List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
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The following is a list of the birds recorded on Kangaroo Island, South Australia
[edit] Emus
- Emu (introduced)
- Kangaroo Island Emu (extinct)
[edit] Megapodes
- Australian Brush-turkey (introduced)
[edit] Gamebirds
- Stubble Quail
- Brown Quail
- Indian Peafowl (introduced)
[edit] Wildfowl
- Blue-billed Duck
- Musk Duck
- Freckled Duck
- Black Swan
- Cape Barren Goose
- Australian Shelduck
- Australian Wood Duck
- Pacific Black Duck
- Australian Shoveler (introduced)
- Grey Teal (introduced)
- Chestnut Teal
- Garganey (migrates here to breed)
- Pink-eared Duck
- Hardhead (introduced)
[edit] Grebes
- Australasian Grebe
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe (a subspecies)
[edit] Penguins
- Fjordland Penguin (introduced)
- Little Penguin
[edit] Diving-petrels
- Common Diving-petrel (migrates here to breed)
[edit] Petrels & Shearwaters
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Southern Fulmar (migrates here to breed)
- Cape Petrel (migrates here to breed)
- Kerguelen Petrel (introduced)
- Great-winged Petrel (introduced)
- White-headed Petrel (introduced)
- Blue Petrel
- Broad-billed Prion (introduced)
- Salvin's Prion (introduced)
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- Fairy Prion
- White-chinned Petrel
- Grey Petrel
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater (migrates here to breed)
- Fluttering Shearwater (introduced)
- Hutton's Shearwater
[edit] Albatrosses
- Wandering Albatross
- Royal Albatross
- Black-browed Albatross
- Shy Albatross
- Grey-headed Albatross
- Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
[edit] Storm-petrels
- Wilson's Storm-petrel (migrates here to breed)
- White-faced Storm-petrel
[edit] Tropicbirds
[edit] Gannets
[edit] Darters
[edit] Cormorants
[edit] Pelicans
[edit] Herons & allies
- White-faced Heron
- Little Egret
- Eastern Reef Egret
- White-necked Heron
- Great Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Australasian Bittern
[edit] Ibises & Spoonbills
[edit] Hawks & allies
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Letter-winged Kite
- Square-tailed Kite
- Black Kite
- Whistling Kite
- White-bellied Sea-eagle
- Spotted Harrier
- Swamp Harrier
- Brown Goshawk
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Little Eagle
[edit] Osprey
[edit] Falcons
[edit] Cranes
[edit] Rails
- Buff-banded Rail
- Lewin's Rail
- Baillon's Crake
- Australian Spotted Crake
- Spotless Crake
- Purple Swamp-hen
- Dusky Moorhen
- Black-tailed Native-hen
- Common Coot
[edit] Buttonquail
[edit] Sandpipers & allies
- Latham's Snipe
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Whimbrel
- Eastern Curlew
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Red-necked Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
[edit] Painted-snipe
[edit] Stone-curlews
- Bush Stone-curlew (introduced)
[edit] Oystercatchers
[edit] Avocets & Stilts
[edit] Plovers
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Red-capped Plover
- Double-banded Plover
- Lesser Sand Plover
- Greater Sand Plover
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Hooded Plover
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Banded Lapwing
- Masked Lapwing
[edit] Skuas
[edit] Gulls
[edit] Terns
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Crested Tern
- White-fronted Tern
- Common Tern
- Antarctic Tern
- Fairy Tern
- Sooty Tern
- Whiskered Tern
[edit] Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Dove (introduced)
- Spotted Dove (introduced)
- Common Bronzewing
- Brush Bronzewing
- Crested Pigeon (introduced)
[edit] Cockatoos
- Glossy Black Cockatoo
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Gang-gang Cockatoo(introduced)
- Galah
- Little Corella
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
[edit] Parrots
[edit] Cuckoos
[edit] Barn Owls
[edit] Owls
[edit] Frogmouths
[edit] Nightjars
[edit] Owlet-nightjars
[edit] Swifts
- White-throated Needletail (migrates here to spend the winter)
- Fork-tailed Swift (migrates here to breed)
[edit] Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (introduced)
- Sacred Kingfisher (a subspecies)
[edit] Bee-eaters
[edit] Rollers
[edit] Australo-papuan wrens
[edit] Pardalotes
[edit] Thornbills and allies
[edit] Honeyeaters
- Red Wattlebird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
- Little Wattlebird
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Regent Honeyeater
- Singing Honeyeater
- White-eared Honeyeater
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Brown-headed Honeyeater
- White-naped Honeyeater
- Crescent Honeyeater (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
- White-fronted Honeyeater
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Eastern Spinebill
[edit] Australian Chats
[edit] Australian Robins
[edit] Whipbirds
- Western Whipbird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
[edit] Whistlers
[edit] Monarch Flycatchers
[edit] Mudnest-builders
[edit] Fantails
[edit] Drongos
- Spangled Drongo (vagrant)
[edit] Cuckooshrikes
[edit] Woodswallows
[edit] Bellmagpies and allies
- Australian Magpie
- Grey Currawong (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
[edit] Crows
[edit] Larks
[edit] Pipits and wagtails
[edit] Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (introduced)
[edit] Waxbills and allies
[edit] Finches
- Goldfinch (introduced)
[edit] Swallows and martins
[edit] Old World Warblers
[edit] White-eyes
- Silvereye (a subspecies)
[edit] Thrushes
- Bassian Thrush (a subspecies)
- Blackbird (introduced)
[edit] Starlings
- European Starling (introduced)
[edit] Source
- Baxter, Chris (1995), An Annotated List of the Birds of Kangaroo Island (revised edition) South Australia National Parks and Wildlife Service
