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This tool allows to compare the numbers and view the list of birds shared between a region and every other country and territories in the world. You can select a taxonomy and any region available in Avibase. You can click on any of the numbers to list of species involved between 2 regions. You can also click on the table header row to sort the table according to values in a specific column.

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Botswana
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	present
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	resident
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	resident
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	non-breeder
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	resident
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	present
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	resident
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	resident
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	resident
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	present
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	resident
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	resident
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental

Number of species: 74