Common Birds in Tasmania
Our list for Tasmania has 16 common birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tasmania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxaResidentCommon37–45 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeResidentCommon41–47 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentCommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
GalahEolophus roseicapillaResidentCommon35–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Eurasian Skylark 16–18 cm
- New Holland Honeyeater 16–20 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Little Wattlebird 25–30 cm
- Rainbow Lorikeet 25–30 cm
- Galah 35–38 cm
- Coot 36–42 cm
- Australian Magpie 37–43 cm
- Yellow Wattlebird 37–45 cm
- Laughing Kookaburra 41–47 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made