Western Ground Parrot

Birds > Parrots

The Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris), known traditionally as Kyloring, is one of the world’s rarest and most secretive psittacines. Strictly ground-dwelling, this elusive parrot spends its life wandering through dense, sprawling coastal heathlands...

Arid Bronze Azure

Invertebrates > Butterflies

The Arid Bronze Azure (Ogyris subterrestris) is one of Australia’s most remarkable and critically endangered butterflies. Renowned for the metallic bronze and violet-blue iridescence of its dorsal wings, this arid-zone gossamer-winged butterfly maintains an...

Caley’s Grevillea

Plants > Proteaceae

Caley’s Grevillea (Grevillea caleyi) is an iconic, critically endangered flowering shrub endemic to a tiny pocket of remnant lateritic ridges in northern Sydney. Celebrated for its spectacular one-sided ‘toothbrush’ inflorescences of deep crimson and...

White-bellied Frog

Amphibians > Ground Frogs

The White-bellied Frog (Geocrinia alba) is an extraordinary, critically endangered micro-frog endemic to a minuscule geographic pocket in the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. Measuring under an inch in length, this moisture-dependent specialist is...

Buff-breasted Buttonquail

Birds > Buttonquails

The Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is one of the most cryptic and critically threatened avian species in Australia. Restricted exclusively to the remote open savannahs of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, this stocky ground-dwelling bird possesses...