Tasmanian
birding and mammal tour
18 to 24 February 2007
Tour leaders: Philip Maher & Trisha Maher
Tour participants: John Hirth, Martha Hirth (USA), Denise Moore (Aus), Colin Officer (Aus), Betty Power (Beligium), Peter Spillett (UK)
+ pelagic: Bill Wakefield, Drew Fulton, Dianne Lucas, David Lucas
S = species
seen
H = species heard
RK = road kill
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Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora |
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Blue-billed
Duck Oxyura australis |
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Musk
Duck |
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Black
Swan Cygnus atratus |
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Cape Barren
Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae |
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Australian Shelduck
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Australian Wood Duck |
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Pacific Black Duck |
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Australasian Shoveler
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Grey Teal |
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Chestnut Teal |
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Australasian
Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
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Hoary-headed Grebe
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Great Crested
Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
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Little Penguin |
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Common Diving-Petrel |
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Northern
Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli |
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Great-winged
Petrel Pterodroma macroptera |
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White-headed
Petrel Pterodroma lessoni |
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Soft-plumaged
Petrel Pterodroma mollis |
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Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur |
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White-chinned
Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis |
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Short-tailed
Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris |
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Fluttering
Shearwater Puffinus gavia |
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Wandering Albatross |
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Black-browed Albatross |
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Shy Albatross |
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Yellow-nosed Albatross
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Buller's Albatross
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Wilson's
Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus |
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Grey-backed
Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis |
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White-faced
Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina |
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Aust Gannet |
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Australian
Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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Little Pied Cormorant
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Black-faced Cormorant |
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Little Black Cormorant
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Great Cormorant |
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White-faced Heron
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Great Egret Ardea alba |
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Royal Spoonbill
Platelea regia |
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle
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Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans |
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Grey
Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae |
white phaseS | ||||||
Wedge-tailed
Eagle Aquila audax |
S | S | |||||
Brown Falcon |
(S) | S | |||||
Peregrine
Falcon Falco peregrinus |
S | ||||||
Spotless
Crake Porzana tabuensis |
S | ||||||
Purple
Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio |
S | S | |||||
Tasmanian
Native-hen |
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Eurasian Coot |
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Bar-tailed
Godwit Limosa lapponica |
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Eastern Curlew |
S | S | |||||
Common
Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
S | S | |||||
Red-necked Stint |
S | S | |||||
Pied Oystercatcher |
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Sooty Oystercatcher
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Red-capped Plover
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Double-banded Plover
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Black-fronted
Dotterel Elseyornis melanops |
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Hooded Plover |
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Banded
Lapwing Vanellus tricolor |
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Masked Lapwing |
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Pacific Gull |
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Kelp Gull |
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Silver Gull |
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Caspian
Tern Sterna caspia |
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Crested Tern |
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Fairy Tern
Sterna nereis |
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Rock Dove |
S | ||||||
Common
Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera |
S | S | |||||
Brush
Bronzewing Phaps elegans |
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Yellow-tailed
Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus |
H | S | S | ||||
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla |
S | S | |||||
Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo Cacatua galerita |
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Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna |
S | S | |||||
Green
Rosella Platycercus caledonicus |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
Eastern
Rosella Platycercus eximius |
S | S | S | ||||
Swift Parrot
Lathamus discolor |
S | H | S | ||||
Blue-winged
Parrot Neophema chrysostoma |
S | H | |||||
Orange-bellied
Parrot Neophema chrysogaster |
Melaleuca trip cancelled due to bad weather | ||||||
Ground
Parrot Pezoporus wallicus |
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Fan-tailed
Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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Masked
Owl Tyto novaehollandiae |
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Tawny
Frogmouth Podargus strigoides |
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Australian
Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus |
H | ||||||
Laughing
Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae |
H | S | S | ||||
Superb
Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Southern
Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus |
S | ||||||
Spotted
Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus |
S | S | |||||
Forty-spotted
Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus |
S | ||||||
Striated
Pardalote Pardalotus striatus |
S | S | S | ||||
Tasmanian
Scrubwren Sericornis humilis |
S | S | S | S | |||
Scrubtit
Acanthornis magnus |
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Striated
Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus |
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Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla |
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Tasmanian
Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii |
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Yellow-rumped
Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
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Yellow
Wattlebird Anthocaera paradoxa |
S | S | S | S | |||
Little
Wattlebird Anthocaera chrysoptera |
S | S | S | ||||
Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala |
H | S | S | S | S | ||
Yellow-throated
Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
Strong-billed
Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris |
S | S | S | ||||
Black-headed
Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis |
S | S | S | S | |||
Crescent
Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera |
S | S | |||||
New Holland
Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
Eastern
Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
S | S | S | H | |||
White-fronted
Chat Epthianura albifrons |
S | S | |||||
Scarlet
Robin Petroica multicolor |
S | S | S | S | |||
Flame
Robin Petroica phoenicea |
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Pink Robin
Petroica rodinogaster |
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Dusky
Robin Melanodryas vittata |
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Olive Whistler
Pachycephala olivacea |
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Golden
Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis |
S | S | H | S | |||
Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla harmonica |
S | S | H | ||||
Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuc |
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Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Black-faced
Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae |
S | S | |||||
Dusky Woodswallow
Artamus cyanopterus |
S | S | S | S | |||
Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus |
H | H | S | S | |||
Australian
Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen |
S | S | S | S | |||
Black
Currawong Strepera fuliginosa |
S | S | S | ||||
Grey Currawong
Strepera versicolor |
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Forest
Raven Corvus tasmanicus |
S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Skylark
Alauda arvensis |
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Australasian
Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Beautiful
Firetail Stagonopleura bella |
S | S | |||||
European
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris |
S | S | |||||
European
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Welcome
Swallow Hirundo neoxena |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
Tree Martin
Hirundo nigricans |
S | S | S | S | S | ||
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
Common
Blackbird Turdus merula |
S | S | S | ||||
Common
Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
S | S | S | S | S | S | |
MAMMALS
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Platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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Short-beaked
Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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Tiger Quoll
(Spot-tailed Quoll) Dasyurus maculatus |
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Eastern
Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus |
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Tasmanian
Devil Sarcophilus harrisii |
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Eastern
Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii |
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Common
Wombat Vombatus ursinus |
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Sugar Glider
Petaurus breviceps |
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Common
Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus |
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Common
Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula |
S | S | S | ||||
Long-nosed
Potoroo Potorous tridactylus |
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Tasmanian
Bettong Bettongia gainardi |
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Red-necked
Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus |
S | S | S | S | |||
Tasmanian
Pademelon Thylogale billardierii |
S | S | S | S | |||
Aust Fur
seal Arctocephaluspusillus doriferus |
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Bottlenose
Dophin Tursiops truncatus |
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FISH
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REPTILES
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