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Site Report: Launceston, Australia
Launceston Gorge
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Launceston Gorge
City with a Gorge
Visits
2025-11-30
: We had a night in Launceston before flying back to Melbourne. There was a band playing and some food carts followed by more eating and then a walk into the nearby Cataract Gorge.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (15 records, 0 images)
Phylum: Chordates (15 records, 0 images)
Class: Birds (15 records, 0 images)
Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Maned Duck (
Chenonetta jubata
)
Pacific Black Duck (
Anas superciliosa
)
Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Tasmanian Nativehen (
Tribonyx mortierii
)
Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
Family: Pigeons and Doves
Spotted Dove (
Spilopelia chinensis
)
Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
European Greenfinch (
Chloris chloris
)
Family: Fairywrens and Allies
Superb Fairywren (
Malurus cyaneus
)
Family: Fantails
Gray Fantail (
Rhipidura albiscapa
)
Family: Honeyeaters
Noisy Miner (
Manorina melanocephala
)
Family: Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow (
Passer domesticus
)
Family: Swallows
Welcome Swallow (
Hirundo neoxena
)
Family: Thornbills and Allies
Tasmanian Scrubwren (
Sericornis humilis
)
Family: Thrushes and Allies
Eurasian Blackbird (
Turdus merula
)
Family: White-eyes
Silvereye (
Zosterops lateralis
)
Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull (
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
)
Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
Indian Peafowl (
Pavo cristatus
)
Lifelists
Australasia
World
Trips
Australia - Tasmania and Victoria
