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Local Fauna

Threatened Fauna Species List for Byrrill Creek

Class	Family	Species	Common name	TSC	EPBC
Amphibia	Hylidae	Litoria brevipalmata	Green-thighed Frog	V
	Myobatrachidae	Assa darlingtoni	Pouched Frog	V
		Mixophyes balbus	Stuttering Frog	E1	V
		Mixophyes iteratus	Giant Barred Frog*	E1	E
		Philoria loveridgei	Loveridge's Frog	E1
Aves	Accipitridae	Lophoictinia isura	Square-tailed Kite	V
	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus flavicollis	Black Bittern	V
	Atrichornithidae	Atrichornis rufescens	Rufous Scrub-bird	V
	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus banksii	Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo*	V
		Calyptorhynchus lathami	Glossy Black-Cockatoo*	V
	Campephagidae	Coracina lineata	Barred Cuckoo-shrike	V
	Columbidae	Ptilinopus magnificus	Wompoo Fruit-Dove*	V
		Ptilinopus regina	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	V
		Ptilinopus superbus	Superb Fruit-Dove	V
	Dicruridae	Monarcha leucotis	White-eared Monarch*	V
	Jacanidae	Irediparra gallinacea	Comb-crested Jacana	V
	Menuridae	Menura alberti	Albert's Lyrebird	V
	Podargidae	Podargus ocellatus	Marbled Frogmouth*	V
	Psittacidae	Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni	Double-eyed Fig-parrot	E1	E
	Strigidae	Ninox strenua	Powerful Owl*	V
	Turnicidae	Turnix melanogaster	Black-breasted Button-quail	E1	V
	Tytonidae	Tyto novaehollandiae	Masked Owl	V
		Tyto tenebricosa	Sooty Owl*	V
Mammalia	Dasyuridae	Dasyurus maculatus	Spotted-tailed Quoll	V	E
		Phascogale tapoatafa	Brush-tailed Phascogale	V
		Planigale maculata	Coastal Planigale	V
	Emballonuridae	Saccolaimus flaviventris	Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat	V

	Macropodidae	Petrogale penicillata	Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby	E1	E
		Thylogale stigmatica	Red-legged Pademelon	V
	Molossidae	Mormopterus norfolkensis	Eastern Freetail-bat	V
	Petauridae	Petaurus australis	Yellow-bellied Glider	V
		Petaurus norfolcensis	Squirrel Glider	V
	Phascolarctidae	Phascolarctos cinereus	Koala*	V
	Pteropodidae	Nyctimene robinsoni	Eastern Tube-nosed Bat	V
		Pteropus poliocephalus	Grey-headed Flying-fox	V	V
		Syconycteris australis	Eastern Blossom-bat	V
	Vespertilionidae	Chalinolobus dwyeri	Large-eared Pied Bat	V	V
		Chalinolobus nigrogriseus	Hoary Wattled Bat	V
		Kerivoula papuensis	Golden-tipped Bat	V
		Miniopterus australis	Little Bentwing-bat	V
		Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis	Eastern Bentwing-bat	V
		Myotis macropus	Large-footed Myotis	V
		Nyctophilus bifax	Eastern Long-eared Bat	V
Reptilia	Elapidae	Hoplocephalus stephensii	Stephens' Banded Snake	V

Local Flora

42 Priority Flora Species occurring in Byrrill Creek

Status codes: E = Endangered, V = Vulnerable

Scientific Name	Common Name	C'wealth (EPBC Act)	NSW (TSC Act)
Acacia orites	Nightcap Wattle
Acronychia baeuerlenii	Byron Bay Acronychia
Archidendron muellerianum	Veiny Lace Flower
Ardisia bakeri	Ardisia
Argophyllum nullumense	Silver Leaf
Austrobuxus swainii	Pink Cherry
Bosistoa pentacocca var. pentacocca	Ferny-leaved Bosistoa
Cassinia collina	Cassinia sp. C
Citrus australasica	Finger Lime
Clematis fawcettii	Northern Clematis	V	V
Cupaniopsis flagelliformis var. australis	Brown Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis newmanii	Long-leaved Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis serrata	Smooth Tuckeroo		E
Cyperus rupicola	Cliff Sedge		V
Daphnandra tenuipes	Red Flowered Socketwood
Davidsonia jerseyana	Davidson's Plum	E	E
Desmodium acanthocladum	Thorny Pea	V	V
Diospyros mabacea	Red-fruited Ebony	E	E
Diploglottis campbellii	Small-leaved Tamarind	E	E
Doryanthes palmeri	Spear Lily		V
Endiandra globosa	Black Walnut
Endiandra hayesii	Rusty Rose Walnut	V	V
Floydia praealta	Ball Nut	V	V
Lastreopsis silvestris	Mountain Shield Fern
Lepidosperma clipeicola	a sedge
Macadamia tetraphylla	Rough-shelled Bush Nut	V	V
Mischocarpus lachnocarpus	Woolly Pear-fruit
Myrsine richmondensis (Rapanea sp. 'Richmond River')	Ripple-leaf Muttonwood	E	E
Ochrosia moorei	Southern Ochrosia	E	E
Owenia cepiodora	Onion Cedar	V	V
Ozothamnus vagans		V
Pararistolochia laheyana	Mountain Pipevine
Pararistolochia praevenosa	Richmond Birdwing Vine
Pimelea umbratica
Pomaderris notata	McPherson Range Pomaderris		V
Quassia sp. (Mt Nardi B.L.Walker AQ33746)	Southern Quassia
Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii	Ravine Orchid	V	V
Senna acclinis	Brush Senna		E
Syzygium hodgkinsoniae	Red Lilly Pilly	V	V
Tinospora tinosporoides	Arrow-head Vine	V	V
Wilkiea austroqueenslandica	Smooth Wilkiea
Zieria southwellii

World Heritage Region

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (GRAWHA)

The Far North Coast Region contains a number of reserves included within the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (GRAWHA), originally inscribed as Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage Area in 1986 and extended in 1994. It includes Mount Warning National Park, the majority of Nightcap National Park, a portion of Mebbin National Park, Numinbah Nature Reserve, Mallanganee Flora Reserve, and Limpinwood Nature Reserve.

GRAWHA was listed following the satisfaction of the following three of the four possible criteria for natural heritage of outstanding universal significance:

outstanding examples of the major stages of the Earth's evolutionary history, including rainforest ecosystems and relict plant and animal species dating from Gondwana
outstanding examples of significant ongoing geological process and biological evolution, including centres of endemism where ongoing evolution is taking place and taxa showing evidence of relatively recent evolution.
In addition, the Tweed shield volcano is one of the best preserved in the world, notably for its size, age and landforms that represent all three stages of the erosion of shield volcanoes: the planeze, residual and skeletal stages.
significant areas for the conservation of biological diversity, with the border region containing the highest species diversity in Australia for birds, marsupials, frogs and snakes. In addition, the region contains the principal habitats of a large number of threatened plant and animal species.

There is only a small area of Mebbin NP (11ha) that is part of the WHA, however the remainder of the NP is a candidate for inclusion in a proposed extension of the WHA as it has been assessed as exhibiting similar natural heritage values.

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