Site Report: South Bruny Island, Australia
Bruny Island Bread
Rufous-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Twirler Moth (Ardozyga enchotypa)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
White Porch Spider (Cryptachaea gigantipes)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)
Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Ruddy Streak (Tachystola acroxantha)
Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) - Juvenile
Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)
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Bruny Island Bread
Rufous-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Twirler Moth (Ardozyga enchotypa)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
White Porch Spider (Cryptachaea gigantipes)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Concealer Moth (Oecophoridae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)
Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Ruddy Streak (Tachystola acroxantha)
Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) - Juvenile
Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)
Island near Hobart
Visits
- 2025-11-26: We had a couple of nights on Bruny Island to look for the remaining endemics.
- 2025-11-27: Another day on the island, we visited a few places in the rainforest mostly looking for the Scrubtit.
- 2025-11-28: A final morning on South Bruny, the highlight today was nearly stepping on a large black snake next to the trail. Then, the snake rudely crawled into a hole before I could get a good photo.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (74 records,
0 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(17 records,
0 images)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Cobweb Spiders
- White Porch Spider (Cryptachaea gigantipes)
Class: Insects
(16 records,
0 images)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Marsh Beetles
- Marsh Beetle (Scirtidae sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths (14 records)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Cutworm Moth (Thoracolopha verecunda)
- Family: Feather-legged Moths
- Feather-legged Moth (Stathmopoda sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta)
- Carpet Moth (Eucymatoge scotodes)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Mecynata Moth (Chrysolarentia mecynata)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Couchgrass Webworm (Faveria tritalis)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Family: Twirler Moths
- Twirler Moth (Ardozyga enchotypa)
- Order: Caddisflies
(1 record)
- Family: Long-horned Caddisflies
- Long-horned Caddisfly (Triplectides sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(57 records,
0 images)
Class: Birds
(54 records,
0 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(34 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)
- Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
- Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis)
- Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
- Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Gray Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus)
- Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
- Family: Plovers
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Rufous-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
0 images)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Coral Snakes
- Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)
- Family: Skinks
- Agile Coolskink (Carinascincus pretiosus)