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Coles Bay and the Freycinet peninsula has more than it's fair share of birds, with a number being endemic to the area. We have many avid bird watchers in the area who have put this page together.
Where to see birds
Honeymoon Bay is in the National Park. This tiny bay is immediately after Freycinet Lodge.
On the Wineglass Bay walk - A complete bird list for the National Park is available from the NP Information office or on the web at www.parks.tas.gov.au/factsheets/wildlife/FreycinetBirdList.pdf
At Sea. A cruise around Great Oyster Bay and on and around Refuge Island and Promise Rock is a great way to see birds, including some pelagic species. If a little penguin isn’t fishing right near the jetty you may see one further out. Other regulars include pelicans, cormorants, Pacific and silver gulls, Caspian, crested and white-fronted terns, gannets, white-bellied sea eagles and sometimes a wedge-tailed eagle.
Moulting Lagoon is a Ramsar site. Although large there aren’t many places where you can reach it from the land. One is off the Coles Bay Road heading for Bicheno, 12Km from Hazards View Road.
If you have a photo you have taken of one of the birds below whilst visiting the Freycinet Peninsula please send it in using the form below and we can add it to our list below. All submissions will be credited.
Birds observed on the Freycinet Peninsula
E = Tasmanian endemic
| Common name |
Scientific name |
Endemic |
| Australasian Shelduck |
Tadorna tadornoides |
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| Black Swan |
Cygnus atratus |
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| Australian Wood Duck |
Chenonetta jubata |
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| Pacific Black Duck |
Anas superciliosa |
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| Australian Shoveler |
Anas rhynchotis |
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| Grey Teal |
Anas gracilis |
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| Chestnut Teal |
Anas castanea |
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| Australasian Grebe |
Tachybaptus novaehollondiae |
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| Hoary-headed Grebe |
Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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| Little Penguin |
Eudyptula minor |
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| Common Diving Petrel |
Pelecanoides urinatrix |
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| Southern Giant Petrel |
Macronectes giganteus |
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| Cape Petrel |
Daption capense |
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| Short-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus tenuirostris |
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| Shy Albatross |
Diomedea cauta |
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| Australasian Gannet |
Morus serrator |
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| Little Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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| Little Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| Australian Pelican |
Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| White-faced Heron |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
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| Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
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| White-bellied Sea Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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| Swamp Harrier |
Circus approximans |
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| Wedge-tailed Eagle |
Aquila Audax |
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| Brown Falcon |
Falco berigora |
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| Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
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| Tasmanian Native Hen |
Gallinula mortierii |
E |
| Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
Haemotopus longirostris |
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| Eastern Curlew |
Numenius madagascariensis |
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| Red-necked Stint |
Calidris ruficollis |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
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| Sooty Oystercatcher |
Haemotopus fuliginosus |
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| Double-banded Plover |
Charadrius bicinctus |
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| Hooded Plover |
Thinorus rubricollis |
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| Masked Lapwing |
Vanellus miles |
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Kelp Gull |
Larus dominicanus |
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| Pacific Gull |
Larus pacificus |
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| Silver Gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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| Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
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| Crested Tern |
Sterna bergii |
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| White-fronted Tern |
Sterna striata |
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| Common Bronzewing |
Phaps chalcoptera |
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| Brush Bronzewing |
Phaps elegans |
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| Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo |
Calyptorhynchus funereus |
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| Galah |
Cacatua roseicapilla |
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| Musk lorikeet |
Glossopsitta concinna |
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| Green Rosella |
Platycercus caledonicus |
E |
| Eastern Rosella |
Platycercus eximius |
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| Blue-winged Parrot |
Neopheme chrysostoma |
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| Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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| Southern Boobook |
Ninox novaeseelandiae |
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| Laughing Kookaburra |
Dacelo novaguineae |
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| Tawny Frogmouth |
Podargus strigoides |
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| Superb Fairy Wren |
Malurus cyaneus |
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| Spotted Pardalote |
Pardalotus punctatus |
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| Brown Thornbill |
Acanthiza pusilla |
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| Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
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| Yellow Wattle Bird |
Anthochaera paradoxa |
E |
| Little Wattlebird |
Anthochaera chrysoptera |
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| Yellow-throated Honeyeater |
Lichenostomus flavicollis |
E |
| Black-headed Honeyeater |
Melithreptus affinis |
E |
| Crescent Honeyeater |
Phylidonyros pyrrhoptera |
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| New Holland Honeyeater |
Phylidonyros novaehollandiae |
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| Eastern Spinebill |
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
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| White-fronted Chat |
Epithianura albifrons |
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| Scarlet Robin |
Petroica multicolor |
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| Flame Robin |
Petroica phoenicea |
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| Golden Whistler |
Pachycephala pestoralis |
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| Grey Shrike-thrush |
Colluricincla harmonica |
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| Grey fantail |
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
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| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike |
Coracina novaehollandiae |
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| Grey Butcherbird |
Cracticus torquatus |
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| Australian Magpie |
Gymnorhina tibicen |
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| Grey Currawong |
Strepera versicolor |
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| Forest Raven |
Corvus tasmanicus |
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| Richard’s Pipit |
Anthus novaeseelandiae |
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| Sparrow |
Passer domestica |
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| Beautiful Firetail |
Stagonopleura bella |
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| European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
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| Welcome Swallow |
Hirundo neoxena |
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| Silvereye |
Zosterops lateralis |
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| Common Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
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| Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
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