The Territory Wildlife Park is a zoo at Berry Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, some (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

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

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 Blue tang 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 Largetooth sawfish 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 Brownbanded bamboo shark Western gobbleguts Whitetail squirrelfish Wilson's mangrove goby Yellowfin surgeonfish Mangrove whipray Northern wobbegong coral cat shark Ocellaris clownfish Bluespotted ribbontail ray Pristis microdon

Frogs Giant snapping frog Magnificent tree frog

Invertebrate

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 Stripe-faced dunnart 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 Green Tree Python

See also List of zoos in Australia

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