Site Report: Launceston, Australia

City with a Gorge

Map of Site Report: Launceston, Australia

2025-11-30: We had a night in Launceston before flying back to Melbourne. There was a band playing and some food carts followed by more eating and then a walk into the nearby Cataract Gorge.

Kingdom: Animals (15 records)

Phylum: Chordates (15 records)

Class: Birds (15 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)

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
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

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