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This tool allows to compare the numbers and view the list of birds shared between a region and every other country and territories in the world. You can select a taxonomy and any region available in Avibase. You can click on any of the numbers to list of species involved between 2 regions. You can also click on the table header row to sort the table according to values in a specific column.

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Comoros
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	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
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
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
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	present
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	non-breeder
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	non-breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	non-breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	non-breeder
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	non-breeder
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	resident
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	rare/accidental
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	non-breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	non-breeder
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	present
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	present
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present

Number of species: 61