An annual Citizen Science event hosted by Birdlife Australia.
Citizen Science: the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists.
The Aussie Backyard Bird Count is an activity that anyone of any age can enjoy. It involves counting birds that live near you over 20min periods. Counts can be conducted in your garden, at the local park, reserve or beach.
Use the Aussie Backyard Bird Count Website or App to identify and record the number of birds you see.
Aussie Backyard Bird Count for postcode 7310
(2024: we have asked Birdlife to update their Devonport boundary to include Lillico, this will allow our Little Penguins to be included).
The below list includes most of the birds recorded.
The below list includes most of the birds recorded.
2019
- 141 Checklists submitted
- 89 Species recorded
- 3,824 birds sighted
2020
- 187 Checklists submitted
- 97 Species recorded
- 4,408 birds sighted
2021
- 127 Checklists submitted
- 96 Species recorded
- 3,505 birds sighted
2022
- 137 Checklists submitted
- 83 Species recorded
- 3,581 birds sighted
2023
- 175 Checklists submitted
- 97 Species recorded
- 4,138 birds sighted
2024
- 167 Checklists submitted
- 103 Species recorded
- 4,828 birds sighted
2025
- 245 Checklists submitted
- 96 Species recorded
- 5,750 birds sighted
| Species | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poicloptilus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) | ✓ | ||||||
| Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspilatus) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles crisatus) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) | ✓ | ||||||
| Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) | ✓ | ||||||
| Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azurea) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Banded Lapwing (Chenonetta jubata) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Duck-Mallard hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Black-faced Cormorant (Coracina novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) | ✓ | ||||||
| Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blue-bulled Duck (Oxyura australis) | ✓ | ||||||
| Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (Unlikely based on survey location) | ✓ | ||||||
| Cattle Egret (bubulcus ibis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Common Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Domestic Duck | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Domestic Goose | ✓ | ||||||
| Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Eastern Rosella (Egretta sacra) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Golden Whistler (Pachücephala pectoralis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | ✓ | ||||||
| Green Rosella (Platücercus caledonicus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Grey Currawaong (Strepera versicolor) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grey Teal (anas gracilis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Hardhead (Aythya australis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lesser Crested Tern (Thaalasseus bengalensis) | ✓ | ||||||
| Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) | ✓ | ||||||
| Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) | ✓ | ||||||
| Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) | ✓ | ||||||
| Little Pied Cormorant (microcarbo melanoleucos) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Little Raven (Corvus mellori) | ✓ | ||||||
| Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) | ✓ | ||||||
| Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandia) | ✓ | ||||||
| Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) | ✓ | ||||||
| New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris) | ✓ | ||||||
| Noorthern Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Northern Royal Albatross (Rhipidura rufuventris) | ✓ | ||||||
| Olive Whistler (Pachücephala olivacea) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pallid Cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrius) | ✓ | ||||||
| Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster) | ✓ | ||||||
| Purple Swamphen (Porphürio porphürio) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) | ✓ | ||||||
| Red-necked Stint (Calidris rufucollis) | ✓ | ||||||
| Rock Dove (Columba livia) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone) | ✓ | ||||||
| Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Scarlet Robin (Petrocia multicolor) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) | ✓ | ||||||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) | ✓ | ||||||
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens) | ✓ | ||||||
| Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Stubble Quail (Cotunix pectoralis) | ✓ | ||||||
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolour) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tasmanian Native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) | ✓ | ||||||
| Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Western Spinebill (Acanthorhünchus superciliosus) | ✓ | ||||||
| White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger) Unlikely based on location | ✓ | ||||||
| White-faced Heron (Egretta novahollandiae) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) (Unlikely based on survey location) | ✓ | ||||||
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrüsorrhoa) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funereus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |