Wildlife at Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters has become a refuge to a large variety of native animals, and in particular to a large range of bird species and rare frogs. The reforestation programme, constructions of numerous dams, and lack of predatory domestic animals has resulted in the creation of a harmonious relationships between man and nature. A sample of what you might see at Crystal Waters:

Mammals & Marsupials

Antechinus
Bandicoot
Dingo
Echidna
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Koala
Feather tail Glider
Sugar Glider
Brushtail Possum
Ringtail Possum
Phascogale
Platypus
Bush Rat
Red Necked Wallaby




Lizards

Bearded dragon
Legless lizard
Skink
Goanna
Gecko


Snakes

Carpet Snake
Red bellied Black Snake
Eastern Brown Snake
Rough Scaled Snake
Keel back
Yellow faced Whip Snake
Green Tree Snake
Yellow bellied Black Snake


Water life

Giant yabby
Mullet
Catfish
Eel
Turtle
Silver Perch
Pacific Blue Eye


Frogs

Graceful Tree Frog
Southern Orange Eyed Tree Frog
Broad palmed Rocket Frog
Striped Rocket Frog
Emerald Spotted Tree Frog
Green Tree Frog
Wallum Sedge Frog
Striped Marshfrog
Great Barred Frog
Giant Barred Frog

to mention just a few….
…and of course the Cane Toad


Spiders

Redback
White tail
Huntsman
Daddy Long legs
Net casting
St Andrew’s Cross

......and many others!

Ferals - which are regularly eradicated

Fox
Deer
Cat
Dog
Hare


Domesticated Animals

Cows
Horses
Ducks
Chickens
Sheep
Guinea Fowl
Guinea Pigs
Geese
Goats
Birds

Australasian Grebe
Australian Hobby
Azure Kingfisher
Bar shouldered Dove
Barking Owl
Barn Owl
Bell Miner
Black chinned Honeyeater
Black faced Cuckoo Shrike
Black faced Monarch
Black Swan
Black winged Stilt
Black-shouldered Kite
Blue faced Honeyeater
Boobook
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Brown Falcon
Brown Goshawk
Brown Quail
Brown Thornbill
Brown Treecreeper
Brush Cuckoo
Buff banded Rail
Bush Hen
Cattle Egret
Channelbilled Cuckoo
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Cicadabird
Cockatiel
Comb-crested Jacana
Crested Pigeon
Crested Shrike-Tit
Crimson Rosella
Darter
Dollarbird
Double Barred Finch
Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Yellow Robin
Emerald Dove
Eurasian Coot
Fairy Martin
Fan tailed Cuckoo
Fig Bird
Forest Kingfisher
Galah
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Golden Whistler
Golden-headed Cisticola
Great Crested Grebe
Green Catbird
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Fantail
Grey Goshawk
Grey Shrike Thrush
Hardhead
Horsefield’s Bronze Cuckoo
Intermediate Egret
Jabiru
Jacky Winter
King Parrot
Koel
Kookaburra
Latham’s Snipe
Leaden Flycatcher
Lewins Honeyeater
Little Black Cormorant
Little Egret
Little Grassbird
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Shrike Thrush
Little Wattlebird
Magpie
Magpie lark
Maned Duck
Marbled Frogmouth
Marsh Harrier
Masked Lapwing
Mistletoebird
Nankeen Kestrel

Birds

New Holland Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Olive Backed Oriole
Owlet Nightjar
Pacific Baza
Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Heron
Pale headed Rosella
Pallid Cuckoo
Paradise Riflebird
Peaceful Dove
Pelican
Pheasant Coucal
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Cormorant
Pied Currawong
Powerful Owl
Purple Swamphen
Rainbow Bee eater
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red browed Firetail
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Regent Bowerbird
Restless Flycatcher
Richard’s Pipit
Rose Robin
Royal Spoonbill
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Night Heron
Rufous Songlark
Rufous Whistler
Sacred Ibis
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Flycatcher
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
Scrub Turkey
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Silvereye
Spangled Drongo
Spectacled Monarch
Spotted Turtle Dove
Straw Necked Ibis
Striated Pardalote
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy Wren
Tawny Frogmouth
Tawny Grassbird
Topknot Pigeon
Torresian Crow
Tree Martin
Varied Sittella
Varied Triller
Variegated Fairy Wren
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Weebill
Welcome Swallow
Whipbird
Whistling Kite
White bellied Cuckoo shrike
White bellied Sea Eagle
White browed Scrub wren
White cheeked Honeyeater
White headed Pigeon
White naped Honeyeater
White throated Needletail
White’s Thrush
White-faced Heron
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Treecreeper
Willie Wagtail
Wompoo
Wonga Pigeon
Yellow Billed Spoonbill
Yellow faced Honeyeater
Yellowtailed Black Cockatoo