g'day all,
When checking out the location of the URL for the
Tasmanian Bird List I was supplied with the following annotated bird list
by
the Interpretation and Education Officer, Parks and Wildlife
Service, Tasmania
This is the first Bid List I have sighted for this location.
I
inserted the line spacings and underlines to make it more
readable.
Regards, Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW
Qld.
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MACQUARIE
ISLAND - CHECKLIST OF BIRDS
Species Status Comments
Spenisciformes
Penguins (Spheniscidae)
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus A-B Increasing population
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis
papua papua A-B
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae VR-V
Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarctica R-V
Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome A-B
Royal Penguin Eudyptes schegeli A-B Endemic species
Snares Crested
Penguin Eudyptes robustus R-V
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri O-V
Procellariiformes
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Wandering
Albatross Diomedea exulans R-B
Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophrys
F-B
Grey-headed Albatross Diomedea chrysostoma F-B
Light-mantled
Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata C-B
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca VR-V
Petrels (Procellariidae)
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus C-B
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli C-B
Cape Petrel Daption capense
O-V
Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides VR-V
Blue Petrel Halobeana
caerulea C-B
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata A-B
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur F-B
Thin Billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri R-B?
Sooty
Shearwater Puffinus griseus C-B
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus
tenuirostris VR-V
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis VR-V
Grey Petrel
Procellaria cinerea R-B?
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii A-B
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata VR-V
Soft Plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis R-B?
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctia VR-V
Storm
Petrels (Oceanitidae)
Grey-backed Storm Oceanites nereis R-B?
Diving
Petrels (Pelecanoidae)
Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix R-B
Pelecaniformes
Cormorants (Phalocrocoracidae).
Black
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo R-V
King Cormorant Phalocrocorax albiventer
Endemic purpurascens C-B sub-species
Gannets (Sulidae)
Australasian Gannet Sula serrator VR-V
Ardeiformes
Herons (Areidae)
Large Egret Egretta alba
VR-V
Little Egret Egretta garzetta VR-V
Cattle Egret Ardeola ibis VR-V
White-faced Heron Ardea novea-hollandiae R-V
Anseriformes
Ducks (Anatidae)
Grey Teal Anas gibberifrons R-V
Black Duck Anas
superciliosa C-B
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos F-B
Accipitriformes
Harriers (Circinae)
Swamp Harrier Circus
aeruginosus gouldi VR-V
Gruiformes
Rails (Rallidae)
Pacific Banded Rail Rallus philippensis Macquarie macquariensis Island
subspecies extinct.
Australian Coot Fulica atra R-V
Stewart Island Weka
Gallirallus australis scotti F-B Introduced in 1870s.
Marsh Crake Porzana
pusilla VR-V
Charadriiformes
Plovers and Dotterels (Charadriidae)
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VR-V
Turnstones (Arenariidae)
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres VR-V
Snipe and Sandpipers
(Scolopacidae)
Lathams Snipe Gallinago hardwickii VR-V
Greenshank Tringa
nebularia VR-V
Knot Calidris canutus VR-V
Red-necked Stint Calidris
ruficollis VR-V
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica VR-V
Stilts
(Recurvirostridae)
Pied Stilt Himantopus himantopus V-R
Phalaropes
(Phalaropodidae)
Northern Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus VR-V
Skua
(Stercorariidae)
Great Skua Catharacta lonnbergi C-B
Gulls (Laridae).
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus F-B
Terns (Sterninae)
Antarctic
Tern Sterna vittata F-B
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea VR-V
Psittaciformes
Parrots (Psittacidae)
Macquarie Island
Cyanoramphus novaezealandiae Macquarie Parakeet erythrotis Island subspecies
extinct.
Apodiformes
Swifts (Apodidae).
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus VR-V
Spine-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudactus R-V
Passeriformes
Swallows (Hirurdinidae)
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena VR-V
Thrushes (Turdidae)
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
VR-V
Black Bird Turdus merula R-V
Silvereyes (Zosteropidae)
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis VR-V
Finches (Fringillidae)
Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis britannica VR-V
Redpoll Acanthis flammea C-B
Starlings (Sturnidae)
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris C-B
Domestic
poultry
Pekin ducks No longer on
Toulon geese the island.
Rhode
Island red fowls
STATUS KEY
Breeding birds B
Abundant
A over 5,000 breeding
pairs
Common C
101-5,000 breeding pairs
Few
F
21-100 breeding pairs
Rare
R
less than 20 breeding pairs
(after Rounsevell and Brothers 1984)
Vagrants
V Occasional O
over 50 sightings
Rare
R
10-50 sightings
Very Rare VR
less than 10 sightings
