Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	introduced
1477	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	introduced
1573	Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	introduced	introduced
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	rare/accidental
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	rare/accidental
6128	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	present
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6138	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	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	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	present
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	resident
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6736	Antarctic Tern	Sterna vittata	present	rare/accidental
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	present
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	resident
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	rare/accidental
6939	King Penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	present	rare/accidental
6942	Gentoo Penguin	Pygoscelis papua	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6947	Chinstrap Penguin	Pygoscelis antarcticus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6963	Macaroni Penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	present	rare/accidental
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	resident
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	rare/accidental
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	rare/accidental
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
6977	Tristan Albatross	Diomedea dabbenena	non-breeder	breeding endemic
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	non-breeder
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	present
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	present
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	non-breeder
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	present
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	present
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7024	Gray-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis	present	resident
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	resident
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	breeder
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	non-breeder
7095	Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	breeder
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	breeder
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	rare/accidental
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	present
7135	Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	present	present
7136	Atlantic Petrel	Pterodroma incerta	rare/accidental	present
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	rare/accidental
7161	Broad-billed Prion	Pachyptila vittata	present	rare/accidental
7163	MacGillivray's Prion	Pachyptila macgillivrayi	rare/accidental	present
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	non-breeder
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	non-breeder
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	present
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	non-breeder
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	present
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7242	Subantarctic Shearwater	Puffinus elegans	non-breeder	breeder
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7264	Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix	present	resident
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	present
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	present
7334	Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	present	present
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	rare/accidental
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
12176	Galah	Eolophus roseicapilla	endemic	introduced
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	present
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	introduced
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	present
28500	Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	introduced	present
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
32336	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	introduced	present
32552	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	introduced	rare/accidental

Number of species: 120