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Murrumbidgee
This checklist includes all bird species found in Murrumbidgee , 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 2025. 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: Murrumbidgee [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 12
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | Introduced species |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | |
| Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
| Stubble Quail | Coturnix pectoralis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
| Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis | |
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| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chalcites osculans | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
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| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Black-tailed Nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis | |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea | |
| 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 | |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Thinornis melanops | |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | |
| Inland Dotterel | Peltohyas australis | |
| Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus | |
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| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
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| Australian Painted-Snipe | Rostratula australis | Endangered |
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| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
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| Little Buttonquail | Turnix velox | |
| Red-chested Buttonquail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | |
| Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius | |
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| Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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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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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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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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| 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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| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Vulnerable |
| Black-backed Bittern | Botaurus dubius | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Letter-winged Kite | Elanus scriptus | Near-threatened |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephala | |
| Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciata | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | |
| Australian Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| Gray Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | Vulnerable |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Zanda funerea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri | |
| Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea | |
| Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | Vulnerable |
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | Critically endangered |
| Australian Ringneck | Barnardius zonarius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Greater Bluebonnet | Northiella haematogaster | |
| Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mulga Parrot | Psephotellus varius | |
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Spotted Bowerbird | Chlamydera maculata | |
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| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Purple-backed Fairywren | Malurus assimilis | |
| Splendid Fairywren | Malurus splendens | |
| Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-winged Fairywren | Malurus leucopterus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Honeyeater | Certhionyx variegatus | |
| White-fronted Honeyeater | Purnella albifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Singing Honeyeater | Gavicalis virescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula ornata | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula penicillata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Ptilotula fusca | |
| Gray-fronted Honeyeater | Ptilotula plumula | |
| Crimson Chat | Epthianura tricolor | |
| Orange Chat | Epthianura aurifrons | |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Honeyeater | Sugomel nigrum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | |
| Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis | |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | |
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| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Speckled Warbler | Pyrrholaemus sagittatus | |
| Shy Heathwren | Hylacola cauta | |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana | Endemic (country/region) |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata | |
| Inland Thornbill | Acanthiza apicalis | |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | |
| Chestnut-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza uropygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides | |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea | |
| Western Gerygone | Gerygone fusca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | |
| White-browed Babbler | Pomatostomus superciliosus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus ruficeps | |
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| Chestnut Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castanotum | |
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| Ground Cuckooshrike | Coracina maxima | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | |
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| Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | |
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| Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chirruping Wedgebill | Psophodes cristatus | |
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| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | |
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| Eastern Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| Gilbert's Whistler | Pachycephala inornata | |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | |
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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 | |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | |
| Little Woodswallow | Artamus minor | |
| Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray Currawong | Strepera versicolor | |
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| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | |
| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
| Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta | Endemic (country/region) |
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| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos | Endemic (country/region) |
| Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Little Crow | Corvus bennetti | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang | |
| Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | |
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| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Introduced species |
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| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| 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 | Introduced species |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | Introduced species |
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| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis | |
| Double-barred Finch | Stizoptera bichenovii | |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Australian Pipit | Anthus australis | |
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| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
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