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Queensland, Australia. Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia but has the greatest biodiversity, with 684 species of bird recorded (more than closest-rivals New South Wales or West Australia with both around 550).
For means of relevancy, only birds with a remarkable range of presence in the area are listed; birds widely present throughout Australia or at a much broader level are listed in parent categories. Birds portal; Queensland portal
This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald.
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Queensland" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A flock of galahs A cockatiel. Australia and its offshore islands and territories have 898 recorded bird species as of 2014. [1] Of the recorded birds, 165 are considered vagrant or accidental visitors, of the remainder over 45% are classified as Australian endemics: found nowhere else on earth. [1]
Family-level endemism is prominent in Australia. The Australasian biogeographic region has the highest number of endemic families of any zoogeographic region except the Neotropics, and many of these families are endemic to Australia itself — the country therefore stakes a strong claim to be the world's greatest hotspot of bird endemism.
Bouloumba Creek, SE Queensland, Australia. Bell miners are the smallest of their genus, and differ from the other three predominantly grey miner species in having olive-green plumage, darker on the wings and yellower on the belly. [12]
Birds of Queensland (3 C, 147 P) F. Freshwater fish of Queensland (23 P) M. ... Pages in category "Fauna of Queensland" The following 17 pages are in this category ...