Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Libya
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	extirpated
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	present
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	present
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	non-breeder
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	non-breeder
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	resident
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	present
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	resident
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	present
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	present
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	present
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	present
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-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	resident
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
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	present
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	non-breeder
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	non-breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	present
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	non-breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	breeder
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	non-breeder
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	present
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	non-breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	non-breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	present
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	non-breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	resident
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	non-breeder
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	non-breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	non-breeder
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	non-breeder
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	non-breeder
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	present
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	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	present
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	resident
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	resident

Number of species: 95