Endangered or Vulnerable Animal Species
Seven species listed in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 occur in Kakadu National Park. None of the following species are restricted to the park, but preservation of their wider habitat seems more and more problematic and the importance of Kakadu as a conservation area for them increases daily.
Listed as endangered
- The Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
- The Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Listed as vulnerable
- The Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiarus)
- The False Water Rat (Xeromys myoides)
- The Golden-backed Tree Rat (Mesembriomys macrurus)
- The Pacific, or Olive, Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
- The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)