Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
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	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	non-breeder
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6736	Antarctic Tern	Sterna vittata	present	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	rare/accidental
6939	King Penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	present	breeder
6940	Emperor Penguin	Aptenodytes forsteri	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6941	Adelie Penguin	Pygoscelis adeliae	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6942	Gentoo Penguin	Pygoscelis papua	rare/accidental	breeder
6947	Chinstrap Penguin	Pygoscelis antarcticus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6949	Little Penguin	Eudyptula minor	present	rare/accidental
6959	Magellanic Penguin	Spheniscus magellanicus	rare/accidental	breeder
6961	Fiordland Penguin	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6962	Erect-crested Penguin	Eudyptes sclateri	present	rare/accidental
6963	Macaroni Penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	present	breeder
6964	Royal Penguin	Eudyptes schlegeli	present	rare/accidental
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	breeder
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6969	Snares Penguin	Eudyptes robustus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	breeder
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	breeder
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	breeder
6977	Tristan Albatross	Diomedea dabbenena	non-breeder	breeder
6979	Antipodean Albatross	Diomedea antipodensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	non-breeder
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	non-breeder
6997	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	rare/accidental
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	non-breeder
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	breeder
7024	Gray-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis	present	breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	non-breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	breeder
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	non-breeder
7095	Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7096	Antarctic Petrel	Thalassoica antarctica	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	non-breeder
7100	Snow Petrel	Pagodroma nivea	present	rare/accidental
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	rare/accidental
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	rare/accidental
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	rare/accidental
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	non-breeder
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	rare/accidental
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	rare/accidental
7136	Atlantic Petrel	Pterodroma incerta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	non-breeder
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	breeder
7161	Broad-billed Prion	Pachyptila vittata	present	rare/accidental
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	non-breeder
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	breeder
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	non-breeder
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	breeder
7197	Westland Petrel	Procellaria westlandica	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	breeder
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7237	Little Shearwater	Puffinus assimilis	present	present
7242	Subantarctic Shearwater	Puffinus elegans	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7264	Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix	present	breeder
7271	South Georgia Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides georgicus	present	rare/accidental
7446	Imperial Cormorant	Leucocarbo atriceps	present	breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced

Number of species: 96