SWAMP HARRIER

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015

489          SWAMP HARRIER               Circus approximans

Australia           (330)

Also known as Marsh Harrier and Small Swamp Hawk. 50-61 cm, wingspan 1.45 m. Range all across Australia, breeds in the southern states. Found in swamps and wetlands, tall grasslands, grain-crops, coasts, islands, heathlands, salt marsh, bracken, boredrains.

Juvenile or young immature, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017

Immature or sub-adult male, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017

EUROPEAN GREENFINCH

Photographed on Adventure Beach, South Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015

488        EUROPEAN GREENFINCH               Carduelis chloris

Australia            (329)

14-16 cm. Native of Europe, N. Africa and Middle East, introduced into Australia from 1860s, spread to Tasmania in 1940s. Range SE Australia, se tip of SA, all Victoria and Tasmania and se NSW. Found in farmland, weedy wastelands, coastal dunes, swamp-woodlands, roadsides, orchards, parks; favours introduced trees.

DUSKY ROBIN

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015

487         DUSKY ROBIN         Melanodryas vittata

Australia       (328)

Also known as Dozey, Stump, Tasmanian or Sleepy Robin. 16-17 cm. Endemic to Tasmania. Found in rainforest margins, tracks, up to 1200 m, open forests/woodlands, scrubs, newly cleared areas, regrowth, country gardens.

NOTE:      Two subspecies:
vittata:       Tasmania
kingii:        King Island

Subspecies kingii, photographed on King Island, June 2018

PINK ROBIN

Female pink Robin, photographed near Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania, January 2015.

486           PINK ROBIN            Petroica rodinogaster

Australia            (327)

11.5-13 cm. Range: Tasmania, southern and se Victoria, se tip SA, se tip of NSW. Habitat dense, dark forest/treefern gullies, in winter open forests, woodlands, scrublands.

Photographed at Toolangi State Forest, Victoria November 2015

STRIATED FIELDWREN

Photographed near Boobyalia, ne Tasmania, January 2015

485             STRIATED FIEDWREN              Calamanthus fuliginosus

Australia           (326)

Also known as Cocktail, Fieldwork, Reedlark and Sandplain-wren. 12.5-14 cm. Range along coastal se Australia from nw of Sydney to Lake Alexandria in SA; also across Tasmania. Found in low shrubs, tussocks, swamp-fringes, salt marshes; alpine, coastal heaths; dune vegetation.

Photographed on west coast Tasmania, January 2015

TASMANIAN SCRUBWREN

Photographed near Scotsdale, Tasmania, January 2015

484           TASMANIAN SCRUBWREN       Sericornis humilis

Australia             (325)

Also known as Brown Scrubwren. Endemic to Tasmania. 12-14 cm.

GREY CURRAWONG

Photographed at Bridport, Tasmania, January 2015

483         GREY CURRAWONG          Strepera versicolor

Australia     (324)

also known as Black-winged, Brown or Clinking Currawong, or Squeaker. Range Tasmania, across the southern quarter of the mainland, and an area around the junction of NT, SA, WA. Found forest/woodlands, mallee, coastal scrubs, heaths, roadside timber, orchards, suburban areas.

STRONG-BILLED HONEYEATER

Photographed near Ben Lommond National Park, Tasmania, January 2015

482         STRONG-BILLED HONEYEATER           Melithreptus validirostris

Australia       (323)

Also known as Barkbird, Blackcap, and Black-capped Honeyeater. 15-17 cm. Endemic to Tasmania. Found in forests to coastal scrubs with heavy undergrowth.

YELLOW-THROATED HONEYEATER

Photographed near Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, January 2015

481        YELLOW-THROATED HONEYEATER             Lichenostomus flavicollis

Australia          (322)

Endemic to Tasmania. 20 cm. Found in forests, woodlands, except rainforests,; coastal scrub and heaths; golf courses, orchards, parks, gardens.

CRESCENT HONEYEATER

Photographed on Sarah Island, Tasmania, January 2015

480       CRESCENT HONEYEATER               Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera

Australia          (321)

15-16 cm. Range: Tasmania, around Adelaide, and coastal se Australia from Barrington Tops (NSW) to Mt Lofty (SA). Found in alpine woodlands, wetter eucalypt forest/woodlands; understory on creeks, gullies; coastal scrubs, tall heaths, mallee, orchards, gardens.

BLACK CURRAWONG

Photographed on Sarah Island, Tasmania, January 2015.

479       BLACK CURRAWONG             Strepera fulginosa

Australia           (320)

Endemic to Tasmania, found across the island and on King King and Flinders Island. Found in mountains/lowland forest/woodlands, high moors, coastal heaths, grazing country, orchards, suburban areas. 47-49 cm.

TASMANIAN THORNBILL

Photographed in the car park at Port Arthur, January 2015

478        TASMANIAN THORNBILL               Acanthiza ewingii

Australia            (319)

Endemic to Tasmania. Ranges all over Tasmania, and coastal islands, King Island, Furneaux Group. Found in forests, woodlands, scrubs. 10 cm.