Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and British Indian Ocean Territory

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	British Indian Ocean Territory
424	Australian Shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides	endemic	present
449	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	present
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	present
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	present
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5549	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	present
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	non-breeder
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	present
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6024	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	rare/accidental
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	present
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	non-breeder
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	non-breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	non-breeder
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	present
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	present
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	present
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	present
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	present
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	present
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	present
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	present
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	resident
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	present
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	present
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	present
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	present
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	non-breeder
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	present
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	present
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	present
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	present
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	present
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	present
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	present
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	present
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	present
7332	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	present
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	present
7578	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	present
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	present
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	present
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	present
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	present
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	present
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	present
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	present
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
8376	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Icthyophaga leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	introduced
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	present
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	present

Number of species: 114