A range of fauna have been identified, ranging through birds, frogs, reptiles, and marsupials. Over the past twenty-eight years, the presence of these fauna have been detected by:
- bird watching and listening with experts from Birds of Australia;
- scats, foot prints, diggings and trapping of marsupials with a wild life vet
- listening to frog calls, catching tadpoles and frogs
- looking for and identifiying reptiles
Actions such as plantings, pond restorations, and weed removal have helped to improve the habitat of these fauna and encourage numbers and varieties to prosper on the reserve .
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Bird Name |
Comment |
1. Brown Quail |
Found in areas of thick grass |
2. Australian Wood Duck |
"Grazes near water, often perches in trees" |
3. Pacific Black Duck |
Very common and abundant |
4. White Bellied Sea Eagle |
Occasionally seen overflying Knocklofty |
5. Brown Goshawk |
Secretive but widespread and common |
6. Grey (White) Goshawk |
Regularly seen Knocklofty and W.Hobart |
7. Collared sparrowhawk |
Looks similar to Brown Goshawk but smaller |
8. Wedge-tailed Eagle |
Sometimes seen near Mt. Wellington |
9. Brown Falcon |
Common. Brown tear stripe is diagnostic |
10. Australian Hobby |
A rare visitor; very rapid in flight |
11. Peregrine Falcon |
A powerful flyer |
12. Tasmanian Native Hen |
Tasmanian endemic |
13. Masked Lapwing |
Commonly calledSpurwingPlover |
14. Pacific Gull |
Associated withMcRobiesGully Tip |
15. Kelp Gull |
Associated withMcRobiesGully Tip |
16. Silver Gull |
Associated withMcRobiesGully Tip |
17. Spotted Turtle Dove |
Call a mellowcoo or coocoo |
18. CommonBronzewing |
Call a very monotonous oom-oom |
19. BrushBronzewing |
Brown stripe through eye is diagnostic |
20. Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo |
Regularly seen in banksias near reservoir |
21.Sulphur crested Cockatoo |
Regularly seen on Knocklofty and in West Hobart |
22. Musk Lorikeet |
Noisy flocks frequently seen feeding on blossom |
23. Green Rosella |
Tasmanian endemic |
24. Eastern Rosella |
Red head and chest |
25. Swift Parrot |
Migratory. Numbers declining (endangered) but regularly seen on Knockloftyin spring/summer |
26. Pallid Cuckoo |
Migratory - largest of Tasmania's cuckoos |
27. Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Like all our cuckoos unable to make nest |
28.Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo |
Uncommon migrant |
29. Shining Bronze Cuckoo |
Metallic green bronze colouring |
30. Southern Boobook |
Often hear calling boo-bookor mo-poke |
31. Masked Owl |
Rarely seen feeding near street lights |
32. Tawny Frogmouth |
Regularly seen feeding near street lights |
33. White throated Needletail |
Often seen in large flocks in late summer/early autumn |
34. Laughing Kookaburra |
Introduced into Tasmnania |
35. Superb Fairy Wren |
Common on Knocklofty |
36. Spotted Pardalote |
Monotonous high pitched sleep baby call |
37. Striated Pardalote |
Repetitive pick-id-up call |
38. BrownThornbill |
Very busy. Often seen in the canopy |
39. Tasmanian Thornbill |
More common in wetter sites |
40. Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
Largest thornbill. Regularly seen in groups feeding on the ground |
41. Yellow Wattlebird |
Largest honeyeater. Endemic |
42. Little Wattlebird |
Heavily white streaked plumage |
43. Noisy Minor |
"Often in noisy, aggressive flocks" |
44. Yellow-throated Honeyeater |
Very common endemic |
45. Strong-billed Honeyeater |
White eye stripe flocks. Endemic |
46.Black headed Honeyeater |
Often in noisy flocks. Endemic |
47. Crescent Honeyeater |
Egypt call |
48. New Holland Honeyeater |
Streaked black & white plumage with yellow wing patch |
49. Eastern Spinebill |
Rufous colouring |
50. Scarlet Robin |
Most common robin on Knocklofty |
51. Flame Robin |
Partly migratory |
52. Pink Robin |
Prefers wet forest |
53. Dusky Robin |
Larger & more robust appearance compared to other robins |
54. Olive Whistler |
Low sweet whistle often with whip crack at the end |
55. Golden Whistler |
Males have beautiful yellow plumage |
56. Grey Shrike Thrush |
Beautiful joe whitty call |
57. Satin flycatcher |
Common summer migrant |
58. Grey fantail |
Sometimes known as Cranky Fan |
59. Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike |
Common summer migrant. Shuffles wings on alighting |
60. Dusky Woodswallow |
Common summer migrant. |
61. Grey Butcherbird |
Common resident |
62. Australian Magpie |
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63. Black Currawond |
Common endemic |
64. Grey Currawong |
Common nomadic. Clinking call |
65. Forest Raven |
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66. House Sparrow |
Introduced in 19th Century |
67. Beautiful Firetail |
Red rump is diagnostic |
68. Greenfinch |
Looks like a canary. Introduced |
69. Goldfinch |
"Introduced in 1880's. Red, black, yellow and white markings" |
70. Welcome Swallow |
Common summer migrant. Forked tail |
71. Tree Martin |
Common summer migrant. Square tail |
72. Silver Eye |
White eye ring |
73. Ground Thrush |
Common resident. Prefers wet forest |
74. Blackbird |
Introduced to Tasmania in 1930's |
75. Starling |
Introduced to Tasmania in 1860
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Tasmanian mammals
Echidna
Eastern quoll
Eastern barred bandicoot
Southern brown bandicoot
Tasmanian pademelon
Bennett's wallaby
Bettong
Tasmanian bettong
Long-nosed potoroo
Common brush-tail possum
Ring-tail possum
Brushtail possum
Eastern pygmy possum (probable)
Swamp rat
Feral (introduced) mammals
House mouse
Black rat
Rabbit
Hare
Brown tree frog (common)
Tasmanian froglet possibly (2020) no longer present due to chytrid fungus
Eastern banjo frog (2016) no longer present due to chytrid fungus
Spotted marsh frog (common)
Southern toadlet (2016) no longer present due to chytrid fungus
Common froglet (common)
Blue-tongue lizard
Copperhead
Tiger snake
White-lipped or whip snake (probable)
Mountain dragon
Numerous skink species not keyed out as yet in various habitats grasslands, dry woodland and rocky dolerite areas.