Threatened species and ecosystems
For more than 50 years, David Fleay Wildlife Park has been associated with breeding and displaying unusual native animals.
The park is a great place to see animals that are rarely seen, particularly in the wild. Apart from raising community awareness about the plight of these threatened species, the park also participates in the department's captive breeding program. Many of the threatened species bred here will be re-introduced into their natural habitats.
Species on display include:
| Species | Where to see it | Conservation status |
| Bridled nailtail wallaby | Rare Zone | Endangered |
| Southern cassowary | Rainforest | Endangered |
| Proserpine rock-wallaby | Rare Zone | Endangered |
| Greater bilby | Nocturnal House | Endangered |
| Julia Creek Dunnart | Nocturnal House | Endangered |
| Golden Shouldered Parrot | Rare Zone | Endangered |
| Gouldian Finch | Rare Zone | Endangered |
| Northern Bettong | Nocturnal House | Endangered |
| Mahogany Glider | Nocturnal House | Endangered |
| Estuarine crocodile | Wetland | Vulnerable |
| Yellow-bellied glider | Nocturnal House | Vulnerable |
| Greater glider | Nocturnal House | Vulnerable |
| Woma | Nocturnal House | Rare |
| Platypus | Nocturnal House | Common |
| Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo | Heritage area | Rare |
| Common wombat | Treetops Zone | Rare (in Queensland) |
| Black-necked stork | Wetland | Rare |
| Radjah shelduck | Wetland | Rare |
| Bridled nailtail wallabies, Proserpine rock-wallabies, bilbies, mahogany and yellow-bellied gliders and Julia Creek dunnarts are part of the captive breeding programs at the park. | ||
If you visit national parks in south-eastern Australia, you might be lucky enough to see a common wombat. In Queensland, the common wombat is rare and seldom seen, even at Girraween National Park, its major Queensland home. You can see both the common wombat and Southern hairy-nosed wombat at David Fleay Wildlife Park.
Last updated: 05 October 2006