Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Iraq
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	extirpated
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	non-breeder
449	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	exceptional breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	non-breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	present
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	resident
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	resident
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	non-breeder
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	breeder
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	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
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
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
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
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	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
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	breeder
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	rare/accidental
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	resident
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	breeder (some wintering)
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	resident
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	extirpated
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	extirpated
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	resident
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	breeder
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	non-breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	breeder (some wintering)
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	present
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	resident (local)
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	non-breeder
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	resident
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	resident
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	resident
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	non-breeder
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	non-breeder
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	breeder
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	non-breeder
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	rare/accidental
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	present
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	non-breeder

Number of species: 103