Index of Bird Species Found In Tasmania, King Island and Flinders Island
Water / Wetland / Wading Birds of Tasmania (including ducks, swans, wading, ocean birds, etc.)
Parrots (hookbills( found on Tasmania
Photos of birds found on Tasmania
Listing of Birds found on the Australian island of Tasmania:
Australian Magpie (C. tibicen hypoleuca)
Australian Pipits (A. n. bistriatus)
Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)
Bassian Thrush (Zoothura lunulata) aka Olive-tailed Thrush
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) aka Black Jay
Black-shouldered Kites (Elanus axillaris) - Range: Accidental visitors to northern Tasmania and the Torres Strait islands
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
Brown Thornbills (Acanthiza pusilla)
Brown Quail aka Swamp Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Common or European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris(Sturnus vulgaris) - Rare/Accidental
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) - Live primarily in open eucalyptus forests and woodlands
Eastern Spinebills (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Forest Ravens (Corvus tasmanicus) - Range: Island state of Tasmania
Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) - Range: Confined to the south-east corner of Tasmania.
Greater Sooty Owls (Tyto tenebricosa)
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) - previously known as the Laughing Jackass
Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala)
Ospreys (Sub-species: P. h. cristatus - Vieillot, 1816)
Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Short-tailed Shearwater or Muttonbird / Moonbird (Puffinus tenuirostris) - Seabirds
Silvereye or Wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis
Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) aka Mopoke, Morepork, Boobook, Tasmanian Spotted Owl, Lord Howe Boobook or Ruru
Spotted Doves / Spotted Turtle Doves (Streptopelia chinensis)
Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) or Blue Wren
Superb Lyrebird or Weringerong (Menura novaehollandiae) - Introduced into Tasmania in the 19th Century
Tasmanian Native-hen (Gallinula mortierii)
Tasmanian Thornbills (Acanthiza ewingii)
Tasmanian Magpies (G. tibicen hypoleuca) - Range: King and Flinders Islands, as well as Tasmania
Tasmanian Scrubwrens (Sericornis humilis)
Tasmanian Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Topknot Pigeons (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax fleayi)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Willie Wagtails (Rhipidura leucophrys) - Range: Northern Tasmania
Yellow-tipped Pardalote (Striatus)
Yellow Wattlebirds (A. paradoxa)
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