BirdLife Kangaroo Island

About our group

BirdLife Kangaroo Island undertakes social and conservation-based birdwatching activities across the island. Birding on Kangaroo Island is remarkably easy – over 260 species have been recorded and many are easily seen in very spectacular locations.

Get involved

Members of Birdlife Kangaroo Island participate in a number of conservation projects and initiatives across the island, including:

• post-bushfire bird monitoring at nearly 100 sites across the island
• annual Glossy Black-Cockatoo survey
• Little Penguin census
• biennial Hooded Plover count
• Migratory Shorebirds Monitoring Program
• a Beach Custodians program has been established to monitor Hooded Plover nests and erect temporary fencing and signage where and when necessary.
• Members of BirdLife Kangaroo Island enjoy ‘My Patch’, an ad hoc morning of birding at someone’s favourite spot.
• The KI Twitchathon – an annual birdwatching event to raise funds for bird conservation – has become an annual event.