Wildlife Online Help
- Help with generating a species list for a selected area
- Help with generating a species list for a defined area
- Help with generating a species list for a specified point
Help with generating a species list for a selected area
- Species—select either the Animals or Plants option unless you wish to have a list of All the wildlife recorded for the selected area. The plants option also includes fungi and protists. The wildlife database currently only contains records of plants, fungi, protists, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, cartilaginous marine fish (sharks and rays), butterflies and priority invertebrates.
- Type—select Native or Introduced unless you wish to have a list of All wildlife recorded for the selected area. Native species are those that naturally occur in Queensland. Introduced species are those that naturally occur interstate or overseas but have naturalised and now breed in Queensland in the wild.
- Status—select the Threatened and near threatened option to obtain a list of species that are currently listed as threatened or near threatened under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. Threatened or near threatened species include those that are listed as extinct in the wild, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened wildlife. The All option will list all of the wildlife recorded for the selected area including threatened and near threatened, least concern and unprotected species including introduced species. If you require a list of species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 you would need to select the all option.
- Records—select Confirmed or Specimens unless you wish to have a list derived from All of the records for the selected area. The confirmed option includes records that are confirmed, verified by an expert, collected or specimen-backed. The specimens option includes only those records that are specimen-backed and generally stored in a curated collection such as a museum or herbarium.
- Only one area name from the Protected area, Forestry area or Local government area drop lists can be selected for each wildlife search.
- The protected areas listed are the national parks, conservation parks, resources reserves and forest reserves of Queensland gazetted under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
- The forestry areas listed are the State forests and timber reserves of Queensland gazetted under the Forestry Act 1959.
- The local government areas listed are the shire councils, city councils and aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of Queensland.
- Email address—please check that your email address is correct as requests processed for invalid addresses may not be able to be redirected.
- Output—the PDF option generates a file being sent that is suitable for printing. The Text file (tab delimited) option generates a file being sent that can be formatted by the user using software such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.
Help with generating a species list for a defined area
- Species—select either the Animals or Plants option unless you wish to have a list of All the wildlife recorded for the defined area. The plants option also includes fungi and protists. The wildlife database currently only contains records of plants, fungi, protists, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, cartilaginous marine fish (sharks and rays), butterflies and priority invertebrates.
- Type—select Native or Introduced unless you wish to have a list of All wildlife recorded for the defined area. Native species are those that naturally occur in Queensland. Introduced species are those that naturally occur interstate or overseas but have naturalised and now breed in Queensland in the wild.
- Status—select the Threatened and near threatened option to obtain a list of species that are currently listed as threatened or near threatened under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. Threatened and near threatened species include those that are listed as extinct in the wild, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened wildlife. The All option will list all of the wildlife recorded for the defined area including threatened and near threatened, least concern and unprotected species including introduced species. If you require a list of species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 you would need to select the all option.
- Records—select Confirmed or Specimens unless you wish to have a list derived from All of the records for the defined area. The confirmed option includes records that are confirmed, verified by an expert, collected or specimen-backed. The specimens option includes only those records that are specimen-backed and generally stored in a curated collection such as a museum or herbarium.
- Date—the wildlife database contains historical records from early European visitation to Queensland in the 1700s. To obtain a species list based only on recent records, select the Since 1980 option.
- Provide two latitudes and two longitudes for each wildlife search. The coordinates relate to the top right corner and the bottom left corner of a bounding box for your area of interest.
- Latitude—boxes are formatted to accept decimal degrees that occur within Queensland (i.e. 9 to 30) as a two digit integer with up to four decimal places (e.g. 29.4125). The negative symbol is automatically added to the latitude.
- Longitude—boxes accept decimal degrees that occur with Queensland (i.e. 138 to 156) as a three digit integer with up to four decimal places (e.g. 154.5086).
- If your latitude and longitude coordinates are in degrees, minutes and seconds (e.g. 154° 30' 31"), use the Degrees calculator at the bottom right of the Generate a species list for a defined area screen to convert them into a decimal degrees format (e.g. 154.5086).
- The maximum size of the bounding box that can be searched is 0.67 degrees (about 40 minutes). The minimum size of the bounding box that can be provided is 0.02 degrees (about one minute).
- Email address—please check that your email address is correct as requests processed for invalid addresses may not be able to be redirected.
- Output—the PDF option generates a file being sent that is suitable for printing. The Text file (tab delimited) option generates a file being sent that can be formatted by the user using software such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.
Help with generating a species list for a specified point
- Species—select either the Animals or Plants option unless you wish to have a list of All the wildlife recorded for the defined area. The plants option also includes fungi and protists. The wildlife database currently only contains records of plants, fungi, protists, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fish, cartilaginous marine fish (sharks and rays), butterflies and priority invertebrates.
- Type—select Native or Introduced unless you wish to have a list of All wildlife recorded for the defined area. Native species are those that naturally occur in Queensland. Introduced species are those that naturally occur interstate or overseas but have naturalised and now occur in Queensland in the wild.
- Status—select the Threatened and near threatened option to obtain a list of species that are currently listed as rare or threatened under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. Threatened and near threatened species include those that are listed as extinct in the wild, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened wildlife. The All option will list all of the wildlife recorded for the defined area including threatened and near threatened, least concern and unprotected species including introduced species. If you require a list of species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 you would need to select the All option.
- Records—select Confirmed or Specimens unless you wish to have a list derived from all of the records for the defined area. The confirmed option includes records that are confirmed, verified by an expert, collected or specimen-backed. The specimens option includes only those records that are specimen-backed and generally stored in a curated collection such as a museum or herbarium.
- Date—the wildlife database contains historical records from early European visitation to Queensland in the 1700s. To obtain a species list based only on recent records, select the Since 1980 option.
- Provide one latitude, one longitude and a distance for each wildlife search.
- Latitude—the latitude box accepts decimal degrees that occur within Queensland (i.e. 9 to 30) as a two digit integer with up to four decimal places (e.g. 29.4125). The negative symbol is automatically added to the latitude.
- Longitude—the longitude box accepts decimal degrees that occur with Queensland (i.e. 138 to 156) as a three digit integer with up to four decimal places (e.g. 154.5086).
- If your latitude and longitude coordinates are in degrees, minutes and seconds (e.g. 154° 30' 31"), use the Degrees calculator at the bottom right of the Generate a species list for a specified point screen to convert them into a decimal degrees format (e.g. 154.5086).
- Distance—the maximum distance that can be searched is 25 kilometres. A minimum distance of one kilometre can be searched.
- Email address—please check that your email address is correct as requests processed for invalid addresses may not be able to be redirected.
- Output—the PDF option results in a file being sent that is suitable for printing. The Text file (tab delimited) option results in a file being sent that can be formatted by the user using software such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.
Any feedback on the Wildlife Online site should be emailed to: Wildlife.Online@derm.qld.gov.au
Last updated 16 December 2011