Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	French Polynesia
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	breeder
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2771	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pacifica	present	introduced
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5606	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	breeder
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5891	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	present
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	non-breeder
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	rare/accidental
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	present
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	present
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	rare/accidental
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	rare/accidental
6997	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	non-breeder
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7004	Chatham Albatross	Thalassarche eremita	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	present
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7044	Polynesian Storm-Petrel	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	rare/accidental	breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7106	Gray-faced Petrel	Pterodroma gouldi	present	rare/accidental
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	breeder
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	breeder
7116	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	present
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	rare/accidental
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	rare/accidental
7135	Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	present	non-breeder
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	present
7143	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	non-breeder
7145	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	rare/accidental
7147	Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	present	present
7150	Collared Petrel	Pterodroma brevipes	rare/accidental	present
7153	Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7154	Pycroft's Petrel	Pterodroma pycrofti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7156	Phoenix Petrel	Pterodroma alba	rare/accidental	breeder
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	present
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	breeder
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	breeding endemic
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	rare/accidental
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	rare/accidental
7196	Parkinson's Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni	present	rare/accidental
7205	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7212	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	present
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	breeder
7332	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	rare/accidental	extirpated
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7355	Nazca Booby	Sula granti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	breeder
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	present
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
8315	Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	present	introduced
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	present
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	present
24754	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	introduced
25769	Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	present	introduced
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31023	Red-browed Firetail	Neochmia temporalis	endemic	introduced
31162	Chestnut-breasted Munia	Lonchura castaneothorax	present	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present

Number of species: 112