Wallabia bicolor
Swamp Wallaby at Taylor, ACT
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| Wallabia bicolor | DonFletcher | 7 Jun 2026 | ||
| Wallabia bicolor | DonFletcher | 6 Jun 2026 | ||
| Petrogale penicillata | beco | 5 Jun 2026 |
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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
3 comments
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.
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!
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.
I realise it would be an unlikely place to sight one.
Always happy for corrections or suggestions.
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
- beco Recorded by
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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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5 / 7
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