Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Switzerland
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	breeder
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	exceptional breeder
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	exceptional breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	breeder
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	breeder
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	present
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	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	non-breeder
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	non-breeder
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	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
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	non-breeder
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	breeder
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	non-breeder
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	non-breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	rare/accidental
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	breeder
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	exceptional breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	non-breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	non-breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	breeder
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	breeder
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	breeder
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	breeder
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28356	Siberian Thrush	Geokichla sibirica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	breeder
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	breeder
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	breeder
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	breeder
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	breeder
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	breeder
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	breeder
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	breeder
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	breeder
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	rare/accidental
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	breeder
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	breeder

Number of species: 111