Native animals

If you’ve spent time in Adelaide, you would have heard about the population of bats that have taken up residence in Botanic Park. Click here to learn more about them.

The hooded plover is a small- to medium-sized coastal shorebird that lives right here in Adelaide! Click here to learn more about them.

Tree martins are tiny little swallows that congregate in huge flocks around Adelaide - particularly Leigh Street in the CBD.

Although they are Australia's smallest raptors, they are fierce and clever hunters and can see things invisible to the human eye.

Also known as the little falcon, this fast and skilled acrobat often engages in high speed chases in pursuit of its prey.

This large, powerful bird is in fact the fastest animal on the planet! They have been recorded diving at their prey at more than 300 kilometres an hour, so fast they sound like a jet.

This medium-sized raptor can be identified by their frowning appearance and their favourite way to hunt which is to surprise their prey by suddenly shooting towards it from a hidden perch.