Australia (continental including Tasmania) bird checklist - Avibase

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

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Australia (continental including Tasmania)	South Africa
2	Common Ostrich	Struthio camelus	introduced	present
479	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
501	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	present	rare/accidental
545	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	introduced
594	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	present	rare/accidental
977	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	introduced	resident
1573	Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	introduced	introduced
1853	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	introduced	introduced
2071	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	resident
5324	Corn Crake	Crex crex	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5462	Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	rare/accidental	resident
5552	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	outlying islands only	rare/accidental
5589	Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla	present	resident
5811	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	present	non-breeder
5815	American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	present	rare/accidental
5816	Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	present	rare/accidental
5831	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5848	Little Ringed Plover	Thinornis dubius	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
5906	Caspian Plover	Anarhynchus asiaticus	present	non-breeder
5908	Siberian Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
5911	Tibetan Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus atrifrons	rare/accidental	non-breeder
5916	Greater Sand-Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	present	non-breeder
6009	Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6012	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	non-breeder	non-breeder
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	rare/accidental
6048	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6056	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	present	rare/accidental
6119	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6120	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	rare/accidental	non-breeder
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
6145	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
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	rare/accidental
6166	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6177	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	non-breeder	non-breeder
6178	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6181	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	present	rare/accidental
6182	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	present	non-breeder
6184	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6185	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	present	rare/accidental
6186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	present	rare/accidental
6188	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6189	Sanderling	Calidris alba	present	non-breeder
6192	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6217	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6219	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	rare/accidental	non-breeder
6221	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6227	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	present	rare/accidental
6347	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	rare/accidental	breeder
6358	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	non-breeder	non-breeder
6361	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	present	non-breeder
6363	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	present	non-breeder
6368	Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus	non-breeder	non-breeder
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	rare/accidental
6490	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	present	rare/accidental
6494	Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6533	Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	present	resident
6576	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6634	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	present	rare/accidental
6639	Lesser Noddy	Anous tenuirostris	present	rare/accidental
6665	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	present	present
6673	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	present	rare/accidental
6682	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	present	non-breeder
6710	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	present	rare/accidental
6718	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	present	resident
6720	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	present	resident
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
6736	Antarctic Tern	Sterna vittata	present	non-breeder
6748	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	present	non-breeder
6758	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	present	rare/accidental
6761	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	breeder	breeder
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
6872	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	present	resident
6908	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	present	rare/accidental
6915	Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6919	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	present	rare/accidental
6939	King Penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	present	rare/accidental
6963	Macaroni Penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	present	rare/accidental
6965	Western Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6968	Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6973	Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	present	present
6974	Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	present	present
6976	Snowy Albatross	Diomedea exulans	present	present
6977	Tristan Albatross	Diomedea dabbenena	non-breeder	rare/accidental
6983	Amsterdam Albatross	Diomedea amsterdamensis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
6991	Sooty Albatross	Phoebetria fusca	present	rare/accidental
6992	Light-mantled Albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	present	rare/accidental
6993	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	rare/accidental	present
6994	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	present	non-breeder
6996	Gray-headed Albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	present	rare/accidental
6997	Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri	present	rare/accidental
7000	White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	present	non-breeder
7003	Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7004	Chatham Albatross	Thalassarche eremita	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7006	Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	present	non-breeder
7013	Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	non-breeder	non-breeder
7024	Gray-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis	present	rare/accidental
7025	White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina	present	rare/accidental
7032	White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta grallaria	present	rare/accidental
7040	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	non-breeder	present
7053	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	rare/accidental	present
7062	Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7078	Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	present	rare/accidental
7087	Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus	present	non-breeder
7088	Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	present	non-breeder
7095	Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7096	Antarctic Petrel	Thalassoica antarctica	present	rare/accidental
7097	Pintado Petrel	Daption capense	present	non-breeder
7100	Snow Petrel	Pagodroma nivea	present	rare/accidental
7103	Kerguelen Petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris	present	rare/accidental
7105	Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera	present	present
7106	Gray-faced Petrel	Pterodroma gouldi	present	rare/accidental
7123	Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	present	non-breeder
7126	Barau's Petrel	Pterodroma baraui	present	rare/accidental
7127	White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii	present	rare/accidental
7136	Atlantic Petrel	Pterodroma incerta	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7159	Blue Petrel	Halobaena caerulea	present	rare/accidental
7160	Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	present	rare/accidental
7161	Broad-billed Prion	Pachyptila vittata	present	rare/accidental
7162	Salvin's Prion	Pachyptila salvini	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7163	MacGillivray's Prion	Pachyptila macgillivrayi	rare/accidental	present
7167	Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata	present	non-breeder
7171	Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri	present	rare/accidental
7179	Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7184	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	present	rare/accidental
7191	Gray Petrel	Procellaria cinerea	present	rare/accidental
7192	White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	present	non-breeder
7199	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	present	rare/accidental
7200	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	rare/accidental	present
7206	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	present	non-breeder
7207	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	present	non-breeder
7209	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	present	rare/accidental
7213	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	present	non-breeder
7220	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	rare/accidental	non-breeder
7242	Subantarctic Shearwater	Puffinus elegans	non-breeder	rare/accidental
7250	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
7318	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	present	rare/accidental
7323	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	present	rare/accidental
7334	Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	present	breeder
7335	Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator	present	rare/accidental
7338	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	present	rare/accidental
7342	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	present	rare/accidental
7349	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	present	rare/accidental
7397	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	present	resident
7467	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	present	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	resident
7766	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	rare/accidental	resident
7832	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	present	non-breeder
7906	Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
8345	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	present	breeder
9604	Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops	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
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	introduced
27829	Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
27859	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	introduced	introduced
31534	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	introduced	introduced
31678	Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31707	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	present	rare/accidental
31720	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	present	rare/accidental
31870	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	rare/accidental	rare/accidental
31948	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	rare/accidental	introduced

Number of species: 186