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

February 2007

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19
20
21
22
23
24
Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora
S
Blue-billed Duck
Oxyura australis
S

Musk Duck
Biziura lobata

S S S
Black Swan
Cygnus atratus
S S S S S S
Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
S

Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides

S S

Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata

S S S S

Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa

S S S S S S

Australasian Shoveler
Anas rhynchotis

S S S

Grey Teal
Anas gracilis

S

Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea

S S S S S
Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
S

Hoary-headed Grebe
Poliocephalus poliocephalus

S S S S S
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
S S S

Little Penguin
Eudyptula minor

S

Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix

S
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
S
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
S
White-headed Petrel
Pterodroma lessoni
S
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
(dark-phase form) S
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
S
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
S
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
18
S19
20
21
22
S 23
S 24
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
S

Wandering Albatross
Diomedea epomophora

S

Black-browed Albatross
Diomedea exulans

S

Shy Albatross
Diomedea cauta

S

Yellow-nosed Albatross
Diomedea chlororhynchos

S

Buller's Albatross
Diomedea bulleri

S
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
S
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
Garrodia nereis
S
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
S

Aust Gannet
Morus serrator

S
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
S S S

Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscescens

S S S S S S

Black-faced Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

S S S S S

Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

S S S

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

S S S S

White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae

S S S S S S
Great Egret
Ardea alba
S
Royal Spoonbill
Platelea regia
S

White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster

S
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
S S S
Grey Goshawk
Accipiter novaehollandiae
white phaseS
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax
S S

Brown Falcon
Falco berigora

(S) S
Peregrine Falcon
Falco
peregrinus
S
Spotless Crake
Porzana tabuensis
S
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
S S

Tasmanian Native-hen
Gallinula mortierii

S S S S S S

Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra

S S S S
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
S S S

Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis

S S
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
S S

Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis

S S

Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris

S S S S

Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus

S S

Red-capped Plover
Charadrius ruficapillus

S S

Double-banded Plover
Charadrius bicinctus

S
Black-fronted Dotterel
Elseyornis melanops
S

Hooded Plover
Thinornis rubricollis

S
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
18
19
20
21
22
S 23
S 24

Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles

S S S S S S

Pacific Gull
Larus pacificus

S S S

Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus

S S S S S

Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae

S S S S S S
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
S

Crested Tern
Sterna bergii

S S S S S
Fairy Tern
Sterna nereis
S

Rock Dove
Columba livia

S
Common Bronzewing
Phaps chalcoptera
S S
Brush Bronzewing
Phaps elegans
(S)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus funereus
H S S
Galah
Cacatua roseicapilla
S S
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
S
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
S
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
S
Masked Owl
Tyto novaehollandiae
S
Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides
S
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
S
Striated Fieldwren
Calamanthus fuliginosus
18
19
S 20
S 21
22
23
24
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
S
S
H S
Tasmanian Thornbill
Acanthiza ewingii
S S
S
S
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
S S
S
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
S S
Pink Robin
Petroica rodinogaster
S
Dusky Robin
Melanodryas vittata
S S
Olive Whistler
Pachycephala olivacea
S
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
S S H S
Grey Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla harmonica
S S H
Satin Flycatcher
Myiagra cyanoleuc
S
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
S
Forest Raven
Corvus tasmanicus
S S S S S S S
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
S S
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
Platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
S
Short-beaked Echidna
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Tiger Quoll (Spot-tailed Quoll)
Dasyurus maculatus
Eastern Quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
S S
Tasmanian Devil
Sarcophilus harrisii
Eastern Barred Bandicoot
Perameles gunnii
S
Common Wombat
Vombatus ursinus
S
Sugar Glider
Petaurus breviceps
S
Common Ringtail Possum
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
S
Common Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
S S S
Long-nosed Potoroo
Potorous tridactylus
S
Tasmanian Bettong
Bettongia gainardi
Red-necked Wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus
S S S S
Tasmanian Pademelon
Thylogale billardierii
S S S S
Aust Fur seal
Arctocephaluspusillus doriferus
S
Bottlenose Dophin
Tursiops truncatus
FISH
REPTILES
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