Phillip Island Wildlife Park Phillip Island Wildlife Park species list

[Najade]

On-show species list from my visit on the 06.01.18:

Mammals:
Short-beaked Echidna
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Common Wallaroo
Red-necked Wallaby
Swamp Wallaby
Black-striped Wallabyl
Parma Wallaby
Red-necked Pademelon
Red-bellied Pademelon
Common Wombat
Koala
Spotted-tail Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Sugar Glider (?)*
Brushtail Possum (?)*
Black Flying-fox
Dingo

Birds:
Emu
Two-wattled Cassowary
Cape Barren Goose
Black Swan
Chestnut-breasted Shelduck
Burdekin Duck*
Water Whistling Duck*
Plumed Whistling Duck (unsigned)
Australian Shelduck
Australian Pelican
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron (unsigned)
Brolga
Buff-banded Rail
Eastern Stone-curlew
Southern Stone-curlew
Glossy Ibis (unsigned)
Black-winged Stilt
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Brush Bronzewing
Forest Bronzewing
Torres Strait Pigeon
Crested Pigeon (unsigned)
Tawny Frogmouth
Masked Owl
Barn Owl
Barking Owl
Boobook
Lesser Sooty Owl
Grey Goshawk
Little Eagle
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-breasted Sea-eagle
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Black-breasted Buzzard
Superb Parrot
Musk Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
King Parrot
Budgerigar (unsigned)
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Galah
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Pink Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo*
Zebra Finch (unsigned)
Grey Butcherbird
Satin Bowerbird*

Reptiles:
Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard
Eastern Water Dragon
Lace Monitor
Cunningham's Skink
Diamond Python
Black-headed Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Woma
Carpet Python
Olive Python
Children's Python
Collett's Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake
King Brown Snake
Eastern Tiger Snake
Common Death Adder
Australian Snake-necked Turtle

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*= (not seen)

 

[Najade]

There was a fenced-off little lake area with signs, but I couldn't tell what was in there properly. I'll list them here separately:

Coot
Eastern Swamp-hen
Black-tailed Native-hen
Eastern Swamp-hen
Black Duck
Australien Wood-duck
Magpie Goose
Grey Teal
Chestnut-breasted Teal
Cattle Egret
Royal Spoonbill
Masked Lapwing
Black-fronted Dotterel

 

[Najade]

They might also have Tammar Wallabies. They are on the map, but no signs and no good views at the ones in that area.

 

[MRJ]

Just a note, this is in the wrong forum. Phillip Island Nature Parks run the Penguins, Koala Conservation Centre, Churchill Island and other reserves on Phillip Island. Phillip Island Wildlife Park is not part of the Nature Parks.

 

[Najade]

I'll see if one of the mods can fix that and put a request for the right header and gallery in.
The pics in that gallery are from Wildlife Park so I assumed (dangerous that^^).

 

[Chlidonias]

I'll see if one of the mods can fix that and put a request for the right header and gallery in.
The pics in that gallery are from Wildlife Park so I assumed (dangerous that^^).

You'd have to make a request in the new gallery thread. Then we can move the photos etc.

EDIT (March 2018): photos have now been moved to the new gallery, and the prefix for this thread has been corrected.

 

[FBBird]

On-show species list from my visit on the 06.01.18:

Mammals:
Short-beaked Echidna
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Common Wallaroo
Red-necked Wallaby
Swamp Wallaby
Black-striped Wallabyl
Parma Wallaby
Red-necked Pademelon
Red-bellied Pademelon
Common Wombat
Koala
Spotted-tail Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Sugar Glider (?)*
Brushtail Possum (?)*
Black Flying-fox
Dingo

Birds:
Emu
Two-wattled Cassowary
Cape Barren Goose
Black Swan
Chestnut-breasted Shelduck
Burdekin Duck*
Water Whistling Duck*
Plumed Whistling Duck (unsigned)
Australian Shelduck
Australian Pelican
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron (unsigned)
Brolga
Buff-banded Rail
Eastern Stone-curlew
Southern Stone-curlew
Glossy Ibis (unsigned)
Black-winged Stilt
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Brush Bronzewing
Forest Bronzewing
Torres Strait Pigeon
Crested Pigeon (unsigned)
Tawny Frogmouth
Masked Owl
Barn Owl
Barking Owl
Boobook
Lesser Sooty Owl
Grey Goshawk
Little Eagle
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-breasted Sea-eagle
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Black-breasted Buzzard
Superb Parrot
Musk Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
King Parrot
Budgerigar (unsigned)
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Galah
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Pink Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo*
Zebra Finch (unsigned)
Grey Butcherbird
Satin Bowerbird*

Reptiles:
Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard
Eastern Water Dragon
Lace Monitor
Cunningham's Skink
Diamond Python
Black-headed Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Woma
Carpet Python
Olive Python
Children's Python
Collett's Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake
King Brown Snake
Eastern Tiger Snake
Common Death Adder
Australian Snake-necked Turtle

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*= (not seen)

Chestnut-breasted Shelduck and Australian Shelduck are the same thing.

 

[MRJ]

I'll see if one of the mods can fix that and put a request for the right header and gallery in.
The pics in that gallery are from Wildlife Park so I assumed (dangerous that^^).

A lot of people get confused. I often see reviews on review sites for one on the others page.

 

[CGSwans]

An update.

Mammals

Short-beaked echidna

Tasmanian devil

Spot-tailed quoll

Koala

Common wombat (unseen)

Red kangaroo

Eastern grey kangaroo

Common wallaroo

Red-necked wallaby

Parma wallaby

Tammar wallaby

Black-striped wallaby

Swamp wallaby

Red-necked pademelon

Sugar glider (unseen)

Dingo


Birds

Emu

Southern cassowary

Australian brush turkey

King quail (I think – unsigned)

Magpie goose (unseen)

Cape Barren goose (almost certainly wild, but abundant enough that you can be confident of seeing them.)

Black swan (I believe these are captive, but they may have been wild)

Burdekin duck

Australian shelduck

Pacific black duck (signed, but probably wild)

Australian wood duck (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Grey teal (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Plumed whistling-duck

Wonga pigeon

Crested pigeon

Tawny frogmouth

Brolga (unseen)

Eastern swamp hen (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Black-tailed native-het (signed, but probably wild)

Bush stone-curlew

Masked lapwing

Hooded plover (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Little pied cormorant

Glossy ibis

Royal spoonbill (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Australian pelican

Cattle egret

Nankeen night heron

Grey heron

Wedge-tailed eagle

Little eagle

Black-breasted buzzard

White-bellied sea-eagle

Grey goshawk

Whistling kite

Barn owl (unseen)

Lesser sooty owl

Boobook owl

Barking owl

Laughing kookaburra

Blue-winged kookaburra

Red-tailed black cockatoo

Major Mitchell’s cockatoo

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Galah

Long-billed corella

Little corella

Cockatiel

Eclectus parrot

King parrot

Budgerigar

Eastern rosella (unseen)

Rainbow lorikeet

Grey butcherbird

Zebra finch


Reptiles

Australian snake-necked turtle

Macquarie river turtle (I think – it was unsigned)

Lace monitor

Merten’s water monitor

Eastern water dragon

Blotched blue-tongue

Cunningham’s skink

Black-headed python

Woma

Olive python

Coastal carpet python

Jungle carpet python

Northwest carpet python

Diamond carpet python

Spotted python

Stimson’s python

Children’s python

Common death adder

Mulga snake

Eastern tiger snake

Red-bellied black snake

 

[MRJ]

An update.

Mammals

Short-beaked echidna

Tasmanian devil

Spot-tailed quoll

Koala

Common wombat (unseen)

Red kangaroo

Eastern grey kangaroo

Common wallaroo

Red-necked wallaby

Parma wallaby

Tammar wallaby

Black-striped wallaby

Swamp wallaby

Red-necked pademelon

Sugar glider (unseen)

Dingo


Birds

Emu

Southern cassowary

Australian brush turkey

King quail (I think – unsigned)

Magpie goose (unseen)

Cape Barren goose (almost certainly wild, but abundant enough that you can be confident of seeing them.)

Black swan (I believe these are captive, but they may have been wild)

Burdekin duck

Australian shelduck

Pacific black duck (signed, but probably wild)

Australian wood duck (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Grey teal (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Plumed whistling-duck

Wonga pigeon

Crested pigeon

Tawny frogmouth

Brolga (unseen)

Eastern swamp hen (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Black-tailed native-het (signed, but probably wild)

Bush stone-curlew

Masked lapwing

Hooded plover (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Little pied cormorant

Glossy ibis

Royal spoonbill (unseen. Also possibly wild-but-signed)

Australian pelican

Cattle egret

Nankeen night heron

Grey heron

Wedge-tailed eagle

Little eagle

Black-breasted buzzard

White-bellied sea-eagle

Grey goshawk

Whistling kite

Barn owl (unseen)

Lesser sooty owl

Boobook owl

Barking owl

Laughing kookaburra

Blue-winged kookaburra

Red-tailed black cockatoo

Major Mitchell’s cockatoo

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Galah

Long-billed corella

Little corella

Cockatiel

Eclectus parrot

King parrot

Budgerigar

Eastern rosella (unseen)

Rainbow lorikeet

Grey butcherbird

Zebra finch


Reptiles

Australian snake-necked turtle

Macquarie river turtle (I think – it was unsigned)

Lace monitor

Merten’s water monitor

Eastern water dragon

Blotched blue-tongue

Cunningham’s skink

Black-headed python

Woma

Olive python

Coastal carpet python

Jungle carpet python

Northwest carpet python

Diamond carpet python

Spotted python

Stimson’s python

Children’s python

Common death adder

Mulga snake

Eastern tiger snake

Red-bellied black snake

Hooded plover sounds extremely unlikely, either captive or wild. Can anybody tell me if they have seen them there, @Yoshistar888 for instance?

 

[Yoshistar888]

Hooded plover sounds extremely unlikely, either captive or wild. Can anybody tell me if they have seen them there, @Yoshistar888 for instance?

No they don’t have hooded plovers there at the PIWP.
I have seen a wild one at the beach on Anderson Rd though, it’s one of the few waders I’ve seen.

They certainly don’t have Mertens Water Monitors or Brolga either unless they are new. (Which is unlikely as the place is decrepit, literally there’s an enclosure without a path with no signage that has like 5 nankeen night herons in it.)

I doubt their sugar glider is alive as I saw a cat lazily sitting above the wire enclosure which had multitudes of red back spiders.

Species that are at PIWP and are not mentioned include, turquoise parrot (in the old tawny frogmouth enclosure), and Black Flying Fox.

A lot of the species on that list I haven’t seen in almost 5 years so I’m not sure they are there (etc crested pigeon, eastern rosella). I haven’t seen a brush turkey since one of the aviarys was demolished.

Fun fact: before the Perentie was banned from Victoria (except in certain zoos) in private hands the zoo used to have a Juvenile. The exhibit currently remains empty.

 

[Chlidonias]

@Astrobird was also there recently (photos from January in the gallery), if he reads this and has any comment.

 

[CGSwans]

Well, I can vouch for the Mertens being there in February.

 

[MRJ]

No they don’t have hooded plovers there at the PIWP.
I have seen a wild one at the beach on Anderson Rd though, it’s one of the few waders I’ve seen.

They certainly don’t have Mertens Water Monitors or Brolga either unless they are new. (Which is unlikely as the place is decrepit, literally there’s an enclosure without a path with no signage that has like 5 nankeen night herons in it.)

I doubt their sugar glider is alive as I saw a cat lazily sitting above the wire enclosure which had multitudes of red back spiders.

Species that are at PIWP and are not mentioned include, turquoise parrot (in the old tawny frogmouth enclosure), and Black Flying Fox.

A lot of the species on that list I haven’t seen in almost 5 years so I’m not sure they are there (etc crested pigeon, eastern rosella). I haven’t seen a brush turkey since one of the aviarys was demolished.

Fun fact: before the Perentie was banned from Victoria (except in certain zoos) in private hands the zoo used to have a Juvenile. The exhibit currently remains empty.

Would expect to see hooded plovers on a beach, but more commonly on an ocean beach. So a good sighting.

They could hold a perentie under their Displayers licence so long as it was legally obtained and the enclosure was suitable.

 

[Astrobird]

@Astrobird was also there recently (photos from January in the gallery), if he reads this and has any comment.

There was an aviary full of crested pigeons with galahs, but I've never seen brolgas or brush turkeys there in any of my visits. This last visit in January, I was pleased to see several new enclosures, but most of the aviaries are certainly in need of repair.
I'm not very good with my reptiles, but there was still an outdoor enclosure with a large pair of "goannas" or lace monitors…. are these different to perenties?...
Despite the need of an overhaul, if I won the lotto, this is the zoo that I would buy to revamp, but apart from the revamping, the first thing I would do is add exotics. They would have to be in one of the best locations for visitor/tourist numbers but I fully agree they could be so much better if they tidied the grounds up of dead trees and falling down enclosures.
Highlights for me are the large collection of owls and birds of prey, waders/herons etc and the 5 or 6 cassowary.(which can be patted or feed if desired!) I think they need more parrots and finches/softbills. But of almost everything they do have, they have in multiples, I cant think of any singles except maybe some of the snakes.

 

[Yoshistar888]

Well, I can vouch for the Mertens being there in February.

That gives me another reason to return when the current predicament is over. Mertens would be a lifer for me.

Would expect to see hooded plovers on a beach, but more commonly on an ocean beach. So a good sighting.

They could hold a perentie under their Displayers licence so long as it was legally obtained and the enclosure was suitable.

There enclosure was far from suitable, it only held a juvenile but even for the Juvenile it was small and barren with no substrate.

 

[MRJ]

There was an aviary full of crested pigeons with galahs, but I've never seen brolgas or brush turkeys there in any of my visits. This last visit in January, I was pleased to see several new enclosures, but most of the aviaries are certainly in need of repair.
I'm not very good with my reptiles, but there was still an outdoor enclosure with a large pair of "goannas" or lace monitors…. are these different to perenties?...
Despite the need of an overhaul, if I won the lotto, this is the zoo that I would buy to revamp, but apart from the revamping, the first thing I would do is add exotics. They would have to be in one of the best locations for visitor/tourist numbers but I fully agree they could be so much better if they tidied the grounds up of dead trees and falling down enclosures.
Highlights for me are the large collection of owls and birds of prey, waders/herons etc and the 5 or 6 cassowary.(which can be patted or feed if desired!) I think they need more parrots and finches/softbills. But of almost everything they do have, they have in multiples, I cant think of any singles except maybe some of the snakes.

There is a picture of a broga (labeled sarus crane) from 2008 in the galleries. Sounds like it might have died but the sign has never been removed. Perenties are the largest species of monitor (goanna) in Australia while lace monitors are the second largest. Lace monitors can be found locally to Phillip Island so could be kept outside, while a perentie would require a (large) indoor enclosure.

 

[Dannelboyz]

@Vision and I visited the Phillip Island Wildlife Park last weekend, so figured we'd update the species list

MAMMALS
Short-beaked Echidna
Tiger Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Koala
Common Wombat
Squirrel Glider (not seen)
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Wallaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby
Tammar Wallaby
Parma Wallaby
Black-striped Wallaby
Black Flying Fox
Dingo

BIRDS
Emu
Southern Cassowary
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Radjah Shelduck
King Quail (domestic type)
Tawny Frogmouth
Crested Pigeon
Tasmanian Nativehen
Masked Lapwing
Bush Stone-curlew
Australian Pelican
Glossy Ibis
Nankeen Night Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Little Eagle
Black-breasted Buzzard
Whistling Kite
Grey Goshawk
Eastern Barn Owl
Australian Masked Owl
Sooty Owl (probably Greater, see notes below)
Australian Boobook
Barking Owl
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Nankeen Kestrel
Cockatiel (domestic type)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Pink Cockatoo
Galah
Australian King Parrot
Eclectus Parrot
Eastern Rosella
Superb Parrot
Superb Parrot x Red-winged Parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Budgerigar (domestic type)
Grey Butcherbird
Zebra Finch (domestic type)

REPTILES
Murray River Turtle
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Cunningham's Skink
Blotched Blue-tongued Skink
Lace Monitor
Merten's Water Monitor
Eastern Water Dragon (not seen)
Australian Scrub Python
Olive Python
Woma
Black-headed Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Darwin Carpet Python
Coastal Carpet Python
Diamond Python
Children's Python
Spotted Python
Common Death Adder
Eastern Tiger Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake
Lowlands Copperhead

Notes:
There are also quite a few wild waterbirds around the property, some of which were signed: Australian Wood Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pacific Black Duck, Cape Barren Goose, Australasian Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen. A few other birds were signed but not present: Royal Spoonbill, Eurasian Coot, Black-fronted Dotterel. The Brolga which is signed inside the Red Kangaroo walkthrough doesn't seem to be there anymore but I do remember it from when I visited as a kid. There also seem to be fewer macropod species than I recall from a few years back: we did not see any pademelons of any species or any Red-necked Wallabies.

Interestingly, a few people in this thread note that Lesser Sooty Owl is kept here. Personally, I suspect all four sooty owls here are Greater Sooty Owl but I'd be interested in any information suggesting otherwise. The four birds were very large (comparable with Masked Owl in size) and the location of the property plus range maps on the display sign (which showed only Greater Sooty Owl's range) all favour the southern species. One of the birds in particular is quite pale, but that is all I can really see in support of them being Lesser Sooty Owl.

 

[MRJ]

@Vision and I visited the Phillip Island Wildlife Park last weekend, so figured we'd update the species list

MAMMALS
Short-beaked Echidna
Tiger Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Koala
Common Wombat
Squirrel Glider (not seen)
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Wallaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby
Tammar Wallaby
Parma Wallaby
Black-striped Wallaby
Black Flying Fox
Dingo

BIRDS
Emu
Southern Cassowary
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Radjah Shelduck
King Quail (domestic type)
Tawny Frogmouth
Crested Pigeon
Tasmanian Nativehen
Masked Lapwing
Bush Stone-curlew
Australian Pelican
Glossy Ibis
Nankeen Night Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Little Eagle
Black-breasted Buzzard
Whistling Kite
Grey Goshawk
Eastern Barn Owl
Australian Masked Owl
Sooty Owl (probably Greater, see notes below)
Australian Boobook
Barking Owl
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Nankeen Kestrel
Cockatiel (domestic type)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Pink Cockatoo
Galah
Australian King Parrot
Eclectus Parrot
Eastern Rosella
Superb Parrot
Superb Parrot x Red-winged Parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Budgerigar (domestic type)
Grey Butcherbird
Zebra Finch (domestic type)

REPTILES
Murray River Turtle
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Cunningham's Skink
Blotched Blue-tongued Skink
Lace Monitor
Merten's Water Monitor
Eastern Water Dragon (not seen)
Australian Scrub Python
Olive Python
Woma
Black-headed Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Darwin Carpet Python
Coastal Carpet Python
Diamond Python
Children's Python
Spotted Python
Common Death Adder
Eastern Tiger Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake
Lowlands Copperhead

Notes:
There are also quite a few wild waterbirds around the property, some of which were signed: Australian Wood Duck, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Pacific Black Duck, Cape Barren Goose, Australasian Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen. A few other birds were signed but not present: Royal Spoonbill, Eurasian Coot, Black-fronted Dotterel. The Brolga which is signed inside the Red Kangaroo walkthrough doesn't seem to be there anymore but I do remember it from when I visited as a kid. There also seem to be fewer macropod species than I recall from a few years back: we did not see any pademelons of any species or any Red-necked Wallabies.

Interestingly, a few people in this thread note that Lesser Sooty Owl is kept here. Personally, I suspect all four sooty owls here are Greater Sooty Owl but I'd be interested in any information suggesting otherwise. The four birds were very large (comparable with Masked Owl in size) and the location of the property plus range maps on the display sign (which showed only Greater Sooty Owl's range) all favour the southern species. One of the birds in particular is quite pale, but that is all I can really see in support of them being Lesser Sooty Owl.

As I am sure you know, both species can be found in captivity so they could be either. They seem to have had these birds for a number of years, perhaps before they were split, in which case it is quite possible they have no idea which species they hold. The location of the property is irrelevant as almost certainly the birds would have originally come from interstate. However I think you can trust your judgement as to the species.

 

[Dannelboyz]

As I am sure you know, both species can be found in captivity so they could be either. They seem to have had these birds for a number of years, perhaps before they were split, in which case it is quite possible they have no idea which species they hold. The location of the property is irrelevant as almost certainly the birds would have originally come from interstate. However I think you can trust your judgement as to the species.

Cheers. Yes, I'm aware both species are kept but I'm not sure where the four birds at PIWP would've come from. I could easily see these birds being either/both species (or hybrids) but was just curious if there was actually any reason people are calling them Lesser.