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
483	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
514	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	breeder
571	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
1444	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1586	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1817	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2729	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pacifica	present	introduced
3240	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5549	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	breeder
5754	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5759	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5777	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5830	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	rare/accidental
5951	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	present	rare/accidental
5973	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6058	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6071	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	present
6072	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	non-breeder
6083	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6099	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6115	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6119	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6126	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6127	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6163	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6293	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6296	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6298	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6307	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6424	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6428	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6555	White Tern	Gygis alba	present	breeder
6561	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6569	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	breeder
6592	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6600	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6684	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	rare/accidental
6687	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	present
6717	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	breeder
6829	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6836	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6840	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6894	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	present
6895	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	rare/accidental
6897	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6913	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6917	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	rare/accidental
6918	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	non-breeder
6924	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6925	Chatham Albatross	Thalassarche eremita	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6927	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
6934	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6946	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
6953	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	breeder
6961	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6965	Polynesian Storm-Petrel	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	rare/accidental	breeder
6974	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6985	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7008	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7009	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	rare/accidental
7018	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7027	Gray-faced Petrel	Pterodroma gouldi	present	rare/accidental
7029	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	breeder
7034	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	breeder
7037	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	present
7044	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7048	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	rare/accidental
7049	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	rare/accidental
7056	Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	present	non-breeder
7061	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	present
7064	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	non-breeder
7066	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	rare/accidental
7068	Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	present	present
7071	Collared Petrel	Pterodroma brevipes	rare/accidental	present
7074	Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7075	Pycroft's Petrel	Pterodroma pycrofti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7077	Phoenix Petrel	Pterodroma alba	rare/accidental	breeder
7080	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	present
7099	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	breeder
7105	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	breeding endemic
7112	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	rare/accidental
7113	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	rare/accidental
7115	Parkinson's Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni	present	rare/accidental
7124	Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	present	rare/accidental
7125	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7128	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7131	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	rare/accidental
7132	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7133	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7169	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	present
7236	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	breeder
7241	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	breeder
7250	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	rare/accidental	extirpated
7254	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	breeder
7258	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7265	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7576	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	breeder
7604	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	present	breeder
7655	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	rare/accidental
7658	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
8219	Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	present	introduced
8527	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	present
11997	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
23957	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	present
24523	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	introduced
25526	Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	present	introduced
27617	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
30748	Red-browed Firetail	Neochmia temporalis	endemic	introduced
30890	Chestnut-breasted Munia	Lonchura castaneothorax	present	introduced
31261	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	rare/accidental
31445	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present

Number of species: 111