| Birds
Birds marked with an asterisk
(*) are endemic to Tasmania
Family Podicipedidae
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus St Helens
Family Spheniscidae
Little (Fairy) Penguin Eudyptula minor Bruny Neck
Family Diomedeidae
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus St Helens
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris off coast at Bruny
Island, St Helens, Strahan
Family Pelecanidae
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus St Helens
Family Sulidae
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator off coast at Bruny Island,
St Helens, Strahan
Family Phalacrocoracidae
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens off coast at Bruny
Island, St Helens
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Family Ardeidae
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Bruny Island
Great Egret Ardea alba Strahan
Family Anatidae
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea Bruny Island, St Helens, Strahan
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis St Helens
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Bruny Island, St Helens,
Strahan
Musk Duck Biziura lobata St Helens
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Bruny Island, St Helens,
Strahan
Black Swan Cygnus atratus Bruny Island, St Helens, Strahan
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Little Swanport
Family Accipitridae
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipter cirrhocephalus Bruny Island
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Hobart, Franklin/Gordon NP
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae Mole Creek
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans throughout south and east
White-breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Bruny Island
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Swansea, Cradle Mt, Bruny Island
Family Falconidae
Brown Falcon Falco berigora Mt Wellington, Bruny Island
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Mole Creek
Family Phasianidae
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Bruny Island
Family Rallidae
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra St Helens
Tasmanian Native-hen Gallinula mortierii* throughout south
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio nr Launceston
Baillons Crake Porzana pusilla possible Peter Murrell Res
Family Haematopodidae
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris Bruny Island, St
Helens, Strahan
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus Bruny Island, Cape
Tourville
Family Charadriidae
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles common throughout
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor single flock near Carrick
Family Stercorariidae
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus possible off Cape Tourville
Family Laridae
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Bruny Island, Nuggets
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Derwent River
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae common on coast
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus Bruny Island, St Helens, Strahan,
Nuggets
Crested Tern Sterna bergii Bruny Island
Family Columbidae
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Snug
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans St Helens, Bruny Island
Family Cacatuidae
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Mt Field
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Snug
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Bruny Island,
Mt Wellington
Family Loriidae
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna Richmond
Family Platycercidae
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster Melaleuca
Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma Strahan
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus * throughout Tas
Eastern Rosella Platycerus eximius Launceston, Hobart
Family Cuculidae
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Bruny Island
Family Strigidae
Southern Boobook Ninox novaehollandiae road-kill nr Strahan
Family Apodidae
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Mt Wellington, Strahan
Family Hirundinidae
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans Bruny Island, Melaleuca
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Peter Murrell Res
Family Motacillidae
Richards Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Cradle Mt NP, Bruny Island
Family Campephagidae
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae nr Richmond,
Bruny Island
Family Muscicapidae
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Bruny Island, Mole
Creek Karst NP
Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata * throughout Tas
Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Bruny Island, Mole Creek
Karst NP
Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea Mole Creek Karst NP
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Peter Murrell Res
Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster Mole Creek Karst NP
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor throughout south
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa throughout south
Family Maluridae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus throughout Tas
Family Acanthizidae
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Margate, Bruny
Island
Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii * Mt Wellington, Cradle
Mt NP
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Mt Wellington, Mt Nelson
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis Peter Murrell Res, Mt
Wellington
Scrubtit Acanthornis magnus * Mt Wellington
Family Meliphagidae
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Snug
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa * throughout south
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis * Peter
Murrell Res, Mt Wellington, Melaleuca
Noisy Miner Manorina melancephala Hobart area, Bruny Island,
Richmond
Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinus * Peter Murrell
Res, Mt Wellington, Mole Creek Karst NP
Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris * Mt Wellington,
Mole Creek Karst NP, Bruny Island
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae throughout
Tas
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera Mole Creek Karst
NP, Strahan
Family Pardalotidae
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Peter Murrell Res, Mt
Wellington
Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus* Peter Murrell
Res, Bruny Island
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus Peter Murrell Res
Family Zosteropidae
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Peter Murrell Res, Bruny Island,
Strahan
Family Ploceidae
Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Bruny Island, Strahan,
Melaleuca
Family Artamidae
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Snug, Bruny Island, Peter
Murrell Res
Family Cracticidae
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Peter Murrell Res
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Hobart area, Launceston
Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa * Mt Field, possible Mt Wellington
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor Mt Nelson
Family Corvidae
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus throughout Tas
INTRODUCED SPECIES
Rock Dove Columba livia Hobart
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Snug
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris Snug
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae throughout Tas
Blackbird Turdus merula throughout Tas
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Mt Wellington, Bruny Island
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis throughout Tas
House Sparrow Passer domesticus throughout Tas
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris throughout Tas
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