Wildlife – Grampians
The Grampians region is home to abundant native animals and birds. Diverse and extensive natural habitats and relative isolation have helped create ideal conditions for the proliferation of a large number of species. About 35 species of mammals, 40 per cent of all mammal species recorded in Victoria, have been identified here.
If you move quietly through the bushland kangaroos, wallabies and emus are easily seen. In the evening look for possums and sugar gliders in the trees of the woodlands. Nearly 35 species of reptiles have been observed in the Grampians, including a variety of snakes, water skinks and shingle-back lizards.
The area is also a haven for birds with over 200 species, nearly 45 percent of all species recorded in Victoria, taking sanctuary here. Keep an eye out for kookaburras, lorikeets, honey eaters (Victoria’s faunal emblem), parrots, yellow tailed black cockatoos, wrens, robins, fantails and whistlers.
