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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. 12. Tasmanian Native Hen
    Tasmanian endemic

13. Masked Lapwing
    Commonly called Spurwing Plover

14. Pacific Gull
    Associated with McRobies Gully Tip

15. Kelp Gull
    Associated with McRobies Gully Tip

16. Silver Gull
    Associated with McRobies Gully Tip

17. Spotted Turtle Dove
    Call a mellowcoo or coocoo

18. CommonBronzewing
    Call a very monotonous oom-oom

19. Brush Bronzewing
    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 Knocklofty in 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 Tasmania

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. Brown Thornbill
    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

63. Black Currawond
    Common endemic

64. Grey Currawong
    Common nomadic. Clinking call

65. Forest Raven

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

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.