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Make an Exhibit for that Island - Kangaroo Island Sanctuary

A submission based on the fauna of Kangaroo Island, South Australia for MonkeyBat's thread "Make an Exhibit for that Island". Complete species list in the comment section below, description in the thread.

Make an Exhibit for that Island - Kangaroo Island Sanctuary
KevinB, 29 Nov 2020
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      Kangaroo Island Sanctuary

      FC - Flinders Chase


      FC1- FC7 Walk-through area

      FC1 Wallabies

      Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii decres) [Endemic species]

      FC2-FC5 Aviary blocks

      FC2 Aviary block 1

      - Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)
      - Elegant parrot (Neophema elegans)
      - Rock parrot (Neophema petrophila)
      - Grey currawong (Strepera versicolor halmaturina)

      FC3 Aviary block 2

      - Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
      - Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius)
      - Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
      - Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

      FC4 Aviary block 3

      - Superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
      - Striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
      - Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)
      - Shy heathwren (Hylacola cauta)

      FC5 Aviary block 4
      - New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
      - Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
      - Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
      - Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)

      FC6 Reptile shack

      - Rosenberg’s monitor, Rosenberg’s goanna, Heath goanna or Heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi)
      - Pygmy copperhead (Austrelaps labialis)
      - Peninsula tiger snake (Notechis ater niger)
      - Tawny crevice-dragon (Ctenophorus decresii)

      FC7 Marsupial shack

      - Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) [Endemic species]
      - Southern brown bandicoot or Quenda (Isoodon obesulus)
      - Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
      - Western pygmy possum or Mundarda (Cercartetus concinnus)

      FC8 Emu and kangaroo paddock

      • Kangaroo Island western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) [Endemic subspecies]
      • Mainland emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae) [Introduced to Kangaroo Island and stand-in for extinct endemic Kangaroo Island emu, D. n. baudinianus]
      FC9 Raptor aviaries

      Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax)
      Black falcon (Falco subniger)

      FC10 Burnt area replicas and education shack

      ML - Murray Lagoon

      ML1 - Royal spoonbill or Black-billed spoonbill (Platalea regia) and Little pied cormorant, Little shag or Kawaupaka (Microcarbo melanoleucos)

      ML2 - Yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) and White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

      ML3 - Red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) and Banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)

      ML4 - Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) and Masked lapwing or Masked plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae)

      SB - Seal Bay

      SB1 - Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea)

      SB2 - Long-nosed fur seal, New Zealand fur seal Or Kekeno (Arctocephalus forsteri)

      PN - Penneshaw

      Little blue penguin or Fairy penguin (Eudyptula minor) colony

      LT - Lathami

      LT1- Kangaroo Island glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus) [Endemic subspecies] and Australian brush turkey (Alectura lathami) [Introduced species on Kangaroo Island]

      LT2 - Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funerea xanthanota) and Bush stone-curlew or Bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)

      PL - Pelican Lagoon

      PL1 - Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) and Black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)

      PL2 - Australasian gannet, Australian gannet or Tākapu (Morus serrator)

      KC - Kingscote

      Aviary block
      - Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
      - Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua)
      - Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
      - Musk lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala)
      - Purple-crowned lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
      - Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)

      BP - Backstairs Passage

      Common seadragon or Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

      Leafy seadragon or Glauert's seadragon (Phycodurus eques)

      Gulf wobbegong or Banded wobbegong (Orectolobus halei)

      Gulf catshark (Asymbolus vincenti) and Magpie perch, Magpie morwong or Black-striped morwong (Cheilodactylus nigripes)

      Knobby seahorse, Short-headed seahorse or Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps)

      Chinaman-leatherjacket or Ocean jacket (Nelusetta ayraud)

      Longsnout boarfish (Pentaceropsis recurvirostris)

      RR -Rocky River

      RR 1 - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

      RR 2 - Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus)

      CR - Cygnet River

      CR1 - Black swan (Cygnus atratus) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

      CR2 - Hardhead (Aythya australis) and Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)

      CR3 - Chestnut teal (Anas castanea) and Freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
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