Phascolarctos cinereus

20 Koala at suppressed

Phascolarctos cinereus at suppressed - 5 Apr 2022
Phascolarctos cinereus at suppressed - 5 Apr 2022
Phascolarctos cinereus at suppressed - 5 Apr 2022
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Identification history

Phascolarctos cinereus 7 Apr 2022 DonFletcher
Phascolarctos cinereus 7 Apr 2022 GlossyGal

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Significant sighting

DonFletcher noted:

8 Apr 2022

Wild koalas are rare in CNM and also this one is near the mine

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The things you see when you're birding!

3 comments

   8 Apr 2022
I think this is only the second photo sighting of a wild koala on Canberra Nature Map. Apart from a December 2021 sighting from east Queanbeyan, all the others are from the enclosure at Tidbinbilla or the National Zoo & Aquarium.
GlossyGal wrote:
   8 Apr 2022
My companion and I consider ourselves very privileged to have had the experience. I'll add a couple more photos to the sighting record.
DonFletcher wrote:
   8 Apr 2022
Meant to make this significant sighting but must have forgotten. Will do now.

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  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Phascolarctos cinereus Scientific name
  • Koala Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Very rare / threatened
  • Non-Invasive
  • -13.51m to 1077.27m Recorded at altitude
  • 25 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

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