It is estimated that there are 352 species of vertebrate fauna (both aquatic and terrestrial) recorded within the Georges River Catchment, many of which have been listed under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995). The diversity and richness of fauna varies considerably from the coastal areas, to the urban fringes, to the relative wilderness of some of the upstream areas of the catchment.
Some species of note that have been found in surveys include Koala, Green and Golden Bell Frog, Turquoise Parrot, Squirrel Glider, Eastern Horseshoe-bat, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, and Platypus.
Some animals you may see in the Georges River catchment
A large number of endangered animals can be found within the Georges River catchment.
Below is a list of most of the threatened fauna.
Bats
- Common Bent-wing Bat
- Miniopterus schreibersii
- Eastern Freetail-bat
- Mormopterus norfolkensis
- Eastern False Pipistrelle
- Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
- Greater Broad-nosed Bat
- Scoteanax rueppellii
- Grey-headed Flying Fox
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- Large-eared Pied Bat
- Chalinolobus dwyeri
- Large-footed Myotis
- Myotis macropus
- Yellow-bellied Sheath-tail-bat
- Saccolaimus flaviventris
Birds
- Australasian Bittern
- Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Barking Owl
- Ninox connivens
- Beach Stone-curlew
- Esacus neglectus
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Limosa limosa
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Limicola falcinellus
- Bush Stone-curlew
- Burhinus grallarius
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Calyptorhynchus lathami
- Great Knot
- Calidris tenuirostris
- Greater Sand Plover
- Charadrius leschenaultii
- Little Tern
- Sterna albifrons
- Masked Owl
- Tyto novaehollandiae
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Haematopus longirostris
- Powerful owl
- Ninox strenua
- Regent Honeyeater
- Xanthomyza phrygia
- Sooty Owl
- Tyto tenebricosa
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Haematopus fuliginosus
- Striated Field Wren
- Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Swift Parrot
- Lathamus discolor
- Turquoise Parrot
- Neophema pulchella
Frog
- Giant Burrowing Frog
- Heleioporus australiacus
- Green & Golden Bell Frog
- Litoria aurea
- Heath Frog
- Litoria Littlejohni
- Red-crowned Toadlet
- Pseudophryne australis
Mammal
- Eastern Pygmy Possum
- Cercartetus nanus
- Koala
- Phascolarctos cinereus
- Squirrel Glider
- Petaurus norfolcensis
- Spotted-tailed Quoll
- Dasyurus maculatus
- Yellow-bellied Glider
- Petaurus australis
Reptile
- Broad-headed Snake
- Hoplocephalus bungaroides
- Rosenberg's Goanna
- Varanus rosenbergi
Related Information
Within NSW there are two pieces of legislation governing the listing of species' as endangered. The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Additionally, the NSW Fisheries Act 1994 provides for the protection of aquatic habitats which includes Mangroves.
