-green Images courtesy of Bill Higham (male) and K. Langley (female) 2008, via FlickrCC Glossy brown with white spots on top Similar species: No Australian birds are similar to the Eastern Koel. Brown tail with white bars Female: Black or brown with pale streaks on the top of its head Buff-cream underneath Fine black bars running across its belly Red eyes climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Eastern Spinebill AcanthorynFKXV WHQXLURVWULV When to look: $XJ-DQ EUHHGLQJ 0DU2FW PLJUDWRU\ LQ ORZODQG DUHDV 9HU\ ORQJ ÀQH beak that curves downward Image courtesy of David Cook Wildlife Photography Grey-black on top of head, extending either side of breast. Rufous patch in centre of throat. White breast and throat. Dark metallic grey wings and lower back. %XɛFRORXUHG XSSHU EDFN DQG underneath. Female is duller in colour. Voice: long, tinkling, staccato piping Similar species: Cresent, Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters are slightly larger and adults lack rufous patch in centre of throat. climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Eastern Yellow Robin (RSVDOWULD DXVWUDOLV When to look: &RPPRQO\ EUHHGV -XO\ WR -DQXDU\ Black bill Image courtesy of Nadiah Roslan Grey back and head Similar species: Western Yellow Robin ((RSVDOWULD JULVHRJXODULV): occurs in south-western and southern Australia, mainly west of the Eyre Peninsula, so the range of this species does not overlap with that of the Eastern Yellow Robin. Pale-yellow Robin (7UHJHOODVLD FDSLWR): smaller than an Eastern Yellow Robin, with olive-coloured upperparts, a pale face and lighter, pale-yellow underparts and lacks pale yellow eyebrow. Yellow underparts climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Golden Whistler 3DFK\FHSKDOD SHFWRUDOLV When to look: 0LJUDWHV WR ORZODQGV LQ ZLQWHU EUHHGV $XJ WR )HE White throat Images courtesy of David Cook Wildlife Photography Olive-green back and wings Similar species: Mangrove Golden Whistler (3DFK\FHSKDOD PHODQXUD): the male has brighter underparts than the Golden Whistler, has a broader collar, and a slightly shorter tail. The female has yellowish underparts. It also has a longer beak and is only found in the mangroves of coastal northern Australia. Adult male: Bright yellow underody Adult female: Grey upperparts with pale olive tinge climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Grey Fantail 5KLSLGXUD DOELVFDSD When to look: 6RPH PLJUDWH QRUWK GXULQJ ZLQWHU QHVWV -XO WR -DQ Fine white shafts to all but central pair of tail feathers Images courtesy of Colin Mulvogue White eyebrow and throat Similar species: Willie Wagtail (5KLSLGXUD OHXFRSKU\V): slightly larger, lacks the shades of grey on body and wings; lacks a white patch on throat and white edging and tips to tail feathers. Northern Fantail (5KLSLGXUD UXÀYHQWULV): is larger with a larger, broader bill. It seldom fans its tail (which is not tilted upwards) and is generally much less restless. Its breast band is overlain with pale streaks. wings often drooped Grey breast band climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Rainbow Bee-eater 0HURSV RUQDWXV When to look: 1RYHPEHU WR -DQXDU\ LQ VRXWKHUQ $XVWUDOLD $XJXVW WR -DQXDU\ LQ QRUWKHUQ $XVWUDOLD 6HSWHPEHU WR 2FWREHU ELUGV DUH RQ VRXWKHUQ PLJUDWLRQV 0DUFK WR 0D\ ELUGV DUH RQ QRUWKZDUG PLJUDWLRQ Image courtesy of Geoff Whalan Two long central tail feathers are black with a tinge of blue Similar species: It is a distinctive bird that should not be mistaken for any other species. $ .LQJÀVKHU SOXPSHU KDV D VWUDLJKW EHDN LWV plumage is less colourful and it never catches its SUH\ LQ ÁLJKW Green breast becomes paler on the belly Golden colour at the top of the head Upper back is bright green and merges to a lighter blue lower on the back Legs and feet are grey-black climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Swift Parrot /DWKDPXV GLVFRORU When to look: 6HSW WR -DQ LV EUHHGLQJ VHDVRQ QHVWLQJ VHDVRQ LV 6HSW WR 1RY PLJUDWRU\ ELUGV DUH LQ VRXWKHDVWHUQ $XVWUDOLD IURP )HE WR 0DU DQG 6HSW WR 2FW Blue colouring on crown, wings, and cheek Image courtesy of Christ Tzaros Its long pointed tail is red and purple Similar species: Musk Lorikeet has a green patch under its wings instead of the red of the Swift Parrot. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet has scaly, yellow markings over its underbody while Swift Parrots have uniform yellow-green breast and belly. The Swift Parrots’ GLVWLQFWLYH ÁLJKW FDOO streamlined body, and long pointed tail enable it to be UHDGLO\ LGHQWLÀHG Females have duller coloration with a creamy bar under wing Red patches around bill, throat, and wing climatewatch.org.au BIRD ÀHOG JXLGH Willie Wagtail 5KLSLGXUD OHXFRSKU\V When to look: 7KURXJKRXW \HDU XVXDOO\ QHVWV $XJ WR )HE Dinstinctive white belly. Body mostly black. Images courtesy of Emily Fosbery Similar species: Restless Flycatcher (0\LDJUD LQTXLHWD): has a black head crest which makes it look more angular, and lacks the white eyebrow. Its chin and throat are white, instead of black, and its tail is less rounded and doesn’t wag. Any other black-and- white fantail or Á\FDWFKHU JHQHUDOO\ won’t have the black throat and white eyebrows. Distinctive white eyebrows 8-22 cm long from head to tail. It is often seen wagging its tail side to side Anakie Gorge CW species | 29 May 2019 | climatewatch.org.au/trails/anakie-gorge | page 1 of 4
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BIRD
Australian Magpie When to look:
Its eyes are red-brown
Images courtesy of ClimateWatch users Luca Mav and Nicola Storey 2016
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The back of its neck, upper tail and shoulders are white in males and grey in females
Similar species:
Pied Butcherbird: has a completely black head and bib that is separated from its black back by a completely white collar. Its underparts are white
Magpie-lark: is smaller with a smaller beak
Currawong: doesn’t have large areas of white on its body, especially on the back of the neck. Also won’t have the red iris
The rest of its body is black
Square-tipped tail
One toe faces backwards and three face forwards
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BIRD
Channel-billed Cuckoo When to look:
Bright scarlet red eyes
Images courtesy of Geoff Whalan 2013 via FlickrCC (large) and Tony Palliser (small)
Large, downward-curved beak which is pale to mid-grey with a whitish tip
Similar species:
Its large size, down-curved beak, grey colouring and long, barred tail make it
any other bird.
Whitish belly and abdomen
Grey all over (darker on its back and wings)
White-grey tail
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BIRD
Common BlackbirdWhen to look:
Male:Black all over
Images courtesy of Matteo Di Nicola (male) and Arto Hakola (female)
Grey-brown with some streaks or mottling
Similar species:
Common Starlings are 4 to 5cm smaller and shinier black in summer, with whitish feather tips and a black bill in winter. Males doesn’t have the orange to yellow ring around its eye.
Another black bird won’t have the distinctive orange to yellow eye ring.
Deep orange to yellow beak and narrow ring around its eye
Female: Dull yellow-brown beak and orange to yellow ring around its eye
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BIRD
Crested Pigeon When to look:
Red eyes with pin-red rings around them
Grey head with a noticeable thin black crest
Spinifex Pigeon: smaller (20–24 cm) with cinnamon coloured feathers and a bright red patch on its face.
Topknot Pigeon: larger (40–46 cm) with a shaggy, red-brown crest that is droopy rather than erect like the Crested Pigeon’s. Also, it is rarely found on the ground.
Wings have black bars and glossy green and purple patches
Dark grey bill
Grey-brown feathers that become pinker on the underparts
Pink legs and feet
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BIRD
Eastern Koel (formerly Common Koel) When to look:
Male: Distinctive glossy black tinged with iridescent blue-green
Images courtesy of Bill Higham (male) and K. Langley (female) 2008, via FlickrCC
Glossy brown with white spots on top
Similar species:
No Australian birds are similar to the Eastern Koel. Brown tail with
white bars
Female: Black or brown with pale streaks on the top of its head
Buff-cream underneath
Fine black bars running across its belly
Red eyes
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BIRD
Eastern SpinebillAcanthoryn
When to look:
beak that curves downward
Image courtesy of David Cook Wildlife Photography
Grey-black on top of head, extending either side of breast.
Rufous patch in centre of throat. White breast and throat.
Dark metallic grey wings and lower back.
underneath.
Female is duller in colour.
Voice: long, tinkling, staccato piping
Similar species:
Cresent, Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters are slightly larger and adults lack rufous patch in centre of throat.
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BIRD
Eastern Yellow Robin When to look:
Black bill
Image courtesy of Nadiah Roslan
Grey back and head
Similar species:
Western Yellow Robin ( ): occurs in south-western and southern Australia, mainly west of the Eyre Peninsula, so the range of this species does not overlap with that of the Eastern Yellow Robin.
Pale-yellow Robin ( ): smaller than an Eastern Yellow Robin, with olive-coloured upperparts, a pale face and lighter, pale-yellow underparts and lacks pale yellow eyebrow.
Yellow underparts
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BIRD
Golden Whistler When to look:
White throat
Images courtesy of David Cook Wildlife Photography
Olive-green back and wings
Similar species:
Mangrove Golden Whistler (
): the male has brighter underparts than the Golden Whistler, has a broader collar, and a slightly shorter tail. The female has yellowish underparts. It also has a longer beak and is only found in the mangroves of coastal northern Australia.
Adult male: Bright yellow underody
Adult female: Grey upperparts with pale olive tinge
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BIRD
Grey Fantail When to look:
Fine white shafts to all but central pair of tail feathers
Images courtesy of Colin Mulvogue
White eyebrow and throat
Similar species:
Willie Wagtail ( ): slightly larger, lacks the shades of grey on body and wings; lacks a white patch on throat and white edging and tips to tail feathers.
Northern Fantail ( ): is larger with a larger, broader bill. It seldom fans its tail (which is not tilted upwards) and is generally much less restless. Its breast band is overlain with pale streaks.
wings often drooped
Grey breast band
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BIRD
Rainbow Bee-eaterWhen to look:
Image courtesy of Geoff Whalan
Two long central tail feathers are black with a tinge of blue
Similar species:
It is a distinctive bird that should not be mistaken for any other species.
plumage is less colourful and it never catches its
Green breast becomes paler on the belly
Golden colour at the top of the head
Upper back is bright green and merges to a lighter blue lower on the back
Legs and feet are grey-black
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BIRD
Swift Parrot When to look:
Blue colouring on crown, wings, and cheek
Image courtesy of Christ Tzaros
Its long pointed tail is red and purple
Similar species:
Musk Lorikeet has a green patch under its wings instead of the red of the Swift Parrot.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet has scaly, yellow markings over its underbody while Swift Parrots have uniform yellow-green breast and belly.
The Swift Parrots’
streamlined body, and long pointed tail enable it to be
Females have duller coloration with a creamy bar under wing
Red patches around bill, throat, and wing
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BIRD
Willie Wagtail When to look:
Dinstinctive white belly. Body mostly black.
Images courtesy of Emily Fosbery
Similar species:
Restless Flycatcher ( ): has a black head crest which makes it look more angular, and lacks the white eyebrow. Its chin and throat are white, instead of black, and its tail is less rounded and doesn’t wag.
Any other black-and-white fantail or
won’t have the black throat and white eyebrows.
Distinctive white eyebrows
8-22 cm long from head to tail. It is often seen wagging its tail side to side
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BIRD
White-browed Scrubwren When to look:
Images courtesy of Patrick Kavanagh creative commons
Similar species:
Similar species: Tasmanian, Tropical Scrubwrens; thornbills. Keep an eye our for the distinct white-brow and curving silver-white whisker-mark of the White-browed Scrubwren.
Female:
Duller. Whisker-mark browner
Male:
Blackish mask; cream eye; white eyebrow and bold curving silver-white whisker-mark; rufous rump; variable dark tail band.
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BIRD
Zebra Finch When to look:
Male: Grey with a red bill
Images courtesy of B.G. Thomson (www.auswildlife.com)
Black tail with white bars
Similar species:
There are no bird species that are similar in appearance to the Zebra Finch
Orange-tan cheeks
Flanks are orange-tan with white spots
Female: Mainly grey with a red bill and black/white face and tail markings
White underparts
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FROG
Southern Bullfrog, Eastern Banjo or Eastern Pobblebonk Frog When to look:
Grey to olive green, dark brown or black back, with dark marbling or
rough back
Images courtesy of Stephen Mahony
Prominent gland on outer back leg
Similar species:
Northern Banjo Frog (L. : has red colouration around its groin. Giant Banjo Frog (L.
): has a bright orange or yellow belly with no mottling. Common Spadefoot Toad ( , Giant Burrowing Frog ( ) and Mallee Spadefoot Toad ( : don’t have the gland on the outer side of hind legs.
Pale yellow stripe that runs from eye to arm
Listen to call: a single ‘bonk’ or ‘plonk’ that is usually repeated every few seconds
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FROG
Southern Brown Tree Frog or Ewing’s Tree Frog
When to look:
Pale fawn cream, orange to light brown or green body. Wide brown band from its eyes to down its back
Images courtesy of FlickrCC
Similar species:
Victorian Frog / False Ewing’s Tree
Frog ( ):
generally smaller, with a slower
call and not normally found in the
same areas. Verreaux’s Tree Frog
( : has dark or
black blotches on its sides,
Lesueur’s Tree Frog (
: has a visible ear drum (a
darker patch just behind its eye).
Half webbed toes; no webbing
Listen to call: a a series of rapid, harsh whirring, pulsing notes “creeee creee creee creee creee” repeated 5-15 times
Narrow black or brown stripe from its snout, through to its eye, to shoulder
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FROG
Striped Marsh Frog When to look:
Usually a pale stripe running down middle of back. Pale to grey-brown back with darker brown stripes
Image courtesy of B.G Thompson
Similar species:
Spotted Marsh Frog: has spots rather
than stripes on its back.
Barking Marsh Frog: also has spots
rather than stripes on its back.
Salmon-Striped Frog: has pink-to-
orange stripes and lacks the two-
coloured iris.
Two-coloured iris that is golden brown above and dark brown below. White belly which is
with brown
Dark spots and stripes on its limbs. Long,
toes have no webbing
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INSECT When to look:
Black tip on forewing. Up to 5 cm wingspan. Black spot on forewing (one spot for males and two for females)
Image courtesy of ClimateWatch users
Similar species:
won’t have the two or three black spots on the upper side of the forewing. Also, the underside of its
From underneath, the forewing is white while the hindwing is
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INSECT
When to look:
Image courtesy of ClimateWatch users
Similar species:
(
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INSECT
European Wasp When to look:
Transparent wings
Image courtesy of Malcolm Tattersall
Yellow legs; black antennae
Similar species:
English Wasp: black marking on each yellow band on its abdomen tapers to a point, while it is a triangle shape on the European wasp. It is also restricted to the eastern parts of Melbourne and Gippsland region.
Paper wasp: has a longer, thinner body, orange-brown antennae, back legs that
is often seen hovering. Its nest is smaller, usually above ground and looks like honeycomb cells without an outer covering.
Other wasps: most don’t have the vivid yellow and black markings.
Bee: has black legs, dull yellow bands on its abdomen with no black dots.
Bright yellow and black bands across abdomen.
Pair of black spots and black triangle on each yellow band.
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INSECT
Fiddler Beetle When to look:
Shiny black back and head
Image courtesy of Greg Miles
Bright yellow-green markings
Similar species:
Green Scarab Beetle: has a shiny green back with no distinct markings.
Jewel Beetle: has red markings on its back.
Golden Stag Beetle: has a yellow-green shiny back with no distinct markings.
Other Scarab beetles: have brown to black markings on a gold back (rather than gold markings on a dark brown back) and lack the violin-shaped markings on their backs.
Violin-shaped markings on its back
Dark brown to black legs
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SPECIES
Honey Bee When to look:
C
Hairy abdomen with black and brown (or yellow or orange) stripes.
Images courtesy of ClimateWatch users Luca Mav and Nicola Storey 2016
Black head, upper body and legsSimilar species:
A wasp: has yellow legs, brighter yellow bands on its abdomen and lacks the hairiness of the Honey Bee.
Native Australian Bees:
native bees don’t have hairy eyes like the Honey Bee. Also a Honey Bee usually has obvious “baskets” full of pollen on its legs.
Usually has “baskets” of pollen on its legs
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REPTILE
Bobtail When to look:
The head is often lighter in colour and
on the top and sides
Images courtesy of Stephen Mahony (head) and Kaz (full body) via FlickrCC
45 cm in length
Similar species:
There are no similar species to the Bobtail as it is one of the largest and most well-known skinks in Australia
Irregular pale bands on the body and tail (usually absent on Northern subspecies)
Large triangular head
Olive brown to black colouration
Stumpy tail
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REPTILE
Garden Skinksand
When to look:
Mainly grey-brown to bronze. Total length 8-10 cm
Images courtesy of Stephen Mahony
Of the two species, sually has a ‘heavier’ looking body
and a more obvious stripe running along sides compared to
Similar species:
Eastern Water Skink: larger when adult (25 cm to 30 cm long), with small black spots on its back and white and black spots on its side.
Blue-tongue Lizard: larger, with a tail shorter than its body, and doesn’t have the stripe running along each side of its body.
Dark stripe from its nostril, across eye, along each side to its tail
Image:
’s range extends into north Queensland and Tasmania
Anakie Gorge CW species | 29 May 2019 | climatewatch.org.au/trails/anakie-gorge | page 2 of 4
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PLANT
Black-anther Flax-lily When to look:
Flowers stick up above the leaves, consisting of 6 purple petals (7-12mm length) and 6 stamens (pollen-bearing
These are long, thick and have brown to black tips
Images courtesy of Loraine Jansen (shrub), Swan Bay
Long, feathery shrub
green pointy leaves with vibrant blue to purple
high
Similar species:
Only is currently
recognised for Victoria. Nodding Blue Lily
later in season; leaves form massive clump
Fruit is blue to purple and 4-10mm in diameter with 3-4 shiny black seeds that persist months
Leaves are long, feathery,
ends and long and stiff
appear red towards base but
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PLANT
Black Wattle When to look:
Spreading tree 5-15m tall. Blackish, rough trunk, pale yellow
Seed pods dark brown to black, strongly contricted betwen seeds
(Silver Wattle) only has glands at the base of the pinnae
earlier than (Gowers 1990).
(Early Black Wattle) - introduced species from NSW - branches are angled and its dark green foliage has well separated pinnules (Gowers 1990).
Bipinnate leaves with raised glands at the junction of and between each pinnae (little leaf)
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PLANT
Cherry Ballart When to look:
Flowers yellow-green in short, dense, clusters that are usually 6 mm long.
Images courtesy of Annabel Carle and Geoff Carle
Shrub or small pyramidal tree, commonly 8-10m high, yellowish green or bronzy. Numerous branchlets are hairy
become smooth and straight.
Similar species:
is a small stunted tree restricted to inland Queensland.
Fruits/seeds: globular, small, hard, greenish inedible nut at the end of a swollen orange to red stalk
Leaves: scale-like, triangular, 0.5 mm long and 2–3 mm long on new growth.
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PLANT
Gold-Dust Wattle When to look:
Leaves rounded, usually asymmetric 0.4–1.5cm long and 2–8mm wide, hairy or smooth. Leaf midrib is obscure or absent, lateral veins also absent.
Images courtesy of VIC Flora; Goods-Graham & Maree (bush) and FlickrCC; phloemalone
Bushy or straggly shrub,commonly 2.5m high, branchlets more or less angled at extremities, smooth or hairy. Bark is smooth, grey to brown.
Similar species:
May be confused with other species of native wattles. Keep an eye out for the Gold-Dust Wattle’s straggly shrub appearance, rounded leaves and twisted pods.
Flowers bright yellow ball-shaped clusters that form in groups of 5
Pods twisted or spirally coiled,
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PLANT
Golden Wattle When to look:
Sickle-shaped leaves that are droopy in nature (pendulous), 9-15cm long and 1-3.5cm wide.
Images courtesy of VIC Flora; Neil Blair (seeds
Small shrub or tree usually 3-8m high; Bright golden and sometimes lemon-yellow ball-shaped clusters densely
branch 20-150mm long.
Similar species:
May be confused with other species of native wattles. Keep an eye out for the Golden Wattle’s pendulous leaves,
clusters (4-23) which are arranged on a relatively long
(20-150 mm long).
Long oblong seed pods 5-6mm long, shiny black seeds.
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PLANT
Grass-tree When to look:
Images: X. australis by DavidFrancis34, FlickrCC, Xanthorrhoea trunk by John Patykowski and dieback by Arrrrgh, Flickr CC
Perennial tree-like plant. Trunk resembles a tree above ground or exists under the earth’s surface, is woody and made up of tiny packed leaves. Flowers borne as
a cylindrical and spike-like woody axis.
Similar species:
Leaves clustered in a terminal crown, 30-140 cm long, rhombic (kite-shaped) to wedge-shaped in cross-section, tapering at the ends.
Signs of poor health: mild to dominant yellowing of the foliage (note: some browning of foliage at the base of the grass-tree is natural).
Phytophora Root Rot causes death in
this species.
Help STOP the spread of Phytophthora - stay on the
track and clean boots before and after
entering bushland
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PLANT
Ironbark When to look:
Flowers white rarely pink. 3-budded umbels. Keep an eye
Images courtesy of VIC Flora RBGV; Gwen and
Tree up to 35 m; bark is
Similar species:
bluish or whitish waxy
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PLANT
Moth Vine When to look:
Green triangular to Oval leaves 3-11 cm long, 1.5-6cm wide with pointy ends and curling edges. Scattered hairs on upper surface with lower surface smooth with minimal
Green vine that can climb up to 5
environmental weed in New South Wales and Queensland, and a minor environmental weed in Victoria
Similar species:
Moth vine () may
occasionally be confused with the weedy tweedia (
), the
() and the
native common milk vine (Marsdenia rostrata). Keep an eye out for the Moth vine’s
leaves and choko-like fruits.
Bell-shaped tubular
or pale pink, tips usually curved outwards or backwards.
Large green egg-shaped fruit, resemble ‘chokos’. 6-10cm long, 5-7cm diameter. Become woody and brown when mature.
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PLANT
River Red-gum When to look:
Flowers ccomprised of umbels of 7 to 11 green to cream
at the junction of the leaves and stem with the buds being of globular shape with a prominent tip beak
Images courtesy of FlickrCC Elizabeth Donaghue, Takver (buds) and EUCLID (seed)
Tree to 40m tall, bark smooth, mottled, shedding at intervals throughout the year showing white, yellow and grey, becoming roughened at the base. Frequently a straight tree but can develop more twisted habit in drier conditions.
Similar species:
Keep an eye out for its distinct globular-shaped buds with prominent tip and mottled bark. The species is also distinguished by the seeds which are cuboid, yellow to brownish yellow and have two seed coats (all other red gums have seeds with a single dark brown to black seed coat).
Fruit in clusters, spherical with 4 protuding valves. Seed is yellow or yellow-brown, cuboid, smooth.
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PLANT
Sweet Bursaria (Blackthorn) When to look:
White, fragrant
6-10 mm in width
Images courtesy of L. von Richter
Fruits are dark
capsules in clusters
Similar species:
is another subspecies that is similar but found in eucalypt woodlands with heavier soils. Often found at higher altitudes in tablelands or low mountain ranges in SE Australia.
Capsules are 7 mm in length and 9 mm in width and contain 4 seeds
Woody shrub or small tree that grows 5-10 m in height
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SPECIES
Sticky Everlasting When to look:
heads, 20-30mm wide
Small stiff herb 20-80cm high with multiple branches and hair covered stems
Similar species:
May be confused with
broader hairier leaves
heads
hairs or prickles. 30-100mm long, 2-10mm wide linear leaves with bright green elliptic (oval like shape) that have a sticky and rough surface.
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PLANT
Victorian Christmas Bush When to look:
Evergreen shrub or small tree that grow 1-6 m in height
Images courtesy of Nuytsia@Tas via Flickr
Leaves generally have a toothed or curved edge
Similar species:
Another Prostanthera species (“mint bush”):
the inside and outside of
the Victorian Christmas Bush.
that are white or pink to pale muave with purple and orange spots inside
Bright yellow-green to dark green leaves
The mericap is about 2 mm in length and contains one seed
Flowers are slightly sented
Anakie Gorge CW species | 29 May 2019 | climatewatch.org.au/trails/anakie-gorge | page 3 of 4
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MAMMAL
Koala When to look:
Unmistakable arboreal (tree-dwelling) marsupial with large furry ears and a prominent black nose. Its fur is thick and ash grey, or grey-brown on the dorsal side, with an off-white/pale yellow underside.
Image courtesy of GrahamPics1, Flickr CC
Koalas from Australia’s southern regions are larger than that of their northern counterparts, with head-body length ranging from 72-78cm
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MAMMAL
Sugar Glider When to look:
Black stripe from its nose, over its head, and along its back
Images courtesy of David Cook Wildlife Photography
Mostly grey body
Similar species:
Squirrel Glider (): about twice
as big with a bushier tail, a longer and pointier face, longer and narrower ears, and more distinct facial markings. The Squirrel Glider is also less vocal.
Mahogany Glider (): much larger
(about 60 cm long), has a buff-coloured belly and generally shorter tail hair.
The last quarter of its tail is black and it often has a white tip
Large, hairless ears
White belly
It is about 28 cm long (including its tail)
Anakie Gorge CW species | 29 May 2019 | climatewatch.org.au/trails/anakie-gorge | page 4 of 4
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