High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A total of 262 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands, and islands in Bass Strait, 182 of which are regularly recorded, while another 79 are vagrants, and one is extinct. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are unique (endemic) to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However, the Forty-spotted Pardalote is rare and restricted, while the island`s two breeding endemic species, the world`s only migratory parrots, are both threatened. Several species of penguin are late summer visitors to Tasmanian shores. Tasmania`s endemic birds have led to it being classified as an Endemic Bird Area (EBA), one of 218 such areas worldwide. Priority regions for habitat-based conservation of birds around the world, they are defined by containing two or more restricted-range (endemic) species.