Site Report: Maria Island, Australia
Bare-nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)
Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) - Female
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
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Bare-nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)
Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) - Female
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Mostly Uninhabited Island off of Tasmania
Visits
- 2025-11-25: We booked a ferry to visit Maria Island leaving early in the morning. Once we reached the island, we walked around in light rain for most of the day. People were really crowding the wombats on the island.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (54 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(54 records)
Class: Birds
(50 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Musk Lorikeet (Trichoglossus concinnus)
- Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Order: Perching Birds
(24 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
- Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)
- Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis)
- Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
- Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
Class: Mammals
(4 records)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(2 records)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Rufous-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
- Family: Wombats
- Bare-nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Order: Monotremata
(1 record)
- Family: Echidna
- Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)