Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Palau
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	resident
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
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
2423	Nicobar Pigeon	Caloenas nicobarica	rare/accidental	resident
3279	Pacific Koel	Eudynamys orientalis	present	present
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
3294	Channel-billed Cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
3379	Sahul Brush Cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	breeder	rare/accidental
3448	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	non-breeder
3634	Gray Nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka	outlying islands only	non-breeder
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	rare/accidental
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5369	Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	present	resident
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	rare/accidental
5525	Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	present	resident
5545	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	present	resident
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
5559	Pale-vented Bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana	present	rare/accidental
5568	Red-legged Crake	Rallina fasciata	present	rare/accidental
5764	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	non-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	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	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
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6056	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	present	rare/accidental
6091	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	present	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	non-breeder
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	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
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
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
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	non-breeder
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	non-breeder
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
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	non-breeder
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	non-breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	resident
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	resident
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	resident
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	resident
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6716	Australian Tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa	present	rare/accidental
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
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	resident
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	resident
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	resident
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	non-breeder
7116	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	non-breeder
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	non-breeder
7199	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	non-breeder
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	resident
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	non-breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	resident
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	resident
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	resident
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	non-breeder
7377	Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos	present	resident
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	rare/accidental
7413	Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	present	rare/accidental
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7610	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	present	resident
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	non-breeder
7660	Pied Heron	Egretta picata	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	non-breeder
7717	Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	non-breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7801	Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus	present	rare/accidental
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
8177	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza soloensis	outlying islands only	non-breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	non-breeder
8357	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	rare/accidental
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
9828	Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus	present	rare/accidental
10179	Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	present	rare/accidental
10184	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	resident
10358	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	non-breeder
12212	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita	present	introduced
12307	Papuan Eclectus	Eclectus polychloros	present	introduced
19738	White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	present	resident
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
23712	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24239	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27831	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Agropsar philippensis	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
28586	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
28781	Gray-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	outlying islands only	non-breeder
29069	Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29500	Narcissus Flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	extirpated
31201	Blue-faced Parrotfinch	Erythrura trichroa	present	resident
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	non-breeder
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental

Number of species: 147