List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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)

Wildfowl

• Blue-billed Duck
• Musk Duck
• Freckled Duck
• Black Swan
• Cape Barren Goose
• Australian Shelduck
• Australian Wood Duck
• Pacific Black Duck
• Australian Shoveler (introduced)
• Grey Teal (introduced)
• Chestnut Teal
• Garganey (migrates here to breed)
• Pink-eared Duck
• Hardhead (introduced)

Grebes

• Australasian Grebe
• Hoary-headed Grebe
• Great Crested Grebe (a subspecies)

Penguins

• Fjordland Penguin (introduced)
• Little Penguin

Diving-petrels

• Common Diving-petrel (migrates here to breed)

Petrels & Shearwaters

• Southern Giant Petrel
• Northern Giant Petrel
• Southern Fulmar (migrates here to breed)
• Cape Petrel (migrates here to breed)
• Kerguelen Petrel (introduced)
• Great-winged Petrel (introduced)
• White-headed Petrel (introduced)
• Blue Petrel
• Broad-billed Prion (introduced)
• Salvin's Prion (introduced)
• Antarctic Prion
• Slender-billed Prion
• Fairy Prion
• White-chinned Petrel
• Grey Petrel
• Flesh-footed Shearwater
• Short-tailed Shearwater (migrates here to breed)
• Fluttering Shearwater (introduced)
• Hutton's 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 (migrates here to breed)
• White-faced 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 & allies

• White-faced Heron
• Little Egret
• Eastern Reef Egret
• White-necked Heron
• Great Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Nankeen Night Heron
• Australasian Bittern

Ibises & Spoonbills

• Glossy Ibis
• Australian White Ibis
• Straw-necked Ibis
• Royal Spoonbill
• Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Hawks & 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 & allies

• Latham's Snipe
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• 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

Painted-snipe

• Australian Painted Snipe

Stone-curlews

• Bush Stone-curlew (introduced)

Oystercatchers

• Pied Oystercatcher
• Sooty Oystercatcher

Avocets & 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

Gulls

• Pacific Gull
• Kelp Gull
• Silver Gull

Terns

• Gull-billed Tern
• Caspian Tern
• Crested Tern
• White-fronted Tern
• Common Tern
• Antarctic Tern
• Fairy Tern
• Sooty Tern
• Whiskered Tern

Pigeons and Doves

• Rock Dove (introduced)
• Spotted Dove (introduced)
• Common Bronzewing
• Brush Bronzewing
• Crested Pigeon (introduced)

Cockatoos

• Glossy Black Cockatoo
• Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
• Gang-gang Cockatoo(introduced)
• Galah
• Little Corella
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Parrots

• Rainbow Lorikeet
• Purple-crowned Lorikeet
• Crimson Rosella
• Budgerigar
• Elegant Parrot
• Rock Parrot

Cuckoos

• Pallid Cuckoo
• Fan-tailed Cuckoo
• Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
• Shining Bronze-cuckoo

Barn Owls

• Barn Owl

Owls

• Southern Boobook

Frogmouths

• Tawny Frogmouth

Nightjars

• Spotted Nightjar

Owlet-nightjars

• Australian Owlet-nightjar

Swifts

• White-throated Needletail (migrates here to spend the winter)
• Fork-tailed Swift (migrates here to breed)

Kingfishers

• Laughing Kookaburra (introduced)
• Sacred Kingfisher (a subspecies)

Bee-eaters

• Rainbow Bee-eater

Rollers

• Dollarbird

Australo-papuan wrens

• 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

Honeyeaters

• Red Wattlebird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)
• Little Wattlebird
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
• 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

Australian Chats

• Crimson Chat
• White-fronted Chat

Australian Robins

• Scarlet Robin
• Flame Robin

Whipbirds

• Western Whipbird (Kangaroo Island sub-species)

Whistlers

• Golden 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

Woodswallows

• Masked Woodswallow
• White-browed Woodswallow
• Black-faced Woodswallow
• Dusky Woodswallow

Bellmagpies and allies

• Australian Magpie
• Grey Currawong (Kangaroo Island sub-species)

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

Finches

• Goldfinch (introduced)

Swallows and martins

• Welcome Swallow
• Tree Martin
• Fairy Martin

Old World Warblers

• Australian Reed Warbler
• Little Grassbird
• Brown Songlark

White-eyes

• Silvereye (a subspecies)

Thrushes

• Bassian Thrush (a subspecies)
• Blackbird (introduced)

Starlings

• European Starling (introduced)

Source

• Baxter, Chris (1995), An Annotated List of the Birds of Kangaroo Island (revised edition) South Australia National Parks and Wildlife Service