Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Mauritius
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1726	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	extirpated
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2064	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	introduced
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	rare/accidental
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
5369	Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	present	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	present
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	rare/accidental
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
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-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
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
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	present
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	present
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	non-breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	rare/accidental
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	rare/accidental
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	rare/accidental
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	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	non-breeder
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	rare/accidental
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	breeder
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7126	Barau's Petrel	Pterodroma baraui	present	non-breeder
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	rare/accidental
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	rare/accidental
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	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	rare/accidental
7332	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	rare/accidental	extirpated
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	resident
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	breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	introduced
24733	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	introduced	introduced
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced

Number of species: 93