Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Northern Territory - MacDonnell Ranges
This checklist includes all bird species found in Northern Territory - MacDonnell Ranges , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2023. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Northern Territory - MacDonnell Ranges [map]
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2024-01-05
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| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | |
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| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | |
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Endemic (country/region) |
| Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
| Stubble Quail | Coturnix pectoralis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Flock Bronzewing | Phaps histrionica | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spinifex Pigeon | Geophaps plumifera | |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
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| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | |
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| Pheasant Coucal | Centropus phasianinus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | |
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| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
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| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
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| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Black-tailed Nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Brolga | Antigone rubicunda | |
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| Bush Thick-knee | Burhinus grallarius | |
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| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Banded Stilt | Cladorhynchus leucocephalus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Charadrius melanops | |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Inland Dotterel | Peltohyas australis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus | |
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| Australian Painted-Snipe | Rostratula australis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
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| Little Buttonquail | Turnix velox | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-chested Buttonquail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | Near-threatened |
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| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Letter-winged Kite | Elanus scriptus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Black-breasted Kite | Hamirostra melanosternon | Endemic (country/region) |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
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| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| Gray Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | |
| Pink Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri | |
| Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea | |
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | Introduced species |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Princess Parrot | Polytelis alexandrae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Night Parrot | Pezoporus occidentalis | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
| Bourke's Parrot | Neophema bourkii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet-chested Parrot | Neophema splendida | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Ringneck | Barnardius zonarius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mulga Parrot | Psephotellus varius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Varied Lorikeet | Psitteuteles versicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| Western Bowerbird | Chlamydera guttata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| White-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Rufous Grasswren | Amytornis whitei | |
| Striated Grasswren | Amytornis striatus | |
| Short-tailed Grasswren | Amytornis merrotsyi | Near-threatened |
| Dusky Grasswren | Amytornis purnelli | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-crowned Emuwren | Stipiturus ruficeps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Purple-backed Fairywren | Malurus assimilis | |
| Splendid Fairywren | Malurus splendens | |
| White-winged Fairywren | Malurus leucopterus | |
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| Pied Honeyeater | Certhionyx variegatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-fronted Honeyeater | Purnella albifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Singing Honeyeater | Gavicalis virescens | |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula penicillata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray-headed Honeyeater | Ptilotula keartlandi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray-fronted Honeyeater | Ptilotula plumula | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous-throated Honeyeater | Conopophila rufogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray Honeyeater | Conopophila whitei | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow Chat | Epthianura crocea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crimson Chat | Epthianura tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Orange Chat | Epthianura aurifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Honeyeater | Sugomel nigrum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | |
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| Red-browed Pardalote | Pardalotus rubricatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | |
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| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Banded Whiteface | Aphelocephala nigricincta | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Inland Thornbill | Acanthiza apicalis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Slaty-backed Thornbill | Acanthiza robustirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza uropygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | |
| White-browed Babbler | Pomatostomus superciliosus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Copperback Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma clarum | |
| Cinnamon Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma cinnamomeum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ground Cuckooshrike | Coracina maxima | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | |
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| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Chiming Wedgebill | Psophodes occidentalis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus | |
| Little Woodswallow | Artamus minor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | |
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| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | |
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| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | |
| Little Crow | Corvus bennetti | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | |
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| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
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| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| Spinifexbird | Poodytes carteri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Grassbird | Poodytes gramineus | |
| Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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| White-backed Swallow | Cheramoeca leucosterna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| Painted Firetail | Emblema pictum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Double-barred Finch | Stizoptera bichenovii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Australian Pipit | Anthus australis | |
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