Wildlife of Iron Range National Park
national park · Australia
Iron Range National Park is a national park in Australia covering about 463 km². Our database links 42 mammals and 263 birds species to it.
What wildlife can you see at Iron Range National Park?
At least 42 mammal and 263 bird species are recorded at Iron Range National Park (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Palm Cockatoo, Moluccan Eclectus, Southern Common Cuscus and Southern Cassowary.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Cape York Rat 114 rec.
- Eastern Horseshoe Bat 94 rec.
- Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat 87 rec.
- Diadem Roundleaf Bat 83 rec.
- Common Spotted Cuscus 52 rec.
- Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat 49 rec.
- Southern Blossom Bat 48 rec.
- Cinnamon Antechinus 44 rec.
- White-tailed Giant Rat 33 rec.
- Northern Brown Bandicoot 33 rec.
- Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat 32 rec.
- Fawn-colored Roundleaf Bat 31 rec.
- Spectacled Flying Fox 31 rec.
- Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat 31 rec.
- Southern Common Cuscus 20 rec.
- Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot 18 rec.
- Eastern Long-eared Bat 18 rec.
- Semon's Roundleaf Bat 15 rec.
- Canefield Rat 15 rec.
- Little Long-fingered Bat 14 rec.
22 more mammals on the full list.
Birds most often recorded
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater 2,997 rec.
- Magnificent Riflebird 2,715 rec.
- Moluccan Eclectus 2,502 rec.
- Australian Brushturkey 2,192 rec.
- Green Oriole 2,169 rec.
- Graceful Honeyeater 2,154 rec.
- Wompoo Fruit-Dove 2,101 rec.
- Metallic Starling 1,971 rec.
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 1,931 rec.
- Orange-footed Megapode 1,824 rec.
- Dusky Myzomela 1,792 rec.
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater 1,736 rec.
- Varied Triller 1,533 rec.
- Black Butcherbird 1,533 rec.
- Frill-necked Monarch 1,480 rec.
- Red-cheeked Parrot 1,473 rec.
- Fairy Gerygone 1,364 rec.
- Australian Spectacled Monarch 1,351 rec.
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher 1,295 rec.
- Pacific Emerald Dove 1,285 rec.
- Torresian Imperial-Pigeon 1,250 rec.
- Noisy Pitta 1,234 rec.
- Spangled Drongo 1,229 rec.
- Bar-shouldered Dove 1,228 rec.
- Silvereye 1,202 rec.
- Trumpet Manucode 1,201 rec.
- Gray Whistler 1,150 rec.
- Tropical Scrubwren 1,143 rec.
- Superb Fruit-Dove 1,082 rec.
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove 1,068 rec.
233 more birds on the full list.
Nearby wildlife sites
- Kuuku Ya'u Nature Refuge 5 km · 223 species
- Kutini-Payamu National Park 9 km · 361 species
- Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers Indigenous Protected Area 28 km · 180 species
- Temple Bay Fish Habitat Area 47 km · 93 species
- Batavia Nature Refuge 51 km · 91 species
- Piper Islands National Park 54 km · 53 species
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Iron Range 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.