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19 de mayo de 2021

Bird Species List - Northern Tasmania

A list of species of birds found in northern Tasmania, alongside notes and observations (if applicable). All habitats and location ranges from Michael Morcombe's Pocket Field Guide to Birds of Tasmania, Wikipedia, or eBird.


Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) - Common and easy to find. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Grass, crops, heaths, rainforest edges, grassy and spinifex woodland; prefers damp, rank vegetation. Common all across Tasmania.

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) - Common and easy to find. Nomadic. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343001
Notes:
Usually in large flocks or groups, but can be alone. Spends most of the time in the water but may walk onto land or fly. Aggressive at times; can chase off other black swans. Calls calm and quiet. Uses diverse habitats, lakes, estuaries, rivers, including temporary wetlands of arid interior. Common all across Tasmania.

Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) - Common in some areas. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Ocean beaches, headlands, margins of wetlands and pastures. Occasionally on water. All across north, northwest, northeast and east of Tasmania, common in the northeast tip.

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) - Common. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343018
Notes:
Vicinity of dams, lakes, estuaries; grazes on damp pasture, dabbles in the shallows. Common all across Tasmania.

Blue-billed Duck ( Oxyura australis) - Uncommon, usually in freshwater lakes. Sedentary. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Deep, densely vegetated freshwater lakes, swamps when breeding; winters on more open waters. Uncommon all across north, northeast and east Tasmania.

Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) - Common and easy to find. Sedentary. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Lakes and deep swamps with both reeds and open water. Occasionally emerges onto land. Common all over Tasmania.

Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) - Common, easily identified. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343020
Notes:
Fresh or brackish lakes, estuaries, dams, flooded paddocks. Largely terrestrial in habits, feeding on pasture and aquatic vegetation obtained in shallow wetlands. Comes frequently to water to loaf, preen, mate. On some large expanses of water, flocks of thousands gather.

Hardhead (Aythya australis) - Common and easy to find.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97615651
Notes:
Deep water, favours parts of lakes, swamps with abundant vegetation, but also on creeks, floodplain pools; rarely on costal lagoons. Common most of northern and eastern Tasmania.

Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) - Common and easy to find. Nomadic and dispersive. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamps that have abundant cover. Generally rare, found across northwest, north, northeast and east Tasmania.

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - Very common and easy to find. Introduced.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74214357
Notes:
Widespread on lakes, dams, mostly near towns.

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) - Very common and easy to find. Introduced.OBSERVED :https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84785401
Notes:
Inhabits forested swamps, lakes and streams.

Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) - Abundant, easy to find. Usually sedentary. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343012
Notes:
Wetlands, with preference for salt and brackish coastal estuaries, lakes, salt marshes, tidal mudflats and coastal islands. Feeds mostly at dusk and dawn, dabbling and up-ending in the shallows; small flocks loaf for much of the day beside the water. Common all throughout Tasmania.

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) - Widespread and common, easy to find. Nomadic. OBSERVED (hybrid): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84785412
Notes:
Utilises almost any and every wetland habitat throughout Australia, from densely vegetated freshwater swamps to sheltered marine waters. Common throughout all of Tasmania.

Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) - Common and easy to find. Nomadic and dispersive. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343003
Notes:
Varied habitat, uses almost any wetlands, permanent or temporary. Common across Tasmania excluding southwest corner.

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) - Widespread and common, easy to find. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Found on diverse lakes, swamps and dams, usually wetlands with abundant aquatic vegetation. After breeding, often gathers in large numbers on open waters. Common all throughout Tasmania.

Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) - Common and easy to find. Nomadic.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabits wetlands including fresh water and estuaries. Usually on large open areas of permanent or temporary water. Common all across Tasmania except for southwest.

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) - Uncommon to rare, may not be seen here. Nomadic. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
A specialised aquatic species, never on land. Prefers large deep lakes and swamps, usually those with both open water and dense reedbeds or other concealing vegetation. Uncommon to rare in northeast and east of Tasmania.

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) - Common and easy to find. Nomadic and dispersive. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Will use almost any large or small area of water, from sheltered coastal bays and estuaries to temporary pools in the desert. Common throughout most of Tasmania.

Australian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) - Generally common; vagrant. May not be found here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Occurs in estuaries, sheltered bays, wetlands (fresh or brackish if half a metre or more in depth), usually with trees, logs and well-vegetated banks. Generally common, vagrant to Tasmania, east of the Tamar River. 

Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) - Common to abundant, may not be seen here. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat marine: feeds predominantly over inshore waters and reefs, around offshore islands; occasionally enters estuaries, tidal reaches of large rivers. Common to abundant around the shores of Tasmania.

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Common and easy to find all throughout Australia.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76422528
Notes:
Seen flying overhead with fast, rapid, continuous wingbeats. Usually only a silhouette but the white facial area distinguishes it from other cormorants. Usually alone. On large expanses of fresh or salt water: most abundant on estuaries, bays, lagoons, inland on deep rivers, lakes, swamps and floodwaters. Uncommon on small or shallow waters. Common across Tasmania.

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) - Vagrant to Tasmania and King Island. May not be seen here. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses both marine and inland waters – coastal lagoons, estuaries, lakes, rivers, billabongs, and more open and deep areas of swamps. Vagrant to Tasmania and King Island, west of the Tamar River and in south and south-eastern Tasmania.

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - Common in coastal regions. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses smaller bodies of water such as farm dams. Most common on inland waters – lakes, river pools, deep open swamps, estuaries, lagoons. Coastal in Tasmania, common. 

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) - Common throughout most of Tasmania. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103391330
Notes:
Uses sheltered coastal lagoons, harbours, bays. Inland, uses small lakes, dams, billabongs, swamps, floodwaters. Follows creeks well inland. Uses dams in forest and farm country and feeds on introduced fish. Common across Tasmania.

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) -Abundant in temporary habitats; likes man-made wetlands.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343023
Notes:
May be seen in any of many habitats; usually in or near shallow wetland: margins of swamps, dams and lakes, damp or flooded pasture. Also, salt and brackish shallows – estuarine, mudflat, mangrove, saltpan, reef and beach. Favours man-made wetlands. Common across Tasmania.

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) - Common, migratory. Dispersive or irruptive. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Usual habit includes shallow wetland, swamp, flood water, wet grassland, shallows of lakes: mainly fresh water, but occasionally coastal mudflats. Common across northeast, northwest, north, east and southeast Tasmania.

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - Spring and winter visitor. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82238046
Notes:
Habitats include moist pasture with tall grass, shallow open wetland and margins, mudflats. Common across most of Tasmania excluding southwest.

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba modesta) - Common, widespread in any suitable habitat.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74342999
Notes:
Sometimes in small groups, other times in small to medium flocks. Seems to rest near or in cow paddocks that are close to water. Otherwise wades in the shallows of habitat, stretching its neck to look around. Habitat includes wetland, flooded crops, pasture, dams, roadside ditches and reefs. Common across most of Tasmania, excluding southwest and south.

Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) - Vagrant to Tasmania. May not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Found on freshwater wetland, especially lake margins, billabongs and swamps with no abundant emergent vegetation; also, occasionally mangrove swamps, tidal mudflats. Vagrant to Tasmania. Found in southeast, central and eastern Tasmania.

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Common in north coasts, nomadic or migratory, visitor to Tasmania. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Usually forages in shallows of open waters – swamps, billabongs, floodplain pools, mudflats and mangrove channels. Common excluding west and southwest Tasmania.

Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) - Uncommon in Tasmania. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes most secluded wetlands: billabongs, flooded grassland, damp fields, tidal channels. Prefers sites with some cover of tall vegetation and dense trees nearby for roosting. Patchy locations; northwest tip, west of northern Tamar River, and near Hobart.

Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) - Uncommon to rare. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes freshwater wetlands, occasionally estuarine; prefers heavy vegetation – flooded shrubbery, reedbeds, sedges. Uncommon to rare, across Tasmania except for west and southwest.

Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) - Non-breeding visitor to Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat is grassland, wet or dry, often on cultivated and irrigated pasture. Occasionally used shallows of wetland; rarely arid or marine. Found in northwest, north, northeast, east and southeast Tasmania.

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) - Non-breeding visitor to Tasmania. Migratory, nomadic or irruptive. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses shallows of swamps, floodwaters, sewage ponds, flooded, moist or irrigated pasture; occasionally feeds in sheltered marine habitats. Found in northwest, north, and northeast Tasmania.

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) - Rare vagrant.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343014
Notes:
In flocks, rests near the water's edge. Wades to feed, sweeping its beak in the water. Uses shallows of swamps, floodwaters, sewage ponds, flooded, moist or irrigated pasture; occasionally feeds in sheltered marine habitats. Found in northwest, north, and northeast Tasmania.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) - Migratory, vagrant visitor. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabits shallow swamps of fresh or brackish water, flooded pasture, small pools and dams, rarely tidal. Common on coast and inland after heavy rain. Migratory as vagrant visitor to Tasmania. Everywhere but west and southwest Tasmania.

Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptillinopus superbus) - Vagrant to north and east Tasmania. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabitant of rainforest and similar closed forest – monsoon forest, regrowth, lantana thickets, woodland adjoining rainforest at all altitudes. Forages mostly within rainforest, usually high, but lower when shrubbery carries fruits. Vagrant to north and east Tasmania.

Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) - Nomadic occasional visitor. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes rainforest, both remnant and regrowth, and nearby eucalypt forest. Forages high in canopy, occasionally in undergrowth, but not on the ground. Nomadic, occasional visitor to Tasmania.

Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) - Endemic; locally nomadic. Common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74883076
Notes:
Habitat is diverse, most of continent: coastal forest, woodland, arid scrub, mallee, heath, alpine woodland, farmland.

Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans) - Uncommon to rare.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses habitats with dense groundcover dominated by shrubs, scattered trees of banksia, leptospermum, casuarina. Uncommon to rare, across all of Tasmania.

Rock Dove (Columba livia) - Introduced, widespread. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100467175
Notes:
Lives in built environments and surrounding country.

Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) - Introduced and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74116594
Notes:
Habitat is mostly suburban parks and gardens, remnant vegetation, farms, plantations. Rarely in natural bush.

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) - Vagrant to Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Typically hunts over natural grassland or low farmland stubble that has just enough height to harbour mice or other prey; also, over heaths of saltbush with only sparsely scattered trees. Often hovers skilfully while hunting, then the wings move through a wide arc, and it drops to take mouse, small lizard or ground bird. Often hunts at daybreak and dusk when mice most active. Vagrant to Tasmania.

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) - Uncommon, may not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Often over wetlands, but also arid regions, open woodland, scrub. Often at carrion, roadside kills; takes some live prey. Often glides low around treetops. Rare in south of range, uncommon to common in northeast and northwest to central and east/southeast Tasmania.

Black Kite (Milvus migrans) - Nomadic, rare vagrant and uncommon. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Often glides just above or between treetops; skilfully maintains a glide in still airs with only an occasional flap of the wings. Woodland, scrub, tree-lined watercourses, mangroves, mudflats, swamps; often found around homesteads, grassfires. Principally scavenges carrion and rubbish around coastal towns and stations. Rare vagrant and uncommon in Tasmania, seen north and northeast Tasmania.

Osprey (Pandion halaetus) - Rare vagrant; used to be uncommon.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Coastal waters and estuaries – but usually not far out to sea ecept on islets or exposed reefs. Follows major rivers far inland from the coast, even to arid regions where large pools lie in gorges. Used to be uncommon, now a rare vagrant.

Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) - Common and widespread.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103078321
Notes:
Glides low over reed beds and open water of swamps on long, broad, upswept wings. Habitats include wetlands generally, including swamps and lakes, vegetated or with open waters, salt marshes, temporary floodwaters. Common and widespread all across Tasmania, more so in the northwest of the state.

Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) - Nomadic, part migratory or dispersive, rarely seen in Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Often seen gliding low over grassland, spinifex or farmland; wings upswept, long tail fanned widely, and with characteristic slow, side-to-side rocking motion. Nomadic, part migratory or dispersive, movements linked to abundance of prey species, rarely seen in Tasmania.

Little Eagle (Hieraatus morphnoides) - Rare vagrant to Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Widespread over diverse habitats, including coastal forest, woodland. Most abundant where open country intermixes with wooded or forested hills, as in farmland, irrigated land. Avoids dense forest, but will use clearings and margins of dense eucalypt and rainforest. Rare vagrant to Tasmania.

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) - Widespread and common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabitant of forest and woodland almost throughout Australia, including narrow tree lines along watercourses of arid interior and in coastal forest. Widespread, quite common except for western Tasmania.

Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) - Uncommon to rare.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83590177
Notes:
Skulks in foliage, bursts out with speed and aerial agility to take prey, whether bird in flight or rabbit. Inhabits rainforest, gallery forest, eucalypt forest, woodland, river edge forest. Prefers mature forest with open understorey that suits hunting technique. Uncommon, patchy in many places due to forest clearing, but found in all of Tasmania.

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) - Common, sedentray and part migratory.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Fast, agile, powerful hunter in forest and woodland, dry scrub and farms. Common all throughout Tasmania.

Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) - Uncommon, endangered. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78800920
Notes:
Circles high overhead in search of prey, rarely making a noise. Often hard to identify without seeing the wedged tail. Soars most of the time but flaps when rising into the air or ascending. Calls distinctive and easy to identify. Occupies diverse climatic and vegetation types: forest, woodland, scrub, alpine, mallee, coastline, wetland, farmland. Uncommon and endangered, but found all throughout Tasmania.

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Common around coastline.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95920737
Notes:
Habitats include vicinity of islands, reefs, bays, headlands, beaches, estuaries, mangroves, swamps, lagoons, and floodplains; often far inland along major rivers. Common around most of the coastline, scarce near major coastal cities. Everywhere in Tasmania.

Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) - Uncommon, widely distributed.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108207443
Notes:
Uses woodland and open forest, surrounds of lakes and swamps, watercourse trees of interior, scrub, heath, farmland, gardens. Scarce in Tasmania, widely distributed all across.

Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) - Nonbreeding visitor to Tasmania. May not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Open habitats: woods, grassland, sparse scrub, heath, farms, roadsides and coastal dunes. Non-breeding visitor to Tasmania. Seen northwest, northeast, east and southeast Tasmania.

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) -Common, sedentary, sometimes irruptive.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104084390
Notes:
It is widespread in most open habitats – woodland, lightly treed farmland, mulga scrub, watercourse tree lines, alpine areas, heath, coastal dunes, crops. Common all throughout Tasmania.

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinnus) - Widespread, uncommon to rare.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat is extremely diverse, from rainforest to arid scrub, from coastal heath to alpine. Hunts over rainforest, estuaries, offshore island seabird colonies. Widespread, generally uncommon to rare. All across Tasmania.

Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis) - Uncommon, nomadic, migratory. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Rarely out of dense cover; forages in shallows, wading, swimming, climbing over fallen and floating vegetation. Usual habitat is reedbeds and other dense vegetation in and around lakes, swamps and saltmarshes. Uncommon, nomadic and migratory. Seen everywhere but southwest/west Tasmania.

Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) - Uncommon. Vagrant in Tasmania. May not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat is dense cover, fresh or salt wetland, lakes, swamps, saltmarsh; at times far from water. Usually keeps to dense reed beds, but early and late in the day it will venture out onto the nearby shallow open water, mudflats or floating vegetation.

Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis) - Uncommon and nomadic. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Swamps, lakes, tidal creeks, salt marsh, lush wet pasture, paperbarks. Secretive and difficult to sight even momentarily in the swamps where it forages; tends to come in the open less than other rails.

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) - Common, uses diverse wetlands.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Prefers open waters with well-vegetated margins; usually out of fresh water, some brackish including swamps, lakes, estuaries. Often found around lakes in suburban parks.

Australian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus melanotis) - Widespread and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343016
Notes:
Uses diverse wetlands, typically swamps, well-vegetated lake and river margins, adjacent grassland, agricultural land, lawns, and also estuarine wetland.

Tasmanian Native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii) - Endemic, common. Sedentary. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83590169
Notes:
In and near swamps, marshes, lakes; feeds out across surrounding grassland, farmland.

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) - Common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84785406
Notes:
Occurs widely on wetland including rivers, lakes, swamps. Also, rarely, marine wetland such as estuaries. Principally in coastal regions but has been widely recorded on temporary lakes and floodwater in the semi-arid interior. Common everywhere in Tasmania.

Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) - Common with habitat reduced. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes open forest and woodland, banksia woodland, mulga and brigalow, mallee. Prefers stony ridges, abundant leaf litter but sparse grass. Widespread and common, but habitat reduced. Seen in the northeastern side of Tasmania.

Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) - Locally common in ideal habitats.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Typical habitat is low vegetation around wetland and in shallows: sedges, reeds, heath, salt marsh, irrigated crops. Common all throughout Tasmania in optimum habitat in the summer months.

Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) - Rare vagrant to Tasmania?NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses well-vegetated freshwater wetlands – swamps, lakes, billabongs, interior claypans, sewage ponds, overflows from bores, windmills – working the shallows among emergent vegetation. Rare vagrant to Tasmania.

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) - Common, sedentary, dispersive. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Usually on freshwater wetlands, shallow, muddy-bottomed swamps, billabongs, lake margins, temporary claypan pools; only rarely on saline coastal waters, tidal mudflats or other shoreline sites. Common in northwest, northeast, east and southeast Tasmania.

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) - Endemic, vulnerable to disturbance. Population in decline.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses sandy beaches of ocean, estuaries, coastal lakes and inland salt lakes.

Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillis) - Common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Coastal – sheltered estuaries, salt marsh lagoons; also, inland on salty edges of waterways, brackish pools, claypans. Greatest numbers occur occasionally on inland salt lakes. Common all throughout Tasmania.

Black-shouldered Lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) - Common breeding resident.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78800911
Notes:
Habitat varied, but typically open, short-grassed sites, both natural and modified, often beside water of swamps, lagoons and salt marshes.

Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) - Endemic and common. Vagrant, nomadic or dispersive.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses open country with short grass, low, sparse shrubbery, open acacia or eucalypt woodland where trees are sparsely scattered. Often on agricultural land - ploughed paddocks, grazed pasture, emergent crops or mown grass such as golf courses.

Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) - Common, vulnerable to disturbance, becoming uncommon. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85729021
Notes:
Coastal: beaches and mudflats of inlets, bays, ocean beaches and offshore islets; less often rocky coasts, headlands.

Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fulinginosus) - Common on north coast. May not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Usually on rocky shorelines, high rocky islets, boulders below cliffs, wave-cut platforms and reefs. Also visits and forages on sandy beaches and coves between rocky headlands.

Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) - Common and disperses widely.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Most likely to be seen on ocean beaches after dispersal from breeding. On salt lakes of coast and inland: in large flocks: in large flocks on temporarily flooded salt pan lakes, also on marine beaches of estuaries and intertidal flats.

Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) - Endemic to Australia, common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78416676
Notes:
Coastal habitat; sometimes uses sheltered beaches, also seen on coasts exposed to open ocean. Often on islands, occasionally inland rivers, coastal lakes.

Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) - Abundant. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71347316
Notes:
Habitat diverse, from the surf and cliffs of ocean coasts to offshore islands; inland rivers, lakes, temporary floodwaters, cultivation, ponds, coastal towns, rubbish dumps.

Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) - Widespread and common, breeding resident.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes ocean beaches, offshore islands and out over deeper pelagic waters, inshore on estuaries, bays, harbours, salt ponds near coast.

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) - Fluctuating numbers. Sedentary, breeding resident species.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat usually coastal: prefers sheltered estuaries, inlets, bays, harbours, lagoons with muddy or sandy shores. Also extends well inland on sewage ponds.

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) - Nomadic, vagrant, highly dispersive.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Often uses temporary water on mudflats or clay pans, salt pans, saltmarsh, open flood plains in arid regions where heavy rain has caused extensive shallow flooding.

White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata) - Small breeding colony in the southeast Bass Strait. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat marine, usually exposed open coast - beach, rocky headland, offshore islet; less often in sheltered estuaries, harbours.

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) - Uncommon?NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Tends to live and feed over shallower coastal waters - the estuaries, lagoons and channels around river and harbour entrances, along the shallows close inshore. Attracted to sandbars, estuaries and river channels.

Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) - Uncommon, rare where beaches are disturbed.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat essentially marine: sheltered coasts, bays, inlets, estuaries, coastal lagoons, ocean beaches - rarely out to sea or even out of sight of land.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) -Sedentary, common to abundant. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78412585
Notes:
Habitat is diverse, ranging from high rainfall forests - eucalypt, rainforest - to semi-arid inland regions, watercourse trees and partly cleared farmland.

Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) - Moderately common, nomadic or locally migratory.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96964673
Notes:
Occupies diverse habitats: coastal, inland and alpine, eucalypt forest, woodland, rainforest.

Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) - Abundant. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74714187
Notes:
Habitat covers diverse open country, open woodland, sparsely vegetated interior, coastal areas opened by clearing.

Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103078314

Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) - Very rare visitor?NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses tall, wet forests of mountains and gullies, and alpine woodland.

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) - Vagrant to Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Diverse habitats: rainforest, eucalypt forest, woodland, farmland, paperbark woods and heath.

Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla) - Rare vagrant to Tasmania. Nomadic.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses forest woodland; favours open country - trees along watercourses and paddock trees.

Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) - Common, nomadic.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74714182
Notes:
Attracted to woodland, open forest, mallee, cleared country with trees along watercourses and roads.

Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) - Abundant and locally nomadic.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82966694
Notes:
In most Tasmanian habitats except treeless moorland and farmland; common in heavy rainfall districts, dense forest and mountains.

Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) - Endangered. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Seeks forest and woodland with flowering trees.

Tasmanian Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius diemenensis) - Abundant.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78412575
Notes:
Inhabits woodland with scattered trees, but usually with grassy ground cover, also farmland, watercourse trees, crops, parks, gardens; generally more open environments than Crimson Rosella.

Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) - Abundant in Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Forest to alpine grassland, also mulga, saltbush and coastal dunes.

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus) - Migratory, common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103391326
Notes:
Typically inhabits open country; avoids dense, closed vegetation types.

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) - Common, sedentary or locally migratory. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat includes wet eucalypt forest, open forest and rainforest margin, but, on average, less dense than habitats preferred by Brush and Chestnut-breasted Cuckoos.

Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) - Common migrant.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Usual habitat includes open forest, woodland, roadside trees and farm shelter belts.

Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) - Common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses mid to upper strata of wet dense rainforest, eucalypt forest, woodland.

Southern Boobook / Morepork (Ninox boobook) - Common, sedentary.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat diverse: almost anywhere with trees, especially open eucalypt forest and woodland.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Locally rare to common, nomadic, irruptive and varying.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabitant of diverse open country: woodland, grassland, farmland; roots in trees, caves, buildings, crops.

Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) - Uncommon to rare.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Roots and nests in heavy forest; hunts over open woodland and farmland.

Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) - Common, widespread.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Diverse habitats: coastal and mountain rainforest, eucalypt forest, woodland, tree-lined watercourses, mulga and spinifex with scattered clumps of trees.

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoies) - Common, sedentary. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Habitat mostly open woodland and eucalypt forest, and wide variety of other vegetation types; least often seen in treeless desert, rainforest and wet, dense eucalypt forest.

Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) - Summer migrant from October to April.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Occupies low to very high airspace over varied habitat, rainforest to semi-desert; most active just ahead of summer storm fronts.

White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) - Moderately common to locally common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Uses high open air spaces above almost any habitat, including oceans; at times gathers over ranges, headlands, often in humid, unsettled weather preceding thunderstorms.

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) - Sedentary, common, introduced.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75114652
Notes:
Occupies diverse habitats: open forest, woodland, partly cleared farmland, watercourse trees of semi-arid inland, parks and gardens.

Tasmanian Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus cyaneus) - Common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78800916
Notes:
Prefers dense undergrowth of grass, bracken, shrubbery in forests, heaths, gardens, roadsides and inland watercourses.

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) - Locally common. May not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
In dense, low cover, damp heaths, sedges, sand-dune and sandplain heaths, spinifex shrublands, buttongrass plains.

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) - Common, seasonally nomadic or migratory.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89135323
Notes:
Eucalypt forests, woodlands, watercourse vegetation; race xanthopyge in sandplain mallee and drier open woodland.

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) - Common, nomadic or sedentary.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
This widespread pardalote lives in diverse habitats covering almost the entire continent, from wet coastal eucalypt forest, rainforest and mangroves to watercourse trees and the mallee or mulga scrubland of arid and semi-arid interior.

Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) - Confined to Tasmania and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85729026
Notes:
Dense undergrowth of wet forests. Keeps near the ground.

Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) - Uncommon, may not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Swampy alpine and coastal heathlands, tussocky grasslands, low shrubby vegetation, margins of swamps.

Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) - Common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Dense undergrowth with much debris in wet temperate rainforests, fern gullies.

Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) - Common.NOT
OBSERVED

Notes:
Usually in cool, wet rainforest; moves to drier forest and woodland through winter.

Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) - Common, sedentary. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82234466
Notes:
Forest and woodland with dense undergrowth, vegetation of creeks, rainforest, coastal dune thickets.

Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) - Abundant, sedentary.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Grassy woodland, scrubland, farms, gardens.

Tasmanian Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa paradoxa) - Common except in western Tasmania. Migratory or nomadic. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78800915
Notes:
Forests; eucalypt and banksia woodlands, heathlands. King island race (a. p. king I) has a smaller yellow patch on belly, slightly browner back and breast, and finer wattles.

Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera tasmanica) -Common, migratory or nomadic. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76422531
Notes:
Forest, woodland, banksia, heath, gardens.

Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - Locally nomadic and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74714183
Notes:
Open grassy forests, woodlands; in colonies, often large.

Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) - Sedentary; common, endemic. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87088945
Notes:
Wet forest to open woodland, mallee and heath.

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Glyciphila melanops) - Nomadic, patchy, common on heathlands. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Heathlands, open eucalypt heath and woodlands.

Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) - Locally migratory and common. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82642927
Notes:
Eucalypt forest, alpine woodland; prefers dense undergrowth, including tall heath.

Tasmanian New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae canescens) - Sedentary or locally nomadic; common. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76030587
Notes:
Forest and woodland with undergrowth, heath, mallee, coastal thickets.

Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) - Sedentary and common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Rainforest, eucalypt forest, woodland, coastal heath.

Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis) - Nomadic flocks after breeding, common. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83590181
Notes:
Eucalypt forest, woodland, heath; avoids rainforest and similar wet vegetation of southeast Tasmania.

Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) - Common, largely sedentary. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75761470
Notes:
Forest, woodland, heath.

White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) - Nomadic, sedentary in south range, common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Open country - inland salt lakes, estuaries, salt marshes where there is low, often sparse samphire, swamp margins, open low heath, remnant low vegetation on farms.

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster) - Dispersive and uncommon, nonbreeding in area. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Rainforest, wet eucalypt forest, in tree-fern gullies of ranges; winters in more open country.

Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) - Migratory and common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Rainforest, wet eucalypt forest, woodland. Winters in more open woodland and farmland.

Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) - Locally migratory or dispersive and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84908357
Notes:
Forest, woodland, suburbs; heavier forest in spring and summer breeding months.

Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata) - Locally nomadic and common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Temperate rainforest to open woodland, farmland.

Spotted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum) - Sedentary and uncommon.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Inhabitant of eucalypt forest, woodland, favouring rocky ridges with sparse shrubs, tussocky grass and abundant bark, leaf, twig litter, fallen logs.

Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) - Widespread and common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83590184
Notes:
Diverse habitats: coastal open forest, woodland to arid mallee and mulga of interior.

Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea) - Sedentary or local movements, uncommon.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Southern race in eucalypt forests, tea-tree, or in heath. Keeps low in undergrowth or on ground; often solitary, but at times with robins or scrubwrens.

Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) - Usually sedentary, local migration in south-east, common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79918599
Notes:
Habitat includes rainforest, eucalypt forest.

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fulginosa) - Common all over Tasmania.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83590182
Notes:
Grey Fantails can be found in open forest and woodland, near breaks or edges of the vegetation where they hunt for insects in open space. They can also be found in farmland with scattered trees.

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) - Uncommon, summer breeding range only.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Satin Flycatchers inhabit heavily vegetated gullies in eucalypt-dominated forests and taller woodlands, and on migration, occur in coastal forests, woodlands, mangroves and drier woodlands and open forests.

Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) - Nomadic to Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Frequents several kinds of habitats, except rainforests and dry deserts. It is found in urban areas, grasslands and open lands.

Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) - Common, sedentary or locally nomadic. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74214452
Notes:
The grey butcherbird is found in a range of habitats, from eucalypt forests and woodlands, mallee and acacia shrublands, rainforests and riparian vegetation to urban areas and residential townships. The denser forests tend to be the favour for inland areas.

White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) - Vagrant visitor to northern Tasmania, may not be seen here.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The White-winged Triller is found in open woodlands and forest, tree-lined waterways in semi-arid regions and the nearby scrub. This is mainly lightly timbered country with an open shrub layer and grassy ground-cover.

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) - Sedentary or nomadic, common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is found in almost any wooded habitat, with the exception of rainforests. It is also familiar in many suburbs, where birds are often seen perched on overhead wires or television aerials.

White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) - Vagrant to northern Tasmania and Bass Strait Islands. NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The White-browed Woodswallow is found in a wide range of inland habitats, from eucalypt forests and woodlands to dry heaths and spinifex. It can also be found in farmlands, orchards and towns.

Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) - Migratory and common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Primarily inhabit dry, open eucalypt forests and woodlands, including mallee associations, with an open or sparse understorey of eucalypt saplings, acacias and other shrubs, and ground-cover of grasses or sedges and fallen woody debris.

Tasmanian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen hypoleuca) - Abundant in coastal areas, sedentary or locally nomadic, common.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75499070
Notes:
Prefers open areas such as grassland, fields and residential areas such as parks, gardens, golf courses, and streets, with scattered trees or forest nearby.

Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) - Common all over Tasmania. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75499066
Notes:
The forest raven inhabits a wide range of habitat within Tasmania such as woods, open interrupted forest, mountains, coastal areas, farmland and town and city fringes.

Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) - Common all over Tasmania.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The Black Currawong occurs in a range of habitats in Tasmania, including mountain and lowland forests, coastal heath, grazing lands and suburban areas.

Clinking Currawong (Strepera versicolor arguta) - Common in forested areas. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74324683
Notes:
The grey currawong is found in wet and dry sclerophyll forests across its range, as well as mallee scrubland, and open areas such as parks or farmland near forested areas. It also inhabits pine plantations.

Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) - Sedentary or dispersive, common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The Bassian thrush lives in shrubland, forests, and rainforests.

Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Abundant, feral. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75761465
Notes:
The Common Blackbird is most often found in urban areas and surrounding localities, but has successfully moved into bushland habitats. It is often seen in orchards, vineyards and gardens, as well as along roadsides and in parks.

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Migratory, nomadic, dispersive, common introduced species. Feral. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78412579
Notes:
Starlings are adapted to a variety of habitats and are one of the most common species in lowland suburban and cleared agricultural areas.

Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) - Nomadic or migratory, common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Tree Martins are found in the air above a range of habitats ranging from open grassed areas to forests, especially near wetlands, but they are also found in urban areas. They are found from the coasts to the arid inlands, from sea-level to over 1500m altitude.

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) - Sedentary, nomadic or migratory, common. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74343019
Notes:
Although the swallows are more often near coastal and wetland areas, they can live in almost all types of habitat except alpine areas and very dense forest.

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) - Migratory or nomadic, common to abundant. OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78800913
Notes:
They make their homes in a range of vegetation including eucalypt forests and woodlands, mallee, heath and mangroves.

European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) - Locally nomadic, common. Feral.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84917554
Notes:
The European Goldfinch is found in settled areas, farmlands and weedy areas such as roadsides, railway lands and industrial wasteland.

Australian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus australis) - Common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
he Australian Reed-Warbler prefers dense vegetation alongside water, especially thick reed beds, as well as tall crops, bamboo thickets and lantana.

Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus) - Sedentary, locally common, dispersive.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The Little Grassbird is found in swamps and marshes, preferring thick reed beds, and will occur in temporary wetlands after rains.

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - Very common and easy to find. Introduced.OBSERVED: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73908584
Notes:
Species commonly in large flocks, in branches of bushes and trees. Hop around occasionally and fly from branch to branch. Seems to like to 'bathe' in dusty dirt. Calls frequently, usually when in a flock. Easily approachable. The house sparrow is closely associated with human habitation and cultivation.

Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) - Nomadic or part migratory, common. Feral.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
The Skylark is found in cultivated grasslands and crops, wastelands and coastal dunes.

Australian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) - Sedentary or locally nomadic, common.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
Australasian Pipits are found in open country, in a range of habitat types from wet heaths to dry shrublands and open woodland clearings.

Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) - Uncommon to common. Sedentary or locally nomadic.NOT OBSERVED
Notes:
It lives in coastal heathland, forests and shrubbery, never far from water.

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