Site Report: South Bruny Island, Australia
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Comb-footed Spider (Cryptachaea sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)
Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Ruddy Streak (Tachystola acroxantha)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) - Juvenile
Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
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Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Comb-footed Spider (Cryptachaea sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)
Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Ruddy Streak (Tachystola acroxantha)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) - Juvenile
Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
Island near Hobart
Visits
- 2025-11-26: We had a couple of nights on Bruny Island to look for the remaining endemics.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (60 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(17 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Cobweb Spiders
- Comb-footed Spider (Cryptachaea sp)
Class: Insects
(16 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Marsh Beetles
- Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths (14 records)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
- Family: Feather-legged Moths
- Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
- Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Order: Caddisflies
(1 record)
- Family: Long-horned Caddisflies
- Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(43 records)
Class: Birds
(41 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- 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: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(23 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
- Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
- Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
- Gray Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- Family: Plovers
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Rufous-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Skinks
- Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)