The fauna within Anzac Park is extraordinary. The person who conducted this research is also extraordinary. The researcher is a local Toowong resident in Grade 8 who chose Anzac Park, as the subject of his research, on his own initiative, and completed this park project for school over a 10 week term from April - June 2010.He spent a lot of time at the park after school and on weekends, and during this time he identified all the native birds and animals he saw in Anzac Park. He also had to count all the people in the park in a 1 hour period 1-2pm on a Sunday and document their activities. See his statistics here.
Fauna Within Anzac Park
Birds: Sulphur crested cockatoos, Pale-headed rosellas, Blue winged kookaburras, Australian white ibises, Dusky Moorhens, Different species of ducks (commonly pacific black duck), Rainbow lorikeets, Scaly-breasted lorikeets, Welcome Swallows - Noisy miners, Blue faced honeyeaters, Eastern Rosellas, Fig birds, Southern boobook owls (mopoke), Masked lapwings, Pheasant coucals, King parrots, Australian magpies, Pied butcherbirds, Grey butcherbirds, Torresian crows, Tawny frogmouths, Galahs, Indian miners, Blue billed ducks, Northern pin tailed ducks, Hard head ducks, Pied currawongs, and Channel-billed cuckoo, which flies from overseas to breed in Anzac Park.
Mammals/Reptiles: Stop-over point for flying foxes, Micro bats, Water dragons, Ringtail possums, Common brush tail possums, Goannas, Skinks
Friends of Anzac Park Toowong would like to thank this student for agreeing to publish his results. Note that this research was done back before we knew about the proposed construction workers' car park in Anzac Park. The workforce car park is incompatible with the fauna in Anzac Park. Anzac Park is essential for the education and development of young people.
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