List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

__NOTOC__The following is a list of the birds recorded on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Emus

* Emu
* Kangaroo Island Emu

Megapodes

* Australian Brush-turkey

Gamebirds

* Stubble Quail
* Brown Quail
* Indian Peafowl

Wildfowl

* Blue-billed Duck
* Musk Duck
* Freckled Duck
* Black Swan
* Cape Barren Goose
* Australian Shelduck
* Australian Wood Duck
* Pacific Black Duck
* Australian Shoveler
* Grey Teal
* Chestnut Teal
* Garganey
* Pink-eared Duck
* Hardhead

Grebes

* Australasian Grebe
* Hoary-headed Grebe
* Great Crested Grebe

Penguins

* Fjordland Penguin
* Little Penguin

Diving-petrels

* Common Diving-petrel

Petrels & Shearwaters

* Southern Giant Petrel
* Northern Giant Petrel
* Southern Fulmar
* Cape Petrel
* Kerguelen Petrel
* Great-winged Petrel
* White-headed Petrel
* Blue Petrel
* Broad-billed Prion
* Salvin's Prion
* Antarctic Prion
* Slender-billed Prion
* Fairy Prion
* White-chinned Petrel
* Grey Petrel
* Flesh-footed Shearwater
* Short-tailed Shearwater
* Fluttering Shearwater
* 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

torm-petrels

* Wilson's Storm-petrel
* 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

andpipers & 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

tone-curlews

* Bush Stone-curlew

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

kuas

* 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
* Fairy Tern
* Sooty Tern
* Whiskered Tern

Pigeons and Doves

* Rock Dove
* Spotted Dove
* Common Bronzewing
* Brush Bronzewing
* Crested Pigeon

Cockatoos

* Glossy Black Cockatoo
* Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
* Gang-gang Cockatoo
* 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

wifts

* White-throated Needletail
* Fork-tailed Swift

Kingfishers

* Laughing Kookaburra
* Sacred Kingfisher

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
* Little Wattlebird
* Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
* Regent Honeyeater
* Singing Honeyeater
* White-eared Honeyeater
* Purple-gaped Honeyeater
* White-plumed Honeyeater
* Brown-headed Honeyeater
* White-naped Honeyeater
* Crescent Honeyeater
* New Holland Honeyeater
* White-fronted Honeyeater
* Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
* Eastern Spinebill

Australian Chats

* Crimson Chat
* White-fronted Chat

Australian Robins

* Scarlet Robin
* Flame Robin

Whipbirds

* Western Whipbird

Whistlers

* Golden Whistler
* Grey Shrike-thrush

Monarch Flycatchers

* Satin Flycatcher
* Restless Flycatcher

Mudnest-builders

* Magpie-lark

Fantails

* Grey Fantail
* Willie Wagtail

Drongos

* Spangled Drongo

Cuckooshrikes

* Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Woodswallows

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

Bellmagpies and allies

* Australian Magpie
* Grey Currawong

Crows

* Australian Raven
* Little Raven

Larks

* Singing Bushlark
* Skylark

Pipits and wagtails

* Australian Pipit

Old World Sparrows

* House Sparrow

Waxbills and allies

* Red-browed Finch
* Beautiful Firetail

Finches

* Goldfinch

wallows and martins

* Welcome Swallow
* Tree Martin
* Fairy Martin

Old World Warblers

* Australian Reed Warbler
* Little Grassbird
* Brown Songlark

White-eyes

* Silvereye

Thrushes

* Bassian Thrush
* Blackbird

tarlings

* European Starling

ource

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