List of birds of King Island (Tasmania)
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This is a list of bird species and subspecies that have been recorded on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
List of birds
| Order | Genus | Species | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common name | Binomial | ||||
| Casuariiformes | Casuariidae | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | Introduced | [1] |
| King Island emu (†) | Dromaius novaehollandiae minor[2] or Dromaius minor[3] | Endemic species/subspecies (extinct) | [3] | ||
| Galliformes | Phasianidae | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced | [4] |
| Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced | [5] | ||
| Indian peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced | [1][6] | ||
| Odontophoridae | California quail | Callipepla californica | Introduced | [1] | |
| Anseriformes | Anatidae | Blue-billed duck | Oxyura australis | ||
| Cape Barren goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | ||||
| Feral goose | Anser anser domesticus | Introduced | |||
| Musk duck | Biziura lobata | ||||
| Black swan | Cygnus atratus | ||||
| Australian wood duck | Chenonetta jubata | ||||
| Australian shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | ||||
| Pacific black duck | Anas superciliosa | ||||
| Australian shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | ||||
| Gray teal | Anas gracilis | ||||
| Chestnut teal | Anas castanea | ||||
| Domestic duck | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | Introduced | |||
| Apodiformes | Apodidae | White-throated needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | ||
| Cuculiformes | Cuculidae | Pallid cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | ||
| Fan-tailed cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | ||||
| Horsfield's bronze cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | ||||
| Shining bronze cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | ||||
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced | |
| Brush bronzewing | Phaps elegans | ||||
| Gruiformes | Rallidae | Lewin's rail | Lewinia pectoralis | ||
| Buff-banded rail | Gallirallus philippensis | ||||
| Spotless crake | Porzana tabuensis | ||||
| Purple swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | ||||
| Dusky moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | ||||
| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | ||||
| Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Hoary-headed grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | ||
| Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | ||
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | ||||
| Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | ||||
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia | ||||
| Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes | ||||
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | ||||
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||||
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis | ||||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | ||||
| Haematopodidae | Pied oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | |||
| Sooty oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | ||||
| Charadriidae | Red-capped plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | |||
| Double-banded plover | Charadrius bicinctus | ||||
| Hooded dotterel | Thinornis rubricollis | ||||
| Pacific golden plover | Pluvialis fulva | ||||
| Banded lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | ||||
| Masked lapwing | Vanellus miles | ||||
| Laridae | Pacific gull | Larus pacificus | |||
| Silver gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | ||||
| Sternidae | Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |||
| Greater crested tern | Thalasseus bergii | ||||
| Fairy tern | Sterna nereis | ||||
| Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | Little penguin | Eudyptula minor | ||
| Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Short-tailed shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris | ||
| Diomedeidae | Black-browed albatross | Thalassarche melanophrys | |||
| Shy albatross | Thalassarche cauta | ||||
| Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | ||||
| Suliformes | Sulidae | Australasian gannet | Morus serrator | ||
| Phalacrocoracidae | Little pied cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |||
| Black-faced cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | ||||
| Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | White-faced heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | ||
| Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||||
| Great egret | Ardea alba | ||||
| Australasian bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | ||||
| Nankeen night heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | ||||
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | White-bellied sea eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | ||
| Brown goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | ||||
| Swamp harrier | Circus approximans | ||||
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Australian boobook | Ninox boobook | ||
| Falconiformes | Falconidae | Brown falcon | Falco berigora | ||
| Australian hobby | Falco longipennis | ||||
| Nankeen kestrel | Falco chenchroides | ||||
| Psittaciformes | Cacatuidae | Yellow-tailed black cockatoo | Calpytorhynchus funereus | ||
| Sulphur-crested cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | ||||
| Psittacidae | Rainbow lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |||
| Orange-bellied parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | ||||
| Blue-winged parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | ||||
| Green rosella | Platycercus caledonicus | Endemic (to Tas.) | [7] | ||
| King Island green rosella | Platycercus caledonicus brownii | Endemic (to King Is.) | [8] | ||
| Passeriformes | Maluridae | Superb fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | ||
| Pardalotidae | Spotted pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | |||
| Striated pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | ||||
| Acanthizidae | Tasmanian scrubwren | Sericornis humilis | Endemic (Tas.) | ||
| Scrubtit | Acanthornis magna | Endemic (Tas.) | |||
| King Island scrubtit (Greene's scrubtit) | Acanthornis magnus greeniana | Endemic (King Is.) | |||
| Brown thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | ||||
| King Island brown thornbill (Archibald's thornbill) | Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi | Endemic (King Is.) | |||
| Tasmanian thornbill | Acanthiza ewingii | Endemic (Tas.) | |||