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Inverawe is a fringe habitat, where forest and pasture meet
the shoreline, the wetlands and the tidal flats. It's a very
good area for bird watchers - we've listed seventy species
and we're sure there are more waiting for you to discover.
Twelve species - the endemics - are only found in Tasmania.
All twelve have been seen at Inverawe. Some make their home
here whilst others are seasonal or occasional visitors. Here's
the list of endemics:
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TASMANIAN ENDEMICS |
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Bird
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Habitat
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Forty Spotted Pardalote
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Eucalyptus viminalis woodland.
Rare and difficult to spot. Listen for their ‘whht-whht’
call
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Yellow Throated Honeyeater
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Common in woodland, in the
canopy. Listen for their distinctive ‘plonk’ call
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Black Headed Honeyeater
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Woodlands. Common. Travels
in small groups.
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Strong Billed Honeyeater
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Wet forest. Common but may
be difficult to spot in the tree canopy
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Yellow Wattle Bird
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Forests and parks. Common,
distinctive
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Black Currawong
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Wet forests and gullies.
Common. Listen for its loud rolling cry.
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Green Rosella
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Woodlands and parks. Noisy
and common
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Native Hen
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Flat grasslands near water.
Noisy and common
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Scrubwren
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Woodlands. Common. Look
for its busy wren-like manner and ‘ts-ch’ repeated call
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Scrubtit
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Wet forest. Widespread,
difficult to spot
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Tasmanian Thornbill
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Woodland. Reasonably common
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Dusky Robin
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Open woodland. Reasonably
common but difficult to distinguish in the field. Look
for its alert, robin-like stance on a post or pole.
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Lots of birds are at home in the bush at Inverawe. Some
are in the under-story, others are in the tree canopy, whilst
birds of prey cruise the sky above. The birds marked ** are
on the endangered list.
| BUSH BIRDS |
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Yellow Wattlebird
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Grey Goshawk
(white phase) **
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Thornbill (brown)
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Small Wattlebird
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Brown Falcon
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Thornbill (Tas)
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New Holland
Honeyeater
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Small Falcon
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Grey Fantail
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Crescent Honeyeater
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Collared Sparrowhawk
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Gold Finch
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Blackheaded Honeyeater
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Swamp Harrier
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Spinebill
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Yellow Throated Honeyeater
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Wedge Tailed
Eagle **
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Skylark
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Strong Billed Honeyeater
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Peregrine Falcon
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Tree Martin
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Superb Blue
Wren
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Black Currawong
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Pipit
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Pallid Cuckoo
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Forest Raven
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Southern Boobook
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Grey Butcher
Bird
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Ground Thrush
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Kookaburra
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Striated Pardalote
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Magpie
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Native hen
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Spotted Pardalote
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Black Faced
Cuckoo Shrike
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Scrubtit
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40 Spotted Pardalote **
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Silvereye
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Scrubwren
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Flame Robin
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Welcome Swallows
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Bronzewing (Pigeon)
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Scarlet Robin
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Green Rosella
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Yellow Tailed
Black Cockatoo
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Dusky Robin
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Swift Parrot
**
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Pink and Grey
Galah
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Sulphur Crested
Cockatoo
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At low tide many species of birds are seen feeding on the
tidal flats or around the shore line: oyster catchers, ducks,
heron and egret. At high tide the swans and pelicans take
over, with visits from petrels and terns. On the grasslands
masked lapwings are always present whilst swans, ducks and
grebes rest on the lower reaches of the river. Somewhere
close at hand are gulls and cormorants. Swamp harriers patrol
the grasslands and swamps, whilst sea eagles make routine
sweeps over the bay. Cape Barron geese and pacific heron
are rare, occasional visitors
| WATER BIRDS |
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Masked Lapwing
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Little Pied Cormorant
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Pelican
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Great Egret
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Great Cormorant
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Hoary Grebe
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Pied Oystercatcher
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Little Black Cormorant
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Cape Barron Goose
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Sea Eagle
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Black Winged Petrel
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Pacific Heron
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Silver Gull
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Crested Tern
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Black Swan
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Dominican Gull
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Sooty Oyster Catcher
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Wood Duck
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Pacific Gull
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Caspian Tern
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Chestnut Teal
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White Faced Heron
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Pacific Black Duck
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