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This checklist includes all bird species found in Isis , 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: Isis [map]

Number of species: 355
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 9
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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CASUARIIFORMES: Casuariidae

EmuDromaius novaehollandiaeEndemic (country/region)

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anseranatidae

Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmata

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Plumed Whistling-DuckDendrocygna eytoniEndemic (country/region)
Wandering Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arcuata
Black SwanCygnus atratusEndemic (country/region)
Radjah ShelduckRadjah radjah
Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianus
Maned DuckChenonetta jubataEndemic (country/region)
Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
MallardAnas platyrhynchosIntroduced species
Gray TealAnas gracilis
Chestnut TealAnas castaneaEndemic (country/region)
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
HardheadAythya australis
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
Musk DuckBiziura lobata

 
GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae

Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathamiEndemic (country/region)

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisIntroduced species

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusIntroduced species
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
Blue-breasted QuailSynoicus chinensis
Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelaEndemic (country/region)
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisIntroduced species
Brown Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia phasianellaEndemic (country/region)
Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
Common BronzewingPhaps chalcopteraEndemic (country/region)
Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotesEndemic (country/region)
Squatter PigeonGeophaps scripta
Wonga PigeonLeucosarcia melanoleucaEndemic (country/region)
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneataEndemic (country/region)
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida
Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis
Wompoo Fruit-DoveMegaloprepia magnifica
Rose-crowned Fruit-DovePtilinopus regina
Topknot PigeonLopholaimus antarcticusEndemic (country/region)

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Australian BustardArdeotis australis

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae
Horsfield's Bronze-CuckooChalcites basalis
Black-eared CuckooChalcites osculans
Shining Bronze-CuckooChalcites lucidus
Little Bronze-CuckooChalcites minutillus
Pallid CuckooHeteroscenes pallidus
Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
Sahul Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

White-throated NightjarEurostopodus mystacalis
Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus

 
PODARGIFORMES: Podargidae

Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoidesEndemic (country/region)

 
AEGOTHELIFORMES: Aegothelidae

Australian Owlet-nightjarAegotheles cristatus

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
Pacific SwiftApus pacificus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis
Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Pale-vented Bush-henAmaurornis moluccana
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

BrolgaAntigone rubicunda

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostrisNear-threatened
Bush Thick-kneeBurhinus grallarius

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeEndemic (country/region)

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Black-fronted DotterelThinornis melanops
Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctusEndemic (country/region)
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus
Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolusEndangered
Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Double-banded PloverAnarhynchus bicinctusNear-threatened
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Australian Painted-SnipeRostratula australisEndangered

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisEndangered
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNear-threatened
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNear-threatened
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisEndangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVulnerable
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNear-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Red-backed ButtonquailTurnix maculosus
Little ButtonquailTurnix velox
Red-chested ButtonquailTurnix pyrrhothorax
Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius
Black-breasted ButtonquailTurnix melanogasterEndemic (country/region) Vulnerable

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Australian PratincoleGlareola isabella

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
White-fronted TernSterna striataNear-threatened
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalusEndemic (country/region)
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
White-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta grallaria

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucopteraVulnerable
Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrataNear-threatened
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNear-threatened
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesNear-threatened
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleriVulnerable
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
Hutton's ShearwaterPuffinus huttoniEndangered
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Great FrigatebirdFregata minor

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Brown BoobySula leucogaster

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Australian IbisThreskiornis molucca
Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Black BitternBotaurus flavicollis
Black-backed BitternBotaurus dubius
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Pacific HeronArdea pacifica
Great EgretArdea alba
Plumed EgretArdea plumifera

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillarisEndemic (country/region)
Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isuraEndemic (country/region)
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides
Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
Collared SparrowhawkTachyspiza cirrocephala
Gray GoshawkTachyspiza novaehollandiae
Brown GoshawkTachyspiza fasciata
Red GoshawkErythrotriorchis radiatusEndangered
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosa
Australian Masked-OwlTyto novaehollandiae
Australasian Grass-OwlTyto longimembris
Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Powerful OwlNinox strenua
Barking OwlNinox connivens
Australian BoobookNinox boobook

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeEndemic (country/region)
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachii
Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygiusEndemic (country/region)
Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayii
Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidus
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
Australian HobbyFalco longipennis
Brown FalconFalco berigora
Gray FalconFalco hypoleucosVulnerable
Black FalconFalco subniger
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

Yellow-tailed Black-CockatooZanda funereaEndemic (country/region)
Red-tailed Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus banksiiEndemic (country/region)
Glossy Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus lathamiEndemic (country/region) Vulnerable
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusEndemic (country/region)
GalahEolophus roseicapillaEndemic (country/region)
Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Australian King-ParrotAlisterus scapularisEndemic (country/region)
Red-winged ParrotAprosmictus erythropterus
Ground ParrotPezoporus wallicus
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
Pale-headed RosellaPlatycercus adscitusEndemic (country/region)
Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotusEndemic (country/region)
Paradise ParrotPsephotellus pulcherrimusExtinct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusEndemic (country/region)
Little LorikeetPsitteuteles pusillusEndemic (country/region)
Musk LorikeetTrichoglossus concinnusEndemic (country/region)
Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotusEndemic (country/region)
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae

Noisy PittaPitta versicolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalus
Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Climacteridae

White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaeaEndemic (country/region)
Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythrops
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Variegated FairywrenMalurus lambertiEndemic (country/region)
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewiniiEndemic (country/region)
Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysopsEndemic (country/region)
Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanopsEndemic (country/region)
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephalaEndemic (country/region)
Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraEndemic (country/region)
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataEndemic (country/region)
Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularisEndemic (country/region)
Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens
Fuscous HoneyeaterPtilotula fuscaEndemic (country/region)
Rufous-throated HoneyeaterConopophila rufogularis
Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscura
Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolentaEndemic (country/region)
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerEndemic (country/region)
White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis
Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis
White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis
White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus
Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris
Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularisEndemic (country/region)
Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolataEndemic (country/region)
Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis
Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pardalotidae

Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatusEndemic (country/region)
Striated PardalotePardalotus striatusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae

Speckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatusEndemic (country/region)
WeebillSmicrornis brevirostrisEndemic (country/region)
Yellow-throated ScrubwrenNeosericornis citreogularis
White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis
Large-billed ScrubwrenSericornis magnirostraEndemic (country/region)
Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoaEndemic (country/region)
Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nanaEndemic (country/region)
Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata
Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusillaEndemic (country/region)
Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesEndemic (country/region)
Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki
Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa
White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea
Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigaster

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pomatostomidae

Gray-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclosomatidae

Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Ground CuckooshrikeCoracina maximaEndemic (country/region)
Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineata
Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor
Varied TrillerLalage leucomela
Sahul CicadabirdEdolisoma tenuirostre

 
PASSERIFORMES: Neosittidae

Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysoptera

 
PASSERIFORMES: Psophodidae

Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Falcunculidae

Eastern Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatusEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae

Gray ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
Little ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhyncha
Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae

White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatusEndemic (country/region)
White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosusEndemic (country/region)
Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterusEndemic (country/region)
Little WoodswallowArtamus minorEndemic (country/region)
Gray ButcherbirdCracticus torquatusEndemic (country/region)
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularisEndemic (country/region)
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Pied CurrawongStrepera graculinaEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae

Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
Gray FantailRhipidura albiscapa

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

White-eared MonarchCarterornis leucotis
Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsis
Australian Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula
Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca
Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquietaEndemic (country/region)
Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corcoracidae

White-winged ChoughCorcorax melanorhamphosEndemic (country/region)
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Torresian CrowCorvus orru
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides

 
PASSERIFORMES: Petroicidae

Red-capped RobinPetroica goodenovii
Rose RobinPetroica roseaEndemic (country/region)
Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Little GrassbirdPoodytes gramineus
Brown SonglarkCincloramphus cruralis
Rufous SonglarkCincloramphus mathewsiEndemic (country/region)
Tawny GrassbirdCincloramphus timoriensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

White-backed SwallowCheramoeca leucosternaEndemic (country/region)
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Fairy MartinPetrochelidon arielEndemic (country/region)
Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

SilvereyeZosterops lateralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Russet-tailed ThrushZoothera heinei

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae

MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVulnerable
Crimson FinchNeochmia phaeton
Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalisEndemic (country/region)
Plum-headed FinchEmblema modestumEndemic (country/region)
Double-barred FinchStizoptera bichenoviiEndemic (country/region)
Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
Black-throated FinchPoephila cinctaRare/Accidental
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataIntroduced species
Chestnut-breasted MuniaLonchura castaneothorax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Australian PipitAnthus australis

 

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