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
365	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	non-breeder
435	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
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	exceptional breeder
571	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	non-breeder
588	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	present
662	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
1817	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	resident
1985	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
2034	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5267	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5405	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5430	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	resident
5532	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	non-breeder
5754	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5759	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5774	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5787	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	breeder
5845	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	non-breeder
5850	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5855	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5893	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	present
5951	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	present	present
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
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	breeder
6066	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6074	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6075	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6076	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6088	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6090	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6099	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	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
6120	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6122	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6127	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6130	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6156	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6282	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	breeder
6288	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	rare/accidental
6293	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6296	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6409	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	resident
6447	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6508	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6600	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6609	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	breeder
6636	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	breeder (some wintering)
6644	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	resident
6646	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
6651	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6654	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	breeder
6674	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	breeder
6709	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	extirpated
6717	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	extirpated
6749	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6793	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	resident
6836	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	breeder
7313	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	non-breeder
7382	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	resident
7536	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7585	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	breeder (some wintering)
7658	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7674	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
7694	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	breeder
7737	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
7811	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8249	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	present
9501	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
11958	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	breeder
11997	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
22389	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
23300	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
23957	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24610	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27571	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	resident (local)
27587	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27617	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28181	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	non-breeder
28232	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	resident
29382	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	resident
29526	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	breeder
31261	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	resident
31329	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	non-breeder
31403	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
31432	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	non-breeder
31445	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present
31592	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31670	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	breeder
32060	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	non-breeder
32205	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	rare/accidental
32273	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	present
32451	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	non-breeder

Number of species: 103