Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and Timor-Leste

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Timor-Leste
252	Wandering Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arcuata	present	resident
414	Radjah Shelduck	Radjah radjah	present	rare/accidental
448	Green Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus pulchellus	present	non-breeder
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	resident
637	Gray Teal	Anas gracilis	present	present
685	Hardhead	Aythya australis	present	non-breeder
846	Orange-footed Megapode	Megapodius reinwardt	present	resident
1714	Brown Quail	Synoicus ypsilophorus	present	resident
1726	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	resident
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2064	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	resident
2162	Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	resident	resident
2169	Pacific Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps longirostris	present	present
2706	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina	present	resident
3140	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	outlying islands only	resident
3151	Pheasant Coucal	Centropus phasianinus	present	present
3279	Pacific Koel	Eudynamys orientalis	present	present
3294	Channel-billed Cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	present	non-breeder
3315	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites basalis	present	non-breeder
3318	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus	present	non-breeder
3324	Little Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites minutillus	present	present
3345	Pallid Cuckoo	Heteroscenes pallidus	present	non-breeder
3379	Sahul Brush Cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	breeder	present
3448	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	non-breeder
3664	Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus	present	resident
3707	Savanna Nightjar	Caprimulgus affinis	outlying islands only	present
3918	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	non-breeder
4059	White-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphagus	rare/accidental	present
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	non-breeder
4144	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	rare/accidental	resident
5369	Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	present	resident
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5478	Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa	present	resident
5487	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	non-breeder
5525	Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	present	rare/accidental
5545	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	present	resident
5549	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	resident
5559	Pale-vented Bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana	present	rare/accidental
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	rare/accidental
5606	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	resident
5741	Beach Thick-knee	Esacus magnirostris	present	resident
5764	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	rare/accidental	resident
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5891	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	non-breeder
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5940	Red-capped Plover	Anarhynchus ruficapillus	present	resident
5954	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6000	Comb-crested Jacana	Irediparra gallinacea	present	resident
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6019	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	present	non-breeder
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
6092	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	present
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
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	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
6150	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	rare/accidental
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	non-breeder
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
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
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6243	Red-backed Buttonquail	Turnix maculosus	present	resident
6343	Australian Pratincole	Glareola isabella	breeding endemic	non-breeder
6353	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	non-breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6372	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	resident
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	non-breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	resident
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	present
6716	Australian Tern	Gelochelidon macrotarsa	present	present
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
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
6783	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	non-breeder
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	resident
6827	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	resident
6840	Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	present	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	present
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	non-breeder
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	rare/accidental
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
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	non-breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	non-breeder
7329	Christmas Island Frigatebird	Fregata andrewsi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	resident
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	present
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	resident
7375	Australasian Darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae	present	resident
7377	Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos	present	resident
7413	Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	present	resident
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	non-breeder
7498	Australian Ibis	Threskiornis molucca	present	rare/accidental
7528	Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia	present	non-breeder
7574	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	present	resident
7578	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	resident
7586	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	resident
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	resident
7610	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	present	resident
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	resident
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	present
7660	Pied Heron	Egretta picata	present	non-breeder
7661	White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	present	resident
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	present
7719	Javan Pond-Heron	Ardeola speciosa	rare/accidental	present
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	resident
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	present
7737	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7741	Plumed Egret	Ardea plumifera	present	non-breeder
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7776	Great-billed Heron	Ardea sumatrana	present	resident
7801	Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus	present	non-breeder
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	resident
7886	Pacific Baza	Aviceda subcristata	present	resident
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
8159	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza gularis	outlying islands only	non-breeder
8177	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza soloensis	outlying islands only	non-breeder
8225	Brown Goshawk	Tachyspiza fasciata	present	resident
8319	Spotted Harrier	Circus assimilis	present	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	resident
8357	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	resident
8376	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Icthyophaga leucogaster	present	resident
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	present
9341	Timor Boobook	Ninox fusca	endemic	regional endemic
9351	Brown Boobook	Ninox scutulata	rare/accidental	present
9828	Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus	present	resident
10179	Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	present	present
10184	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	resident
10358	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	non-breeder
12021	Nankeen Kestrel	Falco cenchroides	present	present
12073	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
12080	Australian Hobby	Falco longipennis	present	resident
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
12315	Red-cheeked Parrot	Geoffroyus geoffroyi	present	resident
18079	Brown Honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta	present	resident
18194	Helmeted Friarbird	Philemon buceroides	present	resident
18686	Black-faced Cuckooshrike	Coracina novaehollandiae	present	non-breeder
19738	White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	present	resident
19753	Black-faced Woodswallow	Artamus cinereus	present	resident
20236	Northern Fantail	Rhipidura rufiventris	present	resident
20322	Supertramp Fantail	Rhipidura semicollaris	rare/accidental	present
20860	Island Monarch	Monarcha cinerascens	rare/accidental	resident
20900	Australian Spectacled Monarch	Symposiachrus trivirgatus	breeder	present
20947	Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca	present	rare/accidental
20991	Broad-billed Flycatcher	Myiagra ruficollis	present	resident
22487	Singing Bushlark	Mirafra javanica	present	resident
23528	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	resident
23598	Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	present	resident
23712	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
23728	Australian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus australis	present	present
23872	Tawny Grassbird	Cincloramphus timoriensis	present	resident
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	non-breeder
24239	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	resident
24275	Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel	breeding endemic	non-breeder
24276	Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	present	resident
24941	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
24943	Kamchatka Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus examinandus	outlying islands only	non-breeder
25760	Ashy-bellied White-eye	Zosterops citrinella	outlying islands only	resident
28781	Gray-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
31035	Zebra Finch	Taeniopygia guttata	present	resident
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	resident
31136	Pale-headed Munia	Lonchura pallida	rare/accidental	resident
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31700	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	non-breeder
31865	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	rare/accidental	non-breeder

Number of species: 198