YELLOW WATTLEBIRD

Photographed in Scotsdale, Tasmania, January 2015

475         YELLOW WATTLEBIRD            Anthochaera paradoxa

Australia          (316)

Largest honeyeater, 37-45 cm. Endemic to Tasmania, rarely found in w. Found in mountain shrubberies, sub-alpine forests to lowland forests; open woodlands; coastal scrubs, especially with banksia, golf courses, gardens, orchards, parks.

BLACK-FACED CORMORANT

Photographed at Low Head, Tasmania, January, 2015

474         BLACK-FACED CORMORANT                 Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Australia           (315)

Also known as Black-faced Shag or White-breasted Cormorant. Range along coast of Tasmania and southern Australia from just above Eden (NSW) to C. Leeuwin (WA). Found in coastal waters, islands, larger bays, deep inlets, ashore mostly on rock stacks or remote rocky headlands, seldom on beaches.

TASMANIAN NATIVE-HEN

Photographed at Deloraine, Tasmania, January 2015

473           TASMANIAN NATIVE-HEN             Gallinula mortierii            

Australia            (314)

Also known as Narkie. 43-50 cm. Endemic to Tasmania, absent from the w. and sw. Found in farmlands with short grass, tussocks; edges of wetlands, streams, lakes; margins of woodlands; roadsides.