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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.
Australian Insect Common Names – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) Ditrysia – Tree of Life Web Project; AustralianButterflies.com – official website of the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda; The Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales. Volumes 1–2 (1863–73).
Christmas Island is now seen as a birding 'hot spot', not only for its endemics but also for the chance of recording new species for the Australian bird list, something reflected in the frequency of submissions of sightings to the Birds Australia Rarities Committee. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories.
Christmas beetle is a name commonly applied to the Australian beetle genus Anoplognathus, which belongs to the subfamily Rutelinae. [1] They are known as Christmas beetles because they are abundant in both urban and rural areas close to Christmas .
Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the austral summer coincides with the Christmas season.
Pages in category "Lists of animals of Australia" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in ...
From the 19th century onwards, the tradition of erecting Christmas trees, the sending of Christmas cards and the display of decorations spread throughout Australia. The idea of "Father Christmas" (similar to Santa Claus) also began to emerge, along with carol singing, though with local twists many Australian Christmas carols reflect the summer ...
Koala Humpback whale. A total of 386 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 364 indigenous and 22 introduced. [1] The list includes 2 monotremes, 154 marsupials, 83 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 2 terrestrial carnivorans (1 recent introduction, and 1 prehistoric introduction), 13 introduced ungulates, 2 introduced lagomorphs, 44 ...