List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

__NOTOC__ The following is a list of the birds recorded on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Emus Emu (introduced) Kangaroo Island emu (extinct)

Megapodes Australian brush-turkey (introduced)

Gamebirds Stubble quail Brown quail Indian peafowl (introduced) Common pheasant (introduced) Wild turkey (introduced) Guineafowl (introduced)

Wildfowl

Blue-billed duck

Musk duck Freckled duck Black swan Cape Barren goose Australian shelduck Australian wood duck Pacific black duck Australian shoveler Grey teal Chestnut teal Garganey (vagrant) Pink-eared duck Hardhead Mallard (introduced)

Grebes Australasian grebe Hoary-headed grebe Great crested grebe

Penguins Little penguin Fiordland penguin

Diving-petrels Common diving-petrel

Petrels and shearwaters

Southern giant petrel

Northern giant petrel Southern fulmar Cape petrel Kerguelen petrel Great-winged petrel White-headed petrel Blue petrel Broad-billed prion Salvin's prion Antarctic prion Slender-billed prion Fairy prion White-chinned petrel Mottled petrel Grey petrel Flesh-footed shearwater Short-tailed shearwater (migrates here to breed) Fluttering shearwater Hutton's shearwater Sooty shearwater Little shearwater

Albatrosses

Wandering albatross

Royal albatross Black-browed albatross Shy albatross Grey-headed albatross Yellow-nosed albatross Sooty albatross Light-mantled sooty albatross

Storm-petrels Wilson's storm-petrel White-faced storm-petrel Grey-backed storm-petrel Black-bellied storm-petrel

Tropicbirds Red-tailed tropicbird

Gannets Australasian gannet

Darters Darter

Cormorants Little pied cormorant Black-faced cormorant Pied cormorant Little black cormorant Great cormorant

Pelicans Australasian pelican

Herons and allies

White-faced heron

Little egret Eastern reef egret White-necked heron Great egret Cattle egret Nankeen night heron Australasian bittern Intermediate egret

Ibises and spoonbills Glossy ibis Australian white ibis Straw-necked ibis Royal spoonbill Yellow-billed spoonbill

Hawks and 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

Osprey Osprey

Falcons Brown falcon Australian hobby Black falcon Peregrine falcon Nankeen kestrel

Cranes Brolga

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

Buttonquail Painted buttonquail

Sandpipers and allies

Latham's snipe

Black-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit Eurasian 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 Great knot

Painted-snipe Australian painted snipe

Stone-curlews Bush stone-curlew

Oystercatchers Pied oystercatcher Sooty oystercatcher

Avocets and stilts Black-winged stilt Banded stilt Red-necked avocet

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

Skuas Antarctic skua Arctic skua Pomarine skua South polar skua

Gulls Pacific gull Kelp gull Silver gull

Terns

Australian tern

Caspian tern Crested tern White-fronted tern Common tern Antarctic tern Fairy tern Sooty tern Whiskered tern Arctic tern Little tern White-winged tern

Pigeons and doves Rock dove (introduced) Spotted dove (introduced) Common bronzewing Brush bronzewing Crested pigeon (introduced) Peaceful dove

Cockatoos

Glossy black cockatoo

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo Gang-gang cockatoo(introduced) Galah Little corella Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cockatiel Long-billed corella

Parrots

Rainbow lorikeet

Purple-crowned lorikeet Musk lorikeet Crimson rosella Eastern rosella Budgerigar Elegant parrot Rock parrot Red-rumped parrot Eastern bluebonnet Mulga parrot Blue-winged parrot

Cuckoos Pallid cuckoo Fan-tailed cuckoo Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo Shining bronze-cuckoo Black-eared cuckoo

Barn owls Barn owl

Owls Australian boobook

Frogmouths Tawny frogmouth

Nightjars Spotted nightjar

Owlet-nightjars Australian owlet-nightjar

Swifts White-throated needletail Pacific swift

Kingfishers Laughing kookaburra (introduced) Sacred kingfisher

Bee-eaters Rainbow bee-eater

Rollers Dollarbird

Treecreepers White-throated treecreeper Brown treecreeper

Flowerpeckers Mistletoebird

Australo-Papuan wrens Variegated fairy-wren Superb fairy-wren Southern emu-wren

Pardalotes Spotted pardalote Striated pardalote

Thornbills and allies

White-browed scrubwren

Shy heathwren Brown thornbill Yellow thornbill Striated thornbill Yellow-rumped thornbill Inland thornbill White-throated gerygone Chestnut-rumped heathwren Southern whiteface

Honeyeaters

Red wattlebird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)

Little wattlebird 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 Pied honeyeater Yellow-plumed honeyeater Yellow-faced honeyeater White-fronted honeyeater Noisy miner Yellow-throated miner Spiny-cheeked honeyeater Black honeyeater

Australian chats Crimson chat White-fronted chat

Australian robins Scarlet robin Flame robin Rose robin Jacky-winter

Whipbirds Western whipbird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)

Whistlers Golden whistler Rufous whistler Grey shrike-thrush

Monarch flycatchers Satin flycatcher Restless flycatcher

Mudnest-builders Magpie-lark

Fantails Grey fantail Willie wagtail

Drongos Spangled drongo (vagrant)

Cuckooshrikes Black-faced cuckooshrike White-winged triller

Sittellas Varied sittella

Woodswallows Masked woodswallow White-browed woodswallow Black-faced woodswallow Dusky woodswallow

Bellmagpies and allies Australian magpie Grey currawong (Kangaroo Island sub-species) Grey butcherbird

Crows Australian raven Little raven

Larks Singing bushlark Skylark

Pipits and wagtails Australian pipit

Old World sparrows House sparrow (introduced)

Waxbills and allies Red-browed finch Beautiful firetail Zebra finch

Finches Goldfinch (introduced)

Swallows and martins Welcome swallow Tree martin Fairy martin White-backed swallow

Old World warblers

Australian reed warbler

Little grassbird Brown songlark Rufous songlark

White-eyes Silvereye (a subspecies)

Thrushes Bassian thrush (a subspecies) Common blackbird (introduced)

Starlings European starling (introduced)

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