Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Ireland
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	introduced
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	present
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	present
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	present
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	present
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	present
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	present
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	present
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	present
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	present
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	present
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	present
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	present
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	present
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	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	present
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	present
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	present
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	present
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	present
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	present
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	present
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	present
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	present
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	present
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	present
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	present
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	present
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	present
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	present
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	present
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	present
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	present
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	present
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	present
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	present
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	present
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	present
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	present
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6602	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	present
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	rare/accidental
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	present
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	present
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	present
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	present
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	rare/accidental
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	present
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	present
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	present
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	present
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	present
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	present
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	present
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	present
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	present
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	present
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	present
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	present
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	present
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	present
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	rare/accidental
23783	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	present
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	present
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	present
24941	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	present
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28356	Siberian Thrush	Geokichla sibirica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	present
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	present
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	present
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	present
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	present
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present
31865	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	present
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	present
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	present
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	present
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	present

Number of species: 148