Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Puerto Rico
342	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	rare/accidental
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	non-breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	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
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6183	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	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
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	non-breeder
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
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	breeder
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	breeder
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	breeder
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced

Number of species: 79