Site Report: Launceston, Australia

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City with a Gorge
Visits
- 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.
Species Seen
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)