What you can observe at Honeyeater Reserve

Honeyeater Bushland Reserve is home to the following plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects.

(Sorted alphabetically by scientific name)

Birds

Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa

Red Wattlebird – Anthochaera carunculata

Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax

White-necked Heron – Ardea pacifica

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita

Yellow-faced Honeyeater – Caligavis chrysops

Grey-shrike Thrush – Colluricincla harmonica

Galah – Eolophus roseicapilla

Musk Lorikeet – Glossopsitta concinne

Australian Magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen

Whistling Kite – Haliastur sphenurus

Fairy Wren – Malurus cyaneus

Superb Fairy Wren – Malurus cyaneus

Noisy Miner – Manorina melanocephala

Brown-headed Honeyeater – Melithreptus brevirostris

Red Browed Finch – Neochmia temporalis

White-eared Honeyeater – Nesoptilotis leucotis

Golden Whistler – Pachycephala pectoralis

Spotted Pardalote – Pardalotus punctatus

Striated Pardalote – Pardalotus striatus

New Holland Honeyeater – Phylidonyris novaeholiandiae

Royal Spoonbill – Platalea regia

Eastern Rosella – Platycercus eximius

Tawny Frogmouth – Podargus strigoides

Fuscous Honeyeater – Ptilotula fusca

White plumed Honeyeater – Ptilotula penicillata

Frogs

Eastern Sign-Bearing Froglet – Crinia parsignifera

Common Eastern Froglet – Crinia signifera

Eastern Banjo Frog – Limnodynastes dumerilii

Spotted Marsh Frog – Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

Bibron’s toadlet – Pseudophryne bibronii

Reptiles

Common Garden Skink – Lampropholis guichenoti

Red Bellied Black Snake – Pseudechis porphyriacus

Eastern Brown Snake – Pseudonaja textilis

Eastern shingleback – Tiliqua rugosa asper

Eastern blue-tongued lizard – Tiliqua scincoides scincoides

Native plants

Gold-dust Wattle – Acacia acinacea

Rough Wattle – Acacia aspera

Ausfelds wattle – Acacia ausfeldii

Silver Wattle – Acacia dealbata

Spreading Wattle – Acacia genistifolia

Ploughshare Wattle – Acacia gunnii

Hedge Wattle – Acacia paradoxa

Wirilda – Acacia provincialis

Golden Wattle – Acacia pycnantha

Honey Pots – Acrotriche serrulata

Slaty Sheoak – Allocasuarina muelleriana

Box Mistletoe – Amyema miquelii

Vanilla Lily – Arthropodium milleflorum

Flame Heath – Astroloma conostephivides

Cranberry Heath – Astroloma humifusum

Spear Grass – Austrostipa sp.

Daphne Heath – Brachylome dephnoides

Sweet Bursaria – Bursaria spinosa

Sword Sedge – Carex appressa

Pigface – Carpobrotus glaucescens

Drooping Cassinia – Cassinia arcuata

Dodder Laurel – Cassytho filiformis

Finger Flower – Cheiranthera linearis

Common Fringe-myrtie – Colytrix tatragona

Wild Carrot – Daucus carota

Gorse bitter pea – Daviesia ulicifolia

Narrow leaf pea – Daviesia mimasoides

Black-anther Flax Lily – Dionella admixes

Scented Sundew – Drosera aberrans

Tall Sundew – Drosera macrantha

Climbing Sundew – Drosera mocrantha

Showy Parrot Pea – Dillwynia sericea

Saloop – Einadia hastata

Ruby Saltbush – Enchylaena tomentosa

Bull Mallee – Eucalyptus behriana

River Red Gum – Eucalyptus camaldelensis

Yellow Gum – Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Red Stringybark – Eucalyptus macrorhyncha

Grey Box – Eucalyptus microcarpa

Red Box – Eucalyptus polyanthemus

Cherry Ballart – Exocarpos cuprassiformis

Raspwort – Gonocarpus tetragynus

Goodenia – Goodenia sp

Cats Claw Grevilla – Grevillia alpina

Purple Coral Pea – Hardenbergia violocea

Bushy Needlewood – Hakea decurrans

Willow-leaved hakea – Hakea salicifolia

Stinking Pennywort – Hydrocotyle laxifiora

Bendigo Heath Tea-tree – Leptospermum myrsinaides

Heath Tea Tree – Leptospermum myrsinoides

Wattle Mat-rush – Lomandra filiformis

Many-flowered Mat-rush – Lomandra multiflora

Totem poles – Melaleuca decussata

Violet Honey-myrtle – Melaleuca wilsonii

Urn Heath – Melichrus urceolatus

Grey Everlasting – Ozothomnus obcordetus

Austral Storksbill – Pelagonium austrate

Bendigo Wax Flower – Philathoco verrucosa

Common Rice Flower – Pimetea humilis

Tussock grass – Poa sieberiana

Leak Orchid – Prasophyium sp.

Greenhood orchids – Pterostylis sp.

Matted Bush-pea – Pultenaea pedunculata

Twiggy Bush-pea – Puttencas largiflorens

Phragmites – Phragmites

Wallaby Grass – Rytidosperma setaceum

Fireweed – Senecio sp.

Scented Sun Orchid – Thelymitra sp.

Kangaroo Grass – Themede triandra

Twining Fringe Lily – Thysanotus petersonii

Sticky Everlasting – Xerochrysum viscosum

Mammals

Eastern grey kangaroo – Macropus giganteus

Sugar glider – Petaurus breviceps

Common ring-tail possum – Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Short-beaked echidna – Tachyglossus aculeatus

Swamp wallaby – Wallabia bicolor