Australian Owlet-nightjar
Roosts in tree hollows. Can be mobbed by birds that mistake them for owls.
Pelican
Pelicans are recent arrivals at Ivory's Rock.
Masked Lapwing
Also known as a Plover
Koala
In 2022 listed as Endangered in Queensland.
Moth
Swamp Wallaby
Diet: shrubs, bushes, bark and fungi.
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Diet: fruits & seeds in forest trees. Not often seen on the ground.
Huntsman Spider
Poor eyesight. Senses insects through hairs on its body. Lifespan: 2 years.
Wood Duck Mother with Fledgings
Also known as the Maned Duck.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeets
Lays eggs in hollows of decayed tree limbs. Modifies by chewing off pieces.
White-necked Heron
Also known as the Pacific Heron
Grannys Cloak Moth
Brown Quails
Prefers to run and hide than fly
King Parrot Male
Koala
Tends to sleep and rest for 20 hours a day
Grey Fantail
Builds several nests in breeding season. Lays eggs in only one.
Eastern Koel Male
Also known as the Pacific Koel.
White-faced Heron
Diet: variety of prey - fish, insects & amphibians.
Masked Lapwing Chick
Straw necked Ibis
Huntsman Spider
Young Huntsman spiders are a paler colour.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Pair grooming each other.
Bush Stone-Curlew Nest
Birds freeze to avoid detection.
Red-neck Wallaby Pouch Joey
Scarlet Honeyeater
Diet: beetles, flies, moths & caterpillars.
Red-neck Wallaby Pinky
A 'Pinky' usually remains in mother's pouch until it grows fur.
Plumed Whistling Duck
Also known as Grass Whistling Duck
Common Bronzewing
Diet: Seeds, vegetable matter.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Highest speed recorded is 64km
Magpie
Highly regarded songbirds. Their pitch can vary over up to four octaves.
Scaly breasted Lorikeet
The only lorikeet with an all-green head & red beak.
Crested Pigeon Nest
Young hatch after 3 weeks.
Brown Honeyeater
Diet: Nectar, also spiders & insects.
Australian Grebe Nest Chicks
Eats feathers to regurgitate & prevent injury to chicks (fish bones)
Green Jumping Spider
Uses vision to stalk prey. A silk safety line prevents it from falling.
Eastern Spinebill
Honeyeater. Length: 15 cm long.
Little Corellas
Diet: grains, grass seeds, bulbs & fruits.
Eastern Koel Female
Migrates from Sth East Asia to breed here.
Masked Lapwing and Chick
Golden Orb Spider
Builds large, semi-permanent orb webs, which have a golden sheen.
Channel-billed Cuckoo
World's largest Cuckoo. Length 70cm, Wingspan 107cm
Scarlet Honeyeater Female
Female incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the young. Up to 3 broods per season.
Figbird Male
Also known as Green Figbird. Mimics other birds.
Brush-tail Rock Wallabies
Wildlife Queensland photo. Confirms presence at Ivory's Rock in 2022!
Yellow Faced Honeyeater
Short-billed honeyeater. Diet: invertebrates also nectar, pollen from Banksia & Grevillea flowers.
Bar-shouldered Dove
Diet: seeds of grasses, sedges, herbs. Also rhizomes.
Common Bronzeswing
Visits waterholes frequently. Shy & wary.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Solitary animals. Can move long distances.
Crested Pigeon
Distinctive thin black erect crest.
Wolf Spider
Habitat: leaf litter, burrows. Diet: small invertebrates, frogs.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Golden Orb Spider
Webs sometimes trap small birds & bats, which it wraps & feeds upon.
Eastern Spinebill
Advantageous long beak, extracting nectar where others can't.
Koala
Red-neck Wallaby with Wallaby
Feeds primarily on grasses & roots.
King Parrot Male
Widespread across east coast, including suburbs.
Noisy Miner Albino Chick
This albino chick is the only one seen here in 30 years
Magpie
Lifespan: 25-30 years. Wingspan 65-85cm. Highly intelligent birds
Plumed Whistling Ducks family
Plucks grass on land. Also takes food from water's surface.
White throated Honeyeater
Length of adult 11.5 to 14.5 cm
Brush-tail Rock Wallabies
Listed as Vulnerable, due to habitat loss.
Galahs
Diet: Seeds, grubs, roots, nuts, berries. Grain Crops.
Tawny Frogmouth with Fledglings
Breeding pair bonds for life & share care for young.
Bush Stone-Curlew Parents
Diet: insects, small reptiles & rodents.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby
Photographed approx 20 years ago.
Magpie feeding Channel billed Cuckoo
The Channell-billed Cuckoo lays her eggs in the Magpie's nest to raise.
Whiptail Wallabies
Home range: Up to 110 hectares.
Peregrine Falcon Fledglings
Fledglings nesting on Ivory's Rock, ready to fly.
Brown Honeyeater
Nest made from bark, grass, & down.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Lays one egg other bird's nests to raise.
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Very loud "whoop-a whoop" call.
Red-neck Wallabies Fghting
Males will fight during breeding season.
Kookaburra
Kookaburras are carnivorous.
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Habitat: wetlands, creeks, forests. Female.
White-necked Heron
Shy and very wary. Diet: fish, dragonfly nymphs, insects.
Eastern Golden Orb Weaving Spider
Sticky, wheel-shaped orb golden webs.
Dingo
Good for environment. Feral cats & foxes avoid them.
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Average length 25 cm
Red-neck Wallaby
Lifespan: Up to 9 years
Cormorants sur le lac
Form large flocks, forages on water.
Tawny Frogmouths
Nocturnal
Black House Spider
Habitat: logs, rocks, building's window frames, wall crevices.
Whiptail Wallaby
Lifespan: 10 years
Eastern Great Egret
Beak colour darkens during breeding season.
Strawnecked Ibis
Diet: invertebrates, frogs, lizards & small rodents.
Goanna
'Lace Monitor' also known as 'Tree Monitor' is prevalent at Ivory's Rock.
Royal Spoonbill
Diet: fish & invertebrates.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Mob
'Mobs' is the term for groups of Kangaroos or Wallabies.
Swamp Wallaby
Solitary animal. Habitat: thick forest undergrowth.
Termites
Brush-turkey
Male builds mound for several females to lay eggs in.
Kookaburra
Kookaburra nesting in an old termite nest.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Bark is torn from trees & bound with spiderweb to make nests.
Silvereye
Lifespan: 10 years. Migrates to Queensland in winter from Tasmania.
Green Tree Snake
Rises up, inflating throat & body if threatened. Makes a stink from glands. Not venomous.
Noisy Miner
Highly social & territorial birds.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Can cover 7metres in one jump
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby
Diet: grasses, shrubs, trees, roots, bark.
Red-neck Wallaby
Masked Lapwing and Chick
Nests can be made in unlikely exposed areas.
Bush Stone-Curlew Eggs
Nests on ground, amongst leaf litter
Great Egret
Usually hunts in water, also takes prey while in flight.
Willie Wagtail with Chick
Very bold. Will protect their territory from kookaburras & eagles.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Enjoying the blossoms of the Paperbark tree
Wedge-tailed Eagle with Prey
Largest bird of Prey in Australia
Square tailed Kite
Diet: birds, eggs, chicks, mice, insects, snails, reptiles.
Red-browed Firetail Finches
Large dome nests built in undergrowth. Side tunnel entrance.
Carpet Python
Non-venomous. Constricts & suffocates prey.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet in Callistemon flowers
Diet: Nectar & pollen harvested with their brush-tongues.
Eastern Yellow Robin Nesting
Nest made of plant material & spider web, disguised with bark & leaves.
Koala
Descends to coolest part of a tree during hot weather.
Goanna upright
Stands upright to assess surrounds.
King Parrot Female
Diet: Seeds, fruits & flowers in the forest canopy.
Brush-tail Possum
Nocturnal. Nest in tree hollows. Solitary.
Wood Ducks in Pond
Both parents care for young. Nests are a pile of down inside tree hollows.
Cicada
The song of many Cicadas can be deafening loud!
King Parrot Female
Lay eggs in deep tree hollows.
Straw necked Ibis
Diet: Invertebrates - beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, freshwater yabbies.
Galahs
Lifespan: 40 years. Mate for life.
Red-neck Wallaby
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Opens beard & mouth when threatened
Koala
Ivory's Rock is part of the largest continuous stretch of eucalypt forest in the region.
Double-barred Finches
Builds nests in grasses & low shrubs.
Crested Pigeons
Both parents incubate eggs & care for young.
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Female. Males have a bright red body.
Ibis Flock
Koala
Affected by habitat loss, cars, dogs.
Koala
Lantana is cleared at Ivory's Rock so Koalas can climb their trees.
Masked Lapwing Hatchling
Nests are often in exposed vulnerable sites.
Pacific Bazza
Both parents care for the young.
Eastern Koel Female
Cuckoo family. Lays eggs in other bird's nests.
Green Tree Snake
No fangs, no venom. Sharp teeth to grasp frogs.
Azure Kingfisher
Plunges into water to catch fish, aquatic insects, frogs.
Tawny Frogmouth Chicks Nest
Nests are built in tree forks.
Magpie Worm
Comfortable walking along the ground. Diet: invertebrates, grubs, lizards.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby Joey
Specially modified feet to grip to terrain.
Goanna
Goannas are Monitor Lizards. 42 varieties in Australia
Nankeen Night Heron
Diet: frogs, yabbies, lizards, mice, invertebrates, caterpillars, & dragonfly larvae.
Grey Butcherbird
Diet: Invertebrates, small birds, chicks, lizards. Occasionally fruit & small seeds
Tawny Frogmouth
More closely related to Owlet-nightjars than to Owls.
Tawny Frogmouths
Experts in camouflage, amongst the tree branches.
Brush-tail Possum
Diet: mainly eucalyptus leaves, fruits, flowers. Raids gardens.
Southern Boobook Owl
Nests in tree hollows. Diet: invertebrates, small mammals.
Australasian Darter
Often seen drying its outstretched wings.
Kookaburra
Pardalote
Also known as Peep-wrens. Length 8–12 cm
Welcome Swallow feeding Chicks
Takes insects on the wing. Builds mud nests.
Goanna
Adults: 2 metres long, 14 kilos weight
King Parrot Male
Known for its loud & musical call
Brush-turkey
Strong feet to rake leaf litter for food.
Black-fronted Dotterel
Usually lives alone. Forms large flocks up to 100 in winter.
Red-neck Wallabies
Inhabits eucalypt forests.
Red-necked Wallaby with Pouch Pinky
A 'Pinky' has no fur. Once it grows fur it is called a 'Joey'.
Redback Spider
Diet: Insects. Also juvenile mice, snakes, frogs snagged in web. Venomous. Length: Females 10mm Males 4mm.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Males can be 2 metres tall
Eastern Spinebill
Nests: twigs, grass, bark, & spider's web
Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard
Protrudes large blue tongue to scare predators
Pelican
Their 'bill pouch' can hold 13 litres of water.
Bandicoot
Nocturnal, hunting beetles & grubs.
Brush-tail Possum
Marsupial. Carries young in pouch
Galahs
Part of the Cockatoo family. Friendly, playful & great mimics
Willie Wagtail Nest
Nests are reused, or rebuilt by recycling materials. Lined with feathers, fur, or hair plucked from livestock. Spiderweb on exterior.
Masked Lapwing protecting Chick
Chicks reach full growth at 4 months.
Goanna
Avoids people. Shy unless threatened.
Sulphur crested Cockatoo
Lifespan: 50-60 years. Chicks remain with parents. Family groups stay together indefinitely.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Diet: Insects & nectar, taking flying insects on the wing.
Galahs
Very social & affectionate birds.
Little Black Cormorants
Breeding plumage appears more bronzed than black.
St Andrews Cross spider
Koala
Brush-turkey
Diet: Insects, seeds, fruits. Garden raiders.
Koala
White Throated Honeyeater
Habitat: forested areas near creeks.
Eastern Sedge Frog
Environment affects frog's colour - fawn to light green
Pale-vented Bush Hen
Also known as Moorhen. Shy. Lives near water.
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Female. Length is approx 7cm
Little Pied Cormorant
Can dive underwater for fish, yabbies. Also eats insects.
Sacred Ibis
Also known as Australian White Ibis
Bush Stone-Curlew Protecting Eggs
Nocturnal
Southern Boobook Owl
Smallest, most common owl in Australia
Eastern Yellow Robin
A perch & pounce hunter. Diet is mostly invertebrates.
Red-neck Wallabies
Grooming each other.
Brown Quail
Also known as Swamp Quail.
Lemon-migrant Butterflies
Butterflies migrate to lay eggs on Cassia plants.
Common Green Tree Frog
Males grow up to 9cm. Females up to 12cm.
Plumed Whistling Duck Family
Pairs for life. Parents raise chicks together.
Noisy Miner Albino Chick
Pied Currawong
Beautiful song. Diet: Invertebrates, berries, eggs & chicks, reptiles.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby Joey
Vulnerable - foxes, wild dogs & competition from feral goats.
Common Green Tree Frog
Shelters under bark, in tree hollows during the dry season.
Australian Grebes Nest
Both parents care for young.
Eastern Spinebill
Very energetic. Low whirring sound when hovering.
Kookaburra
Largest member of the Kingfisher family.
Noisy Miner Nest Chick
Wood Ducks
Spend more time foraging on land than in water.
Welcome Swallows
Short bristles at sides of mouth help guide insects into their gullet as they fly.
White-faced Heron
Nests have a haphazard appearance, made of sticks in a tree.
Little Black Cormorant
Excellent divers & swimmers Webbed feet.
Jabiru
Australia’s only stork. Also known as the Black-necked Stork.
Eastern Grey Kangaroos
Groups of 10 or so individuals live within larger 'Mobs'
Pied Butcherbird
Beautiful warbling song. Diet: reptiles, mammals, frogs, birds, inverebrates.
Wheelweaving Spider
Builds a small web which it destroys at dawn. Female 6mm, Male 3.5mm
Tawny Frogmouth with Chicks
Diet: wide variety invertebrates, reptiles, small mammals.
Masked Lapwing
Bold. Aggressive when protecting nests.
Australian Grebe
Dives deeply to catch fish
Red-neck Wallaby with Wallaby
Marsupials carry their young in their pouch.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Joeys are independent at 18 months.
Masked Lapwing Nest Eggs
Both parents take care of young and defend nest
Whiptail Wallaby
Also know as the Pretty-faced Wallaby
Noisy Friarbird
Enjoying Grevillea flower nectar
Little Corella
Considered pests by Grain farmers.
Ground Cuckooshrike
Long legs, runs quickly. Forages for invertebrates.
Magpie feeding Channel billed Cuckoo
Magpie is fooled into raising the chick as its own.
Noisy Miner
Diet: nectar, fruits, invertebrates, grubs, small reptiles, frogs.
Mon ami le Kookaburra
Royal Spoonbill
Nests in colonies alongside ibises, herons & cormorants.
Brown Honeyeater
Loud strident call.
Red-neck Wallaby
Short-beaked Echidna
Solitary. Lifespan:16 years. Length: 35 cm. Diet: Ants & termites.
Australian Water Dragon
Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, flowers, rodents.
Pale headed Rosella
Usually seen in pairs. Diet: grass seed, fruit & flowers.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Diet: insects, fruit, reptiles, mammals & other bird's chicks.
Kookaburra
Also known as the Laughing Kookaburra. Laugh signals its territory to other birds.
Common Green Tree Frog
Eats almost anything, invertebrates, bats & small snakes.
Rainbow Lorikeets
Pairs for long periods, if not for life. Only females care for young.
Black Winged Stilt
Wading bird, feeding on insects & small fish.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Wide range of habitats, rainforest, woodlands,& treed urban areas.
Whiptail Wallaby
Joeys stay in pouches for 9 months, then close to mother for 18 months.
Green Tree Frog
Nocturnal.
Little Corella
Pair for life. Nest in tree hollows. Both parents care for young.
Willie Wagtail
The largest & most well-known of Australian Fantails.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Blue faced Honeyeater
Also known as Banana Bird - enjoys banana flower nectar.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Rainbow Lorrikeet
Diet: Pollen, nectar of grevilleas, banksias, melaleucas, eucalyptus flowers. Also insects & fruits.
Perons Tree Frog
Forest Kingfisher
Nests in termite nests in trees & in tree hollows
Scaly breasted Lorikeet
Also eat insects & insect larvae found in foliage.
Restless Flycatcher
Hovers & catches insects. Makes whirring, rasping noises.
St Andrews Cross Spider
Named for their bright zig zag web decorations.
Crested Pigeon Chick
Found in wooded grasslands near water.
Bush Stone-Curlew Hatching
Exposed nests make chicks vulnerable
Pheasant Coucal
When disturbed, runs rather than fly, or flies clumsily. Ground dwelling in dense undercover.
Pale-headed Rosella
Nests in deep hollows of large trees in open woodland.
Rainbow Bee eater
Very social birds. Roost together in large groups.
Azure Kingfisher
Nests in burrows dug into banks.
Swamp Wallaby
Swamp Wallabies can suckle two joeys of different ages.
Pelican and Ducks
Wingspan: up to 2.5 metres
Echindna
Egg laying Mammal. Deposits egg into pouch to hatch. The young is called a 'Puggle'.
Whiptail Wallaby
Wallabies are Macropods which means 'big foot'
Welcome Swallow Chicks
'Welcome’ Swallow was named by sailors. Sightings meant land was not far away.
Whiptail Wallaby
Lives in groups of 10, moving within large mobs of 50- 100
Koala
Koalas are not bears. Closest relative is the Wombat.
Brush-tailed Phascogale
Wildlife Qld images at Ivory's Rock. Listed as Vulnerable.
Square tailed Kite
Listed Vulnerable in NSW, Threatened in Victoria, Endangered in Sth Australia, & Rare in Queensland.
Red-browed Firetail Finch
Found in dense vegetation & grassy areas.
Carpet Python
Diet: mammals, birds, reptiles.
Red-neck Wallabies
Macropod marsupial common across Australia.
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Migrates from New Guinea to breed here.
Pale headed Rosella
Noisy Friarbird in Callistemon flowers
Honeyeater family. Form long-term pairs. Parents aggressively defend nest & surrounds.
Willie Wagtail feeding Chick
Diet: Mostly insects, also small lizards
Goanna
Diet: carrion, eggs, chicks, small mammals, snakes.
Double-barred Finches
Flocks can be up to 40 birds.
Satin Flycatcher
Found in tall trees in gullies.
Koala
Eucalypt leaves are high in water. Koalas do not need to drink.
Pheasant Coucal Nest
The only Australian cuckoo that raises its own young. Nests are on the ground.
Jewel Spider
Also known as Christmas spider. Length 10mm. Orb-webs.
White Throated Honeyeater
Builds cup-shaped nest of bark & grasses in tree forks.
Royal Spoonbill
Fishes by sweeping bill slowly from side to side. Also rapid motions while running.
Australasian Darter
Swims submerged with just its neck protruding.
Peregrine Falcon
Swooping at speeds of up to 300 km/h. Pairs hunt co-operatively.
Red Belly Black Snake
Venomous. Will flee when threatened. Diet: fish, tadpoles, frogs, lizards, snakes & mammals.
Grey Butcherbird
Beautiful songbird. Closely related to the more ground dwelling Magpie.
Koala
Koalas rest 20 hours a day. Little energy is obtained from diet.
Common Bronzewing
Adapted to urban areas.
Australian Grebe Nest Chick
Floating Nest made from vegetation
White-necked Heron
Will defend feeding territories against other species aggressively.
White-faced Heron
Diet: small creatures they disturb when wading, or stalk by standing quietly & waiting.
Bandicoot
Territorial. Solitary except in breeding season.
Pardalote
Eastern Grey Kangaroos
Rest in shade during the day. Graze at night.
King Parrot Male
Usually seen in pairs or small family groups
Willie Wagtail
Is a pursuit predator that chases insects on the wing.
Silvereye
A small finch. Length: 11 - 13 cm Weighs approx 10 gms
Little Corellas Flock
Large flocks live along watercourses.
Cicada
Cicada nymphs spend years underground. They climb trees to emerge as adults.
Noisy Friarbird
Diet: nectar, fruit, invertebrates & other bird's eggs & chicks
Sugar Glider
Glide through the air, using flaps of skin between their legs.
Silvereye
Diet: Insects, fruit & nectar.
Blue faced Honeyeaters
Territorial, feeding in flocks. Aggressive to other birds.
Common Bronzewings
Native pigeon
Common Ringtail Possum
Creates a ball nest of woven twigs in tree canopy.
Kookaburra
Grey-crowned Babbler Nest
Large dome nests built in tree forks 4-7 metre above ground.
Eastern Bearded Dragons
Diet: leaves, fruits, insects, small mammals & reptiles
Great Egret
Brown Honeyeater Nest
Female incubates eggs. Both parents feed young.
Nankeen Night Heron
Nocturnal
Koala
Vision is poor. The only mammal with vertical slit pupils.
Wedge-tailed Eagle Fledgling
Diet: Mostly carrion. Also live rabbits & small animals.
Crested Pigeons
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Able to eat grubs that other birds avoid. Its gizzard's lining catches caterpillar spines, which are later spat out.
Plumed Whistling Ducks with Chicks
Lifespan: 8-10 years. Pairs for life, raising chicks together.
Pardalote
Nests can be 1 metre deep in banks of earth.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Diet: insects, worms, fish, frogs.
Dingo
Native. Hunts large prey - Wallabies & Kangaroos.
Noisy Friarbird
Fledgling
Figbird Female
Nests in small groups, quite close together.
Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies
Vulnerable in Queensland. Endangered in NSW (2019 fires)
Blue faced Honeyeater
Diet: mostly invertebrates, also nectar & fruit.
Pacific Bazza
Also known as the Crested Hawk.
Eastern Koel Male
Diet: figs, fruits, insects. Loud repetitive call
Scaly-breasted Lorikeets
Feed in flocks often with Rainbow Lorikeets. Very social. Loud squarks.
White throated Honeyeater
Live in pairs or small groups.
Wood Duck family
Able to walk easily on land. Forages in grasses, clover, eats insects.
Red-neck Wallaby
Small in stature reaching 1 metre
Noisy Miner Nest
Part of the Honeyeater family.
Pale headed Rosellas
Often seen in pairs.
Whiptail Wallaby
Prefers hilly terrain, open eucalypt forest and grassy understory
Pacific Bazza
Diet: fruits, insects, frogs, birds, snakes, lizards.
