Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	Vanuatu
239	Plumed Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna eytoni	breeding endemic	rare/accidental
252	Wandering Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arcuata	present	rare/accidental
498	Australasian Shoveler	Spatula rhynchotis	present	rare/accidental
534	Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	present	breeder
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	introduced
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
637	Gray Teal	Anas gracilis	present	breeder
685	Hardhead	Aythya australis	present	breeder
1620	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	introduced (not established)	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2169	Pacific Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps longirostris	present	breeder
2706	Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina	present	present
2771	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pacifica	present	breeder
3293	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	rare/accidental	non-breeder
3318	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus	present	breeder
3351	Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	present	breeder
3958	Glossy Swiftlet	Collocalia esculenta	rare/accidental	breeder
4026	Uniform Swiftlet	Aerodramus vanikorensis	rare/accidental	breeder
5369	Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	present	breeder
5525	Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	present	breeder
5545	White-browed Crake	Poliolimnas cinereus	present	breeder
5606	Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis	present	breeder
5741	Beach Thick-knee	Esacus magnirostris	present	non-breeder
5792	South Island Oystercatcher	Haematopus finschi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	non-breeder
5834	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5891	Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	present	rare/accidental
5907	Oriental Plover	Anarhynchus veredus	present	rare/accidental
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
5921	Double-banded Plover	Anarhynchus bicinctus	present	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6019	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	present	rare/accidental
6024	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	present	non-breeder
6033	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	non-breeder	non-breeder
6042	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	present	rare/accidental
6125	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	present	non-breeder
6133	Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	present	non-breeder
6134	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	present	non-breeder
6136	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	present	rare/accidental
6152	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	present	rare/accidental
6161	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	present	non-breeder
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	non-breeder
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	rare/accidental
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
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
6463	Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	present	non-breeder
6627	Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida	breeder	non-breeder
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	breeder
6642	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	present	non-breeder
6653	Gray Noddy	Anous albivitta	present	present
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	breeder
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	rare/accidental
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	rare/accidental
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	breeder
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	rare/accidental
6792	Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	present	non-breeder
6840	Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	present	breeder
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	breeder
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	breeder
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	rare/accidental
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7044	Polynesian Storm-Petrel	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	rare/accidental	breeder
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7064	Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	present
7108	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	present	rare/accidental
7113	Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	present	rare/accidental
7116	Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	present	rare/accidental
7128	Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	present	present
7140	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	present	non-breeder
7143	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	present	rare/accidental
7145	Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	present	rare/accidental
7147	Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	present	non-breeder
7150	Collared Petrel	Pterodroma brevipes	rare/accidental	breeder
7154	Pycroft's Petrel	Pterodroma pycrofti	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7157	Vanuatu Petrel	Pterodroma occulta	rare/accidental	breeding endemic
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	present
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	rare/accidental
7178	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	present	rare/accidental
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	present
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	rare/accidental
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	breeder
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	present
7214	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	present	non-breeder
7235	Fluttering Shearwater	Puffinus gavia	present	breeder
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	present
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	breeder
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	breeder
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	breeder
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7377	Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos	present	non-breeder
7413	Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	present	rare/accidental
7610	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	present	rare/accidental
7641	Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	present	breeder
7650	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	present	rare/accidental
7661	White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	present	rare/accidental
7673	Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	present	breeder
7729	Great Egret	Ardea alba	present	rare/accidental
7801	Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus	present	rare/accidental
8225	Brown Goshawk	Tachyspiza fasciata	present	breeder
8315	Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	present	breeder
8357	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	present	rare/accidental
8623	Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto javanica	present	non-breeder
10179	Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	present	present
10184	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	rare/accidental	breeder
12114	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	present	breeder
12669	Coconut Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus	non-breeder	breeder
12680	Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus	endemic	resident
19738	White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	present	breeder
20386	Gray Fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa	present	breeder
20397	New Zealand Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa	extirpated	present
24276	Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	present	rare/accidental
24754	Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	extirpated	rare/accidental
25769	Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis	present	breeder
27813	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
28433	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	introduced	rare/accidental
31023	Red-browed Firetail	Neochmia temporalis	endemic	introduced
31162	Chestnut-breasted Munia	Lonchura castaneothorax	present	introduced
31201	Blue-faced Parrotfinch	Erythrura trichroa	present	breeder
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31603	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	introduced	introduced
32483	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	non-breeder	rare/accidental

Number of species: 137