For those of you who are as keen about crawling through the undergrowth as we are ... here is a list of native species, furred and feathered, which we've found inhabiting Kingbilli thus far.
 
--- Furred ---
 
PLACENTALS
 
Microbats
Lesser Long-Eared Bat
Little Forest Bat
 
Rodents
Rakali

MARSUPIALS
 
Dasyurids
Agile Antechinus
Brush-tailed Phascogale
Spot-tailed Quoll*
 
Macropods
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby
 
*unconfirmed sighting
Peramelids
Long-Nosed Bandicoot
 
Possums & Gliders
Bobuck
Common Brushtail Possum
Common Ringtail Possum
Eastern Pygmy Possum
Feathertail Glider
Sugar Glider
Yellow-Bellied Glider*
 
Vombatiformes
Common Wombat
Koala

MONOTREMES
 
Platypus
Short-beaked Echidna
 
 
--- Feathered ---
Birds of Prey - Diurnal
Falcon, Brown
  Little
  Peregrine
Goshawk, Brown
Kestrel, Nankeen
Kite, Black-Shouldered

Swamp Harrier
Wedge-Tailed Eagle


Birds of Prey - Nocturnal

Australian Owlet-Nightjar
Frogmouth, Tawny
Owl, Barn
  Powerful
  Sooty
  Southern Boobook

Ground-dwellers
Bronzewing, Brush
  Common
Dove, Peaceful
Pigeon, Crested
  Wonga
Pilot Bird
Quail, Brown
  Stubble
Superb Lyrebird

Blossom-feeders
Honeyeater, Brown-headed
New Holland
Painted
Singing
White-eared
White-naped
White-plumed
Yellow-faced
Pardalote, Eastern Striated
Spotted
Wattlebird, Little
Red
Silvereye
Spinebill, Eastern
Weebill

Butcher-Birds, Ravens & Currawongs
Australian Magpie
Australian Raven
Butcher Birds, Grey
Pied
Currawong, Grey
Pied

Cuckoos & Cuckoo-Shrikes
Cuckoo, Brush
Fan-tailed
Horsfields Bronze
Pallid
Shining Bronze
Cuckoo-Shrike, Black-faced
Little

Fantails
Fantail, Grey
Rufous
Willie Wagtail

Forest Birds
Bower Bird, Satin
Monarch, Black-faced
Oriole, Olive Backed
Whipbird, Eastern

Kingfishers

Kingfisher, Blue
  Sacred
Kookaburra, Laughing

Larks
Australian Ground Lark
Australian Magpie Lark (aka Mudlark)
Rufous Songlark

Singing Bush Lark

Parrots & Cockatoos

Cockatoo, Gang-Gang
  Sulphur Crested
  Yellow-Tailed Black
Galah  
Lorikeet, Little
Parrot,
King
Rosella, Crimson
  Eastern

Reed- & Grass-dwelling Birds
Finch, Red-browed
Zebra
Firetail, Diamond
Grassbird, Little
Reed Warbler, Clamorous

Swallows & Martins
Martin Fairy
Tree
Swallow, Welcome
Woodswallow, Dusky
Masked

Thrushes & Flycatchers
Flycatcher, Leaden
Restless
Satin
Jacky Winter
Thrush, Grey Shrike
Ground (aka Mountain, King or Bassian Thrush)

Treecreepers
Treecreeper, Brown
Red-browed
White-throated
Sittella, Varied

Waterbirds
Coot, Eurasian
 
Cormorant, Great
Little Black
Little Pied
Pied
Darter (aka Shag)
Duck, Hardheaded
Maned (aka Wood Duck)
Mountain
Pacific Black
Egret, Cattle
Little
Great
Grebe, Great Crested
Hoary Headed
Little
Heron, Pacific
White-faced
Ibis, Sacred
Straw-Necked
Lapwing, Masked
Moorhen, Dusky
Pelican, Australian
Rail, Banded
Spoonbill, Yellow-Billed
Swamphen, Purple
Swan, Black
Teal, Chestnut
Grey

Whistlers & Shriketits
Shriketit, Crested
Whistler, Golden
Olive
Rufous

Wrens, Robins & Thornbills
Fairy Wren, Superb (aka Blue Wren)
Scrub Wren, White-browed
Robin, Eastern Yellow
Flame
Hooded
Pink
Red-capped
Scarlet
Thornbill, Brown
Little
Striated
Yellow
Yellow-Rumped
 

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