This is a Spotlight Gallery of some of the fauna species you might come across during your Night Stalk.

If you would like to find out which native animals live in your area specifically, go to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website where you can access the Environmental Reporting Tool and enter your postcode. Have a look online before you go Night Stalking: www.environment.gov.au/erin/ert/index.html

State Government websites also have information about local biodiversity.
Western Australia – www.naturebase.net/content/view/840/1288
New South Wales – www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/index.htm
Northern Territory – www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/index.html
Queensland – www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/wildlife_online/
South Australia – www.deh.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/species_lists.html
Tasmania – www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/wildlife.html
Federal (Culture and Recreation Portal) – www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/fauna/
Federal (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) – www.dfat.gov.au/facts/flora_and_fauna.html

For more general information about Australian fauna species try these websites.
Australian Museum – www.austmus.gov.au/biodiversity/factsheets.htm
Wikipedia – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna_of_Australia
Australian Fauna – www.australianfauna.com/australiananimals.php
Unique Australian Animals – australian-animals.net/
WA Museum Fauna List – www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/prod/

So get stalking!

Reference List

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, by Ken Simpson and Nicholas Day (seventh edition). Published in 2004 by Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell Victoria.

The Mammals of Australia, by Steve Van Dyck and Ronald Strahan (third edition). Published in 2008 by Australian Museum/Reed New Holland, Sydney.

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, by Harold G. Cogger (sixth edition). Published in 2000 by Reed New Holland (Australia), Sydney.

The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, by Peter, Pat and Raoul Slater. Published in 2003 by Reed New Holland (Australia), Sydney.