Birdwatching

Norfolk Island, a bird lover`s paradise.
The island boasts a bird list of one hundred and sixteen species. Of these sixty-six are vagrants or non-breeding migrants.
Many species of birds widespread in the southwest pacific have established themselves in Norfolk Island since European settlement. Some are probably self introductions while others were bought to the island from other places and deliberately released.

Seabirds which regularly breed there [16 species, 3 of which no longer occur there]
Land or Freshwater birds which are resident or regularly breed there [26 species, including 15 endemic species or subspecies, of which 6 are extinct]
Migratory Birds
Vagrants
Two of the Islands endemic species are extremely rare and are subject to recovery actions. Both the N.I. Boobook Owl, Ninox undulata and the N.I. Green Parrot, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae are the subject of assisted wild breeding programmes.

The Green Parrot aviary.

Take some time to sit quietly and listen to the wide variety of birdlife found in the Park.

In the hot Summer-months the Bloodwood capsules can be heard exploding with a sharp cracking sound and showering their seeds across the garden. The Norfolk Island Green Parrot aviary provides visitors with the change to hear their distinctive "kek kek kek kek kek" call. Further down in the forest the Golden Whistler may come quite close to you demonstrating why the local name for it is "Tamey". The melodious whistling "wh-wh-wh-wit - seep" is one of the most beautiful birdsongs in the Norfolk forests. The most commonly seen bird in the gardens is the Fantail who will follow walkers looking for the insects disturbed along the tracks. Their song is a vigorous sweet chatter. White Terns and bush birds can be seen sitting high in the gnarled branches of the big Whitewood trees in the Botanic Gardens.