Wollondilly has a diverse range of flora, fauna and ecological communities. Discover Biodiversity in Wollondilly.
Threatened Plants and Animals in Wollondilly
The Wollondilly LGA has a diverse range of biodiversity that has significance both locally and in a broader context of south western Sydney. Biodiversity is generally defined as all living things and is comprised of ecological communities, fauna (animals) and flora (plants).
A vegetation or ecological community is a group of species that occur together in a particular area of the landscape. The species share and can tolerate similar environmental requirements. Ecological communities are commonly recognised by their assemblage of plant species and referred to by a collective name for that vegetation type or community.
Ecological communities are classified as threatened when identified as being at risk of extinction from the NSW Scientific Committee. This can occur because of a significant reduction in its distribution in a particular region or a decline in ecological function caused by clearing and fragmentation, habitat degradation or invasion by exotic species. Within the LGA, there are three Critically Endangered Ecological Communities (CEECs) (Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest, Cumberland Plain Woodland and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest) listed under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act). The Wollondilly LGA also contains Western Sydney Dry Rainforest which is listed as an Endangered Ecological Community.
In addition, the Wollondilly LGA contains a diverse range of threatened flora and fauna species comprise of 57 species of flora and 76 species of fauna. The Wollondilly LGA has been identified as containing significant populations and habitat for koalas which are a listed threatened species. A full list of threatened flora and fauna within the Wollondilly LGA can be viewed on our Threatened Flora and Fauna List (below).
Note to Community Services: Visit our threatened flora and fauna page for a comprehensive list of flora and fauna at risk.
Threatened Flora & Fauna List
Threatened Flora & Fauna
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Record Type |
NSW Listed |
Comm. Listed |
Amphibians |
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Heleioporus australiacus |
Giant Burrowing Frog |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Litoria aurea |
Green and Golden Bell Frog |
PM* |
E |
V |
Litoria booroolongensis |
Booroolong Frog |
PM |
E |
E |
Litoria littlejohni |
Littlejohn's Tree Frog |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Litoria raniformis |
Growling Grass Frog, Southern Bell Frog |
PM* |
E |
V |
Mixophyes balbus |
Stuttering Frog |
PM |
E |
V |
Pseudophryne australis |
Red-crowned Toadlet |
Bionet |
V |
|
Reptiles |
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Aprasia parapulchella |
Pink-tailed Worm-lizard |
PM* |
V |
V |
Eulamprus leuraensis |
Blue Mountains Water Skink |
PM* |
E |
E |
Hoplocephalus bungaroides |
Broad-headed Snake |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Varanus rosenbergi |
Rosenberg's Goanna |
Bionet |
V |
|
Birds |
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Anthochaera phrygia |
Regent Honeyeater |
Bionet |
CE |
CE |
Artamus cyanopterus cyanopterus |
Dusky Woodswallow |
Bionet |
V |
|
Botaurus poiciloptilus |
Australasian Bittern |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Burhinus grallarius |
Bush Stone-curlew |
Bionet |
E |
|
Calidris canutus |
Red Knot |
PM* |
|
E |
Calidris ferruginea |
Curlew Sandpiper |
PM |
E |
CE |
Callocephalon fimbriatum |
Gang-gang Cockatoo |
Bionet |
V |
|
Calyptorhynchus lathami |
Glossy Black-Cockatoo |
Bionet |
V |
|
Chthonicola sagittata |
Speckled Warbler |
Bionet |
V |
|
Circus assimilis |
Spotted Harrier |
Bionet |
V |
|
Climacteris picumnus victoriae |
Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies) |
Bionet |
V |
|
Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
Varied Sittella |
Bionet |
V |
|
Dasyornis brachypterus |
Eastern Bristlebird |
PM |
E |
E |
Falco subniger |
Black Falcon |
Bionet |
V |
|
Glossopsitta pusilla |
Little Lorikeet |
Bionet |
V |
|
Grantiella picta |
Painted Honeyeater |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
Bionet |
V |
|
Hieraaetus morphnoides |
Little Eagle |
Bionet |
V |
|
Hirundapus caudacutus |
White-throated Needletail |
PM |
|
V |
Lathamus discolor |
Swift Parrot |
Bionet |
E |
CE |
Lophoictinia isura |
Square-tailed Kite |
Bionet |
V |
|
Melanodryas cucullata cucullata |
Hooded Robin (south-eastern form) |
Bionet |
V |
|
Melithreptus gularis gularis |
Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies) |
Bionet |
V |
|
Neophema pulchella |
Turquoise Parrot |
Bionet |
V |
|
Ninox connivens |
Barking Owl |
Bionet |
V |
|
Ninox strenua |
Powerful Owl |
Bionet |
V |
|
Numenius madagascariensis |
Eastern Curlew |
PM |
|
CE |
Onychoprion fuscata |
Sooty Tern |
Bionet |
V |
|
Petroica boodang |
Scarlet Robin |
Bionet |
V |
|
Petroica phoenicea |
Flame Robin |
Bionet |
V |
|
Pezoporus wallicus wallicus |
Eastern Ground Parrot |
Bionet |
V |
|
Rostratula australis |
Australian Painted Snipe |
PM |
E |
E |
Stagonopleura guttata |
Diamond Firetail |
Bionet |
V |
|
Sternula nereis |
Australian Fairy Tern |
PM* |
|
V |
Thinornis rubricollis |
Hooded Plover |
PM* |
CE |
V |
Tyto novaehollandiae |
Masked Owl |
Bionet |
V |
|
Tyto tenebricosa |
Sooty Owl |
Bionet |
V |
|
Mammals |
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Cercartetus nanus |
Eastern Pygmy-possum |
Bionet |
V |
|
Chalinolobus dwyeri |
Large-eared Pied Bat |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Dasyurus maculatus |
Spotted-tailed Quoll |
Bionet |
V |
E |
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis |
Eastern False Pipistrelle |
Bionet |
V |
|
Isoodon obesulus obesulus |
Southern Brown Bandicoot (eastern) |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Micronomus norfolkensis |
Eastern Coastal Free-tailed Bat |
Bionet |
V |
|
Miniopterus australis |
Little Bent-winged Bat |
Bionet |
V |
|
Miniopterus orianae oceanensis |
Large Bent-winged Bat |
Bionet |
V |
|
Myotis macropus |
Southern Myotis |
Bionet |
V |
|
Petauroides volans |
Greater Glider |
Bionet |
P |
V |
Petaurus australis |
Yellow-bellied Glider |
Bionet |
V |
|
Petaurus norfolcensis |
Squirrel Glider |
Bionet |
V |
|
Petrogale penicillata |
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Phascolarctos cinereus |
Koala |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Potorous tridactylus |
Long-nosed Potoroo |
PM |
V |
V |
Pseudomys novaehollandiae |
New Holland Mouse |
Bionet |
P |
V |
Pteropus poliocephalus |
Grey-headed Flying-fox |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Saccolaimus flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat |
Bionet |
V |
|
Scoteanax rueppellii |
Greater Broad-nosed Bat |
Bionet |
V |
|
Fish |
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Bidyanus bidyanus |
Silver Perch |
PM |
V |
CE |
Maccullochella macquariensis |
Trout Cod |
PM |
E |
E |
Maccullochella peelii |
Murray Cod |
PM |
|
V |
Macquaria australasica |
Macquarie Perch |
PM |
E |
E |
Prototroctes maraena |
Australian Grayling |
PM |
E |
V |
Invertebrates |
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Meridolum corneovirens |
Cumberland Plain Land Snail |
Bionet |
E |
|
Petalura gigantea |
Giant Dragonfly |
Bionet |
E |
|
Pommerhelix duralensis |
Dural Land Snail |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Synemon plana |
Golden Sun Moth |
PM |
E |
CE |
Plants |
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Acacia baueri subsp. aspera |
|
Bionet |
V |
|
Acacia bynoeana |
Bynoe's Wattle |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Acacia clunies-rossiae |
Kanangra Wattle |
Bionet |
V |
|
Acacia flocktoniae |
Flockton Wattle |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Acacia pubescens |
Downy Wattle |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Acrophyllum australe |
|
Bionet |
V |
V |
Allocasuarina glareicola |
|
PM* |
E |
E |
Astrotricha crassifolia |
Thick-leaf Star-hair |
PM |
V |
V |
Bossiaea oligosperma |
Few-seeded Bossiaea |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Caladenia tessellata |
Thick-lipped Spider-orchid |
PM |
E |
V |
Commersonia prostrata |
Dwarf Kerrawang |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Cryptostylis hunteriana |
Leafless Tongue-orchid |
PM |
V |
V |
Cynanchum elegans |
White-flowered Wax Plant |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Darwinia peduncularis |
|
Bionet |
V |
|
Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens |
|
Bionet |
V |
|
Eucalyptus aggregata |
Black Gum |
PM |
V |
V |
Eucalyptus benthamii |
Camden White Gum |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Eucalyptus macarthurii |
Paddys River Box, Camden Woollybutt |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Eucalyptus nicholii |
Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Galium australe |
Tangled Bedstraw |
Bionet |
E |
|
Genoplesium baueri |
Bauer's Midge Orchid |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Grammitis stenophylla |
Narrow-leaf Finger Fern |
Bionet |
E |
|
Grevillea parviflora subsp. parviflora |
Small-flower Grevillea |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Gyrostemon thesioides |
|
Bionet |
E |
|
Hakea dohertyi |
Kowmung Hakea |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Haloragis exalata subsp. Exalata |
Square Raspwort |
PM* |
V |
V |
Isopogon fletcheri |
Fletcher’s Drumsticks |
PM |
V |
V |
Kunzea cambagei |
|
PM |
V |
V |
Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor |
Hoary Sunray |
PM* |
|
E |
Leucopogon exolasius |
Woronora Beard-heath |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Melaleuca biconvexa |
Biconvex Paperbark |
PM* |
V |
V |
Melaleuca deanei |
Deane's Paperbark |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Persicaria elatior |
Tall Knotweed |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Persoonia acerosa |
Needle Geebung |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Persoonia bargoensis |
Bargo Geebung |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Persoonia glaucescens |
Mittagong Geebung |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Persoonia hirsuta |
Hairy Geebung |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Persoonia nutans* |
Nodding Geebung |
PM |
E |
E |
Persoonia mollis subsp. revoluta |
|
Bionet |
V |
|
Phyllota humifusa |
Dwarf Phyllota |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Pimelea curviflora var. curviflora* |
|
Bionet |
V |
V |
Pimelea spicata |
Spiked Rice-flower |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Pomaderris brunnea |
Brown Pomaderris |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Pomaderris cotoneaster |
Cotoneaster Pomaderris |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Pomaderris pallida* |
Pale Pomaderris |
PM |
V |
V |
Pterostylis saxicola |
Sydney Plains Greenhood |
Bionet |
E |
E |
Pultenaea aristata |
Prickly Bush-pea |
Bionet |
V |
V |
Pultenaea glabra |
Smooth Bush-pea |
PM |
V |
V |
Rhizanthella slateri* |
Eastern Underground Orchid |
PM |
V |
E |
Rhodamnia rubescens |
Scrub Turpentine |
Bionet |
CE |
|
Solanum armourense |
|
Bionet |
E |
|
Syzygium paniculatum |
Magenta Lilly Pilly |
Bionet |
E |
V |
Tetratheca glandulosa |
|
Bionet |
V |
|
Thelymitra kangaloonica |
Kangaloon Sun Orchid |
PM |
CE |
CE |
Thesium australe |
Austral Toadflax |
PM |
V |
V |
Xerochrysum palustre |
Swamp Everlasting |
PM |
|
V |
Zieria murphyi* |
Velvet Zieria |
PM |
V |
V |
* Listed as ‘May Occur’ in protected matters (PM) search P = Protected; V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered
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