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Wildlife of Tasmania
Birds of Tasmania
Tasmania has a rich bird fauna, including several species which are confined to the State (i.e endemic). See our pages on our endemic birds for further details.
Tasmania is also home to a number of threatened bird species.
To discover more about some of our bird fauna, choose a species from the following complete Tasmanian bird list:
Tasmanian Bird List
*=endemic **=listed as rare or threatened =migratory =found at sea
Family Podicipedidae
- Hoary-headed grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Australasian grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Great-crested grebe Podiceps cristatus **
Family Spheniscidae
- Little (Fairy) penguin Eudyptula minor
Family Diomedeidae
- Black-browed albatross Diomedea melanophris
- Grey-headed albatross Diomedea chrysostoma
- Shy albatross Diomedea cauta **
- Wandering albatross Diomedea exulans
- Light-mantled albatross Phoebetria palpebrata **
Family Procellariidae
- Cape petrel Daption capense
- Blue petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Souhern giant-petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Northern giant-petrel Macronectes halli
- Antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata
- Fairy prion Pachyptila turtur
- White-headed petrel Pterodroma lessonii
- Soft-plumed petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
- Short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
Family Oceanitidae
- Black-bellied storm-petrel Fregetta tropica
- Grey-backed storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- White-faced storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina
Family Pelecanoididae
- Common diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Family Pelecanidae
- Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Family Sulidae
- Australasian gannet Morus serrator
Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Black-faced cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little pied cormorant Phalacrocorax elanoleucos
- Little black cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Family Ardeidae
- White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Cattle egret Ardea ibis
- Australasian bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Little egret Egretta garzetta
- Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia
- Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Family Anatidae
- Chestnut teal Anas castanea
- Grey teal Anas gracilis
- Australasian shoveler Anas rhynchotis
- Pacific black Anas superciliosa
- Musk duck Biziura lobata
- Cape Barren goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Black swan Cygnus atratus
- Blue-billed duck Oxyura australis
- Australian shelduck Tadoma tadornoides
Family Accipitridae
- Collared sparrowhawk Accipter cirrhocephalus
- Brown goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
- Grey goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
- Swamp harrier Circus approximans
- Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus
- White-breasted sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax **
Family Falconidae
- Brown falcon Falco berigora
- Australian kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Australian hobby Falco longipennis
- Peregrine falcon Falco perigrinus
Family Turnicidae
- Painted button-quail Turnix varia
Family Phasianidae
- Brown quail Coturnix ypsilophora
- Stubble quail Coturnix pectoralis (novaezealandiae)
Family Rallidae
- Eurasian coot Fulica atra
- Tasmanian native hen Gallinula mortierii*
- Dusky moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Purple swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Australian crake Porzana fluminea
- Baillons crake Porzana pusilla
- Spotless crake Porzana tabuensis
- Lewins rail Rallus pectoralis
- Buff-banded rail Rallus philippensis
Family Haematopodidae
- Pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Sooty oystercatcher Harmatopus fuliginosus
Family Charadriidae
- Double-banded plover Charadrius bicinctus
- Black-fronted dotterel Elseyornis melanops
- Lesser sand plover Charadrius mongolus
- Hooded plover Thinornis rubricollis
- Red-capped plover Charadrius ruficapillus
- Red-kneed dotterel Erythogonys cinctus
- Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Masked lapwing Vanellus miles
- Banded lapwing Vanellus tricolor
Family Scolopacidae
- Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red knot Calidris canutus
- Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little stint Calidris minuta
- Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis
- Great knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Lathams snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Bar-tailed goodwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed goodwit Limosa limosa
- Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Little curlew Numenius minutus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-tailed tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
- Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
- Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Family Stercorariidae
- Great skua Catharacta skua
- Arctic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Family Laridae
- White-winged black tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian tern Sterna caspia
- Kelp gull Larus dominicanus
- Silver gull Larus novaehollandiae
- Pacific gull Larus pacificus
- Little tern Sterna albifrons
- Crested tern Sterna bergii
- Fairy tern Sterna nereis
- White-fronted tern Sterna striata
- Antarctic tern Sterna vittata
Family Columbidae
- Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans
Family Cacatuidae
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
- Yellow-tailed black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Family Loriidae
- Musk lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Family Platycercidae
- Swift parrot Lathamus discolor
- Orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster **
- Blue-winged parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- Ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus **
- Green rosella Platycercus caledonicus *
- Eastern rosella Platycerus eximius
Family Cuculidae
- Horsfields bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
- Shining bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
- Pallid cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
- Fan-tailed cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Family Strigidae
- Southern boobook Ninox novaehollandiae
Family Tytonidae
- Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
Family Podargidae
- Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Family Aegothelidae
- Australian owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Family Apodidae
- Fork-tailed swift Apus pacificus
- White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
Family Alcedinidae
- Azure kingfisher Alcedo azurea
Family Hirundinidae
- Fairy martin Hirundo ariel
- Tree martin Hirundo nigricans
- Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
Family Motacillidae
- Richards pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Family Campephagidae
- Black-faced cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Family Muscicapidae
- Grey shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Dusky robin Melanodryas vittata *
- Satin flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Olive whistler Pachycephala olivacea
- Golden whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Pink robin Petroica rodinogaster
- Flame robin Petroica phoenicea
- Scarlet robin Petroica multicolor
- Grey fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Bassian thrush Zoothera lunulata
Family Orthonychidae
- Spotted quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum
Family Sylviidae
- Clamorous reed warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Golden-headed cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Little grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Family Maluridae
- Superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
- Southern emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
Family Acanthizidae
- Yellow-rumped thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Tasmanian thornbill Acanthiza ewingii *
- Brown thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Tasmanian scrubwren Sericornis humilis *
- Striated fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Scrubtit Acanthornis magnus *
Family Meliphagidae
- Eastern spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Little wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Yellow wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa *
- Yellow-throated honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis *
- Noisy miner Manorina melancephala
- Black-headed honeyeater Melithreptus affinus *
- Strong-billed honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris *
- Tawny-crowned honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops
- New Holland honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Crescent honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
Family Ephthianuridae
- White-fronted chat Epthianura albifrons
Family Pardalotidae
- Spotted pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Forty-spotted pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus* **
- Striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Family Zosteropidae
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Family Ploceidae
- Beautiful firetail Stagonopleura bella
Family Artamidae
- Dusky woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Family Cracticidae
- Grey butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Black currawong Strepera fuliginosa *
- Grey currawong Strepera versicolor
Family Corvidae
- Little raven Corvus mellori
- Forest raven Corvus tasmanicus
INTRODUCED SPECIES
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute swan Cygnus olor
- California quail Lophortyx californicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Weka Gallirallus australis
- Rock dove Columba livia
- Spotted turtle-dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Little corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Long-billed corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
- Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Blackbird Turdus merula
- European greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- House sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
RARELY SIGHTED SPECIES
King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus rare visitor from subantarctic
Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua 2 records
Chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica 1 record
Adelie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae 1 record
Erect-crested penguin Eudyptes sclateri 1 record
Rockhopper penguin Eudyptula chrysocome
Fiordland penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Snares penguin Eudyptes robustus 1 record
Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli 7 records
Yellow-nosed albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos
Royal albatross Diomedea epomophora
Sooty albatross Phoebetria fusca
Southern fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Slender-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri
Salvins prion Pachyptila salvini
Broad-billed prion Pachyptila vittata
White-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Grey petrel Procellaria cinerea
Westland petrel Procellaria westlandica
Kerguelen petrel Pterodroma brevirostris
Mottled petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
Goulds petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
Great-winged petrel Pterodroma macroptera
Black-winged petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
Providence petrel Pterodroma solandri
Little shearwater Puffinus assimilis
Bullers shearwater Puffinus bulleri
Flesh-footed shearwater Puffinus carneipes
Fluttering shearwater Puffinus gavia
Huttons shearwater Puffinus huttoni
Wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Antarctic petrel Thalassoica antarctica
White-bellied storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria
Wilsons storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Pied cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
White-necked heron Ardea pacifica
Eastern reef egret Egretta sacra
Yellow-billed spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Royal spoonbill Platalea regia
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Magpie goose Anseranus semipalmata
Hardhead Aythya australis
Plumed whistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Freckled duck Stictonetta naevosa
Little lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haemotodus
Spotted harrier Circus assimilis no confirmed records
Black kite Milvus migrans
Black-breasted buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
Little eagle Hieraeetus morphnoides 1 record on Curtis Is, Bass Strait
Australian black-shouldered kite Elanus notatus
Black falcon Falco subniger
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 3 records
Black-tailed native hen Gallinula ventralis
Bush stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Painted snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
Greater sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Oriental plover Charadrius veredus
Banded stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
Red-necked avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Bairds sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Western sandpiper Calidris mauri
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
South polar skua Catharacta maccormicki
Long-tailed skua Stercorarius longicauda
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybridus
Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Bridled tern Sterna anaetheetus
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
Topknot pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
Rose-crowned fruit-dove Ptilinopus regina
Superb fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
Gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
Little lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haemotodus
[Wildlife of Tasmania]
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