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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 Greenland

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Greenland
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	exceptional 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	breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	rare/accidental
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	breeder
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	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	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	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	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	rare/accidental
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	rare/accidental
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	extirpated
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	breeder
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	breeder

Number of species: 75