Djarawong rainforest, near Mission Beach in Queensland, is home to an extraordinary diversity of life. Every Square you protect helps safeguard habitat for these species.

🌍 Why Djarawong Matters

This patch of rainforest sits within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, one of the oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforests on Earth.

• It provides critical habitat for endangered species like the Southern Cassowary
• It connects fragmented forest patches, creating wildlife corridors
• It stabilises the landscape, filtering water and storing carbon
• It holds species found nowhere else on the planet

Protecting Djarawong means protecting a living library of evolution.

🦜 Significant Species of Djarawong

Birds

Djarawong's canopy and understorey are alive with birdlife, from tiny honeyeaters to the iconic cassowary.

1. Aplonis metallica — Metallic Starling

   

   Metallic Starling

2. Cacatua galerita — Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

3. Chalcophaps indica — Emerald Dove

4. Cinnyris jugularis — Olive-backed Sunbird

5. Cracticus quoyi — Black Butcherbird