Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Réunion
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1726	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2231	Diamond Dove	Geopelia cuneata	endemic	introduced
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	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	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
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
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	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	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	rare/accidental
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	rare/accidental
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	rare/accidental
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	resident
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	present
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	rare/accidental
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	rare/accidental
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	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	rare/accidental
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	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
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	present
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7126	Barau's Petrel	Pterodroma baraui	present	near-endemic
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	rare/accidental
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	present
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	rare/accidental
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	rare/accidental
7199	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	resident
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
24733	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	introduced	introduced
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	introduced
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	introduced

Number of species: 101