Insects, Reptiles, Birds & Mammals
AUSTRALASIAN Temperate Heathland (Kwongan & Wallum)

Class Insecta

Order Coleoptera

Family Scarabaeidae

Diphucephala sp. 'Green Scarab Beetle'.

Family Curculionidae: 'True Weevils'

Gagatophorus draco, 'Broad-nosed Weevil'.

Class Aves: Reptilia

Family Agamidae

Pogona minor minima, 'Abrolhos Bearded Dwarf Dragon'. A subspecies of the Western Bearded Dragon; this one only lives on the Wallabi Islands of the Abrolhos. 

Family Scincidae

Tiliqua rugosa , 'Bobtail', 'Pinecone Lizard'. There are four subspecies of the Shingleback Lizard, with three of them living in the south-west. The are often seen basking on tracks in heathland habitats.

Ctenotus fallens, 'West coast laterite Ctenotus'. Endemic to south-west and mid western Australia. Mostly found in arid coastal environments.

Egernia kingii, 'Kings Skink'. Larger thick skink. Dark with lighter speckling. Found in heath and open forest, particularly in coastal situations. Endemic to the south west of Australia.

Class Aves: Birds

Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos

Cacomantis flabelliformis, 'Fan-tailed Cuckoo'. Found in a variety of habitats in south-western and eastern Australia.

Family Strigidae: 'Typical Owls'

Ninox boobook, 'Australian/ Southern Boobook Owl'. The smallest owl on the Australian mainland. A suggested by the common mame, the call is a a double rough hoot "oop-oop" with the first syllable being higher.

Family Cacatuidae: Cockatoos

Zanda latirostris, 'Carnaby's Black Cockatoo', 'Short-billed Black Cockatoo. Endemic to the south-west of Australia.

Family Maluridae: 'Australasian Wrens' 

Stipiturus malachurus, 'Southern Emuwren'. Found in heath and woodlands in south-east and south-west Australia

Sericornis frontalis, 'White-browed Scrubwren'. 

Family Meliphagidae: Honeyeaters

Gavicalis virescens, 'Singing Honeyeater'. One of Australia's most widespread honeyeaters, found in dry habitats, including heath, across most of the country except for the wetter habitats on the east coast.

Phylidonyris niger, 'White-cheeked Honeyeater'. Looks similar to New Holland Honeyeater. Found in various habitats, but especially temperate heathlands, in the south west (subspecies gouldii) and along east coast of Australia.

Class Mammalia

Family Phalangeridae

Trichosurus vulpecula, 'Common Brushtail Possum'.

Family Macropodidae

Macropus fuliginosus, 'Western Grey Kangaroo'. The common large kangaroo in temperate Australia west from the Great Dividing Range.