Wildlife watching is will be at the heart of our Tasmanian experience. Here is a list of the 15 birds that we most want to see, compiled before the start of the trip. We will update the list with details of our first siting of each species.
Below this table is a second one, which will include details of all the other birds we see.
|
Species |
First sighting |
Notes |
|
| When | Where | ||
| Beautiful Firetail | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Black Swan | 5 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | Common in Tasmania |
| Black-faced Cormorant | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Cape Barren Goose | 4 December | Maria Island | |
| Eastern Rosella | 16 November | Bonorong Sanctuary | |
| Forty-spotted Pardalote * | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Galah | 16 November | Tasman Peninsula | Best view at Penguin, (see blog) |
| Laughing Kookaburra | 5 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | Common in Tasmania |
| Little Penguin | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Masked Lapwing | 8 November | Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens | Common throughout Tasmania |
| Scarlet Robin | 8 November | Bruny Island | |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Superb Fairy Wren | 9 November | Mount Nelson | Common. Superb! |
| Swift Parrot * | 9 November | Bruny Island | Superb views |
| Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo | 9 November | Bruny Island | Occasional views; best on Flinders Island |
And here’s a listing of the other birds seen on our trip
|
Species |
First sighting |
Notes |
|
| When | Where | ||
| Sacred Ibis | Sydney | Not in Tasmania | |
| Silver gull | Sydney | Common in Tasmania | |
| Mallard | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Eurasian Coot | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | |
| Moorhen | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | |
| Eurasian House Sparrow | Sydney | ||
| Little Black Cormorant | 1 December | Tamar Island | |
| Great Cormorant | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Eurasian blackbird | 7 November | Hobart | Common |
| Eurasian Goldfinch | 7 November | Hobart | |
| Eurasian Starling | 7 November | Hobart | |
| Australian Wood Duck | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Pacific Black Duck | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Chestnut Teal | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Musk Duck | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| White-faced Heron | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | 11 November | Bruny Island | Surprisingly common |
| Swamp Harrier | 9 November | Bruny Island | Surprisingly common |
| Brown Goshawk | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Australian Hobby | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Tasmanian Native Hen * | 10 November | Bruny Island | Surprisingly common |
| Pied Oystercatcher | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Red-capped Plover | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Hooded Dotterel | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Pacific Gull | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Common Mynah | 5 November | Singapore | |
| Caspian Tern | 30 November | Narawntapu | |
| Kelp Gull | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Greater-crested Tern | 11 November | Bruny island | |
| Common Bronzewing | 10 November | Bruny Island | Heard only on Bruny; seen at Narawntapu |
| Green Rosella * | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Pallid cuckoo | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Tawny Frogmouth | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater * | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Strong-billed Honeyeater * | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Black-headed Honeyeater * | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Shining-bronze cuckoo | 11 November | Bruny Island | Heard only |
| Yellow Wattlebird * | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Crescent Honeyeater | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| New Holland Honeyeater | 9 November | Inverawe Gardens, en route for Bruny | The most common of the Honeyeaters |
| Eastern Spinebill | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| White-fronted Chat | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Striated Pardalote | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Scrubtit * | 11 November | Bruny island | |
| Purple Swamphen | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | Also on Tasmania |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | 9 November | Inverawe Gardens | |
| Greylag goose | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | |
| Australian Pipit | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Tasmanian Scrubwren * | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Brown Thornbill | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Tasmanian Thornbill * | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Australian Magpie | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Black Currawong * | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Grey Currawong | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Dusky Woodswallow | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Olive Whistler | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Grey Shrike Thrush | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Grey Fantail | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Forest Raven | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Dusky Robin * | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Pink Robin | 11 November | Bruny Island | |
| Flame Robin | 9 November | Bruny Island | |
| Eurasian Skylark | 10 November | Bruny Island | Heard only on Bruny. Occasional sightings on mainland Tasmania; sometimes heard too |
| Welcome Swallow | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | |
| Tree Martin | 1 December | Tamar Island | |
| Little Grassbird | 1 December | Tamar Island | |
| Silvereye | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Eurasian Starling | 4 November | Sydney | |
| Australian Pelican | 4 November | Centennial Park, Sydney | |
| Crested Dove | 5 November | Sydney | |
| Banded Lapwing | 2 December | Forester Kangaroo Drive | |
| Muscovy Duck | 8 November | Boulder Rivulet Dam, Hobart | |
| Bell Miner | 10 December | Melbourne | |
| Noisy Miner | Heard only | ||
| Eurasian Greenfinch | 10 November | Bruny Island | |
| Eurasian Goldfinch | 9 November | Bruny island | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | |||
| Southern Gannet | 4 December | Maria Island cruise | |
| Australian Shelduck | 24 November | Tasmanian Arboretum | |
| Whiskered Tern | ? | ||
| Nankeen Kestrel | 30 November | Narawntapu | |
| Shy Albatross | 5 December | Wineglass Bay Cruise | |
| Pheasant | ? | ||
| Magpie Lark | Sydney | ||
| Noisy Miner | Sydney | ||
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Singapore | ||
+ Australian Raven (Centennial Park, Sydney)
Little Pied Cormorant (Paramatta, Sydney)
Australian Darter (Centennial Park, Sydney)
Pied Cormorant (Centennial Park, Sydney)
Dusky Moorhen (Melbourne)
* Tasmanian endemic
Platypus Pandemonium 