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Kelcey Tier Wildlife

Kelcey Tier is a natural habitat for a diverse range of native fauna. 

Whilst bush walking or cycling through the Tier be sure to keep an eye out for the following wildlife (and as of August 2019 – the odd wombat): 

Species – Verified Records

Engaeus granulatusCentral North Burrowing Crayfish
Perameles gunniiEastern barred bandicoot
Accipiter novaehollandiaeGrey Goshawk 
Dasyurus maculatusSpotted Tail Quoll
Lathamus discolourSwift Parrot   
Sarcophilus harrisiiTasmanian Devil

Fauna – Based on Range Boundaries

Prototroctes maraenaAustralian grayling
Engaeus granulatusCentral North Burrowing Crayfish
Galaxiella pusillaDwarf Galaxias
Accipiter novaehollandiaeGrey Goshawk 
Litoria raniformisGrowling grass frog

Perameles gunnii

Eastern barred bandicoot
Dasyurus viverrinusEastern Quoll
Dasyurus maculatusSpotted Tail Quoll
Limnodynastes peroniStriped marsh frog
Lathamus discolourSwift Parrot    (Verified Records)
Ceyx azureus subsp. DiemenensisTasmanian Azure Kingfisher
Sarcophilus harrisiiTasmanian Devil
Astacopsis gouldiTasmanian Giant Freshwater Crayfish
Tyto novaehollandiae subsp. CastanopsTasmanian masked owl
Pseudemoia pagenstecheriTussock skink
Haliaeetus leucogasterWhite-bellied Sea-Eagle
Aquila audax subsp. FleayiWedge-Tailed Eagle

Frogs – Based on Range Boundaries

Crinia sigiferaCommon eastern froglet
Geocrinia laevisTasmanian smooth frog
Litoria ewingiSouthern brown tree frog

Birds – Based on Range Boundaries

MelithreptusBlack-headed Honeyeater
Acanthiza pusillaBrown Thornbill
AcanthorhynchusEastern Spinebill
Corvus tasmanicusForest Raven
Platücercus caledonicusGreen Rosella
Rhipidura fuliginosaGrey Fantail
Accipiter novaehollandiaeGrey Goshawk   (Verified Records)
Colluricincla harmonicaGrey Shrike-thrush
Phylidonyris novaehollandiaeNew Holland Honeyeater
Petrocia multicolorScarlet Robin
Zosterops lateralisSilver eye
Pardalotus punctatusSpotted Pardalote
Malurus cyaneusSuperb Fairy-wren
Lathamus discolourSwift Parrot    (Verified Records)
Sericornis humilisTasmanian Scrubwren
Zanda funereusYellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Nesoptilotis flavicollis Yellow-throated Honeyeater

Bats – Verified at Bat Discovery Night 17 April 2023 and BioBlitz 20-21 October 2023

C. gouldiGould’s wattled bat
F. tasmaniensisEastern falsistrelle
C. morioChocolate wattled bat
V. darlingtoniLarge forest bat
V. regulus Southern forest bat
V. vulturnus

Little forest bat