Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Somalia
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	present
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	resident
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	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
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	non-breeder
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	present
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	present
6026	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	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	non-breeder
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	non-breeder
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	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
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
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
6455	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	non-breeder
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	non-breeder
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	non-breeder
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	breeder
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	resident
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	breeder
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	resident
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	rare/accidental
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	rare/accidental
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	non-breeder
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	non-breeder
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	resident
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	resident
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	non-breeder
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	resident
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	resident
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	resident
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	resident
10184	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	resident
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	non-breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
21521	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	introduced
22487	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	present	resident
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24843	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
29652	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
29796	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	non-breeder
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder

Number of species: 113