Wildlife

Nowhere else on Earth
Tasmania has twelve species of bird which are found nowhere else on Earth. There are also a number of species which are endemic at the subspecies level, such as the threatened wedge-tail eagle, and a number of species which are known as breeding endemics. Breeding endemics breed only in Tasmania and migrate to mainland Australia outside the breeding season. The endangered orange-bellied parrot and swift parrot are two such species.

Twelve endemic bird species:
Tasmanian native hen
Green rosella
Dusky robin
Tasmanian thornbill
Scrubtit
Tasmanian (Brown) scrubwren
Yellow wattlebird
Yellow-throated honeyeater
Black-headed honeyeater
Strong-billed honeyeater
Black currawong
Forty-spotted pardalote

For more information, please see Parks & Wildlife Tasmania