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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 Cook Islands

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Cook Islands
424	Australian Shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides	endemic	rare/accidental
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	present
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	rare/accidental
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	extirpated
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2771	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pacifica	present	present
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	present
5606	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	present
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	present
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5891	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	present
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	present
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	present
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	present
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	rare/accidental
6653	Gray Noddy	Anous albivitta	present	present
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	present
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	present
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	rare/accidental
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	present
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	present
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	present
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	present
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	non-breeder
7044	Polynesian Storm-Petrel	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	rare/accidental	present
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	present
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	rare/accidental
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	present
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	resident
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	rare/accidental
7143	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	present
7145	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	rare/accidental
7147	Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	present	present
7150	Collared Petrel	Pterodroma brevipes	rare/accidental	present
7156	Phoenix Petrel	Pterodroma alba	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	non-breeder
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	present
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	rare/accidental
7212	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	present
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	present
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	resident
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	resident
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	present
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	present
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	present
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	present
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31162	Chestnut-breasted Munia	Lonchura castaneothorax	present	present

Number of species: 71