| Kakadu and Arnhem Land is one of Australia’s most remote and least traversed regions. Kakadu, the largest national park in Australia, covers an area of 19,804 square kilometers, and is a place of rare beauty and grand landscapes, abundant flora and fauna, impressive rock art and ancient mythology. Kakadu is one of only 22 World Heritage sites listed for both its natural and cultural heritage. The wide ranging habitats, from arid sandstone hills, savannah woodlands and monsoon forests to freshwater flood plains and tidal mudflats, support an immense variety of wildlife, some rare or endangered. There are over 50 species of mammal, including kangaroos, wallabies, quolls, bandicoots, bats and dugong. More than 120 reptile species include saltwater and freshwater crocodiles, goannas and turtles. A quarter of the country’s freshwater fish species inhabit the park’s river systems. The park is home to over one-third of Australia’s bird species, including more than two million migratory birds such as magpie geese and whistling ducks. Rare bird species include the hooded parrot and the Gouldian finch, the chestnut-quilled rock pigeon and white-throated grass wren are endemic to Kakadu and Arnhem Land. |
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