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Australia TASMANIA 2017 Species List.Xlsx Tasmania 2017 Tour Leaders: Eagle-Eye Tours Barry Davies Rob Elvish Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae 1 Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa s 2 Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae s 3 Black Swan Cygnus atratus s 4 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides s 5 Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata s 6 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos s 7 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa s 8 Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis s 9 Gray Teal Anas gracilis s 10 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea s 11 White-eyed Duck Aythya australis s 12 Musk Duck Biziura lobata s PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae 13 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae s 14 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus s GALLIFORMES:Phasianadae 15 Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora s SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae 16 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor s PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae 17 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris s SULIFORMES: Sulidae 18 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator s SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae 19 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris s 20 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo s 21 Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens s 22 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos s PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae 23 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus s PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae 24 Great Egret Ardea alba s 25 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae s 26 Little Egret Egretta garzetta s 27 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae 28 Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax s Page 1 of 5 Tasmania 2017 Tour Leaders: Eagle-Eye Tours Barry Davies Rob Elvish Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 29 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans s 30 Gray Goshawk (White morph) Accipiter novaehollandiae s 31 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster s GRUIFORMES: Rallidae 32 Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus s 33 Tasmanian Native-hen Tribonyx mortierii s 34 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra s CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae 35 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris s 36 Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus s CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae 37 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles s 38 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus s 39 Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus s CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae 40 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiaes 41 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus s 42 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus s 43 Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii s COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae 44 Rock Pigeon Columba livia s 45 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis s 46 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera h 47 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans s CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae 48 Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus s 49 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis s 50 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis s 51 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus h CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae 52 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae s FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae 53 Brown Falcon Falco berigora s PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae 54 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus s 55 Galah Eolophus roseicapilla s 56 Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris s 57 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea s Page 2 of 5 Tasmania 2017 Tour Leaders: Eagle-Eye Tours Barry Davies Rob Elvish Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 58 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita s PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae 59 Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor s 60 Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus s 61 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius s 62 Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna s PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae 63 Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus s PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae 64 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris s 65 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala s 66 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera s 67 Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa s 68 White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons s 69 Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus s 70 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae s 71 Yellow-throated Honeyeater Nesoptilotis flavicollis s 72 Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis s 73 Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris s PASSERIFORMES: Pardalotidae 74 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus s 75 Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus s 76 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus s PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae 77 Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis s 78 Scrubtit Acanthornis magna s 79 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla s 80 Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii s 81 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa s PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae 82 Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus s PASSERIFORMES: Cracticidae 83 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen s 84 Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa s 85 Gray Currawong Strepera versicolor s PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae 86 Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae s PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae Page 3 of 5 Tasmania 2017 Tour Leaders: Eagle-Eye Tours Barry Davies Rob Elvish Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 87 Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica s 88 Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea s 89 Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis s PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae 90 Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa s PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae 91 Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca s PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae 92 Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus s PASSERIFORMES: Petroicidae 93 Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang s 94 Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea s 95 Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata s PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae 96 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis s PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae 97 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena s 98 Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans s PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae 99 Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis s PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae 100 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula s PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae 101 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris s PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae 102 Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae s PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae 103 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris s 104 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis s PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae 105 House Sparrow Passer domesticus s PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae 106 Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella s Other species Bennett's Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus s Bennett's Wallaby - Albino Macropus rufogriseus s Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus s Page 4 of 5 Tasmania 2017 Tour Leaders: Eagle-Eye Tours Barry Davies Rob Elvish Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii s Common Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula s Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus s Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera h Pobblebonk Limnodynastes dumerilii h Page 5 of 5.
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