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 |
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 |
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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 |
S | ||||||
| White-faced
Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina |
S | ||||||
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Aust Gannet |
S | ||||||
| Australian
Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus |
S | S | S | ||||
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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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S | ||||||
| Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans |
S | S | S | ||||
| Grey
Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae |
white phaseS | ||||||
| Wedge-tailed
Eagle Aquila audax |
S | S | |||||
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Brown Falcon |
(S) | S | |||||
| Peregrine
Falcon Falco peregrinus |
S | ||||||
| Spotless
Crake Porzana tabuensis |
S | ||||||
| Purple
Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio |
S | S | |||||
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Tasmanian
Native-hen |
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Eurasian Coot |
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| Bar-tailed
Godwit Limosa lapponica |
S | S | S | ||||
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Eastern Curlew |
S | S | |||||
| Common
Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
S | S | |||||
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Red-necked Stint |
S | S | |||||
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
S | S | |||||
| Pink Robin
Petroica rodinogaster |
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| Dusky
Robin Melanodryas vittata |
S | S | |||||
| 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 |
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 |
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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 |
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| Common
Blackbird Turdus merula |
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| Common
Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
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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 |
S | ||||||
| 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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| February 2008 | |||||||
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