Wallabia bicolor
1 Swamp Wallaby at Red Hill, ACT
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| Wallabia bicolor | DonFletcher | 5 Aug 2019 | |
| Notamacropus rufogriseus | JonSteinbeck | 4 Aug 2019 |
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User's notes
A Red-necked Wallaby bounded away from me as I walked along the north side of Red Hill. Initially this wallaby hopped away up the hill and I thought I had lost it. I later saw it through an old fence on the hill in the midst of some small trees. It was a distance away but bounced away as soon as I took a step in its direction. Later I saw if further up the hill from me but still among a dense group of low trees. It looked at me for a little while over its shoulder before slowly moving further up the hill into a thicker tangle of trees.
2 comments
6 Aug 2019
Hi Birds in Canberra
Many thanks for your observations of this and the fighting EGKs. This one is a Black Wallaby aka Swamp Wallaby.
Many thanks for your observations of this and the fighting EGKs. This one is a Black Wallaby aka Swamp Wallaby.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.118508-35.328032
- Altitude 681.1m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Jul 2019 08:17 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Wallabia bicolor Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals
Species information
- Wallabia bicolor Scientific name
- Swamp Wallaby Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1338.8m Recorded at altitude
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