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This is a complete^{[citation needed]} list of bird species and subspecies that have been recorded on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

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List of birds

Order	Genus	Species		Introduced	Extinct	Ref.
		Common name	Binomial
Struthioniformes	Casuariidae			Emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae	Yes	No
		King Island emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae ater	No	Yes
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Wild turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Yes	No
		Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Yes	No
		Indian peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Yes	No
	Odontophoridae	California quail	Callipepla californica	Yes	No
Anseriformes	Anatidae	Blue-billed duck	Oxyura australis
		Cape Barren goose	Cereopsis novaehollandiae
		Feral goose	Anser anser domesticus	Yes	No
		Musk duck	Biziura lobata
		Black swan	Cygnus atratus
		Australian wood duck	Chenonetta jubata
		Australian shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides
		Pacific black duck	Anas superciliosa
		Australian shoveler	Anas rhynchotis
		Gray teal	Anas gracilis
		Chestnut teal	Anas castanea
Podicipediformes	Podicipedidae	Hoary-headed grebe	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Sphenisciformes	Spheniscidae	Little penguin	Eudyptula minor
Procellariiformes	Procellariidae	Short-tailed shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris
	Diomedeidae	Black-browed albatross	Thalassarche melanophrys
		Shy albatross	Thalassarche cauta
		Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Pelecaniformes	Sulidae	Australasian gannet	Morus serrator
	Phalacrocoracidae	Little pied cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos
		Black-faced cormorant	Phalacrocorax fuscescens
	Ardeidae	White-faced heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
		Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
		Great egret	Ardea alba
		Australasian bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus
		Nankeen night heron	Nycticorax caledonicus
Falconiformes	Accipitridae	White-bellied sea eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster
		Brown goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
		Swamp harrier	Circus approximans
	Falconidae	Brown falcon	Falco berigora
		Australian hobby	Falco longipennis
		Nankeen kestrel	Falco chenchroides
Gruiformes	Rallidae	Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis
		Buff-banded rail	Gallirallus philippensis
		Spotless crake	Porzana tabuensis
		Purple swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio
		Dusky moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
		Eurasian coot	Fulica atra
Charadriiformes	Scolopacidae	Latham's snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
		Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica
		Far Eastern curlew	Numenius madagascariensis
		Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia
		Grey-tailed tattler	Tringa brevipes
		Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
		Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres
		Red-necked stint	Calidris ruficollis
		Sanderling	Calidris alba
	Haematopodidae	Pied oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris
		Sooty oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus
	Charadriidae	Red-capped plover	Charadrius ruficapillus
		Double-banded plover	Charadrius bicinctus
		Hooded dotterel	Thinornis rubricollis
		Pacific golden plover	Pluvialis fulva
		Banded lapwing	Vanellus tricolor
		Masked lapwing	Vanellus miles
	Laridae	Pacific gull	Larus pacificus
		Silver gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
	Sternidae	Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia
		Greater crested tern	Thalasseus bergii
		Fairy tern	Sterna nereis
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Spotted dove	Spilopelia chinensis	Yes
		Brush bronzewing	Phaps elegans
Psittaciformes	Cacatuidae	Yellow-tailed black cockatoo	Calpytorhynchus funereus
		Sulphur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
	Psittacidae	Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus
		Orange-bellied parrot	Neophema chrysogaster
		Blue-winged parrot	Neophema chrysostoma
		Green rosella	Platycercus caledonicus	Endemic (to Tas.)
		King Island green rosella	Platycercus caledonicus brownii	Endemic (to King Is.)
Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	Pallid cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus
		Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis
		Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis
		Shining bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus
Strigiformes	Strigidae	Australian boobook	Ninox boobook
Apodiformes	Apodidae	White-throated needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
Passeriformes	Maluridae	Superb fairywren	Malurus cyaneus
	Pardalotidae	Spotted pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
		Striated pardalote	Pardalotus striatus
	Acanthizidae	Tasmanian scrubwren	Sericornis humilis	Endemic (Tas.)
		Scrubtit	Acanthornis magna	Endemic (Tas.)
		King Island scrubtit (Greene's scrubtit)	Acanthornis magnus greeniana	Endemic (King Is.)
		Brown thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
		King Island brown thornbill (Archibald's thornbill)	Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi	Endemic (King Is.)
		Tasmanian thornbill	Acanthiza ewingii	Endemic (Tas.)

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