Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Saudi Arabia
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	introduced
377	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	rare/accidental
449	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	present
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	present
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	present
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	present
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	present
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	present
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	present
2022	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	present
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	present
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	present
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	present
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	present
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	present
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	present
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	present
5987	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	present	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	present
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	present
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	present
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	present
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6124	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	present
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	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	present
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6165	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
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	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	present
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	present
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	present
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	present
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	present
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	present
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	present
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	rare/accidental
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	present
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	present
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	present
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	present
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	present
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	present
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	present
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	present
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	present
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	present
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	present
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	present
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	present
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	present
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	present
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	present
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	rare/accidental
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	present
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	resident (rare)
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	present
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	present
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	present
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	present
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	present
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	present
10184	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	present
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	present
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
21054	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	present
22487	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	present	present
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	present
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	present
24733	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	introduced	introduced
24754	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	introduced
24804	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	non-breeder
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	present
24941	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	present
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	present
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	present
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	present
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	present
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	present
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	present
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	present
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	rare/accidental
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	present
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	present
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	present
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	resident

Number of species: 136