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Moira - East
This checklist includes all bird species found in Moira - East , 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: Moira - East [map]
Number of species: 278
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 11
Last modified: 2024-02-13
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 11
Last modified: 2024-02-13
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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 | |
| Cape Barren Goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| 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 | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | Endemic (country/region) |
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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) |
| Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
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| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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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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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | |
| 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 | |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Charadrius melanops | |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-capped Plover | Anarhynchus ruficapillus | |
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| Australian Painted-Snipe | Rostratula australis | Endemic (country/region) 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 |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
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| Little Buttonquail | Turnix velox | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-chested Buttonquail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | Endemic (country/region) |
| Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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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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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Vulnerable |
| Black-backed Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 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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| 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 | Endemic (country/region) |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | |
| Gray Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | |
| Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
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| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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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| 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 | |
| Cockatiel | Nymphicus hollandicus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | Vulnerable |
| 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 | |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | Endemic (country/region) |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
| Australian Ringneck | Barnardius zonarius | |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-rumped Parrot | Psephotus haematonotus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Lorikeet | Parvipsitta pusilla | Endemic (country/region) |
| Purple-crowned Lorikeet | Parvipsitta porphyrocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
| Musk Lorikeet | Glossopsitta concinna | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Superb Lyrebird | Menura novaehollandiae | |
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| Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-winged Fairywren | Malurus leucopterus | |
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| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-tufted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | Critically endangered |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Singing Honeyeater | Gavicalis virescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula ornata | |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula penicillata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Ptilotula fusca | Endemic (country/region) |
| Crimson Chat | Epthianura tricolor | |
| Orange Chat | Epthianura aurifrons | |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Honeyeater | Sugomel nigrum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tawny-crowned Honeyeater | Gliciphila melanops | |
| Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus | |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Nesoptilotis leucotis | |
| Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata | |
| 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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| Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus | Vulnerable |
| Speckled Warbler | Pyrrholaemus sagittatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shy Heathwren | Hylacola cauta | |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza uropygialis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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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| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | |
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| Ground Cuckooshrike | Coracina maxima | |
| 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 | |
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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 | |
| Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea | |
| Gilbert's Whistler | Pachycephala inornata | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| 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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| 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) |
| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster | |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang | |
| Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | Endemic (country/region) |
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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) |
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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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| Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata | |
| 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 | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Introduced species |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
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