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