Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and Argentina

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Argentina
498	Australasian Shoveler	Spatula rhynchotis	present	rare/accidental
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
1094	California Quail	Callipepla californica	introduced	introduced
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	non-breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	non-breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	non-breeder
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6736	Antarctic Tern	Sterna vittata	present	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6939	King Penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	present	breeder
6940	Emperor Penguin	Aptenodytes forsteri	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6941	Adelie Penguin	Pygoscelis adeliae	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6942	Gentoo Penguin	Pygoscelis papua	rare/accidental	breeder
6947	Chinstrap Penguin	Pygoscelis antarcticus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6959	Magellanic Penguin	Spheniscus magellanicus	rare/accidental	breeder
6962	Erect-crested Penguin	Eudyptes sclateri	present	rare/accidental
6963	Macaroni Penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	present	rare/accidental
6964	Royal Penguin	Eudyptes schlegeli	present	rare/accidental
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	breeder
6966	Eastern Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes filholi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6969	Snares Penguin	Eudyptes robustus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	non-breeder
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	non-breeder
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	non-breeder
6977	Tristan Albatross	Diomedea dabbenena	non-breeder	non-breeder
6979	Antipodean Albatross	Diomedea antipodensis	non-breeder	non-breeder
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	non-breeder
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	non-breeder
6997	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	rare/accidental
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	non-breeder
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	non-breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7024	Gray-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis	present	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	breeder
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	non-breeder
7095	Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	non-breeder
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	non-breeder
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	rare/accidental
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	non-breeder
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	rare/accidental
7136	Atlantic Petrel	Pterodroma incerta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	non-breeder
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	rare/accidental
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	non-breeder
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	non-breeder
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	rare/accidental
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	non-breeder
7196	Parkinson's Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni	present	rare/accidental
7197	Westland Petrel	Procellaria westlandica	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7205	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	breeder
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7237	Little Shearwater	Puffinus assimilis	present	present
7242	Subantarctic Shearwater	Puffinus elegans	non-breeder	non-breeder
7264	Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix	present	non-breeder
7271	South Georgia Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides georgicus	present	rare/accidental
7334	Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	present	rare/accidental
7335	Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7446	Imperial Cormorant	Leucocarbo atriceps	present	breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	introduced
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	rare/accidental

Number of species: 120