Wildlife of Blue Mountains National Park
national park · Australia
Blue Mountains National Park is a national park in Australia covering about 2,682 km². Our database links 66 mammals and 268 birds species to it.
What wildlife can you see at Blue Mountains National Park?
At least 66 mammal and 268 bird species are recorded at Blue Mountains National Park (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Superb Lyrebird, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Short-beaked Echidna, Swamp Wallaby and Common Wombat.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Swamp Wallaby 5,767 rec.
- Common Brush-tailed Possum 2,577 rec.
- White-striped Free-tailed Bat 2,261 rec.
- Eastern Ring-tailed Possum 1,087 rec.
- Common Wombat 1,020 rec.
- Red-necked Wallaby 813 rec.
- Koala 628 rec.
- Little Forest Bat 597 rec.
- Southern Greater Glider 558 rec.
- Red Fox 527 rec.
- Eastern Gray Kangaroo 522 rec.
- Gray Wolf 460 rec.
- Sugar Glider 402 rec.
- Large Forest Bat 381 rec.
- Australian Bush Rat 379 rec.
- Chocolate Wattled Bat 365 rec.
- Gould's Long-eared Bat 339 rec.
- Spotted-tailed Quoll 302 rec.
- Gould's Wattled Bat 251 rec.
- Brown Antechinus 238 rec.
46 more mammals on the full list.
Birds most often recorded
- Eastern Spinebill 10,704 rec.
- Crimson Rosella 10,294 rec.
- Pied Currawong 9,323 rec.
- Brown Thornbill 9,265 rec.
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 8,872 rec.
- White-throated Treecreeper 8,835 rec.
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater 8,513 rec.
- Eastern Yellow Robin 7,648 rec.
- New Holland Honeyeater 7,425 rec.
- White-browed Scrubwren 6,835 rec.
- Red Wattlebird 6,701 rec.
- Gray Fantail 6,479 rec.
- Gray Shrikethrush 6,282 rec.
- Superb Lyrebird 6,222 rec.
- Eastern Whipbird 5,812 rec.
- Golden Whistler 5,760 rec.
- Spotted Pardalote 5,422 rec.
- Australian Magpie 5,330 rec.
- Striated Thornbill 5,175 rec.
- Australian King-Parrot 5,003 rec.
- Laughing Kookaburra 4,871 rec.
- Satin Bowerbird 4,564 rec.
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 4,437 rec.
- Lewin's Honeyeater 4,181 rec.
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo 3,631 rec.
- Australian Raven 3,590 rec.
- Coconut Lorikeet 3,427 rec.
- Rufous Whistler 3,403 rec.
- White-naped Honeyeater 3,398 rec.
- Red-browed Firetail 3,250 rec.
238 more birds on the full list.
Nearby wildlife sites
- Horseshoe Falls Reserve 10 km · 64 species
- Michael Eades Reserve 12 km · 63 species
- Digger Cooper Reserve 12 km · 104 species
- South Lawson Park 13 km · 119 species
- Centennial Pass Recreation Reserve 14 km · 81 species
- Mermaids Cave Recreation Reserve 14 km · 71 species
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Blue Mountains National Park in our Australia guide.
GBIF download for Australia: doi:10.15468/dl.6qht72.
Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.