Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
PACHYCEPHALIDAE
Genus
Colluricincla
Species
megarhyncha
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Little Shrike-thrush
Alternate name
Rufous Shrike-thrush
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Confined mainly to lowland rainforest and riparian forest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common in rainforest associations and occasionally other dense vegetation (eg mangroves and wet sclerophyll forests)
Known location
Pimpama, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Nicoll Scrub NP, Guanaba, Numinbah Valley, Coomera, Oxenford, Burlei
Other locality
Confined mainly to lowland rainforest and riparian forest where it is not uncommon. Uncommon in upland rainforest.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Rainforest, riparian forest.
Specific ecology
Like thick undergrowth.
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Management
Community type
Migratory
False
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