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Maria Island National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Maria Island National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Maria Island National Park [map]
Number of breeding endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of introduced species: 9
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Cape Barren Goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Endemic (country/region) |
| Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
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| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
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| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | |
| Tasmanian Nativehen | Tribonyx mortierii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
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| Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis cucullatus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Thinornis melanops | |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Near-threatened |
| Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus | |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius | |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Australian Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | Vulnerable |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | Near-threatened |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | |
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| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Near-threatened |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
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| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
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| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephala | |
| Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciata | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Tasmanian Boobook | Ninox leucopsis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | Introduced species |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Zanda funerea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea | Introduced species |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | Breeding endemic Critically endangered |
| Green Rosella | Platycercus caledonicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Musk Lorikeet | Trichoglossus concinnus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Superb Lyrebird | Menura novaehollandiae | Introduced species |
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| Southern Emuwren | Stipiturus malachurus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow Wattlebird | Anthochaera paradoxa | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater | Nesoptilotis flavicollis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus affinis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Strong-billed Honeyeater | Melithreptus validirostris | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
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| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Forty-spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus quadragintus | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tasmanian Scrubwren | Sericornis humilis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scrubtit | Acanthornis magna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tasmanian Thornbill | Acanthiza ewingii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | |
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| Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | |
| Black Currawong | Strepera fuliginosa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray Currawong | Strepera versicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
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| Forest Raven | Corvus tasmanicus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster | Endemic (country/region) |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang | |
| Dusky Robin | Melanodryas vittata | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Introduced species |
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| Little Grassbird | Poodytes gramineus | |
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| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | Introduced species |
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| Beautiful Firetail | Stagonopleura bella | Endemic (country/region) |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Australian Pipit | Anthus australis | |
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| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Introduced species |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
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