Australian Birds

Hobart & surrounds

Getting there

GPS Coordinates: 42°52.98′S, 147°19.602′E

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Wildlife

Land Birds	53 species
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)	2
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)	2
Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)	1
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)	1
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)	1
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	1
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Pacific Robin (Petroica multicolor)	1
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)	1
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)	1
White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)	1
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)	1
Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)	1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)	1
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)	1
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)	1
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)	1
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)	1
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)	1
Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)	1
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)	1
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)	1
Rock Dove (Columba livia)	1
Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)	1
Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)	1
Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)	1
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)	1
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)	1
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)	1
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)	1
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)	1
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)	1
Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)	1
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)	1
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)	1
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)	1	Tasmanian List
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)	1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)	1
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)	1
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)	1
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)	1
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)	1
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)	1
Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)	1	Tasmanian endemic
Seabirds	3 species
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)	1
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)	1
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)	1

Trip Reports

Jack M.

Pachyptila - Tasmania 04/10

This morning we got up at around 5am at Karen’s ho…