Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Costa Rica
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	non-breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	non-breeder
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	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	non-breeder
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	non-breeder
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	resident
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	resident
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	present
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
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
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7196	Parkinson's Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7205	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	non-breeder
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	non-breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	resident
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	resident
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	resident
7355	Nazca Booby	Sula granti	rare/accidental	present
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	resident
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced

Number of species: 80