List of birds of King Island (Tasmania) facts for kids
This is a complete list of bird species and subspecies that have been recorded on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
List of birds
| Order | Genus | Species | Introduced | Extinct | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common name | Binomial | |||||
| Struthioniformes | Casuariidae | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | Yes | No | |
| King Island emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae ater | No | Yes | |||
| Galliformes | Phasianidae | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Yes | No | |
| Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Yes | No | |||
| Indian peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Yes | No | |||
| Odontophoridae | California quail | Callipepla californica | Yes | No | ||
| Anseriformes | Anatidae | Blue-billed duck | Oxyura australis | |||
| Cape Barren goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | |||||
| Feral goose | Anser anser domesticus | Yes | No | |||
| Musk duck | Biziura lobata | |||||
| Black swan | Cygnus atratus | |||||
| Australian wood duck | Chenonetta jubata | |||||
| Australian shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | |||||
| Pacific black duck | Anas superciliosa | |||||
| Australian shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | |||||
| Gray teal | Anas gracilis | |||||
| Chestnut teal | Anas castanea | |||||
| Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Hoary-headed grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | |||
| Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | Little penguin | Eudyptula minor | |||
| Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Short-tailed shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris | |||
| Diomedeidae | Black-browed albatross | Thalassarche melanophrys | ||||
| Shy albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |||||
| Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |||||
| Pelecaniformes | Sulidae | Australasian gannet | Morus serrator | |||
| Phalacrocoracidae | Little pied cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | ||||
| Black-faced cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | |||||
| Ardeidae | White-faced heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | ||||
| Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | |||||
| Great egret | Ardea alba | |||||
| Australasian bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | |||||
| Nankeen night heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |||||
| Falconiformes | Accipitridae | White-bellied sea eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |||
| Brown goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |||||
| Swamp harrier | Circus approximans | |||||
| Falconidae | Brown falcon | Falco berigora | ||||
| Australian hobby | Falco longipennis | |||||
| Nankeen kestrel | Falco chenchroides | |||||
| Gruiformes | Rallidae | Lewin's rail | Lewinia pectoralis | |||
| Buff-banded rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |||||
| Spotless crake | Porzana tabuensis | |||||
| Purple swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |||||
| Dusky moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |||||
| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | |||||
| Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |||
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | |||||
| Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |||||
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |||||
| Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes | |||||
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |||||
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |||||
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis | |||||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |||||
| Haematopodidae | Pied oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | ||||
| Sooty oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | |||||
| Charadriidae | Red-capped plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | ||||
| Double-banded plover | Charadrius bicinctus | |||||
| Hooded dotterel | Thinornis rubricollis | |||||
| Pacific golden plover | Pluvialis fulva | |||||
| Banded lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | |||||
| Masked lapwing | Vanellus miles | |||||
| Laridae | Pacific gull | Larus pacificus | ||||
| Silver gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |||||
| Sternidae | Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia | ||||
| Greater crested tern | Thalasseus bergii | |||||
| Fairy tern | Sterna nereis | |||||
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Yes | ||
| Brush bronzewing | Phaps elegans | |||||
| Psittaciformes | Cacatuidae | Yellow-tailed black cockatoo | Calpytorhynchus funereus | |||
| Sulphur-crested cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |||||
| Psittacidae | Rainbow lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | ||||
| Orange-bellied parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | |||||
| Blue-winged parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | |||||
| Green rosella | Platycercus caledonicus | Endemic (to Tas.) | ||||
| King Island green rosella | Platycercus caledonicus brownii | Endemic (to King Is.) | ||||
| Cuculiformes | Cuculidae | Pallid cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | |||
| Fan-tailed cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |||||
| Horsfield's bronze cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |||||
| Shining bronze cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |||||
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Australian boobook | Ninox boobook | |||
| Apodiformes | Apodidae | White-throated needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |||
| Passeriformes | Maluridae | Superb fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | |||
| Pardalotidae | Spotted pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | ||||
| Striated pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | |||||
| Acanthizidae | Tasmanian scrubwren | Sericornis humilis | Endemic (Tas.) | |||
| Scrubtit | Acanthornis magna | Endemic (Tas.) | ||||
| King Island scrubtit (Greene's scrubtit) | Acanthornis magnus greeniana | Endemic (King Is.) | ||||
| Brown thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | |||||
| King Island brown thornbill (Archibald's thornbill) | Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi | Endemic (King Is.) | ||||
| Tasmanian thornbill | Acanthiza ewingii | Endemic (Tas.) | ||||
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