Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Canada
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	breeder
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	introduced
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	breeder
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	breeder
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
1094	California Quail	Callipepla californica	introduced	introduced
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced (not established)
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
4144	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	breeder
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	breeder
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6024	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	rare/accidental
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	rare/accidental
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	breeder
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	breeder
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	breeder
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	breeder
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	rare/accidental
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	breeder
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	breeder
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	breeder
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	non-breeder
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	breeder
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	breeder
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	breeder
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	breeder
6510	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6602	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	breeder
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	rare/accidental
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	breeder
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	rare/accidental
7145	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7205	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	non-breeder
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	non-breeder
7212	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	non-breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	breeder
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7355	Nazca Booby	Sula granti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	exceptional breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24941	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24943	Kamchatka Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus examinandus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	rare/accidental
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	rare/accidental
29388	Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	rare/accidental
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	breeder
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	breeder

Number of species: 135