Wallabia bicolor

Swamp Wallaby at Taylor, ACT

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Identification history

Wallabia bicolor	7 Jun 2026	DonFletcher
Wallabia bicolor	6 Jun 2026	DonFletcher
Petrogale penicillata	5 Jun 2026	beco

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Standing without alarm as I walked the track, did not move as I walked slowly past and stopped to take photos

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DonFletcher wrote:

6 Jun 2026

Black Wallabies (aka Swamp Wallabies) (Wallabia bicolor) are widespread. Many of them look quite like BTRW (Petrogale penicillata) especially when motionless. They have often been mistaken for BTRW. I think the only Rock Wallabies in our region are behind fences at Tidbinbilla/Jedbinbilla.

DonFletcher wrote:

6 Jun 2026

But if some BTRW had escaped from the enclosures at Tid, would they know immediately and would they tell us straight away? Not necessarily. So there is always the thinnest of faint chances that a BTRW-like Black Wallaby sighting was actually a BTRW!

beco wrote:

6 Jun 2026

Thank you Don, I am certainly no expert in this area. It was the compact size and long brushy tail that made me suggest BTRW.
I realise it would be an unlikely place to sight one.
Always happy for corrections or suggestions.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.083817 -35.155097
Altitude 738.2m
Places Taylor, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Jun 2026 01:24 PM Recorded on
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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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