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Endemic Birds

Tasmania has twelve species of bird which are found nowhere else on Earth (i.e. endemic birds). 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.

Tasmanian Native Hen Gallinula mortierii
Green rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Dusky robin Melanodryas vittata
Tasmanian thornbill Acanthiza ewingii
Scrubtit Acanthornis magnus
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis
Yellow wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
Yellow-throated honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
Black-headed honeyeater Melithreptus affinus
Strong-billed honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris
Black currawong Strepera fuliginosa
Forty spotted pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus

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