Animals at Moonlit Sanctuary
WHEN BEST TO VISIT
All Australian mammals are nocturnal, so are most active on our evening tours. Some mammals, including bettongs and gliders, can only be seen on evening tours, and other mammals as well as most birds are more active in the mornings and later in the afternoons. Both mammals and birds tend to rest in the middle of the day, especially in warmer weather. However we have a range of keeper presentations throughout the day where you can not only learn about the animals but are guaranteed to see them active. Reptiles are more active during the day and warmer weather. Some reptiles will not be visible on colder days or through winter.
This is a list of the different animals you can see at Moonlit Sanctuary. Animals can be seen either on our evening tours or during daytime visits, or sometimes both! For further information on which animals you will see at the Sanctuary, visit our By Day and By Night pages for the species lists.
# = animals that are either endangered or have some other conservation status.
MammalsRed-necked WallabyTammar Wallaby # Swamp Wallaby Red-bellied Pademelon # Southern Bettong # Rufous Bettong Long-nosed Potoroo # Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat# Yellow-bellied Glider #Squirrel Glider #Sugar GliderFeathertail GliderSpot-tailed Quoll # Tasmanian Devil # Spinifex Hopping MouseDingo # Fish RainbowfishSilver Perch #Invertebrates Yabbie Stick Insect Leaf Insect | Birds
Emu
Australian ShelduckTawny Frogmouth
Australian Owlet-NightjarBlack-winged Stilt Banded Lapwing
Wedged-tailed Eagle @
Barking Owl #Barn OwlSacred KingfisherKookaburraRed-Tailed Black Cockatoo # Gang-gang Cockatoo Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo # Little Corella Sulphur Crested CockatooGalahRainbow Lorikeet Eclectus ParrotSuperb Parrot # Satin Bowerbird Helmeted Honeyeater #Regent Honeyeater #Eastern WhipbirdWhite-browed WoodswallowZebra Finch
@ Arriving Mid-March 2017
| LizardsEastern Blue-tongue Skink Blotched Blue-tongue Skink Shingleback Skink Cunninghams Skink Rough Knob-tailed Gecko Spotted Tree Monitor Lace Monitor (Goanna) Eastern Bearded Dragon Eastern Water Dragon Gippsland Water Dragon Snakes Carpet PythonCoastal Carpet Python Diamond Python Jungle Python Victorian Carpet Python # Black-headed PythonWater Python
Turtles Long-necked Turtle Murray River Turtle #
Amphibians Green Tree FrogGrowling Grass Frog # |
Whilst there is no guarantee that you will see these animals, they are all species we see most days or evenings.
MammalsBats (occasionally seen)Brushtail PossumRingtail PossumSugar Glider (occasionally seen) | BirdsCape Barren GoosePacific Black DuckChestnut Teal Maned Duck (aka Wood Duck)Purple Swamp HenEurasian CootDusky MoorhenBlack-tailed Native HenAustralasian GrebeCrested PigeonBrush Bronze-wing PigeonNoisy MynaEastern Yellow RobinSuperb Fairy WrenKookaburraMagpieTawny Frogmouth |