Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Maldives
449	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
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
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
3269	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	present	resident
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	non-breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder (local)
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	rare/accidental
5549	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	exceptional breeder
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	resident
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	rare/accidental
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	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
6091	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	present	rare/accidental
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	non-breeder
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
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	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
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	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
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	non-breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	non-breeder
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	exceptional breeder
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	exceptional breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	exceptional 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	rare/accidental
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	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	resident
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	non-breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	non-breeder
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	resident
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	non-breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	non-breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	non-breeder
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	non-breeder
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7199	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	non-breeder
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	non-breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	resident
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	exceptional breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	non-breeder
7332	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	non-breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	non-breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	non-breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	non-breeder
7574	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	present	non-breeder
7578	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	non-breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder (local)
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	resident
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	non-breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	resident
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	rare/accidental
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
8357	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	rare/accidental
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	resident
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24239	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28586	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28790	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31667	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder

Number of species: 130