Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Nepal
449	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	breeder
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	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
1573	Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	introduced	breeder
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	breeder
1726	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	breeder
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	breeder
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	breeder
2064	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	breeder
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	breeder
2162	Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	resident	breeder
3140	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	outlying islands only	present
3269	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	present	breeder
3448	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	breeder
3634	Gray Nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka	outlying islands only	breeder
3664	Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus	present	breeder
3707	Savanna Nightjar	Caprimulgus affinis	outlying islands only	breeder
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	breeder
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	breeder
4144	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	rare/accidental	breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	non-breeder
5549	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	breeder
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	non-breeder
5707	Sarus Crane	Antigone antigone	present	breeder
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	breeder
5882	Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	breeder
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5987	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	present	breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	present
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	non-breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	rare/accidental
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	non-breeder
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	present
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	non-breeder
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	breeder
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	non-breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7297	Black-necked Stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	present	non-breeder
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	non-breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7574	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	present	non-breeder
7578	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	breeder
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	non-breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	breeder
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7717	Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	breeder
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
8357	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	breeder
8603	Australasian Grass-Owl	Tyto longimembris	present	breeder
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	breeder
8773	Oriental Scops-Owl	Otus sunia	rare/accidental	breeder
9351	Brown Boobook	Ninox scutulata	rare/accidental	breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	breeder
10089	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
10358	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	breeder
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
13386	Western Hooded Pitta	Pitta sordida	rare/accidental	breeder
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	breeder
22487	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	present	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	rare/accidental
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	breeder
23598	Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	present	breeder
23712	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
23783	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24239	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	breeder
24733	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	introduced	breeder
24754	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	breeder
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	non-breeder
24874	Eastern Crowned Warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus	rare/accidental	present
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	non-breeder
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	breeder
28586	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28782	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	rare/accidental	breeder
28790	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	rare/accidental	breeder
29388	Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	breeder
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	breeder
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	breeder
31667	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	breeder
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	non-breeder
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	breeder
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	non-breeder
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	present

Number of species: 137