Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Iceland
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	breeder
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	breeder
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	present
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
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	breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	breeder
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	breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	rare/accidental
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	breeder
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	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	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	breeder
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
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	breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	breeder
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	breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	breeder
6602	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	rare/accidental
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	rare/accidental
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	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	breeder
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	breeder
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	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	rare/accidental
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	non-breeder
28782	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	rare/accidental
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	rare/accidental
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	breeder
31865	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	rare/accidental
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	breeder
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	rare/accidental
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	rare/accidental

Number of species: 124