Put on your walking shoes and discover the unique plant and animal species on the Priors Creek Nature Walk.
Learn more about Regional ecosystem frameworks and the biodiversity status and vegetation management class for different regional ecosystems.
Priors Creek Plant Species
- Blue Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis)
- Iron Malletwood (Rhodamnia sessiliflora)
- Rose Gum (Eucalyptus grandis)
- Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia)
- Qld Kauri (Agathis robusta)
- Blue Quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
- Red silky oak (Alloxylon flammeum)
- Atherton sauropus (Breynia macrantha, Sauropus macranthus)
- Brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
- Native ginger (Alpinia caerulea)
- Milky pine/ Blackboard tree (Alstonia scholaris)
- Black bean tree (Castanospermum australe)
- Buttonwood (Glochidion sumatranum)
- Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla)
- Bandicoot berry (Leea novoguineensis)
- Queensland nutmeg (Myristica globosa)
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Possible Animal Sightings at Priors Creek
Amphibians
- Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax)
- Northern sedgefrog (Litoria bicolor)
- Common green treefrog (Litoria caerulea)
- Graceful treefrog (Litoria gracilenta)
- Stony creek frog (Litoria lesueuri sensu lato, including L. wilcoxii and L. jungguy)
- Roth’s treefrog (Litoria rothii)
- Orange-thighed tree frog (Litoria xanthomera)
- Striped marshfrog (Limnodynastes peronii)
- Northern ornate nursery-frog (Cophixalus ornatus)
- Ruddy treefrog (Litoria rubella)
Mammals
- Common planigale (Planigale maculate)
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi)
- Agile wallaby (Notamacropus agilis)
- Red-legged pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
- Little bent-wing bat (Miniopterus australis)
- Eastern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus orianae oceanensis)
- White-striped freetail bat (Austronomus australis)
- Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- Northern long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles pallescens)
- Striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
- Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
- Green ringtail possum (Pseudochirops archeri)
- Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus)
- Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
- Eastern horseshoe-bat (Rhinolophus megaphyllus)
- Northern long-eared bat (Nyctophilus bifax)
- Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
- Northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)
Reptiles
- Carpet python (Morelia spilota)
- Northern leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius cornutus)
- Green tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus)
- Northern dwarf crowned snake (Cacophis churchilli)
- Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
- Black-throated rainbow-skink (Carlia rostralis)
Birds
- Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata)
- Barking owl (Ninox connivens)
- Forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
- Atherton scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
- Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Scarlet honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
- Brown gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
- Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- White-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Pied currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
- Red-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksia)
- Black-faced cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Common cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
- Varied triller (Lalage leucomela)
- Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia amboinensis)
- Pacific emerald dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
- Peaceful dove (Geopelia placida)
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
- Eastern koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
- Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
- Spangled drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
- Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis)
- Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Bridled honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus)
- Yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
- Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
- Brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Lewin’s honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
- Yellow-spotted honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
- Noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
- Australasian figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
- Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
- Barking owl (Ninox connivens)
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)