Pest animal profiles
Field guidance for the feral and invasive animals that affect projects, primary production and the environment, including pest birds, fish, reptiles, invasive ants and marine pests. Each profile covers identification, habitat, impacts, humane control methods, a distribution map and its classification in every state and territory.
Invertebrate
- African big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala), pest animal
- Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), pest animal
- Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), pest animal
- Asian date mussel (Arcuatula senhousia), pest animal
- Asian green mussel (Perna viridis), pest animal
- Asian honey bee (Apis cerana), pest animal
- Asian paddle crab (Charybdis japonica), pest animal
- Black scar oyster (Magallana bilineata), pest animal
- Black-striped mussel (Mytilopsis sallei), pest animal
- Browsing ant (Lepisiota frauenfeldi), pest animal
- Colonial sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum), pest animal
- Colonial tunicate (Didemnum perlucidum), pest animal
- Electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), pest animal
- English wasp (Vespula vulgaris), pest animal
- European fan worm (Sabella spallanzanii), pest animal
- European honey bee (Apis mellifera), pest animal
- European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), pest animal
- European shore crab (Carcinus maenas), pest animal
- European wasp (Vespula germanica), pest animal
- Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), pest animal
- New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus), pest animal
- New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum), pest animal
- New Zealand screw shell (Maoricolpus roseus), pest animal
- Northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis), pest animal
- Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis), pest animal
- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), pest animal
- Singapore ant (Monomorium destructor), pest animal
- Tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata), pest animal
- White-footed ant (Technomyrmex albipes), pest animal
- Yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), pest animal
Bird
- African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea), pest animal
- California quail (Callipepla californica), pest animal
- Common blackbird (Turdus merula), pest animal
- Common myna (Acridotheres tristis), pest animal
- Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), pest animal
- Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), pest animal
- Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus), pest animal
- European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), pest animal
- European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), pest animal
- Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris), pest animal
- House crow (Corvus splendens), pest animal
- House sparrow (Passer domesticus), pest animal
- Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), pest animal
- Indian ringneck parrot (Psittacula krameri), pest animal
- Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora), pest animal
- Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis), pest animal
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), pest animal
- Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), pest animal
- Mute swan (Cygnus olor), pest animal
- Nutmeg mannikin (Lonchura punctulata), pest animal
- Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), pest animal
- Rock dove (Columba livia), pest animal
- Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), pest animal
- Skylark (Alauda arvensis), pest animal
- Song thrush (Turdus philomelos), pest animal
- Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis), pest animal
- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), pest animal
Reptile
- American corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), pest animal
- Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus), pest animal
- Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus), pest animal
- Christmas Island grass-skink (Subdoluseps bowringii), pest animal
- Red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans), pest animal
- Wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus), pest animal
Amphibian
Mammal
- Banteng (Bos javanicus), pest animal
- Black rat (Rattus rattus), pest animal
- European hare (Lepus europaeus), pest animal
- European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), pest animal
- European red fox (Vulpes vulpes), pest animal
- Feral buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), pest animal
- Feral camel (Camelus dromedarius), pest animal
- Feral cat (Felis catus), pest animal
- Feral cattle (Bos taurus), pest animal
- Feral deer (Cervidae: Axis axis, Dama dama, Cervus elaphus, Rusa timorensis, Rusa unicolor and Axis porcinus), pest animal
- Feral donkey (Equus asinus), pest animal
- Feral goat (Capra hircus), pest animal
- Feral horse (Equus caballus), pest animal
- Feral pig (Sus scrofa), pest animal
- House mouse (Mus musculus), pest animal
- Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), pest animal
- Wild dog (Canis familiaris), pest animal
Fish
- Brown trout (Salmo trutta), pest animal
- Chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus), pest animal
- Climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), pest animal
- Convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), pest animal
- European carp (Cyprinus carpio), pest animal
- Gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki), pest animal
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus), pest animal
- Guppy (Poecilia reticulata), pest animal
- Jewel cichlid (Hemichromis guttatus), pest animal
- Oriental weatherloach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), pest animal
- Pearl cichlid (Geophagus brasiliensis), pest animal
- Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus), pest animal
- Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), pest animal
- Redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zillii), pest animal
- Redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis), pest animal
- Roach (Rutilus rutilus), pest animal
- Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna), pest animal
- Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii), pest animal
- Tench (Tinca tinca), pest animal
- Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus and Tilapia mariae), pest animal
- Victoria Burton's haplochromis (Astatotilapia burtoni), pest animal
- Yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus), pest animal