Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Taiwan
365	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	introduced	rare/accidental
435	Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	present	rare/accidental
462	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
483	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
494	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	non-breeder
525	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	non-breeder
571	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	breeder
588	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	non-breeder
662	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
1444	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	introduced	breeder
1690	Blue-breasted Quail	Synoicus chinensis	present	breeder
1817	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
1985	Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	rare/accidental	breeder
2027	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	breeder
2125	Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	resident	breeder
3094	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	outlying islands only	breeder
3219	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	present	rare/accidental
3263	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites basalis	present	rare/accidental
3395	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	breeder
3581	Gray Nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka	outlying islands only	non-breeder
3654	Savanna Nightjar	Caprimulgus affinis	outlying islands only	present
3864	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	present	non-breeder
4004	White-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
4072	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	breeder
4089	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	rare/accidental	breeder
5405	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	breeder
5430	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	present	non-breeder
5468	Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	present	rare/accidental
5488	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	present	rare/accidental
5492	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	rare/accidental	breeder
5495	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	breeder
5511	Red-legged Crake	Rallina fasciata	present	rare/accidental
5532	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	rare/accidental
5707	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5754	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5759	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5774	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5787	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5821	Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5846	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	non-breeder
5847	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	non-breeder
5850	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5855	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5893	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5924	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	present	breeder
5951	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	present	non-breeder
5959	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	present	non-breeder
5964	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	non-breeder
5966	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5973	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
5982	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	non-breeder
5996	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	present	present
5997	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6001	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	present
6029	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	present	non-breeder
6030	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6032	Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6058	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6059	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	non-breeder
6062	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	present	non-breeder
6063	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6066	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6071	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	non-breeder
6072	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	rare/accidental
6074	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	non-breeder
6075	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	non-breeder
6076	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6083	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6084	Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6088	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	present	non-breeder
6090	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	non-breeder
6099	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6103	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
6104	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6115	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6116	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6119	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	non-breeder
6120	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6121	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6122	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6123	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	non-breeder
6124	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	non-breeder
6126	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6127	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6130	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6156	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	present
6163	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6288	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	present	breeder
6293	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6296	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	rare/accidental
6298	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	rare/accidental
6307	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	present	rare/accidental
6390	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	present	rare/accidental
6398	Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
6409	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6424	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6428	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6444	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6447	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6508	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6532	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6555	White Tern	Gygis alba	present	rare/accidental
6561	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6569	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	rare/accidental
6591	Aleutian Tern	Onychoprion aleuticus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6592	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	non-breeder
6600	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6609	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	breeder
6636	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	non-breeder
6644	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	non-breeder
6646	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	non-breeder
6651	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	present
6654	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	non-breeder
6674	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6684	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	breeder
6687	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	breeder
6709	Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	present	rare/accidental
6717	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	breeder
6749	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	rare/accidental	breeder
6793	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	non-breeder
6829	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6836	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6840	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	rare/accidental
6934	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6974	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6983	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	breeder
7001	Tristram's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates tristrami	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7029	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	rare/accidental
7037	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	rare/accidental
7099	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7105	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7118	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	breeder
7125	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	present
7128	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7132	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	non-breeder
7133	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	present
7169	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7236	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7241	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7247	Christmas Island Frigatebird	Fregata andrewsi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7254	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7258	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	non-breeder
7265	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7313	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	non-breeder
7382	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	rare/accidental
7510	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	present	breeder
7514	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	rare/accidental	breeder
7522	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	present	breeder
7536	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	breeder
7546	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	present	rare/accidental
7576	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	breeder
7585	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	breeder
7595	Pied Heron	Egretta picata	present	rare/accidental
7596	White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	present	present
7604	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	present	breeder
7647	Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7649	Javan Pond-Heron	Ardeola speciosa	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7655	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	breeder
7658	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	breeder
7666	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7674	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7694	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	breeder
7737	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	breeder
7811	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
8064	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza gularis	outlying islands only	present
8082	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza soloensis	outlying islands only	breeder
8249	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
8261	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	rare/accidental
8280	White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Icthyophaga leucogaster	present	present
8507	Australasian Grass-Owl	Tyto longimembris	present	breeder
8677	Oriental Scops-Owl	Otus sunia	rare/accidental	breeder
9260	Northern Boobook	Ninox japonica	rare/accidental	present
9501	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	rare/accidental	non-breeder
9726	Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus	present	rare/accidental
9988	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
10083	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
10254	Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	present	non-breeder
11958	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	rare/accidental	present
11997	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	present
13259	Blue-winged Pitta	Pitta moluccensis	present	rare/accidental
13260	Fairy Pitta	Pitta nympha	rare/accidental	breeder
13262	Western Hooded Pitta	Pitta sordida	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
20810	Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
20823	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
21297	House Crow	Corvus splendens	introduced	rare/accidental
22389	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	rare/accidental
23300	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	present	breeder
23370	Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	present	breeder
23484	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
23555	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola	outlying islands only	present
23560	Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler	Helopsaltes ochotensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
23957	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	breeder
24009	Eastern Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	rare/accidental	breeder
24571	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	outlying islands only	non-breeder
24610	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24641	Eastern Crowned Warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
24707	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
24709	Kamchatka Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus examinandus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
27571	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	present
27587	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27589	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Agropsar philippensis	outlying islands only	non-breeder
27617	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28104	Siberian Thrush	Geokichla sibirica	rare/accidental	present
28426	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28522	Gray-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	outlying islands only	non-breeder
28523	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28531	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	rare/accidental	non-breeder
28802	Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	rare/accidental	non-breeder
29122	Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane	outlying islands only	present
29234	Narcissus Flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
29382	Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	rare/accidental	breeder
29526	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
30179	Ornate Sunbird	Cinnyris ornatus	present	rare/accidental
30801	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	breeder
31261	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	rare/accidental
31329	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	present
31392	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31403	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	breeder
31425	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	non-breeder	non-breeder
31432	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	present
31445	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	breeder
31587	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	rare/accidental	non-breeder
31592	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
32205	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	present

Number of species: 224