Birds of Taroona
Notes on photos relate to the current status of the bird in Taroona. All photos are taken by local resident Mick Brown.
Australasian Gannet
Occasional on Estuary
Australasian Grebe
Rare
Australian Hobby
Occasional
Australian Magpie
Common
Australian Owlet Nightjar
Rare
Australian Pelican
Rare
Bassian Thrush
Occasional in wet gullies
Beautiful Firetail
Occasional
Black Currawong
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Black Swan
Rare
Black-Faced Cormorant
Common
Black-Faced Cuckoo Shrike
Occasional, seen in Summer
Black Headed Honeyeater
Common, Tas. endemic
Blue Winged Parrot
Occasional, sometimes flocks in local area
Brown Falcon
Occasional, sometimes flocks in local area
Brown Goshawk
Resident, but few in number
Brown Quail
Rare
Brown Thornbill
Common
Brush Bronzewing
Occasional
Collared Sparrowhawk
Resident, but few in number
Common Blackbird (immature)
Common (introduced)
Common Bronzewing
Resident, but few in number
Common Starling
Common (introduced)
Dusky Robins
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Dusky Woodswallow and chick
Occasional
Eastern Rosella
Common
Eastern Spinebill
Common, especially in Winter
European Goldfinch
Common (introduced)
European Greenfinch
Common (introduced)
Fantail Cuckoo (Female)
Common
Flame Robins
Occasional
Forest Raven
Common
Forty-spotted Pardalote
Rare, Tas endemic
Galah
Common
Golden Whistler (Female)
Occasional
Golden Whistler (Male)
Occasional
Great Cormorant
Occasional
Great Crested Tern
Occasional
Green Rosella
Common, Tas. endemic
Grey Butcherbird
Occasional
Grey Currawong
Common
Grey Fantail
Common
Grey Goshawk
Resident, but few in number
Grey Strike-thrush
Resident
Hoary-headed Grebe
Rare
Horsefield Bronze Cuckoo
Occasional
House Sparrow
Common (introduced)
Kelp Gull
Common
Laughing Kookaburra
Common (introduced from mainland)
Lewins Rail
Rare
Little Black Cormorant
Occasional
Little Penguin
Rare
Little Pied Cormorant
Occasional
Little Wattlebird
Common
Long-billed Corella
Occasional (introduced)
Mallard
Rare (introduced)
Masked Lapwing and chick
Common
Masked Owl
Resident, but few in number
Musk Lorikeet
Common
Noisy Miner
Occasional
Olive Whistler
Occasional in gullys
Pacific Black Duck
Rare
Pacific Gull
Occasional
Pallid Cuckoo chick in nest of Golden Whistler
Occasional
Peregrine Falcon
Resident, but few in number
Pink Robin
Rare in wet gulleys
Rainbow Lorikeet
Increasing in numbers (Introduced)
Satin Flycatcher (female)
Rare
Scarlet Robins
Occasional
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Occasional
Silvereye
Common
Silver Gulls
Common
Sooty and Pied Oystercatchers
Occasional
Sooty Oystercatcher
Occasional
Spotted Dove
Common (introduced)
Spotted Pardalote
Occasional
Strong-billed Honeyeater
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Common
Superb Fairywren - Female
Common
Superb Fairywren
Common
Swamp Harrier
Occasional
Swift Parrot
Common in Blue-gum flowering years
Tasmanian Native Hen
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Tasmanian Scrubwren
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Tasmanian Thornbill
Occasional, Tas. endemic
Tawny Frogmouth
Occasional
Tree Martin
Common
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Occasional fly-overs
Welcome Swallow
Common in Summer
White-Bellied Sea Eagle
Resident, but few in number
White-Faced Heron
Occasional
White-Necked Heron
Rare, vagrant
Wood Duck
Occasional
Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
Occasional, becoming more common
Yellow-Throated Honeyeater
Common, Tas. endemic
Yellow Wattlebird
Common, Tas. endemic
