Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	India
365	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	rare/accidental
435	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	resident
462	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
483	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
494	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
525	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	resident
571	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	non-breeder
588	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	non-breeder
662	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
1539	Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	introduced	resident
1586	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	resident
1690	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	resident
1817	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	resident
1985	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	resident
2027	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	resident
2034	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
2125	Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	resident	resident
2384	Nicobar Pigeon	Caloenas nicobarica	rare/accidental	resident
3094	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	outlying islands only	resident
3219	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	present	breeder
3263	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites basalis	present	rare/accidental
3581	Gray Nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka	outlying islands only	breeder
3611	Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus	present	resident
3654	Savanna Nightjar	Caprimulgus affinis	outlying islands only	resident
3864	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	present
4004	White-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphagus	rare/accidental	present
4072	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	non-breeder
4089	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	rare/accidental	resident
5267	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5405	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5430	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	resident
5488	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	present	rare/accidental
5492	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
5495	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	resident
5511	Red-legged Crake	Rallina fasciata	present	rare/accidental
5532	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	resident
5651	Sarus Crane	Antigone antigone	present	resident
5684	Beach Thick-knee	Esacus magnirostris	present	resident
5754	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5758	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5759	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5774	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5787	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	resident
5821	Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5845	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	rare/accidental
5846	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5847	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	breeder
5850	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	breeder
5855	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5893	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	resident
5924	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	present	resident
5951	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	present	non-breeder
5966	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5973	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
5982	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
5996	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	present	non-breeder
6001	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6029	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	present	non-breeder
6030	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6058	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6059	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6062	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6063	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	present
6066	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6071	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	rare/accidental
6074	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6075	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6076	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	present
6084	Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6088	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6090	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6099	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6103	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
6104	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6115	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6116	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6119	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6120	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6121	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6122	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6123	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	non-breeder
6124	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	non-breeder
6126	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6127	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6130	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6156	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6163	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6282	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6288	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	resident
6293	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6296	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6298	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6303	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6307	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6390	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6409	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6424	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6428	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6447	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6508	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6555	White Tern	Gygis alba	present	rare/accidental
6561	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6566	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	present
6569	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	rare/accidental
6592	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6600	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	present
6609	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	resident
6636	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	breeder
6644	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6646	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
6651	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6654	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6659	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6674	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	present
6684	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	resident
6687	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	resident
6709	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	resident
6717	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	resident
6749	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6793	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	resident
6829	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6836	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6840	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	resident
6913	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6934	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6946	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
6953	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
6961	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6983	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7047	Barau's Petrel	Pterodroma baraui	present	non-breeder
7100	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7118	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	present
7119	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7125	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7128	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	non-breeder
7132	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7133	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7169	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	present
7215	Black-necked Stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	present	resident
7236	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7241	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7247	Christmas Island Frigatebird	Fregata andrewsi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7254	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7258	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7265	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7313	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	resident
7382	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	resident
7510	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	present	resident
7514	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	resident
7522	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	resident
7536	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7576	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	resident
7585	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	resident
7604	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	present	resident
7647	Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	rare/accidental	resident
7649	Javan Pond-Heron	Ardeola speciosa	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7655	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	resident
7658	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	resident
7666	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	breeder
7674	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
7694	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7737	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	resident
7811	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	resident
8064	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza gularis	outlying islands only	non-breeder
8082	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza soloensis	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
8249	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	resident
8261	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	resident
8280	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Icthyophaga leucogaster	present	resident
8507	Australasian Grass-Owl	Tyto longimembris	present	resident
8527	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	resident
8677	Oriental Scops-Owl	Otus sunia	rare/accidental	resident
9249	Brown Boobook	Ninox scutulata	rare/accidental	resident
9501	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	resident
9988	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	rare/accidental	resident
10083	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	present
10254	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	resident
11958	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	resident
11997	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	resident
13259	Blue-winged Pitta	Pitta moluccensis	present	rare/accidental
13262	Western Hooded Pitta	Pitta sordida	rare/accidental	breeder
19517	White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	present	resident
20810	Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
20823	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
21297	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	resident
22261	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	present	resident
22389	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	non-breeder
23300	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
23370	Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	present	resident
23484	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
23555	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	outlying islands only	non-breeder
23957	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	resident
24009	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	resident
24503	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	introduced	resident
24523	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	resident
24571	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	resident
24610	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24707	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27571	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	non-breeder
27587	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27589	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Agropsar philippensis	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
27617	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	resident
28104	Siberian Thrush	Geokichla sibirica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28181	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	rare/accidental
28426	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28522	Gray-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
28523	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	rare/accidental	resident
28531	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	rare/accidental	resident
28802	Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29122	Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
29382	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	resident
29526	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
30179	Ornate Sunbird	Cinnyris ornatus	present	breeder
30801	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	resident
31261	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	resident
31329	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	resident
31392	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	rare/accidental	resident
31403	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
31425	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
31432	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	resident
31445	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	resident
31592	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31670	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	non-breeder
32060	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	rare/accidental
32451	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	rare/accidental

Number of species: 224