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Checklist of bird species found on Bruny Island INALA-BRUNY ISLAND PTY LTD Dr. Tonia Cochran Inala 320 Cloudy Bay Road Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia 7150 Phone: +61-3-6293-1217; Fax: +61-3-6293-1082 Email: [email protected]; Website: www.inalabruny.com.au 11th Edition April 2015 Total Species for Bruny Island: 150 Total species for Inala: 95 * indicates seen on the Inala property Tasmania's 12 Endemic Species (listed in the main checklist as well) 52 Tasmanian Native-hen* Tribonyx mortierii 82 Green Rosella* Platycercus caledonicus 100 Yellow-throated Honeyeater* Lichenostomus flavicollis 101 Strong-billed Honeyeater* Melithreptus validirostris 102 Black-headed Honeyeater* Melithreptus affinis 104 Yellow Wattlebird* Anthochaera paradoxa 111 Forty-spotted Pardalote* Pardalotus quadragintus 113 Scrubtit* Acanthornis magna 115 Tasmanian Scrubwren* Sericornis humilis 117 Tasmanian Thornbill* Acanthiza ewingii 121 Black Currawong* Strepera fuliginosa 134 Dusky Robin* Melanodryas vittata Species Scientific Name Galliformes 1 Brown Quail* Coturnix ypsilophora Anseriformes 2 Cape Barren Goose (rare vagrant to Bruny) Cereopsis novaehollandiae 3 Black Swan* Cygnus atratus 4 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 5 Maned Duck (Aust. Wood Duck)* Chenonetta jubata 6 Mallard (introduced) Anas platyrhynchos 7 Pacific Black Duck* (partial migrant) Anas superciliosa 8 Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 9 Grey Teal* (partial migrant) Anas gracilis 10 Chestnut Teal* (partial migrant) Anas castanea 11 Musk Duck Biziura lobata Sphenisciformes 12 King Penguin (rare vagrant) Aptenodytes patagonicus 13 Fiordland Penguin (rare vagrant) Eudyptes pachyrhynchus 14 Southern Rockhopper Penguin (rare vagrant) Eudyptes chrysocome 15 Macaroni Penguin (rare vagrant) Eudyptes chrysolophus 16 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Procellariiformes 17 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 18 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 19 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri 20 Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri 21 Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus 22 Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli 23 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 24 Sooty Shearwater (annual migrant) Ardenna grisea 25 Short-tailed Shearwater (annual migrant) Ardenna tenuirostris 26 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 27 Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix Podicipediformes 28 Australasian Grebe* Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 29 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Pelecaniformes 30 Australasian Bittern* Botaurus poiciloptilus 31 Eastern Cattle Egret* (annual migrant) Bubulcus coromandus 32 White-necked Heron* (rare vagrant to Bruny) Ardea pacifica 33 Great Egret* Ardea alba 34 White-faced Heron* Egretta novaehollandiae 35 Australian Pelican* Pelecanus conspicillatus Suliformes 36 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 37 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 38 Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens 39 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 40 Great Cormorant* Phalacrocorax carbo Accipitriformes 41 Whistling Kite* (rare vagrant) Haliastur sphenurus 42 White-bellied Sea-Eagle* Haliaeetus leucogaster 43 Swamp Harrier* (annual migrant) Circus approximans 44 Grey Goshawk (white morph)* Accipiter novaehollandiae 45 Brown Goshawk* Accipiter fasciatus 46 Collared Sparrowhawk* Accipiter cirrocephalus 47 Wedge-tailed Eagle* (endangered Tas subspecies) Aquila audax Falconiformes 48 Brown Falcon* (Tasmanian race) Falco berigora 49 Peregrine Falcon* Falco peregrinus Gruiformes 50 Lewin's Rail* Lewinia pectoralis 51 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 52 Tasmanian Native-hen* Tribonyx mortierii 53 Eurasian (Common) Coot Fulica atra Charadriiformes 54 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 55 Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus 56 Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 57 Masked Lapwing* Vanellus miles 58 Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 59 Double-banded Plover (annual migrant) Charadrius bicinctus 60 Oriental Plover (rare vagrant) Charadrius veredus 61 Hooded Dotterel Thinornis rubricollis 62 Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 63 Latham's Snipe* (annual migrant) Gallinago hardwickii 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Sanderling (vagrant to Bruny) Calidris alba 66 Red-necked Stint (annual migrant) Calidris ruficollis 67 Silver Gull* Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 68 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus 69 Kelp Gull* Larus dominicanus 70 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 71 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 72 Fairy Tern Sternula nereis 73 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata 74 Brown Skua (rare vagrant) Stercorarius antarcticus 75 Parasitic (Arctic) Jaeger (annual migrant) Stercorarius parasiticus Columbiformes 76 Common Bronzewing* Phaps chalcoptera 77 Brush Bronzewing* Phaps elegans Psittaciformes 78 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo* Calyptorhynchus funereus 79 Galah Eolophus roseicapillus 80 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo* (rare on Bruny) Cacatua galerita 81 Musk Lorikeet* (vagrant to Bruny) Glossopsitta concinna 82 Green Rosella* Platycercus caledonicus 83 Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma 84 Orange-bellied Parrot (1 record for Bruny) Neophema chrysogaster 85 Swift Parrot* (breeding endemic) Lathamus discolor 86 Eastern Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus Cuculiformes 87 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo* (annual migrant) Chalcites basalis 88 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo* (annual migrant) Chalcites lucidus 89 Pallid Cuckoo* (annual migrant) Cacomantis pallidus 90 Fan-tailed Cuckoo* (annual migrant) Cacomantis flabelliformis Strigiformes 91 Australian Masked Owl* Tyto novaehollandiae 92 Eastern Barn Owl (rare on Bruny) Tyto javanica 93 Morepork (Southern Boobook) (Tas race)* Ninox novaeseelandiae Caprimulgiformes 94 Tawny Frogmouth* Podargus strigoides Apodiformes 95 Australian Owlet-nightjar (uncommon on Bruny) Aegotheles cristatus 96 White-throated Needletail* (annual migrant) Hirundapus caudacutus 97 Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift* (rare on Bruny) Apus pacificus Coraciiformes 98 Laughing Kookaburra* (introduced to Tas) Dacelo novaeguineae Passeriformes 99 Superb Fairy-wren* Malurus cyaneus 100 Yellow-throated Honeyeater* Lichenostomus flavicollis 101 Strong-billed Honeyeater* Melithreptus validirostris 102 Black-headed Honeyeater* Melithreptus affinis 103 Little Wattlebird* (Tas race) Anthochaera chrysoptera 104 Yellow Wattlebird* Anthochaera paradoxa 105 Crescent Honeyeater* Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus 106 New Holland Honeyeater* (Tas race) Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 107 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Glyciphila melanops 108 Eastern Spinebill* Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris 109 White-fronted Chat* Epthianura albifrons 110 Spotted Pardalote* Pardalotus punctatus 111 Forty-spotted Pardalote* Pardalotus quadragintus 112 Striated Pardalote* (annual migrant Tas race) Pardalotus striatus 113 Scrubtit* Acanthornis magna 114 Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus 115 Tasmanian Scrubwren* (formerly White-browed) Sericornis humilis 116 Brown Thornbill* (Tas race) Acanthiza pusilla 117 Tasmanian Thornbill* Acanthiza ewingii 118 Yellow-rumped Thornbill* Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 119 Grey Butcherbird* (Tas race) Cracticus torquatus 120 Australian Magpie (Tas race) Cracticus tibicen 121 Black Currawong* Strepera fuliginosa 122 Grey Currawong* (Tasmanian race) Strepera versicolor 123 White-browed Woodswallow* (rare vagrant to Tas) Artamus superciliosus 124 Dusky Woodswallow* (annual migrant) Artamus cyanopterus 125 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike* (annual migrant) Coracina novaehollandiae 126 Olive Whistler* (Tas race) Pachycephala olivacea 127 Australian Golden Whistler* (Tas race) Pachycephala pectoralis 128 Grey Shrike-thrush* (Tas race) Colluricincla harmonica 129 Willie Wagtail* (rare vagrant to Tas) Rhipidura leucophrys 130 Grey Fantail* (Tas race) Rhipidura albiscapa 131 Leaden Flycatcher (rare vagrant to Bruny) Myiagra rubecula 132 Satin Flycatcher* (annual migrant) Myiagra cyanoleuca 133 Forest Raven* Corvus tasmanicus 134 Dusky Robin* Melanodryas vittata 135 Pink Robin* (Tas race) Petroica rodinogaster 136 Flame Robin* (partial migrant) Petroica phoenicea 137 Scarlet Robin* (Tas race) Petroica boodang 138 Eurasian Skylark* (introduced) Alauda arvensis 139 Welcome Swallow* (annual migrant) Hirundo neoxena 140 Tree Martin* (annual migrant Tas race) Petrochelidon nigricans 141 Little Grassbird* (Tas race) Megalurus gramineus 142 Silvereye* (Tas race) Zosterops lateralis 143 Common Starling* (introduced) Sturnus vulgaris 144 Bassian Thrush* Zoothera lunulata 145 Common Blackbird* (introduced) Turdus merula 146 House Sparrow* (introduced) Passer domesticus 147 Beautiful Firetail* Stagonopleura bella 148 Australian Pipit* Anthus australis 149 European Greenfinch* (introduced) Chloris chloris 150 European Goldfinch* (introduced) Carduelis carduelis .
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  • Wetlands Australia

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    Wetlands Australia National wetlands update August 2014—Issue No 25 Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2014 Wetlands Australia National Wetlands Update August 2014 – Issue No 25 is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 Australia licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au This report should be attributed as ‘Wetlands Australia National Wetlands Update August 2015 – Issue No 25, Commonwealth of Australia 2014’ The Commonwealth of Australia has made all reasonable efforts to identify content supplied by third parties using the following format ‘© Copyright, [name of third party] ’. Cover images Front cover: Wetlands provide important habitats for waterbirds, such as this adult great egret (Ardea modesta) at Leichhardt Lagoon in Queensland (© Copyright, Brian Furby) Back cover: Inland wetlands, like Narran Lakes Nature Reserve Ramsar site in New South Wales, support high numbers of waterbird breeding and provide refuge for birds during droughts (© Copyright, Dragi Markovic) ii / Wetlands Australia August 2014 Contents Introduction to Wetlands Australia August