Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Norway
330	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
365	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	present
462	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	present
483	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	present
494	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	present
525	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	present
571	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	present
588	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	present
662	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	present
1817	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
1985	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
3864	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
5267	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	present
5405	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	present
5430	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	present
5754	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	present
5758	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5759	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5774	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	present
5777	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5787	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	present
5821	Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5845	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	rare/accidental
5846	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5847	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5850	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5855	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
5893	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5949	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5951	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	present	present
5959	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	present	rare/accidental
5966	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	present
5973	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	present
5982	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	present
5988	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5997	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6001	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6057	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6058	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6059	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	present
6062	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6063	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	present
6066	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	present
6074	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6075	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	present
6076	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	present
6083	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6088	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	present
6090	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	present
6099	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	present
6103	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6104	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	present
6115	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	present
6116	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	present
6119	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6120	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	present
6121	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6122	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	present
6123	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6124	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6126	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6127	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	present
6130	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	present
6154	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6156	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	present
6158	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6163	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6282	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6288	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	rare/accidental
6293	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	present
6296	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	present
6298	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	present
6390	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6409	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	present
6424	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6428	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6447	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	present
6508	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6600	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6609	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
6636	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6644	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	rare/accidental
6646	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6651	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	present
6654	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6659	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	present
6674	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	present
6687	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6749	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	present
6793	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	present
6914	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6927	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
6934	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6974	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	present
6983	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7018	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7044	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7126	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	rare/accidental
7132	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	present
7139	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	present
7258	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7313	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	present
7382	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7536	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7585	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	present
7658	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
7674	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	present
7694	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7737	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
8249	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
9501	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
11958	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	present
11997	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
20823	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
22389	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
23555	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
23957	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	present
24009	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24571	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	present
24610	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	present
24641	Eastern Crowned Warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24707	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	present
27571	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	present
27587	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28104	Siberian Thrush	Geokichla sibirica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28181	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	present
28232	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	present
28426	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28523	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29526	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31261	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	present
31329	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	present
31403	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	present
31425	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
31432	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31445	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present
31587	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31592	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	present
31670	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	present
32060	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	present
32205	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	present
32273	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	breeder
32451	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	present

Number of species: 143