Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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List of bird species found in both Australia (continental including Tasmania) and US Minor Outlying Islands

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	US Minor Outlying Islands
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	present
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	non-breeder
512	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	rare/accidental
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	present
612	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
687	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	rare/accidental
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
3448	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	present	rare/accidental
4127	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5764	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	present
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6011	Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6024	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	rare/accidental
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	rare/accidental
6057	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6061	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6121	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	present	rare/accidental
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	rare/accidental
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	present
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6137	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	present	rare/accidental
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	present
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	present
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	present
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6463	Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
6474	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6513	Common Gull	Larus canus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6602	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	present
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	present
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	breeder
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	breeder
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6725	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6728	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	present	rare/accidental
6733	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	rare/accidental
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	non-breeder
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	present
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	present
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7044	Polynesian Storm-Petrel	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7080	Tristram's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates tristrami	rare/accidental	present
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	non-breeder
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	rare/accidental
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	present
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	rare/accidental
7143	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	rare/accidental
7156	Phoenix Petrel	Pterodroma alba	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	present
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7212	Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	present	non-breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	rare/accidental
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
7229	Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	breeder
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	non-breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	present
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	present
7355	Nazca Booby	Sula granti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7600	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7726	Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	breeder	non-breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	non-breeder
7745	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	rare/accidental
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	introduced
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	rare/accidental
22615	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	introduced	rare/accidental
24187	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	present	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28586	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31076	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	extirpated
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	rare/accidental

Number of species: 114