Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Madagascar
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	introduced
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	resident
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	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	present
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	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
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
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	resident
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	non-breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
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	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	breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	non-breeder
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	resident
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	non-breeder
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	non-breeder
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	non-breeder
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	non-breeder
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	non-breeder
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	non-breeder
7126	Barau's Petrel	Pterodroma baraui	present	non-breeder
7161	Broad-billed Prion	Pachyptila vittata	present	rare/accidental
7162	Salvin's Prion	Pachyptila salvini	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	non-breeder
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	present
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	breeder
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	resident
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	breeder
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	resident
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	resident
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	resident
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental

Number of species: 103