Caloundra City’s flora and fauna databases
Caloundra City Council has a register of more than 1600 native flora (plants)
and 800 native fauna (animal) species recorded within the City.
- What's in the flora and fauna databases?
- Significant species databases
- Browse the database listings
- Report a siting of an unrecorded species
- Suggest a database amendment
If you're interested in getting involved in a flora and fauna group, see the list of environmental groups in Caloundra City.
What's in the flora and fauna databases?
Recordings include native flora from rainforest communities in the hinterland, to species in wetland habitats along the Pumicestone Passage.
Fauna recorded in Caloundra City include a diversity of mammals and monotremes, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, crustaceans and molluscs. Feral species have also been recorded.
The recordings are captured in four databases. The databases can viewed in either species or family order, as listed below:
- fauna database
- flora database
- significant fauna database
- significant flora database
Each of the databases are provided online for you to browse, and if necessary, you can report a siting of an unlisted species, or suggest a database amendment.
To find out more about Council’s flora and fauna databases send us an email or phone the Environment Policy Team on (07) 5420 8200.
For related information, see Council's Biodiversity Strategy 2006.
Significant species databases
Caloundra City Council has compiled separate significant species databases for flora and fauna.
A flora or fauna species is classified as “significant” if it is either:
- listed under Commonwealth or State legislation
- listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) red list as Ex, EW, CR, EN, VU, NT, LR (cd) or LR (nt)
Species are classified as “otherwise significant” if they are either:
- endemic to the Sunshine Coast
- culturally significant
- near to, or at, the known geographical extent of their range
- uncommon locally
- if it's a flora species, it is an important food plant for a significant fauna species
- if it's a fauna species, it is subject to a Commonwealth or State Recovery or Action Plan
Browse the database listings
The database lists are provided in PDF for you to download. You can report a siting of an unlisted species, or suggest a database amendment.
The information used to produce Caloundra City’s species databases are based on collated species lists and records acquired by Caloundra City Council through a range of sources.
These databases are not exhaustive and are subject to amendment. The absence of a species from these databases does not mean that it does not occur within Caloundra City.
Databases in species order |
Databases in family order |
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Database amendments
In October 2007, Council updated the City-wide flora and fauna databases. To see what new species were included and/or amendments to existing species within the lists, see the species amendments list (PDF 44kb).
For further information on Council's flora and fauna databases, contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on (07) 5420 8200 or email eppu_enviroteam@caloundra.qld.gov.au.
Report a siting of an unrecorded species
Fill in and submit this form to notify Council of a species siting within the City that has not yet been recorded.
Suggest a database amendment
Fill in and submit this form to notify Council of a database amendment. For example, a species name change or a correction.