Wildlife

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