Territory Wildlife Park

Zoo in the Northern Territory, Australia

Territory Wildlife Park

Black wallaroo at the park

12°42′37″S 130°59′23″E﻿ / ﻿12.7102°S 130.9898°E﻿ / -12.7102; 130.9898
Date opened| 1989
Location| Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Annual visitors| 61,200 (2017)[1]
Memberships| ZAA[3]
Owner| Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory[2]
Website| www.territorywildlifepark.com.au

The Territory Wildlife Park is a zoo at Berry Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, some 31 kilometres (19 mi) (about a 45 minutes drive) south of Darwin. It opened in 1989. Situated on 400 ha of natural bushland, it contains native animals and plants representative of Northern Territory, and especially Top End tropical monsoonal, environments. It contributes to their conservation through research programs as well as through public education. The three main habitats represented are woodland, wetland and monsoon vine forest.

The Territory Wildlife Park is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA).

## Fauna

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The many species of animals are kept in the park in various exhibit precincts including: 'Aquarium'; 'Billabong'; 'Monsoon Forest Walk'; 'Nocturnal House'; 'Oolloo Sandbar'; 'Paperbark Walk'; 'Rocky Ridge'; 'Walk-through Aviary' and 'Woodland Walk'. The species include:

Birds
Wedge-tailed eagle with a keeper at the park's bird-show

* Australasian grebe
* Australian owlet-nightjar
* Australian pelican
* Bar-shouldered dove
* Beach stone-curlew
* Black-breasted buzzard
* Blue-faced honeyeater
* Blue-winged kookaburra
* Bush stone-curlew
* Bush thick-knee
* Channel-billed cuckoo
* Chestnut-breasted mannikin
* Comb-crested jacana
* Common koel
* Crimson finch
* Dollarbird
* Emerald ground dove
* Emu
* Figbird
* Forest kingfisher
* Gouldian finch
* Green pygmy goose
* Hooded parrot
* Jabiru
* Long-tailed finch
* Partridge pigeon
* Pheasant coucal
* Pied imperial pigeon
* Radjah shelduck
* Rainbow pitta
* Red-collared lorikeet
* Rose-crowned fruit dove
* Sacred kingfisher
* Southern boobook
* Spangled drongo
* Tawny frogmouth
* Tiwi masked owl
* Varied Lorikeet
* Wedge-tailed eagle
* White-bellied cuckoo-shrike
* White-breasted woodswallow
* White-throated honeyeater
* Yellow oriole

Fish

* Archerfish
* Barred grunter
* Banded rainbowfish
* Barcoo grunter
* Barramundi
* Beach-rock mangrove goby
* Bigfin mudskipper
* Black catfish
* Blackmast (Strawman)
* Blue devil
* Blueback blue-eye
* Blue-green chromis
* Chequered rainbowfish
* Coal grunter
* Diamond mullet
* Dwarf rainbowfish
* Estuary cod
* Exquisite rainbowfish
* Fly-specked hardyhead
* Freshwater whipray
* Giant glassfish
* Giant gudgeon
* Gulf saratoga
* Hyrtl's catfish
* Indo-Pacific tarpon
* Lorentz's grunter
* Mangrove jack
* Moorish idol
* Mouth almighty
* Pikey bream
* Poreless gudgeon
* Primitive archerfish
* Rendahl's catfish
* Reticulated glassfish
* Sailfin glass perchlet
* Shadow goby
* Sharpnose grunter
* Sooty grunter
* Spangled grunter
* Spotted blue-eye
* Spotted scat
* Starry pufferfish
* Threadfin rainbowfish
* Western clownfish
* Western gobbleguts
* Whitetail squirrelfish
* Wilson's mangrove goby
* Yellowfin surgeonfish

Frogs

* Giant snapping frog
* Magnificent tree frog

Invertebrate
Black flying foxes at the park

* Flame-backed fiddler crab

Mammals

* Agile wallaby
* Antilopine kangaroo
* Bare-rumped sheathtail bat
* Black flying fox
* Black wallaroo
* Common planigale
* Dingo
* Ghost bat
* Golden bandicoot
* Grassland melomys
* Narbalek
* Northern brown bandicoot
* Northern brushtail possum
* Northern quoll
* Rakali
* Rock ringtail possum
* Short-beaked echidna
* Short-eared rock-wallaby
* Spectacled hare-wallaby
* Sugar glider

Reptiles

* Black-headed python
* Brown tree snake
* Children's python
* Darwin carpet python
* Estuarine crocodile
* Freshwater crocodile
* Frilled lizard
* Giant cave gecko
* Golden tree snake
* Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink
* King brown snake
* Merten's water monitor
* Northern blue-tongued skink
* Northern death adder
* Northern red-faced turtle
* Northern snake-necked turtle
* Northern snapping turtle
* Northern spiny-tailed gecko
* Northern yellow-faced turtle
* Olive python
* Pig-nosed turtle
* Rough knob-tailed gecko
* Water python
* Western brown snake

## See also

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* List of zoos in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Park visitor data". Department of Tourism Sport and Culture. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 April 2019. "Point of Sales."
2. ^ "Parks and Reserves". Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
3. ^ "Member Location Map". zooaquarium.org.au. ZAA. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

## External links

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* Media related to Territory Wildlife Park at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

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Zoos of the Northern Territory

* Alice Springs Desert Park
* Alice Springs Reptile Centre
* Crocodylus Park
* Crocosaurus Cove
* Territory Wildlife Park

Animals portal

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Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Coastal Reserves|

* Casuarina
* Channel Point
* Shoal Bay

Conservation Areas|

* Adelaide River Foreshore
* Daly River (Mt Nancar)
* Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade
* Harrison Dam
* Melacca Swamp
* Oolloo Crossing
* Tree Point
* Stray Creek

Conservation Covenants|

* Lake Woods
* Newry Station Gouldian Finch
* Longreach Waterhole

Conservation Reserves|

* Anna's Reservoir
* Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon
* Blackmore River
* Bullwaddy
* Channel Island
* Caranbirini
* Connells Lagoon
* Corroboree Rock
* Fogg Dam
* Henbury Meteorites
* Illamurta Springs
* Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles
* Kintore Caves
* Knuckey Lagoons
* Kuyunba
* Mac Clark (Acacia peuce)
* Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings
* Native Gap
* Rainbow Valley
* Tnorala (Gosse Bluff)
* Vernon Islands
* Woodgreen

Historical Reserves|

* Alice Springs Telegraph Station
* Arltunga
* Attack Creek
* Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
* Central Mount Stuart
* Chambers Pillar
* Gregory's Tree
* Heavitree Gap Police Station
* John Flynn
* John Flynn's Grave
* Ryan Well
* Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
* Victoria River Depot

Hunting Reserves|

* Howard Springs

Marine Parks|

* Garig Gunak Barlu
* Limmen Bight

National Parks|

* Barranyi (North Island)
* Charles Darwin
* Djukbinj
* Dulcie Range
* Elsey
* Finke Gorge
* Garig Gunak Barlu
* Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range
* Judbarra / Gregory
* Keep River
* Limmen
* Litchfield
* Mary River
* Nitmiluk
* Watarrka
* West MacDonnell

Nature Parks|

* Berry Springs
* Butterfly Gorge
* Cutta Cutta Caves
* Giwining / Flora River
* Holmes Jungle
* Howard Springs
* Katherine Low Level
* Leaning Tree Lagoon
* N'Dhala Gorge
* Ruby Gap
* Trephina Gorge
* Umbrawarra Gorge
* Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps

Other places|

* Alice Springs Desert Park
* George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
* Leanyer Recreation Park
* Manton Dam Recreation Area
* Owen Springs Reserve
* Territory Wildlife Park
* Windows on the Wetlands

Related topics|

* Indigenous Protected Areas of the Northern Territory
* National parks of the Northern Territory
* Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
* Protected areas managed by the Australian government
* Protected areas of Australia

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