Rangeland describes land that is expansive and that hasn’t experienced a large amount of change from European settlement.

Australia’s outback is mainly rangeland country – that’s 80 per cent of our landscape – while more than 90 per cent of the area within NQ Dry Tropics is rangeland that’s privately owned or leased for cattle grazing.

The black throated finch Poephila cincta was once distributed from northern New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula. These finches live in grassy woodlands dominated by eucalypts, melaleucas or acacias near water. They mostly eat seeds of grasses, and now survive principally on grazing lands where they build grass nests on branches and in hollows of trees.

The following is a list of amphibians common to the dry tropics regin. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

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The following is a list of birds that can be found in the dry tropics region. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

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The following is a list of birds that can be found in the dry tropics region.  Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

Animals

Coastal Birds of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

Freshwater Fishes of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

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Woodland Birds of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

The following is a list of fishes that can be found in the dry tropics region.  Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

There are more than 230 species of reptiles in the dry tropics region.

The following is a list of these species. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

The following is a list of mammals found in the dry tropics region. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.