Site Report: Fern Glade Platypus Reserve, Australia
Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
River
Visits
- 2025-11-30: Barbara had never seen a Platypus, so I promised her that we could find one. We bailed early from Cradle Mountain to get to the reserve before any picnic crowd might show up. Sure enough, Barbara saw a Platypus within a few minutes. Standing quietly, it eventually swam very close to us.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (12 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(12 records)
Class: Birds
(11 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Monotremata
(1 record)
- Family: Ornithorhynchidae
- Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)