Friends of Sherbrooke Forest: Indigenous Fauna

Birds, mammals and butterflies of Sherbrooke Forest are listed below.

BIRDS OF SHERBROOKE FOREST

The friends of Sherbrooke Forest agree with the view that wild animals should not be fed. The reasons for this are given in an article published by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change .

Ground Layer		Tree Tops
Blackbird*		Australian Raven
Brush Bronzewing		Blue-winged Parrot
Pilot Bird		Boobook Owl
Scaly Thrush or Bassian Thrush		Brown Goshawk
Song Thrush*		Brown-headed Honeyeater
Superb Blue Wren		Brush Cuckoo
Superb Lyrebird		Crimson Rosella
Scrub-wren (White-browed)		Eastern Rosella
Fan-tailed Cuckoo		Gang-Gang Cockatoo
		Golden-bronze Cuckoo
		Grey Currawong
		Laughing Kookaburra
		Mistletoe-bird
		Nankeen Kestrel
		Peregrine Falcon
		Pied Currawong
		Powerful Owl
		Sulphur-Crested White Cockatoo
		Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

* Introduced species
Shrub Layer		Shrub Layer
Fantail Cuckoo		Pink Robin
Grey Fantail		Rose Robin
Rufous Fantail		Scarlet Robin
Red-browed Firetail		Scrub-wren (Large-billed)
Satin Flycatcher		Silvereye
Goldfinch*		Shrike-tit
Greenfinch*		Grey Shrike-thrush
Crescent Honeyeater		Eastern Spinebill
White-eared Honeyeater		Brown Thornbill
White-naped Honeyeater		Little Thornbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater		Red Wattlebird
Owlet Nightjar		Eastern Whipbird
Spotted Pardalote		Golden Whistler
Striated Pardalote		Olive Whistler
Eastern Yellow Robin		Rufous Whistler
Flame Robin

Tree Trunks		Aerial
Red-browed Tree-creeper		Spine-tailed Swift
White-throated Tree-creeper		Wedge-tailed Eagle

In addition , the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Group have reported sightings of:

Crested Shrike-tit
Pacific Black Duck with chicks
Sooty Owl
Southern Boobook
Tawny Frogmouth

MAMMALS OF SHERBROOKE FOREST

*Scientific Name*		Common Name

*Antechinus swainsonii*		Dusky Antechinus
*Mastacomys fuscus*		Broad-toothed Rat
*Antechinus stuartii*		Brown Antechinus
*Trichosurus vulpecula*		Brushtail possum
*Tachyglossus aculeatus*		Echidna
*Schoinobates volans*		Greater Glider
*Perameles nasuta*		Long-nosed Bandicoot
*Rattus fuscipes*		Native Rat
*Acrobates pygmaeus*		Pygmy or Feathertail Glider
*Pseudocheirus peregrinus*		Ringtail Possum
*Trichosurus caninus*		Short-eared Brushtail Possum
*Isoodon obesulus*		Short-nosed Bandicoot
*Petaurus breviceps*		Sugar Glider
*Wallabia bicolor*		Swamp Wallaby
*Rattus lutreolus*		Water Rat
*Vombatus ursinus*		Wombat
*Petaurus australis*		Yellow-bellied Glider

BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR FOOD PLANTS

*Scientific name*	Common name	Larval Food Plants

*Argynnina cyrila*	Cyril`s brown	Poa species
*Delias aganippe*	Wood white	Emeyema species/Exocarpus cupressiformis

*Delias harpalyce*	Imperial white	Muellerina eucalyptoides
*Dispar compacta*	Dispar skipper	Poa tenera/Poa species
*Geitonura acantha*	Eastern-ringed xenica	Poa species
*Geitonura klugii*	Klug`s xenica	Poa species
*Graphium macleayanum*	Macleay`s swallowtail	Atherosperma moschatum
*Hesperilla chaostola*	Chaostola skipper	Gahnia species
*Hesperilla ornata*	Spotted skipper	Gahnia species/Carex appressa
*Heteronympha banksii*	Bank`s brown	Poa species
*Heteronympha merope*	Common brown	Poa tenera/Themeda triandra
*Heteronympha paradelpha*	Spotted brown	Poa species
*Heteronympha penelope*	Shouldered brown	Poa species
*Heteronympha solandri*	Solander`s brown	Poa species
*Hypochrysops byzos*	Yellowspot jewel	Pomaderris aspera
*Hypochrysops delicia*	Blue jewel	Acacia species
*Jalmenus evagoras*	Common imperial blue	Acacia dealbata
*Junonia villida*	Meadow argus	Plantago debilis/Goodenia ovata
*Nacabuba biocellata*	Double-spotted lineblue	Acacia species
*Ocybadistes walken*	Yellow banded dart	Poa species/Dianella species
*Oreisplanus peromatus*	Mountain spotted skipper	Gahnia sieberana
*Oreixenica kershawi*	Kershaw`s brown	Poa species
*Oreixenica lathoniella*	Common silver xenica	Microlaena stipoides/Poa species
*Polyura pyrrhus*	Tailed emperor	Acacia dealbata
*Pseudalmenus chlorinda*	Orange hairstreak	Acacia dealbata
*Pseudalmenus chlorinda*	Orange hairstreak	Acacia dealbata/Acacia melanoxylon
*Signeta flammeata*	Bright shield skipper	Poa species
*Taractrocera papyria*	White grassdart	Microlaena stipoides
*Tisiphone abeona*	Swordgrass brown	Gahnia sieberana
*Toxidia andersoni*	Anderson`s skipper	Tetrarrhena juncea
*Toxidia doubledayi*	Doubleday`s skipper	Poa species
*Vanessa cardui*	Painted lady	Asteracea & Malvaceae species
*Vanessa itea*	Australian admiral	Urtica incisa
*Zizina labradus*	Common grass-blue	Indigofera & Glycine species

References
Ross Field--Butterfly species in Sherbrooke Forest (unpublished)
F.B Common & D.F Waterhouse-Butterflies of Australia .Angus & Robertson 1981