Site Report: Royal National Park

Unidentified Butterfly

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti) - Male

Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)

Australian Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)

The second oldest national park in the world.

2012-11-21: On the way to the Kangaroo Valley for a kayaking trip, I thought it might be good to make a stopover in Royal National Park. I visited a couple of spots in the park including a forest trail with a bunch of Red Cedar trees.

Kingdom: Animals (28 records)

Phylum: Chordates (28 records)

Class: Birds (27 records)

Order: Anseriformes (3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Order: Perching Birds (15 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Agamas
- Australian Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)