Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	New Zealand
239	Plumed Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna eytoni	breeding endemic	rare/accidental
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	introduced
372	Cape Barren Goose	Cereopsis novaehollandiae	endemic	rare/accidental
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	introduced
379	Black Swan	Cygnus atratus	endemic	introduced
424	Australian Shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides	endemic	rare/accidental
425	Paradise Shelduck	Tadorna variegata	rare/accidental	endemic
459	Maned Duck	Chenonetta jubata	endemic	rare/accidental
498	Australasian Shoveler	Spatula rhynchotis	present	breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	introduced
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
637	Gray Teal	Anas gracilis	present	breeder
642	Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea	endemic	rare/accidental
656	Pink-eared Duck	Malacorhynchus membranaceus	endemic	rare/accidental
685	Hardhead	Aythya australis	present	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1094	California Quail	Callipepla californica	introduced	introduced
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1573	Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	introduced	introduced
1714	Brown Quail	Synoicus ypsilophorus	present	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2064	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	introduced
2706	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina	present	rare/accidental
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
3294	Channel-billed Cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
3318	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus	present	breeder
3324	Little Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites minutillus	present	rare/accidental
3345	Pallid Cuckoo	Heteroscenes pallidus	present	rare/accidental
3351	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	present	rare/accidental
3448	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	rare/accidental
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5360	Weka	Gallirallus australis	extirpated	endemic
5369	Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	present	breeder
5448	Black-tailed Nativehen	Tribonyx ventralis	endemic	rare/accidental
5457	Australian Crake	Porzana fluminea	endemic	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5478	Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa	present	rare/accidental
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	breeder
5525	Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	present	breeder
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	breeder
5606	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	breeder
5764	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	rare/accidental	breeder
5778	Red-necked Avocet	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae	endemic	rare/accidental
5792	South Island Oystercatcher	Haematopus finschi	rare/accidental	endemic
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5840	Black-fronted Dotterel	Thinornis melanops	present	breeder
5891	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	breeder
5904	Red-kneed Dotterel	Erythrogonys cinctus	breeding endemic	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5921	Double-banded Plover	Anarhynchus bicinctus	present	breeder
5940	Red-capped Plover	Anarhynchus ruficapillus	present	rare/accidental
5984	Australian Painted-Snipe	Rostratula australis	endemic	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6019	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	present	rare/accidental
6024	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6056	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	present	rare/accidental
6094	Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	non-breeder
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	rare/accidental
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
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	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	non-breeder
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6463	Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	present	present
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6506	Pacific Gull	Larus pacificus	endemic	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	breeder
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	breeder
6653	Gray Noddy	Anous albivitta	present	breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6692	Australian Fairy Tern	Sternula nereis	present	breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6716	Australian Tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6724	Black-fronted Tern	Chlidonias albostriatus	rare/accidental	endemic
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	exceptional breeder
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6736	Antarctic Tern	Sterna vittata	present	breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	rare/accidental
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	rare/accidental
6768	White-fronted Tern	Sterna striata	present	breeding endemic
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	rare/accidental
6840	Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	present	breeder
6860	Hoary-headed Grebe	Poliocephalus poliocephalus	endemic	rare/accidental
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6939	King Penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	present	rare/accidental
6940	Emperor Penguin	Aptenodytes forsteri	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6941	Adelie Penguin	Pygoscelis adeliae	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6942	Gentoo Penguin	Pygoscelis papua	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6947	Chinstrap Penguin	Pygoscelis antarcticus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6949	Little Penguin	Eudyptula minor	present	breeder
6959	Magellanic Penguin	Spheniscus magellanicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6961	Fiordland Penguin	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
6962	Erect-crested Penguin	Eudyptes sclateri	present	breeder
6963	Macaroni Penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	present	rare/accidental
6964	Royal Penguin	Eudyptes schlegeli	present	rare/accidental
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6966	Eastern Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes filholi	rare/accidental	breeder
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6969	Snares Penguin	Eudyptes robustus	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	breeder
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	breeder
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	non-breeder
6979	Antipodean Albatross	Diomedea antipodensis	non-breeder	present
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	breeder
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	exceptional breeder
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	breeder
6997	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	breeder
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	breeder
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	breeder
7004	Chatham Albatross	Thalassarche eremita	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7024	Gray-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis	present	breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	breeder
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	breeder
7038	New Zealand Storm-Petrel	Fregetta maoriana	rare/accidental	endemic
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	non-breeder
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	breeder
7095	Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7096	Antarctic Petrel	Thalassoica antarctica	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	breeder
7100	Snow Petrel	Pagodroma nivea	present	rare/accidental
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	non-breeder
7106	Gray-faced Petrel	Pterodroma gouldi	present	breeding endemic
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	breeder
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	rare/accidental
7116	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	rare/accidental
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	breeder
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	breeder
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	breeder
7135	Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	present	rare/accidental
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	breeder
7143	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	breeder
7145	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	breeding endemic
7147	Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	present	rare/accidental
7150	Collared Petrel	Pterodroma brevipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7153	Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7154	Pycroft's Petrel	Pterodroma pycrofti	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
7156	Phoenix Petrel	Pterodroma alba	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	non-breeder
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	breeder
7161	Broad-billed Prion	Pachyptila vittata	present	breeder
7162	Salvin's Prion	Pachyptila salvini	non-breeder	non-breeder
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	breeder
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	non-breeder
7172	Fulmar Prion	Pachyptila crassirostris	rare/accidental	breeder
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	breeder
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	breeder
7196	Parkinson's Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni	present	breeding endemic
7197	Westland Petrel	Procellaria westlandica	present	breeding endemic
7199	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7205	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	breeder
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7212	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	breeding endemic
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7226	Hutton's Shearwater	Puffinus huttoni	present	breeding endemic
7229	Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7235	Fluttering Shearwater	Puffinus gavia	present	breeder
7237	Little Shearwater	Puffinus assimilis	present	breeder
7242	Subantarctic Shearwater	Puffinus elegans	non-breeder	breeder
7264	Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix	present	breeder
7271	South Georgia Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides georgicus	present	breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7334	Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	present	rare/accidental
7335	Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator	present	breeder
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7375	Australasian Darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
7377	Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos	present	breeder
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	breeder
7413	Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	present	breeder
7414	Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax varius	present	breeder
7446	Imperial Cormorant	Leucocarbo atriceps	present	rare/accidental
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7498	Australian Ibis	Threskiornis molucca	present	rare/accidental
7501	Straw-necked Ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis	present	rare/accidental
7528	Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia	present	breeder
7532	Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Platalea flavipes	present	rare/accidental
7559	Australasian Bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus	present	breeder
7588	Black-backed Bittern	Botaurus dubius	present	rare/accidental
7610	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	present	rare/accidental
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	non-breeder
7661	White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	present	breeder
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	non-breeder
7728	Pacific Heron	Ardea pacifica	breeding endemic	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7741	Plumed Egret	Ardea plumifera	present	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7801	Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus	present	rare/accidental
8061	Wedge-tailed Eagle	Aquila audax	present	rare/accidental
8315	Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	present	breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
8376	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Icthyophaga leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	rare/accidental
10028	Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae	endemic	introduced
10179	Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	present	breeder
10358	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	rare/accidental
12021	Nankeen Kestrel	Falco cenchroides	present	rare/accidental
12176	Galah	Eolophus roseicapilla	endemic	introduced
12212	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita	present	introduced
12456	Red-crowned Parakeet	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae	present	present
12480	Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans	endemic	extirpated
12492	Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	endemic	introduced
17865	Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata	endemic	rare/accidental
18686	Black-faced Cuckooshrike	Coracina novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
18810	White-winged Triller	Lalage tricolor	breeder	rare/accidental
19749	Masked Woodswallow	Artamus personatus	endemic	rare/accidental
19750	White-browed Woodswallow	Artamus superciliosus	endemic	rare/accidental
19761	Dusky Woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus	endemic	rare/accidental
19793	Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen	present	introduced
20270	Willie-wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys	present	rare/accidental
20397	New Zealand Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa	extirpated	endemic
20879	Black-faced Monarch	Monarcha melanopsis	present	rare/accidental
20947	Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca	present	rare/accidental
20995	Satin Flycatcher	Myiagra cyanoleuca	present	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	introduced
23728	Australian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus australis	present	rare/accidental
24184	Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena	present	breeder
24275	Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel	breeding endemic	rare/accidental
24276	Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	present	rare/accidental
25769	Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	present	breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	introduced
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	introduced
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	introduced
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	introduced
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	introduced
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	introduced
32733	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	rare/accidental	introduced

Number of species: 297