Fauna
The Brisbane River around Fernvale is home to a diverse fauna. including the Queensland lungfish, platypus, Red-claw yabby and the freshwater mussel. Other common native animals include the echidna, koala, red-necked wallaby. The feral european fox is also common.
Common birds include Corella, Galah, King Parrot, Pale-headed Rosella, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Blue-faced and Scarlet Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Indian Mynah, Masked Lapwing, Wood Duck, Whistling Ducks, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Osprey, Blue Fairy Wren, Red-backed Fairywren, Double-barred Finch, Common-Bronzewing Pigeon, Crested Pigeon, Rainbow Bee-eater, Channel-billed Cuckoo (summer), Koel (summer).
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