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Threatened Tiwi Animals

The following abbreviations are used in the tables below:

  • NT Status – Status of species listed under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act
  • National Status – Status of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
  • CR – Species is listed as Critically Endangered
  • EN – Species is listed as Endangered
  • VU – Species is listed as Vulnerable
  • NT – Near Threatened
  • DD – Data Deficient

Endemic refers to species that are only found on the Tiwi Islands.

 

Common Name 

 

Species

 

NT Status 

 

National Status

 

Endemic 

Eastern Curlew 

 

Numenis madagascariensis

 

VU

 

CR

 

 

Great Knot

 

Calidris tenuirostris

 

VU

 

CR

 

 

Curlew Sandpiper

 

Calidris ferruginea

 

VU

 

CR

 

 

Hooded Robin (Tiwi)

 

Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis

 

CR

 

EN

 

Endemic

Masked Owl (Tiwi Islands) 

 

Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis

 

EN

 

EN

 

Endemic

Olive Ridley

 

Lepidochelys olivacea

 

VU

 

EN

 

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Black-footed Tree-rat

 

Mesembriomys gouldii gouldii

 

VU

 

EN

 

 

Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat

 

Conilurus penicillatus melibius

 

EN

 

VU

 

Endemic

Fawn Antechinus

 

Antechinus bellus

 

EN

 

VU

 

 

Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale

 

Phascogale pirata

 

EN

 

VU

 

 

Dodd's Azure

 

Ogyris iphis doddi

 

EN

 

 

 

 

Butler's Dunnart

 

Sminthopsis butleri

 

VU

 

VU

 

 

Red Goshawk

 

Erythrotriorchis radiatus

 

VU

 

VU

 

 

Greater Sand Plover

 

Charadrius leschenaultii

 

VU

 

VU

 

 

Partridge Pigeon

 

Geophaps smithii smithii

 

VU

 

VU

 

 

Horsfield's Bushlark

 

Mirafra javanica melvillensis

 

VU

 

VU

 

Endemic

Hawksbill Turtle

 

Eretmochelys imbricata

 

VU

 

VU

 

 

Flatback Turtle

 

Natator depressus

 

DD

 

VU

 

 

Water Mouse

 

Xeromys myodies

 

DD

 

VU

 

 

Green Turtle

 

Chelonia mydas

 

NT

 

VU

 

 

Pale Field-rat

 

Rattus tunneyi

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Land Snail

 

Trochomorpha melvillensis

 

VU

 

 

 

Endemic

Cognate Land Snail

 

Amphidromus cognatus

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Merten's Water Monitor

 

Varanus mertensi

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Bar-tailed Godwit

 

Limosa lapponica baueri

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Yellow-spotted Monitor

 

Varanus panoptes

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Asian Dowitcher

 

Limnodromus semipalmatus

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Grey Falcon

 

Falco hypoleucos

 

VU

 

 

 

 

Atlas Moth

 

Attacus wardi

 

VU

 

 

 

 


EPBC Act listed migratory species recorded from the Tiwi Islands and surrounding waters

Common Name 

 

Species

Mammals

 

 

Australian Snubfin Dolphin

 

Orcaella heinsohni

Blue Whale

 

Balaenoptera musculus

Dugong

 

Dugong dugong

Humpback Whale

 

Megaptera novaeangliae

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

 

Tursiops aduncus

Reptiles

 

 

Flatback Turtle

 

Natator depressus

Green Turtle

 

Chelonia mydas

Hawksbill Turtle

 

Eretmochelys imbricata

Olive Ridley

 

Lepidochelys olivacea

Saltwater Crocodile

 

Crocodylus porosus

Birds

 

 

Asian Dowitcher

 

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Bar-tailed Godwit

 

Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit

 

Limosa limosa

Bridled Tern

 

Onychoprion anaethetus

Broad-billed Sandpiper

 

Limicola falcinellus

Brown Booby

 

Sula leucogaster

Caspian Tern

 

Hydroprogne caspia

Cattle Egret

 

Ardea ibis

Common Greenshank

 

Tringa nebularia

Common Sandpiper

 

Actitis hypoleucos

Common Tern

 

Sterna hirundo

Curlew Sandpiper

 

Calidris ferruginea

Eastern Curlew

 

Numenius madagascariensis

Eastern Great Egret

 

Ardea modesta

Eastern Osprey

 

Pandion cristatus

Eastern Reef Egret

 

Egretta sacra

Fork-tailed Swift

 

Apus pacificus

Glossy Ibis

 

Plegadis falcinellus

Great Knot

 

Calidris tenuirostris

Greater Sand Plover

 

Charadrius leschenaultii

Grey Plover

 

Pluvialis squatarola

Grey-tailed Tattler

 

Tringa brevipes

Lesser Crested Tern

 

Thalasseus bengalensis

Lesser Frigatebird

 

Fregata ariel

Lesser Sand Plover

 

Charadrius mongolus

Little Curlew

 

Numenius minutus

Little Tern

 

Sternula albifrons

Marsh Sandpiper

 

Trigna stagnatilis

Oriental Cuckoo

 

Cuculus optatus

Oriental Reed-Warbler

 

Acrocephalus orientalis

Pacific Golden Plover

 

Pluvialis fulva

Pin-tailed Snipe

 

Gallinago stenura

Rainbow Bee-eater

 

Merops ornatus

Red-necked Stint

 

Calidris ruficollis

Ruddy Turnstone

 

Arenaria interpres

Sanderling

 

Calidris alba

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

 

Calidris acuminata

Swinhoe's Snipe

 

Gallinago megala

Terek Sandpiper

 

Xenus cinereus

Whimbrel

 

Numenius phaeopus

White-bellied Sea-eagle

 

Haliaeetus leucogaster

White-throated Needletail

 

Hirundapus caudacutus

White-winged Black Tern

 

Chlidonias leucopterus

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

 

Oceanites oceanicus