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==Fauna== [[File:Myrmecia flavicoma at Bunya Mountains National Park.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''myrmecia flavicoma'' in the park]] [[File:BunyaMtns-SW.jpg|thumb|400px|Looking south-east from Mount Kiangarow in the [[Bunya Mountains]] over the [[Darling Downs]]]] The park is home to more than 200 [[frog]]s and [[reptile]]s as well as [[marsupial]]s such as [[pademelon]]s, [[rock wallaby|rock wallabies]], [[swamp wallaby|swamp wallabies]] and an endemic subspecies of [[ringtail possum]] found only on the mountain peaks. Reptile species include the [[blue-tongued skink]], [[Egernia major|land mullet]], [[Morelia spilota variegata|carpet snake]], [[red bellied black snake]] and [[brown tree snake]].<ref name="naq"/> 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]]. In the park, 120 species of bird have been recorded. Significant species include the [[wedge-tailed eagle]], [[peregrine falcon]], [[grey goshawk]], [[brown cuckoo-dove]], [[rose robin]], [[eastern yellow robin]], [[large-billed gerygone]], and [[Australian golden whistler]].<ref name="awalk">''A Walk in the Park: Queensland''. by Stapleton, Jane and Penny, Roger. [[ABC Audio]]. 2007.</ref> The Bunya Mountains support the most westerly populations of many rainforest dwelling species, including [[green catbird]]s, [[regent bowerbird]]s, [[paradise riflebird]]s, [[eastern whipbird]]s, [[noisy pitta]]s and the [[Australian logrunner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Bunya Mountains & Yarraman |access-date=2011-06-08 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> Some of the more commonly seen species include [[pied currawong]]s, [[laughing kookaburra]]s, [[Australian king parrot]]s, [[crimson rosella]]s, [[sulphur-crested cockatoo]]s, [[red-browed finch]]es, [[white-browed scrubwren]]s, [[satin bowerbird]]s, [[wonga pigeon]]s and [[Australian brush-turkey|brush turkey]]s.<ref name="naq"/>
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