Fauna
The park is home to more than 200 frogs and reptiles as well as marsupials such as Pademelons, Rock wallabies, Swamp wallabies and the Bunya Mountains Ringtail possum. Some snake species common to the area are the Carpet snake, Red Bellied Black Snake and Brown Tree Snake.
The mountains are part of the Bunya Mountains and Yarraman Important Bird Area which contains what is thought to be the largest population of the Black-breasted Button-quail. There are 120 species of birds including the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Australian Brush-turkey, Eastern Whipbird, King Parrot, Satin Bowerbird, Goshawks and Finches. The Bunya Mountains support important populations of Green Catbirds, Regent Bowerbirds and Paradise Riflebirds, as well as being the western limit of the biome-restricted Australian Logrunner. There are also Currawongs, Noisy Pittas, King parrots, Crimson rosellas, Wonga pigeons and brush turkeys.
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