This list is based on the ''

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds The ''Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds'', known as ''HANZAB'', is the pre-eminent scientific reference on birds in the region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic ...

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list, May 2002 update
with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia,

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

, and the surrounding ocean and

subantarctic The sub-Antarctic zone is a region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46° and 60° south of the Equator. The subantarctic region includes many islands ...

islands. *Australian call-ups are based on the

List of Australian birds This is a list of the Wildness#Degrees of domestication, wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory. The outlying islands covered include: Christmas Island, Ch ...

. *New Zealand call-ups are based on the

List of New Zealand birds This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is given first, and its Māori-language name, if different, is also noted. New Zealand proper is an independent and sovereign state. New Zealand pr ...

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Struthioniiformes

Casuariidae

Emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus '' Dromaius''. The emu ...

, ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'' - Aus *

Southern cassowary The southern cassowary (''Casuarius casuarius''), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf c ...

, ''Casuarius casuarius'' - Aus

Apterygidae

* Brown kiwi, ''Apteryx australis'' - NZ *

Little spotted kiwi The little spotted kiwi or little grey kiwi (''Apteryx owenii'') is a small flightless bird in the kiwi family Apterygidae. It is the smallest species of all five kiwis, at about , about the size of a bantam. It is endemic to New Zealand, and i ...

, ''Apteryx owenii'' - NZ *

Great spotted kiwi The great spotted kiwi, great grey kiwiDavies, S. J. J. F. (2003) or roroa (''Apteryx haastii'') is a species of kiwi endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The great spotted kiwi, as a member of the ratites, is flightless. It is the larg ...

, ''Apteryx haastii'' - NZ

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

* Australasian grebe, ''Tachybaptus novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ *

Hoary-headed grebe The hoary-headed grebe (''Poliocephalus poliocephalus'') is a member of the grebe family. It breeds in southern parts of Australia; it winters throughout the island of Tasmania. The bird takes its name from the silvery-white streaking on its bl ...

, ''Poliocephalus poliocephalus'' - Aus, NZ * New Zealand dabchick, ''Poliocephalus rufopectus'' - NZ *

Great crested grebe The great crested grebe (''Podiceps cristatus'') is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display. Taxonomy The great crested grebe was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in t ...

, ''Podiceps cristatus'' - Aus, NZ

Sphenisciformes Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapt ...

Spheniscidae Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapte ...

King penguin The king penguin (''Aptenodytes patagonicus'') is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin. There are two subspecies: ''A. p. patagonicus'' and ''A. p. halli''; ''patagonicus'' ...

, ''Aptenodytes patagonicus'' - Aus, NZ * Emperor penguin, ''Aptenodytes forsteri'' - Aus, NZ *

Gentoo penguin The gentoo penguin ( ) (''Pygoscelis papua'') is a penguin species (or possibly a species complex) in the genus ''Pygoscelis'', most closely related to the Adélie penguin (''P. adeliae'') and the chinstrap penguin (''P. antarcticus''). The ea ...

, ''Pygoscelis papua'' - Aus, NZ *

Adelie penguin Adelie or Adélie may refer to: * Adélie Land, a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica * Adelie Land meteorite, a meteorite discovered on December 5, 1912, in Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton * Adélie penguin The Adélie pen ...

, ''Pygoscelis adeliae'' - Aus, NZ * Chinstrap penguin, ''Pygoscelis antarctica'' - Aus, NZ *

Southern rockhopper penguin The southern rockhopper penguin group (''Eudyptes chrysocome''), is a species of rockhopper penguin, that is sometimes considered distinct from the northern rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian ...

, ''Eudyptes chrysocome'' - Aus, NZ *

Northern rockhopper penguin The northern rockhopper penguin, Moseley's rockhopper penguin, or Moseley's penguin (''Eudyptes moseleyi'') is a penguin species native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It is described as distinct from the southern rockhopper penguin. ...

, ''Eudyptes moseleyi'' - NZ *

Fiordland penguin The Fiordland penguin (''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus''), also known as the Fiordland crested penguin (in Māori, ''tawaki'' or pokotiwha), is a crested penguin species endemic to New Zealand. It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of Ne ...

, ''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus'' - Aus, NZ *

Snares penguin The Snares penguin (''Eudyptes robustus''), also known as the Snares crested penguin and the Snares Islands penguin, is a penguin from New Zealand. The species breeds on the Snares Islands, a group of islands off the southern coast of the South ...

, ''Eudyptes robustus'' - Aus, NZ * Erect-crested penguin, ''Eudyptes sclateri'' - Aus, NZ *

Macaroni penguin The macaroni penguin (''Eudyptes chrysolophus'') is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. One of six species of crested penguin, it is very closely related to the royal penguin, and some authorities consid ...

, ''Eudyptes chrysolophus'' - Aus, NZ *

Yellow-eyed penguin The yellow-eyed penguin (''Megadyptes antipodes''), known also as hoiho or tarakaka, is a species of penguin endemic to New Zealand. Previously thought closely related to the little penguin (''Eudyptula minor''), molecular research has shown it ...

, ''Megadyptes antipodes'' - NZ * Little penguin, ''Eudyptula minor'' - Aus, NZ *

Magellanic penguin The Magellanic penguin (''Spheniscus magellanicus'') is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil and Uruguay, where they are occasionally seen a ...

, ''Spheniscus magellanicus'' - Aus, NZ

Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order (biology), order of seabirds that comprises four family (biology), families: the albatrosses, the Procellariidae, petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still call ...

Diomedeidae Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacif ...

Wandering albatross The wandering albatross, snowy albatross, white-winged albatross or goonie (''Diomedea exulans'') is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae, which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It was the last species of albatross to be desc ...

, ''Diomedea exulans'' - NZ * Royal albatross, ''Diomedea epomophora'' - NZ *

Black-footed albatross The black-footed albatross (''Phoebastria nigripes'') is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of three species of al ...

, ''Phoebastria nigripes'' - NZ *

Black-browed albatross The black-browed albatross (''Thalassarche melanophris''), also known as the black-browed mollymawk,Robertson, C. J. R. (2003) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family. T ...

, ''Thalassarche melanophris'' - Aus, NZ *

Shy albatross The shy albatross, also known as shy mollymawk, (''Thalassarche cauta'', formerly ''Diomedea cauta''), is a medium-sized albatross that breeds on three remote islands off the coast of Tasmania, Australia, in the southern Indian Ocean. Its li ...

, ''Thalassarche cauta'' - NZ * Salvin's albatross, ''Thalassarche salvini'' - Aus, NZ *

Grey-headed albatross The grey-headed albatross (''Thalassarche chrysostoma'') also known as the gray-headed mollymawk, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It has a circumpolar distribution, nesting on isolated islands in the Southern Ocean and feeding at h ...

, ''Thalassarche chrysostoma'' - Aus, NZ *

Indian yellow-nosed albatross The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (''Thalassarche carteri'') is a member of the albatross family, and is the smallest of the mollymawks. In 2004, BirdLife International split this species from the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross; however Clement ...

, ''Thalassarche carteri'' - Aus, NZ * Buller's albatross, ''Thalassarche bulleri'' - NZ *

Sooty albatross The sooty albatross, dark-mantled sooty albatross or dark-mantled albatross,BirdLife International (2008b) (''Phoebetria fusca''), is a species of bird in the albatross family. They breed on sub-Antarctic islands and range at sea across the S ...

, ''Phoebetria fusca'' - NZ *

Light-mantled sooty albatross The light-mantled albatross (''Phoebetria palpebrata'') also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus '' Phoebetria'', which it shares with the sooty albatross. The light-mantle ...

, ''Phoebetria palpebrata'' - NZ

Procellariidae The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses), which als ...

* Southern giant petrel, ''Macronectes giganteus'' - NZ *

Northern giant petrel The northern giant petrel (''Macronectes halli''), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large predatory seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly, but is slightly north of, the similar southern giant petrel (''Macrone ...

, ''Macronectes halli'' - NZ *

Southern fulmar The southern fulmar (''Fulmarus glacialoides'') is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, ''F. glacialis'', it belongs to the fulmar genus ''Fulmarus'' in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also kno ...

, ''Fulmarus glacialoides'' - Aus, NZ * Antarctic petrel, ''Thalassoica antarctica'' - NZ * Cape petrel, ''Daption capense'' - Aus, NZ *

Snow petrel The snow petrel (''Pagodroma nivea'') is the only member of the genus ''Pagodroma.'' It is one of only three birds that has been seen at the Geographic South Pole, along with the Antarctic petrel and the south polar skua, which have the most s ...

, ''Pagodroma nivea'' - NZ * Kerguelen petrel, ''Lugensa brevirostris'' - Aus, NZ * Tahiti petrel, ''Pseudobulweria rostrata'' - Aus, NZ *

Great-winged petrel The great-winged petrel (''Pterodroma macroptera'') is a petrel. Taxonomy This species was formerly treated as containing two subspecies - ''P. m. macroptera'' and ''P. m. gouldi'', the latter of which is endemic to New Zealand. As of 2014, th ...

, ''Pterodroma macroptera'' - NZ *

White-headed petrel The white-headed petrel (''Pterodroma lessonii''), also known as the white-headed fulmar, is a species of seabird in the petrel family, Procellariidae. It is about in length. White-headed petrels breed alone or in colonies in burrows dug among ...

, ''Pterodroma lessonii'' - NZ * Providence petrel, ''Pterodroma solandri'' - Aus, *

Magenta petrel The magenta petrel (''Pterodroma magentae''), or Chatham Island tāiko, is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, '' Pterodroma''. Found exclusively on Chatham Island, New Zealand it is one of the rarest birds in the world, believed to be ex ...

, ''Pterodroma magentae'' *

Kermadec petrel The Kermadec petrel (''Pterodroma neglecta'') is a species of gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae. It is 38 cm long with a wingspan of 100 cm. It is polymorphic, with light, dark and intermediate morphs known. It eats squid, fis ...

, ''Pterodroma neglecta'' - Aus, NZ *

Herald petrel The Herald petrel (''Pterodroma heraldica'') is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. Its range includes the south Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. Description The bird is in size, with an wingspan. It was formerly considere ...

, ''Pterodroma arminjoniana'' - Aus * Phoenix petrel, ''Pterodroma alba'' - NZ *

Soft-plumaged petrel The soft-plumaged petrel (''Pterodroma mollis'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. Distribution It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet ...

, ''Pterodroma mollis'' - Aus, NZ *

Mottled petrel The mottled petrel (''Pterodroma inexpectata'') or kōrure is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. It usually attains in length with a wingspan. This species is highly pelagic, rarely approaching land, except to nest and r ...

, ''Pterodroma inexpectata'' - Aus, NZ * Juan Fernandez petrel, ''Pterodroma externa'' - Aus, NZ *

White-necked petrel The white-necked petrel (''Pterodroma cervicalis''), also known as the white-naped petrel, is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. During the non-breeding season it occurs throughout a large part of the Pacific, but it is only known ...

, ''Pterodroma cervicalis'' - Aus, NZ *

Barau's petrel Barau's petrel (''Pterodroma baraui'') is a medium-sized gadfly petrel from the family Procellariidae. Its main breeding site is the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. Etymology The name commemorates Armand Barau, an agricultural engineer a ...

, ''Pterodroma baraui'' - Aus *

Black-winged petrel The black-winged petrel (''Pterodroma nigripennis'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It breeds on a number of oceanic islands in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific Ocean and spends the rest of the year at sea. Descr ...

, ''Pterodroma nigripennis'' - Aus, NZ * Chatham petrel, ''Pterodroma axillaris'' - NZ * Cook's petrel, ''Pterodroma cookii'' - NZ * Stejneger's petrel, ''Pterodroma longirostris'' - NZ * Pycroft's petrel, ''Pterodroma pycrofti'' - NZ * Gould's petrel, ''Pterodroma leucoptera'' - Aus, NZ *

Blue petrel The blue petrel (''Halobaena caerulea'') is a small seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. This small petrel is the only member of the genus ''Halobaena'', but is closely allied to the prions. It is distributed across the So ...

, ''Halobaena caerulea'' - Aus, NZ * Broad-billed prion, ''Pachyptila vittata'' - Aus, NZ * Salvin's prion, ''Pachyptila salvini'' - Aus, NZ *

Antarctic prion The Antarctic prion (''Pachyptila desolata'') also known as the dove prion, or totorore in Māori, is the largest of the prions, a genus of small petrels of the Southern Ocean. Taxonomy The Antarctic prion was formally described in 1789 by ...

, ''Pachyptila desolata'' - Aus, NZ *

Slender-billed prion The slender-billed prion (''Pachyptila belcheri'') or thin-billed prion, is a species of petrel, a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in the southern oceans. Taxonomy The slender-billed prion was species description, formally ...

, ''Pachyptila belcheri'' - Aus, NZ *

Fairy prion The fairy prion (''Pachyptila turtur'') is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of blue-grey upperparts with a prominent dark "M" marking and white underneath. The sexes are alike. This is a small prion of the low subantarctic and sub ...

, ''Pachyptila turtur'' - Aus, NZ * Fulmar prion, ''Pachyptila crassirostris'' - Aus, NZ *

Bulwer's petrel Bulwer's petrel (''Bulweria bulwerii'') is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer. Taxonomy ...

, ''Bulweria bulwerii'' - *

White-chinned petrel The white-chinned petrel (''Procellaria aequinoctialis'') also known as the Cape hen and shoemaker, is a large shearwater in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as southern Australia, Peru and Namibia, and ...

, ''Procellaria aequinoctialis'' - Aus, NZ * Westland petrel, ''Procellaria westlandica'' - NZ *

Black petrel The black petrel (''Procellaria parkinsoni''), also called the Parkinson's petrel, is a medium-sized, black-plumaged petrel, the smallest of the ''Procellaria''. The species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on Great Barrier Is ...

, ''Procellaria parkinsoni'' - NZ * Grey petrel, ''Procellaria cinerea'' - Aus, NZ *

Cory's shearwater Cory's shearwater (''Calonectris borealis'') is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. It was formerl ...

, ''Calonectris borealis'' - NZ *

Streaked shearwater The streaked shearwater (''Calonectris leucomelas'') is a species of seabird. The adult bird averages in length, with a wingspan. Description The streaked shearwater feeds mainly on fish and squid. It follows fishing boats, attracted to anch ...

, ''Calonectris leucomelas'' - Aus, NZ *

Wedge-tailed shearwater The wedge-tailed shearwater (''Ardenna pacifica'') is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and ...

, ''Ardenna pacificus'' - Aus, NZ * Buller's shearwater, ''Ardenna bulleri'' - NZ *

Flesh-footed shearwater The flesh-footed shearwater (''Ardenna carneipes''; formerly ''Puffinus carneipes'') is a medium-sized shearwater. Its plumage is black. It has pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a distinct black tip. Together with the equally light-billed p ...

, ''Ardenna carneipes'' - Aus, NZ * Pink-footed shearwater, ''Ardenna creatopus'' - Aus, NZ *

Great shearwater The great shearwater (''Ardenna gravis'') is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially on rocky islands in the south Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. Taxonomy The great s ...

, ''Ardenna gravis'' - Aus, NZ *

Sooty shearwater The sooty shearwater (''Ardenna grisea'') is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name , and as muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (''A. pacificus ...

, ''Ardenna griseus'' - Aus, NZ * Short-tailed shearwater, ''Ardenna tenuirostris'' - Aus, NZ *

Christmas shearwater The Christmas shearwater or ''aoū'' (''Puffinus nativitatis'') is a medium-sized shearwater of the tropical Central Pacific. It is a poorly known species due to its remote nesting habits, and it has not been extensively studied at sea either. ...

, ''Puffinus nativitatis'' - NZ * Manx shearwater, ''Puffinus puffinus'' - Aus, NZ * Fluttering shearwater, ''Puffinus gavia'' - NZ * Hutton's shearwater, ''Puffinus huttoni'' - NZ *

Little shearwater The little shearwater (''Puffinus assimilis'') is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae. Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting s ...

, ''Puffinus assimilis'' - Aus, NZ

Procellariidae The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses), which als ...

* South Georgian diving petrel, ''Pelecanoides georgicus'' - Aus, NZ * Common diving petrel, ''Pelecanoides urinatrix'' - Aus, NZ

Hydrobatidae Northern storm petrels are seabirds in the genus ''Hydrobates'' in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. The family was once lumped with the similar austral storm petrels in the combined storm petrels, but have been split ...

Wilson's storm petrel Wilson's storm petrel (''Oceanites oceanicus''), also known as Wilson's petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly ...

, ''Oceanites oceanicus'' - Aus, NZ *

Grey-backed storm petrel The grey-backed storm petrel (''Garrodia nereis'') is a species of seabird in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Garrodia''. It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Islands, ...

, ''Garrodia nereis'' - Aus, NZ *

White-faced storm petrel The white-faced storm petrel (''Pelagodroma marina''), also known as white-faced petrel is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Pelagodroma''. Description The white-faced ...

, ''Pelagodroma marina'' - Aus, NZ * Kermadec storm petrel, ''Pelagodroma marina'' - NZ * New Zealand storm petrel, ''Fregetta maoriana'' - NZ *

Black-bellied storm petrel The black-bellied storm petrel (''Fregetta tropica'') is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae. It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Terri ...

, ''Fregetta tropica'' - Aus, NZ *

White-bellied storm petrel The white-bellied storm petrel (''Fregetta grallaria'') is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae. It is found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Maldives, Namibia, New ...

, ''Fregetta grallaria'' - Aus, NZ * Leach's storm petrel, ''Oceanodroma leucorhoa'' - Aus, NZ *

Matsudaira's storm petrel Matsudaira's storm petrel (''Hydrobates matsudairae'') is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds solely in the Volcano Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and winters in the Indian Ocean. Its common name and Latin binomi ...

, ''Oceanodroma matsudairae'' - Aus

Suliformes The order Suliformes (, dubbed "Phalacrocoraciformes" by ''Christidis & Boles 2008'') is an order recognised by the International Ornithologist's Union. In regard to the recent evidence that the traditional Pelecaniformes is polyphyletic, it has ...

Sulidae The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The 10 species in this family are often considered congeneric in older ...

Cape gannet The Cape gannet (''Morus capensis'') is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. They are easily identified by their large size, black and white plumage and distinctive yellow crown and hindneck. The pale blue bill is pointed with fine ...

, ''Morus capensis'' - Aus, NZ *

Australasian gannet The Australasian gannet (''Morus serrator''), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailin ...

, ''Morus serrator'' - Aus, NZ *

Masked booby The masked booby (''Sula dactylatra''), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked boo ...

, ''Sula dactylatra'' - Aus, NZ * Red-footed booby, ''Sula sula'' - Aus, NZ * Brown booby, ''Sula leucogaster'' - Aus, NZ *

Abbott's booby Abbott's booby (''Papasula abbotti'') is an endangered seabird of the sulid family, which includes gannets and boobies. It is a large booby and is placed within its own monotypic genus. It was first identified from a specimen collected by Will ...

, ''Papasula abbotti'' - Aus, NZ

Anhingidae

Australasian darter The Australasian darter or Australian darter (''Anhinga novaehollandiae'') is a species of bird in the darter family, Anhingidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It weighs around 2.6 kg and spans 86–94 cm ( ...

, ''Anhinga novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ

Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the IOC adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven gen ...

Little pied cormorant The little pied cormorant, little shag or kawaupaka (''Microcarbo melanoleucos'') is a common Australasian waterbird, found around the coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapo ...

, ''Microcarbo melanoleucos'' - Aus, NZ *

Great cormorant The great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo''), known as the black shag in New Zealand and formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a w ...

, ''Phalacrocorax carbo'' - Aus, NZ *

Pied cormorant The Australian pied cormorant (''Phalacrocorax varius''), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. It is found around the coasts of Australasia. In New Zealand, it ...

, ''Phalacrocorax varius'' - Aus, NZ * Little black cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax sulcirostris'' - Aus, NZ * Black-faced cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax fuscescens'' - Aus *

Spotted shag The spotted shag or pārekareka (''Phalacrocorax punctatus'') is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Though originally classified as ''Phalacrocorax punctatus'', it is sufficiently different in appearance from typical members of that ...

, ''Phalacrocorax punctatus'' - NZ * Pitt shag, ''Phalacrocorax featherstoni'' - NZ * King shag, ''Phalacrocorax carunculatus'' - NZ *

Otago shag The Otago shag, (''Leucocarbo chalconotus''), together with the Foveaux shag formerly known as the Stewart Island shag and in its dark phase as the bronze shag, is a species of shag now found only in coastal Otago, New Zealand. Description ...

, ''Phalacrocorax chalconotus'' - NZ *

Foveaux shag The Foveaux shag (''Leucocarbo stewarti''), together with the Otago shag formerly known as the Stewart Island shag and in its dark phase as the bronze shag, is a species of shag endemic to Stewart Island/Rakiura and Foveaux Strait, from which i ...

, ''Phalacrocorax stewarti'' - NZ *

Chatham shag The Chatham shag (''Leucocarbo onslowi''), also known as the Chatham Island shag, is a species of bird in the cormorant and shag family, Phalacrocoracidae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. For a long time the species was plac ...

, ''Phalacrocorax onslowi'' - NZ *

Auckland shag The Auckland shag (''Leucocarbo colensoi'') or Auckland Islands shag is a species of cormorant from New Zealand. The species is endemic to the Auckland Islands archipelago. It is a sedentary bird that primarily eats various crustaceans and fish. ...

, ''Phalacrocorax colensoi'' - NZ *

Campbell shag The Campbell shag (''Leucocarbo campbelli''), also known as the Campbell Island shag, is a species of bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae. It is endemic to Campbell Island. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. It is a medium- ...

, ''Phalacrocorax campbelli'' - NZ * Bounty shag, ''Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi'' - NZ *

Macquarie shag The Macquarie shag (''Leucocarbo purpurascens''), Macquarie Island shag or Macquarie Island cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, about halfway between Australia and Antarctica. Taxonomy The Macquarie ...

, ''Phalacrocorax purpurascens'' - Aus *

Heard Island shag The Heard Island shag (''Leucocarbo nivalis''), or Heard Island cormorant, is a marine cormorant native to the Australian territory comprising the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean, about 4100 km south-west of Perth, Wester ...

, ''Phalacrocorax nivalis'' - Aus *

Kerguelen shag The Kerguelen shag (''Leucocarbo verrucosus'') is a species of cormorant endemic to the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, one of the most isolated places on Earth. Many authorities consider it a subspecies of the imperial shag. R ...

, ''Leucocarbo verrucosus'' - NZ

Fregatidae Frigatebirds are a family of seabirds called Fregatidae which are found across all tropical and subtropical oceans. The five extant species are classified in a single genus, ''Fregata''. All have predominantly black plumage, long, deeply forked ...

* Great frigatebird, ''Fregata minor'' - Aus, NZ *

Lesser frigatebird The lesser frigatebird (''Fregata ariel'') is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae. At around 75 cm (30 in) in length, it is the smallest species of frigatebird. It occurs over tropical and subtropical waters across the Indian ...

, ''Fregata ariel'' - Aus, NZ * Christmas frigatebird, ''Fregata andrewsi'' - Aus, NZ

Phaethontiformes The Phaethontiformes are an order of birds. They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early Cenozoic. Several fossil genera have been described. The tropicbirds were tradit ...

Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many years they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicates they are most ...

* Red-tailed tropicbird, ''Phaethon rubricauda'' - Aus, NZ *

White-tailed tropicbird The white-tailed tropicbird (''Phaethon lepturus'') is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It is found in the tropical Atlantic, western P ...

, ''Phaethon lepturus'' - Aus, NZ

Pelecaniformes The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such n ...

Pelecanidae The Pelecanidae is a family of pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains two genera: the extinct ''Eopelecanus'' and the extant '' Pelecanus''. The family was monotypic until the description of ''Eopelecanus'' in 2021. Pelecanids ha ...

Australian pelican The Australian pelican (''Pelecanus conspicillatus'') is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand ...

, ''Pelecanus conspicillatus'' - Aus, NZ

Ardeidae The herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera ''Botaurus'' and ''Ixobrychu ...

White-necked heron The white-necked heron or Pacific heron (''Ardea pacifica'') is a species of heron that is found on most of the Australian continent wherever freshwater habitats exist. It is also found in parts of Indonesia, New Guinea and New Zealand, but is ...

, ''Ardea pacifica'' - Aus, NZ *

Great-billed heron The great-billed heron (''Ardea sumatrana'') is a wading bird of the heron family, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Description left, Juvenile The great-billed heron is a large bird, typically standing tall and ...

, ''Ardea sumatrana'' - Aus, NZ *

Eastern great egret The eastern great egret (''Ardea alba modesta''), a white heron in the genus '' Ardea'', is usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (''A. alba''). In New Zealand it is known as the white heron or by its Māori name ''kōtuku''. The sub ...

, ''Ardea modesta'' - Aus, NZ *

Pied heron The pied heron (''Egretta picata''), also known as the pied egret is a bird found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea. Taxonomy The species was originally described by ...

, ''Ardea picata'' - Aus *

Intermediate egret The intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret, or yellow-billed egret (''Ardea intermedia'') is a medium-sized heron. Some taxonomists put the species in the genus '' Egretta'' or ''Mesophoyx''. It is a resident breeder from east Africa a ...

, ''Ardea intermedia'' - Aus, NZ * Swinhoe's egret, ''Egretta eulophotes'' *

Cattle egret The cattle egret (''Bubulcus ibis'') is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Bubulcus'', although some authorities regard ...

, ''Ardea ibis'' - Aus, NZ *

White-faced heron The white-faced heron (''Egretta novaehollandiae'') also known as the white-fronted heron, and incorrectly as the grey heron, or blue crane, is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Ind ...

, ''Egretta novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ * Little egret, ''Egretta garzetta'' - Aus, NZ *

Eastern reef egret The Pacific reef heron (''Egretta sacra''), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania. It occurs in two colour morphs with either slaty grey or pure white pluma ...

, ''Egretta sacra'' - Aus, NZ *

Striated heron The striated heron (''Butorides striata'') also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons are mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. The ...

, ''Butorides striatus'' - Aus * Black-crowned night heron, ''Nycticorax nycticorax'' - Aus * Nankeen night heron, ''Nycticorax caledonicus'' - Aus, NZ *

Malayan night heron The Malayan night heron (''Gorsachius melanolophus''), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is a medium-sized heron. It is distributed in southern and eastern Asia. Distribution and habitat The Malayan night heron has been f ...

, ''Gorsachius melanolophus'' - Aus *

Australian little bittern The black-backed bittern (''Ixobrychus dubius''), also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron in the family Ardeidae found in Australia and vagrant to southern New Guinea. Former ...

, ''Ixobrychus dubius'' - Aus, NZ *

New Zealand little bittern The New Zealand bittern (''Ixobrychus novaezelandiae'') is an extinct and enigmatic species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It was endemic to New Zealand and was last recorded alive in the 1890s. Common names for this species include New Zea ...

, ''Ixobrychus novaezelandiae'' - NZ, extinct *

Yellow bittern The yellow bittern (''Ixobrychus sinensis'') is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in the northern Indian Subcontinent, east to the Russian Far East, Japan and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate ...

, ''Ixobrychus sinensis'' - Aus *

Black bittern The black bittern (''Ixobrychus flavicollis'') is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia, and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds mi ...

, ''Ixobrychus flavicollis'' - Aus *

Australasian bittern The Australasian bittern (''Botaurus poiciloptilus''), also known as the brown bittern or matuku hūrepo, and also nicknamed the "bunyip bird", is a large bird in the heron family Ardeidae. A secretive bird with a distinctive booming call, it is ...

, ''Botaurus poiciloptilus'' - Aus, NZ

Threskiornithidae The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies have cast doubt on this arrangement, and ha ...

Glossy ibis The glossy ibis (''Plegadis falcinellus'') is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek ''plegados'' and Latin, ''falcis'', both meaning "sickle" a ...

, ''Plegadis falcinellus'' - Aus, NZ *

Australian white ibis The Australian white ibis (''Threskiornis molucca'') is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and blac ...

, ''Threskiornis moluccus'' - Aus, NZ * Straw-necked ibis, ''Threskiornis spinicollis'' - Aus, NZ *

Royal spoonbill The royal spoonbill (''Platalea regia'') also known as the black-billed spoonbill, occurs in intertidal flats and shallows of fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. (In New Z ...

, ''Platalea regia'' - Aus, NZ * Yellow-billed spoonbill, ''Platalea flavipes'' - Aus, NZ

Ciconiiformes Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons a ...

Ciconiidae

White stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to e ...

, ''Ciconia ciconia'' - NZ *

Black-necked stork The black-necked stork (''Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus'') is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetlan ...

, ''Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus'' - Aus

Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes ( Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. Fossil re ...

Phoenicopteridae Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean ...

Greater flamingo The greater flamingo (''Phoenicopterus roseus'') is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and in southern Europe. Taxonomy The greater flamingo was desc ...

, ''Phoenicopterus ruber'' - Aus, rare

vagrant Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...

Anseriformes

Anseranatidae Anseranatidae, the magpie-geese, is a biological family of waterbirds. The only living species, the magpie goose, is a resident breeder in northern Australia and in southern New Guinea. Systematics and evolution This family is placed in the o ...

* Magpie goose, ''Anseranas semipalmata'' - Aus

Anatidae The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating ...

* Plumed whistling duck, ''Dendrocygna eytoni'' - Aus, NZ *

Wandering whistling duck The wandering whistling duck (''Dendrocygna arcuata'') is a species of whistling duck. They inhabit tropical and subtropical Australia, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Taxonomy There are three subsp ...

, ''Dendrocygna arcuata'' - Aus * Argentine ruddy duck, ''Oxyura vittata'' *

Blue-billed duck The blue-billed duck (''Oxyura australis'') is a small Australian stiff-tailed duck, with both the male and female growing to a length of 40 cm (16 in). The male has a slate-blue bill which changes to bright-blue during the breeding se ...

, ''Oxyura australis'' - Aus, NZ *

Musk duck The musk duck (''Biziura lobata'') is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. It is the only living member of the genus '' Biziura''. An extinct relative, the New Zealand musk duck or de Lautour's duck (''B. delauto ...

, ''Biziura lobata'' - Aus *

Freckled duck The freckled duck (''Stictonetta naevosa)'' is a waterfowl species endemic to Australia. The freckled duck has also been referred to as the monkey duck or oatmeal duck. These birds are usually present in mainland Australia, but disperse to coas ...

, ''Stictonetta naevosa'' - Aus * Mute swan, ''Cygnus olor'' - Aus, NZ * Black swan, ''Cygnus atratus'' - Aus, NZ * Canada goose, ''Branta canadensis'' - Aus, NZ *

Cape Barren goose The Cape Barren goose (''Cereopsis novaehollandiae'') is a large goose resident in southern Australia. Etymology The species' common name is derived from Cape Barren Island, where specimens were first sighted by European explorers. It is know ...

, ''Cereopsis novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ *

Paradise shelduck The paradise shelduck (''Tadorna variegata''), also known as the paradise duck, or in Māori, is a species of shelduck, a group of goose-like ducks, which is endemic to New Zealand. Johann Friedrich Gmelin placed it in the genus ''Anas'' with ...

, ''Tadorna variegata'' - NZ *

Australian shelduck The Australian shelduck (''Tadorna tadornoides''), also known as the chestnut-breasted shelduck or mountain duck, is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like ducks part of the bird family Anatidae. The genus name ''Tadorna'' comes from Celtic root ...

, ''Tadorna tadornoides'' - Aus, NZ *

Radjah shelduck The radjah shelduck (''Radjah radjah''), is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas. It is known alternatively as the raja shelduck, black-backed shelduck, or in Australia as the Burdekin ...

, ''Tadorna radjah'' - Aus *

Green pygmy goose The green pygmy goose (''Nettapus pulchellus'') is a small perching duck which breeds in southern New Guinea and northern Australia.Alpher, Barry. 2004. Pama-Nyungan: Phonological Reconstruction and Status as a Phylo-Genetic Group. In Claire Bowe ...

, ''Nettapus pulchellus'' - Aus *

Cotton pygmy goose The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (''Nettapus coromandelianus'') is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose. They are among ...

, ''Nettapus coromandelianus'' - Aus * Australian wood duck, ''Chenonetta jubata'' - Aus *

Pink-eared duck The pink-eared duck (''Malacorhynchus membranaceus'') is a species of duck found in Australia. It has a large spatulate bill like the Australasian shoveler, but is smaller at 38–40 cm length. Its brown back and crown, black and white barr ...

, ''Malacorhynchus membranaceus'' - Aus, NZ *

Blue duck The blue duck or whio (''Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only member of the genus ''Hymenolaimus''. Its exact taxonomic status is still unresolved, b ...

, ''Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus'' - NZ * Chiloe widgeon, ''Anas sibilatrix'' - NZ *

Chilean teal The yellow-billed teal (''Anas flavirostris'') is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus ''Anas''; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus ''Nettion''. It occurs in Argentina, the F ...

, ''Anas flavirostris'' *

Grey teal The grey teal (''Anas gracilis'') is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand. Description It can be identified due to the presence of a crimson coloured iris in its eyes.Winter, M. (2018). Grey Teal. Wilderness Mag ...

, ''Anas gibberifrons'' - Aus, NZ * Chestnut teal, ''Anas castanea'' - Aus *

Brown teal The brown teal (''Anas chlorotis''; mi, pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' native to New Zealand. For many years it had been considered to be conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Campbell teals in ''Anas aucklan ...

, ''Anas chlorotis'' - NZ *

Auckland teal The Auckland teal (''Anas aucklandica''), also known as Auckland Islands teal or brown teal, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' that is endemic to Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. The species was once found throughout the A ...

, ''Anas aucklandica'' - NZ *

Campbell teal The Campbell teal or Campbell Island teal (''Anas nesiotis'') is a small, flightless, nocturnal species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' endemic to the Campbell Island group of New Zealand. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the ...

, ''Anas nesiotis'' - NZ *

Northern pintail The pintail or northern pintail (''Anas acuta'') is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding ...

, ''Anas acuta'' - Aus, NZ * Brown pintail, ''Anas georgica'' * Eaton's pintail, ''Anas eatoni'' * Mallard, ''Anas platyrhynchos'' - Aus *

Pacific black duck The Pacific black duck (''Anas superciliosa''), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the no ...

, ''Anas superciliosa'' - Aus, NZ *

Garganey The garganey (''Spatula querquedula'') is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), Banglades ...

, ''Anas querquedula'' - Aus *

Blue-winged teal The blue-winged teal (''Spatula discors'') is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scoti ...

, ''Anas discors'' * Australasian shoveller, ''Anas rhynchotis'' - Aus *

Northern shoveller The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Eu ...

, ''Anas clypeata'' - Aus *

Hardhead The hardhead (''Aythya australis''), also known as the white-eyed duck, is the only true diving duck found in Australia. The common name "hardhead" has nothing to do with the density of the bird's skull, instead referring to the difficulty encou ...

, ''Aythya australis'' - Aus, NZ * New Zealand scaup, ''Aythya novaeseelandiae'' - NZ *

New Zealand merganser The New Zealand merganser (''Mergus australis''), also known as Auckland merganser or Auckland Islands merganser, was a typical merganser which is now extinct. Description This duck was similar in size to the red-breasted merganser (''Mergus s ...

, ''Mergus australis'' - NZ

Accipitriformes The Accipitriformes (; from Latin ''accipiter''/''accipitri-'' "hawk", and New Latin ''-formes'' "having the form of") are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not f ...

Accipitridae The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-s ...

* Pacific baza, ''Aviceda subcristata'' - Aus, NZ * Black-shouldered kite, ''Elanus axillaris'' - Aus *

Letter-winged kite The letter-winged kite (''Elanus scriptus'') is a small, rare and Irruptive growth, irruptive bird of prey that is endemism, found only in Australia. Measuring around in length with a wingspan of , the adult letter-winged kite has predominantl ...

, ''Elanus scriptus'' - Aus *

Black kite The black kite (''Milvus migrans'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have ...

, ''Milvus migrans'' - Aus, NZ *

Brahminy kite The brahminy kite (''Haliastur indus''), formerly known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harrie ...

, ''Haliastur indus'' - Aus *

Whistling kite The whistling kite (''Haliastur sphenurus'') is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also called the whistl ...

, ''Haliastur sphenurus'' - Aus *

White-bellied sea eagle The white-bellied sea eagle (''Haliaeetus leucogaster''), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related t ...

, ''Haliaeetus leucogaster'' - Aus, NZ * Spotted harrier, ''Circus assimilis'' - Aus, NZ *

Swamp harrier The swamp harrier (''Circus approximans''), also known as the Australasian marsh harrier, Australasian harrier or swamp-hawk, is a large, slim bird of prey widely distributed across Australasia. In New Zealand it is also known as the harrier haw ...

, ''Circus approximans'' - Aus, NZ *

Grey goshawk The grey goshawk (''Accipiter novaehollandiae'') is a strongly built, medium-sized bird of prey in the family ''Accipitridae'' that is found in eastern and northern Australia. The white morph of this species is known as the white goshawk. Tax ...

, ''Accipiter novaehollandiae'' - Aus *

Brown goshawk The brown goshawk (''Accipiter fasciatus'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands. Description Its upperparts are grey with a chestnut collar; its underparts are mainly rufous, f ...

, ''Accipiter fasciatus'' - Aus *

Collared sparrowhawk The collared sparrowhawk (''Accipiter cirrocephalus'') is a small, slim bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands. As its name implies the collared sparrowhawk is a specialist in hunting sm ...

, ''Accipiter cirrocephalus'' - Aus, NZ *

Gurney's eagle Gurney's eagle (''Aquila gurneyi'') is a large eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is found in New Guinea and Wallacea, and is an occasional vagrant to Australia. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur or ...

, ''Aquila gurneyi'' - Aus *

Wedge-tailed eagle The wedge-tailed eagle (''Aquila audax'') is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north and is distributed as far south as the state of Tasmania. Adults of this species have lon ...

, ''Aquila audax'' - Aus, NZ *

Little eagle The little eagle (''Hieraaetus morphnoides'') is a very small eagle native to Australia, measuring 45–55 cm (17–21.5 inches) in length and weighing 815 g (1.8 lb), roughly the size of a peregrine falcon. It tends to inhabit open wo ...

, ''Hieraaetus morphnoides'' - Aus * Black-breasted buzzard, ''Hamirostra melanosternon'' - Aus, NZ * Square-tailed kite, ''Lophoictinia isura'' - Aus *

Red goshawk The red goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis radiatus'') is probably the rarest Australian bird of prey. It is found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia, particularly near watercourses. It takes a broad range of live prey, mostly birds. ...

, ''Erythrotriorchis radiatus'' - Aus

Pandionidae ''Pandion'' is a genus of birds of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae. Most taxonomic treatments have regarded this genus as describing a single extant species, separated to subspecies or races, while some treatments rec ...

Osprey The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

, ''Pandion haliaetus'' - Aus, NZ

Falconiformes The order Falconiformes () is represented by the extant family Falconidae (falcons and caracaras) and a handful of enigmatic Paleogene species. Traditionally, the other bird of prey families Cathartidae (New World vultures and condors), Sagitt ...

Falconidae

* Brown falcon, ''Falco berigora'' - Aus, NZ *

Nankeen kestrel The nankeen kestrel (''Falco cenchroides''), also known as the Australian kestrel, is a raptor native to Australia and New Guinea. It is one of the smallest falcons, and unlike many, does not rely on speed to catch its prey. Instead, it simply pe ...

, ''Falco cenchroides'' - Aus, NZ *

Australian hobby The Australian hobby (''Falco longipennis''), also known as the little falcon, is one of six Australian members of the family Falconidae. This predominantly diurnal bird of prey derives its name ‘''longipennis''’ from its long primary wing f ...

, ''Falco longipennis'' - Aus, NZ *

New Zealand falcon The New Zealand falcon ( mi, kārearea or ''kāiaia''; ''Falco novaeseelandiae'') is New Zealand's only falcon. Other common names for the bird are Bush Hawk and Sparrow Hawk. It is frequently mistaken for the larger and more common swamp harri ...

, ''Falco novaeseelandiae'' - NZ * Grey falcon, ''Falco hypoleucos'' - Aus *

Black falcon The black falcon (''Falco subniger'') is a medium-large falcon that is endemic to Australia. It can be found in all mainland states and territories and yet is regarded as Australia's most under-studied falcon.Debus, S.J.S. & Olsen, J. (2011). So ...

, ''Falco subniger'' - Aus, NZ * Peregrine falcon, ''Falco peregrinus'' - Aus, NZ

Galliformes Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are ofte ...

Megapodiidae The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. Their name literally means "large foot" and is a reference to the heavy legs ...

Orange-footed scrubfowl The orange-footed scrubfowl (''Megapodius reinwardt''), also known as orange-footed megapode or just scrubfowl is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae. This species comprises five subspecies found on many islands in the Lesser Sunda Islan ...

, ''Megapodius reinwardt'' - Aus *

Malleefowl The malleefowl (''Leipoa ocellata'') is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related). It is notable for the large nesting mounds constructed by the males and lack of parental ca ...

, ''Leipoa ocellata'' - Aus *

Australian brush-turkey The Australian brushturkey or Australian brush-turkey or gweela (''Alectura lathami''), also frequently called the scrub turkey or bush turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern ...

, ''Alectura lathami'' - Aus

Phasianidae

Wild turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland ground bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which was originally d ...

, ''Meleagris gallopavo'' - Aus, NZ, introduced

Odontophoridae The New World quail are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family, the Odontophoridae, whereas Old World quail are in the pheasant ...

California quail The California quail (''Callipepla californica''), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest or '' plume'', made of six feathers, tha ...

, ''Callipepla californica'' - Aus, introduced

Phasianidae

Red junglefowl The red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus'') is a tropical bird in the family Phasianidae. It ranges across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It was formerly known as the Bankiva or Bankiva Fowl. It is the species that gave rise to the ...

, ''Gallus gallus'' - Aus, introduced *

Indian peafowl The Indian peafowl (''Pavo cristatus''), also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and ...

, ''Pavo cristatus'' - Aus, NZ, introduced * Common pheasant, ''Phasianus colchicus'' - Aus, NZ, introduced * Chukar, ''Alectoris chukar'' - NZ, introduced *

Stubble quail The stubble quail (''Coturnix pectoralis'') is a native Australian species which is the most common quail species in Australia. The species is not under any threat of extinction (IUCN Least Concern). Stubble quail are widespread and found throug ...

, ''Coturnix pectoralis'' - Aus * New Zealand quail, ''Coturnix novaezelandiae'' - NZ, extinct *

Brown quail The brown quail (''Synoicus ypsilophorus''), also known as the swamp quail, silver quail and Tasmanian quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae. It is a small, ground-dwelling bird and is native to mainland Australia, Tasman ...

, ''Coturnix ypsilophora'' - Aus, NZ *

King quail The king quail (''Synoicus chinensis''), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of Old World quail in the family Phasianidae. This species is the smallest "true quail", rangin ...

, ''Coturnix chinensis'' - Aus

Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that did ...

Gruidae

* Sarus crane, ''Grus antigone'' - Aus * Brolga, ''Grus rubicunda'' - Aus

Rallidae The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, althou ...

Red-necked crake The red-necked crake (''Rallina tricolor'') is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. Description The red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Its head, neck and breast are red-brown, ...

, ''Rallina tricolor'' - Aus *

Red-legged crake The red-legged crake (''Rallina fasciata'') is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. Description It is a medium-large crake (length 24 cm). Its head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Its upper parts are grey-brown. ...

, ''Rallina fasciata'' - Aus *

Buff-banded rail The buff-banded rail (''Hypotaenidia philippensis'') is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae. This species comprises several subspecies found throughout much of Australasia and the south-we ...

, ''Gallirallus philippensis'' - Aus *

Weka The weka, also known as the Māori hen or woodhen (''Gallirallus australis'') is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is the only extant member of the genus '' Gallirallus''. Four subspecies are recogni ...

, ''Gallirallus australis'' - NZ *

Lord Howe woodhen The Lord Howe woodhen (''Hypotaenidia sylvestris'') also known as the Lord Howe Island woodhen or Lord Howe (Island) rail, is a flightless bird of the rail family, (Rallidae). It is endemic to Lord Howe Island off the Australian coast. It is curr ...

, ''Gallirallus sylvestris'' - Aus * Chatham Island rail, ''Gallirallus modestus'' - NZ, extinct *

Lewin's rail Lewin's rail (''Lewinia pectoralis'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is also known as the water rail, Lewin's water rail, Lewin's grind rail, slate-breasted rail, slate-breasted water rail, pectoral rail, pectoral water rail, sho ...

, ''Rallus pectoralis'' - Aus * Plain bush-hen, ''Amaurornis olivaceus'' - Aus *

Baillon's crake Baillon's crake (''Zapornia pusilla''), also known as the marsh crake, is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Distribution Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across the Palearctic. They used to breed i ...

, ''Porzana pusilla'' - Aus * Australian spotted crake, ''Porzana fluminea'' - Aus *

Ruddy-breasted crake The ruddy-breasted crake (''Zapornia fusca''), or ruddy crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across South Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japa ...

, ''Porzana fusca'' - Aus *

Spotless crake The spotless crake (''Zapornia tabuensis'') is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is widely distributed species occurring from the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia, across the southern Pacific Ocean to the Marquesas Islands a ...

, ''Porzana tabuensis'' - Aus *

White-browed crake The white-browed crake (''Poliolimnas cinereus'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the ...

, ''Porzana cinerea'' - Aus * Chestnut rail, ''Eulabeornis castaneoventris'' - Aus * Watercock, ''Gallicrex cinerea'' - Aus * Purple gallinule, ''Porphyrio martinicus'' *

Australasian swamphen The Australasian swamphen (''Porphyrio melanotus'') is a species of swamphen (''Porphyrio'') occurring in eastern Indonesia (the Moluccas, Aru and Kai Islands), Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the pu ...

, ''Porphyrio melanotus'' - Aus, NZ *

Takahē The South Island takahē (''Porphyrio hochstetteri'') is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family. It is often known by the abbreviated name takahē, which it shares with the recently ...

, ''Porphyrio mantelli'' - NZ *

Dusky moorhen The dusky moorhen (''Gallinula tenebrosa'') is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in India, Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and Indonesia. It is often confused with the purple s ...

, ''Gallinula tenebrosa'' - Aus *

Black-tailed nativehen The black-tailed nativehen (''Tribonyx ventralis'') is a rail native to Australia. Description The black-tailed nativehen is a large dark bird, reaching about 38 cm in length and weighing around 400 g. This species possesses an erect tail ...

, ''Tribonyx ventralis'' - Aus *

Tasmanian nativehen The Tasmanian nativehen (''Tribonyx mortierii'') (palawa kani: piyura) (alternate spellings: Tasmanian native-hen or Tasmanian native hen) is a flightless rail and one of twelve species of birds endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania. Al ...

, ''Tribonyx mortierii'' - Aus *

Eurasian coot The Eurasian coot (''Fulica atra''), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North Africa. It has a slaty-bla ...

, ''Fulica atra'' - Aus

Otidiformes

Otididae Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. They range in length from . They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae). Bustard ...

Australian bustard The Australian bustard (''Ardeotis australis'') is a large ground dwelling bird which is common in grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It stands at about high, and its wingspan is ...

, ''Ardeotis australis'' - Aus

Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...

Turnicidae Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. They inhabit warm grasslands in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. There are 18 species in two genera ...

* Red-backed buttonquail, ''Turnix maculosa'' - Aus * Painted buttonquail, ''Turnix varius'' - Aus *

Chestnut-backed buttonquail The chestnut-backed buttonquail (''Turnix castanotus'') is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy John Gould described the species in 1840, from a specimen collected by Benjamin Bynoe, ship's surgeon of ...

, ''Turnix castanota'' - Aus * Buff-breasted buttonquail, ''Turnix olivii'' - Aus *

Black-breasted buttonquail The black-breasted buttonquail (''Turnix melanogaster'') is a rare buttonquail endemic to eastern Australia. As with other buttonquails, it is unrelated to the true quails. The black-breasted buttonquail is a plump quail-shaped bird in length ...

, ''Turnix melanogaster'' - Aus * Little buttonquail, ''Turnix velox'' - Aus * Red-chested buttonquail, ''Turnix pyrrhothorax'' - Aus

Pedionomidae

Plains-wanderer The plains-wanderer (''Pedionomus torquatus'') is a bird, the only representative of family Pedionomidae and genus ''Pedionomus''. It is endemic to Australia. The majority of the remaining population is found in the Riverina region of New So ...

, ''Pedionomus torquatus'' - Aus

Rostratulidae

* Australian painted-snipe, ''Rostratula australis'' - Aus

Jacanidae

Comb-crested jacana The comb-crested jacana (''Irediparra gallinacea''), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter, is the only species of jacana in the genus ''Irediparra''. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwat ...

, ''Irediparra gallinacea'' - Aus *

Pheasant-tailed jacana The pheasant-tailed jacana (''Hydrophasianus chirurgus'') is a jacana in the monotypic genus ''Hydrophasianus''. Like all other jacanas, they have elongated toes and nails that enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their p ...

, ''Hydrophasianus chirurgus'' - Aus

Chionididae

* Pale-faced sheathbill, ''Chionis alba'' *

Black-faced sheathbill The black-faced sheathbill (''Chionis minor''), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds which are terrestrial scavengers of subantarctic islands. Description They are du ...

, ''Chionis minor'' - Aus

Burhinidae

Bush stone-curlew The bush stone-curlew or bush thick-knee, also known as the Iben bird (''Burhinus grallarius'', obsolete name ''Burhinus magnirostris'') is a large, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia. Its favoured habitat is open plains and woodlands, whe ...

, ''Burhinus grallarius'' - Aus *

Beach stone-curlew The beach stone-curlew (''Esacus magnirostris'') also known as beach thick-knee is a large, ground-dwelling bird that occurs in Australasia, the islands of South-east Asia. At and , it is one of the world's largest shorebirds. At a mean of in ...

, ''Esacus magnirostris'' - Aus

Haematopodidae

Pied oystercatcher The pied oystercatcher (''Haematopus longirostris'') is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird native to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. The similar South Island pied oystercatcher (''H. finschi'') occurs in New Zealand. ...

, ''Haematopus longirostris'' - Aus * South Island pied oystercatcher, ''Haematopus finschi'' - Aus, NZ * Chatham Island oystercatcher, ''Haematopus chathamensis'' - NZ *

Sooty oystercatcher The sooty oystercatcher (''Haematopus fuliginosus'') is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird endemic to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries. All of its fea ...

, ''Haematopus fuliginosus'' - Aus *

Variable oystercatcher The variable oystercatcher (''Haematopus unicolor'') is a species of wader in the family Haematopodidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The Maori name is torea-pango. They are also known as 'red bills'. Description "Variable" refers to the fron ...

, ''Haematopus unicolor'' - NZ

Recurvirostridae The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera). Description Avocets and stilts range in length from and in weight fro ...

Black-winged stilt The black-winged stilt (''Himantopus himantopus'') is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family ( Recurvirostridae). The scientific name ''H. himantopus'' is sometimes applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan sp ...

, ''Himantopus himantopus'' - Aus *

Black stilt The black stilt (''Himantopus novaezelandiae'') or kakī (Māori) is a wading bird found in New Zealand. It is one of the world's rarest birds, with 169 adults surviving in the wild as of May 2020. Adult kakī have distinctive black plumage, l ...

, ''Himantopus novaezelandiae'' - NZ *

Banded stilt The banded stilt (''Cladorhynchus leucocephalus'') is a nomadic wader of the stilt and avocet family, Recurvirostridae, native to Australia. It belongs to the monotypic genus ''Cladorhynchus''. It gets its name from the red-brown breast band fo ...

, ''Cladorhynchus leucocephalus'' - Aus *

Red-necked avocet The red-necked avocet (''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'') also known as the Australian avocet, cobbler, cobbler's awl, and painted lady, is a wader of the family Recurvirostridae that is endemic to Australia and is fairly common and widespread t ...

, ''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'' - Aus

Charadriidae The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 68 species in all. Taxonomy The family Charadriidae was introduced (as Charadriadæ) by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the con ...

* Pacific golden plover, ''Pluvialis fulva'' - Aus *

American golden plover The American golden plover (''Pluvialis dominica''), is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from ''pluvia'', "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name ''d ...

, ''Pluvialis dominica'' *

Grey plover The grey plover or black-bellied plover (''Pluvialis squatarola'') is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding. Taxonomy The grey plover was forma ...

, ''Pluvialis squatarola'' - Aus *

New Zealand dotterel The New Zealand dotterel (''Charadrius obscurus'') is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand. It is also called the New Zealand plover or red-breasted dotterel, and its Māori names include , , and . The southern ...

, ''Charadrius obscurus'' - NZ *

Ringed plover The common ringed plover or ringed plover (''Charadrius hiaticula'') is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name ''Charadrius'' is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from ...

, ''Charadrius hiaticula'' - Aus *

Little ringed plover The little ringed plover (''Charadrius dubius'') is a small plover. The genus name ''Charadrius'' is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek ''kharadrios'' a bird found in river ...

, ''Charadrius dubius'' - Aus *

Kentish plover The Kentish plover (''Charadrius alexandrinus'') is a small cosmopolitan shorebird (40-44 g) of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra.S ...

, ''Charadrius alexandrinus'' - Aus *

Red-capped plover The red-capped plover (''Charadrius ruficapillus''), also known as the red-capped dotterel, is a small species of plover. It breeds in Australia. This species is closely related to (and sometimes considered conspecific with) the Kentish plover, ...

, ''Charadrius ruficapillus'' - Aus *

Double-banded plover The double-banded plover (''Charadrius bicinctus''), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family. Two subspecies are recognised: the nominate ''Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus'', which breed ...

, ''Charadrius bicinctus'' - Aus *

Lesser sand plover The lesser sand plover (''Charadrius mongolus'') is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as lesser sand-plover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "lesser sand plover". The genus ...

, ''Charadrius mongolus'' - Aus *

Greater sand plover The greater sand plover (''Charadrius leschenaultii'') is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Gre ...

, ''Charadrius leschenaultii'' - Aus * Caspian plover, ''Charadrius asiaticus'' - Aus *

Oriental plover The oriental plover (''Charadrius veredus''), also known as the oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized plover closely related to the Caspian plover. It breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating southwards each year to spend its non-breedi ...

, ''Charadrius veredus'' - Aus *

Inland dotterel The inland dotterel (''Peltohyas australis'') is an endemic bird of the arid Australian interior. It forms loose flocks in sparsely vegetated gibber plain and claypans in the day where it loafs in the shade and eats shoots of shrubs. It is most ...

, ''Charadrius australis'' - Aus *

Three-banded plover The three-banded plover, or three-banded sandplover (''Charadrius tricollaris''), is a small wader. This plover is resident and generally sedentary in much of East Africa, southern Africa and Madagascar. It occurs mainly on inland rivers, pools, ...

, ''Charadrius tricollaris'' *

Black-fronted dotterel The black-fronted dotterel (''Elseyornis melanops'') is a small plover wader in the Charadriidae family. Description This shorebird is easily recognizable with its distinct black face mask, forehead and v-shaped band across the chest. Dorsall ...

, ''Elseyornis melanops'' - Aus *

Hooded plover The hooded dotterel or hooded plover (''Thinornis cucullatus'') is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where it inhabits ocean beaches and subcoastal lagoons. There are two recognised subspecies whi ...

, ''Thinornis cucullatus'' - Aus * Shore plover, ''Thinornis novaeseelandiae'' - NZ *

Wrybill The wrybill or (in Māori) ngutuparore (''Anarhynchus frontalis'') is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand. It is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways in one direction, always to the right (in the crossbil ...

, ''Anarhynchus frontalis'' - NZ *

Red-kneed dotterel The red-kneed dotterel (''Erythrogonys cinctus'') is a species of plover in a monotypic genus in the subfamily Vanellinae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when nesting. It is ...

, ''Erythrogonys cinctus'' - Aus *

Banded lapwing The banded lapwing (''Vanellus tricolor'') is a small to medium-sized shorebird, found in small parties or large flocks on bare ground in open grasslands, agricultural land and open savannah. It is native to Australia and in the past considered ...

, ''Vanellus tricolor'' - Aus * Masked lapwing, ''Vanellus miles'' - Aus * Northern lapwing, ''Vanellus vanellus'' *

Blacksmith lapwing The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (''Vanellus armatus'') is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, ti ...

, ''Vanellus armatus''

Scolopacidae Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. ...

Latham's snipe Latham's snipe (''Gallinago hardwickii''), also known as the Japanese snipe, is a medium-sized, long-billed, migratory snipe of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. Description The snipe is 29–33 cm long, with a wingspan of 50–54 ...

, ''Gallinago hardwickii'' - Aus *

Pin-tailed snipe Pintail snipe head and bill The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (''Gallinago stenura'') is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers. Distribution It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season i ...

, ''Gallinago stenura'' - Aus * Swinhoe's snipe, ''Gallinago megala'' - Aus * Chatham Island snipe, ''Coenocorypha pusilla'' - NZ *

Subantarctic snipe The Subantarctic snipe (''Coenocorypha aucklandica'') is a species of snipe endemic to New Zealand's subantarctic islands. The Maori call it "Tutukiwi". The nominate race ''C. a. aucklandica'' (Auckland snipe) is found on the Auckland Islands (e ...

, ''Coenocorypha aucklandica'' - NZ *

Snares snipe The Snares snipe (''Coenocorypha huegeli''), also known as the Snares Island snipe, or tutukiwi in Māori, is a species of bird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. Taxonomy and etymology The Snares Island snipe is one of a group of birds of s ...

, ''Coenocorypha huegeli'' - NZ * Black-tailed godwit, ''Limosa limosa'' - Aus * Hudsonian godwit, ''Limosa haemastica'' - Aus *

Bar-tailed godwit The bar-tailed godwit (''Limosa lapponica'') is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, ...

, ''Limosa lapponica'' - Aus *

Little curlew The little curlew (''Numenius minutus'') is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew. The word "curlew" is imit ...

, ''Numenius minutus'' - Aus * Whimbrel, ''Numenius phaeopus'' - Aus *

Bristle-thighed curlew The bristle-thighed curlew (''Numenius tahitiensis'') is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It is known in Mangareva as ''kivi'' or ''kivikivi'' and in Rakahanga as ''kihi''; it is said to be ...

, ''Numenius tahitiensis'' *

Eastern curlew The Far Eastern curlew (''Numenius madagascariensis'') is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown ...

, ''Numenius madagascariensis'' - Aus *

Upland sandpiper The upland sandpiper (''Bartramia longicauda'') is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the only member ...

, ''Bartramia longicauda'' - Aus *

Spotted redshank The spotted redshank (''Tringa erythropus'') is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ''trungas'', a ...

, ''Tringa erythropus'' - Aus *

Common redshank The common redshank or simply redshank (''Tringa totanus'') is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. Taxonomy The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ...

, ''Tringa totanus'' - Aus *

Marsh sandpiper The marsh sandpiper (''Tringa stagnatilis'') is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to the Russian Far East. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name give ...

, ''Tringa stagnatilis'' - Aus *

Common greenshank The common greenshank (''Tringa nebularia'') is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ''trungas'' ...

, ''Tringa nebularia'' - Aus *

Lesser yellowlegs The lesser yellowlegs (''Tringa flavipes'') is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America. Taxonomy The lesser yellowlegs was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in ...

, ''Tringa flavipes'' - Aus * Solitary sandpiper, ''Tringa solitaria'' *

Green sandpiper The green sandpiper (''Tringa ochropus'') is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus ''Tringa''; its only close living relative is the solitary sandpiper (''T. solitaria''). They ...

, ''Tringa ochropus'' - Aus *

Wood sandpiper The wood sandpiper (''Tringa glareola'') is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name given to the gree ...

, ''Tringa glareola'' - Aus *

Terek sandpiper The Terek sandpiper (''Xenus cinereus'') is a small migratory Palearctic wader species and is the only member of the genus ''Xenus''. It is named after the Terek River which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea, as it was first observed arou ...

, ''Xenus cinereus'' - Aus *

Common sandpiper The common sandpiper (''Actitis hypoleucos'') is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (''A. macularia''), make up the genus ''Actitis''. They are parapatric and replace each other geographic ...

, ''Actitis hypoleucos'' - Aus *

Grey-tailed tattler The grey-tailed tattler (''Tringa brevipes'', formerly ''Heteroscelus brevipes''Banks, Richard C.; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Rising, James D. & Stotz, Douglas F. (2006):Forty-seventh ...

, ''Tringa brevipes'' - Aus *

Wandering tattler The wandering tattler (''Tringa incana''; formerly ''Heteroscelus incanus'': Pereira & Baker, 2005; Banks ''et al.'', 2006), is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related gray-tailed tattler, ''T. brevipes''. ...

, ''Tringa incana'' - Aus *

Ruddy turnstone The ruddy turnstone (''Arenaria interpres'') is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus ''Arenaria''. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plov ...

, ''Arenaria interpres'' - Aus *

Asian dowitcher The Asian dowitcher (''Limnodromus semipalmatus'') is a rare medium-large wader. Description Adults have dark legs and a long straight dark bill, somewhat shorter than that of the long-billed dowitcher. The body is brown on top and reddish under ...

, ''Limnodromus semipalmatus'' - Aus *

Great knot __NOTOC__ The great knot (''Calidris tenuirostris'') is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside bird ...

, ''Calidris tenuirostris'' - Aus *

Red knot The red knot or just knot (''Calidris canutus'') is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the '' Calidris'' sandpipers, second only to the ...

, ''Calidris canutus'' - Aus, NZ *

Sanderling The sanderling (''Calidris alba'') is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English ''sand-yrðling'', "sand-ploughman". The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colou ...

, ''Calidris alba'' - Aus *

Western sandpiper The western sandpiper (''Calidris mauri'') is a small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''mauri'' commemorates Italian bota ...

, ''Calidris mauri'' *

Little stint The little stint (''Calidris minuta'' or ''Erolia minuta''), is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America a ...

, ''Calidris minuta'' - Aus *

Red-necked stint The red-necked stint (''Calidris ruficollis'') is a small migratory wader. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''ruficollis'' is from ...

, ''Calidris ruficollis'' - Aus *

Long-toed stint The long-toed stint (''Calidris subminuta'') is a small wader. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''subminuta'' is from Latin ''sub'', ...

, ''Calidris subminuta'' - Aus *

Least sandpiper The least sandpiper (''Calidris minutilla'') is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colored waterside birds. The specific ''minutilla'' is Medieval Lat ...

, ''Calidris minutilla'' *

White-rumped sandpiper The white-rumped sandpiper (''Calidris fuscicollis'') is a small shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "pee ...

, ''Calidris fuscicollis'' - Aus * Baird's sandpiper, ''Calidris bairdii'' - Aus *

Pectoral sandpiper The pectoral sandpiper (''Calidris melanotos'') is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick linin ...

, ''Calidris melanotos'' - Aus *

Sharp-tailed sandpiper The sharp-tailed sandpiper (''Calidris acuminata'') (but see below) is a small wader. Taxonomy A review of data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus ''Philomachus'' – as ''P. acuminatus'' – which now ...

, ''Calidris acuminata'' - Aus *

Dunlin The dunlin (''Calidris alpina'') is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other "stints" in the genus ''Erolia''. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from ''dun'', "dull brown ...

, ''Calidris alpina'' - Aus *

Curlew sandpiper The curlew sandpiper (''Calidris ferruginea'') is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australia and New Zealand. It is a v ...

, ''Calidris ferruginea'' - Aus *

Stilt sandpiper The stilt sandpiper (''Calidris himantopus'') is a small shorebird. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'' is a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''himanto ...

, ''Micropalama himantopus'' - Aus *

Buff-breasted sandpiper The buff-breasted sandpiper (''Calidris subruficollis'') is a small wader, shorebird. The species name ''subruficollis'' is from Latin ''subrufus'', "reddish" (from ''sub'', "somewhat", and ''rufus'', "rufous") and ''collis'', "-necked/-throated" ...

, ''Tryngites subruficollis'' - Aus *

Broad-billed sandpiper The broad-billed sandpiper (''Calidris falcinellus'') is a small wading bird. The scientific name is from Latin. The specific name ''falcinella'' is from ''falx, falcis'', "a sickle. Some research suggests that it should rather go into the ge ...

, ''Limicola falcinellus'' - Aus *

Ruff Ruff may refer to: Places *Ruff, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community *Ruff, Washington, United States, an unincorporated community Other uses *Ruff (bird) (''Calidris pugnax'' or ''Philomachus pugnax''), a bird in the wader fami ...

, ''Philomachus pugnax'' - Aus *

Wilson's phalarope Wilson's phalarope (''Phalaropus tricolor'') is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in inland salt lakes ...

, ''Phalaropus tricolor'' - Aus *

Red-necked phalarope The red-necked phalarope (''Phalaropus lobatus''), also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean phalarope, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a ...

, ''Phalaropus lobatus'' - Aus * Grey phalarope, ''Phalaropus fulicarius'' - Aus

Glareolidae Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (''Pluvianus aegyptius''), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to ...

Oriental pratincole The oriental pratincole (''Glareola maldivarum''), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. Etymology The genus name is a diminutive of Latin ''glarea'', "gravel", referring to a ty ...

, ''Glareola maldivarum'' - Aus *

Australian pratincole The Australian pratincole (''Stiltia isabella'') is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It breeds in Australia's interior; it winters to northern and eastern parts of the continent, Indonesia and New Guinea. It is a medium-sized nomadic ...

, ''Stiltia isabella'' - Aus

Laridae Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, skimmers and kittiwakes. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide. ...

Great skua The great skua (''Stercorarius skua''), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken fr ...

, ''Catharacta skua'' *

South polar skua The south polar skua (''Stercorarius maccormicki'') is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen. ...

, ''Catharacta maccormicki'' - Aus *

Pomarine jaeger The pomarine jaeger (''Stercorarius pomarinus''), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans. Taxonomy Its relationships are not fully resolved; i ...

, ''Stercorarius pomarinus'' - Aus * Arctic jaeger, ''Stercorarius parasiticus'' - Aus, NZ *

Long-tailed jaeger The long-tailed skua or long-tailed jaeger (''Stercorarius longicaudus'') is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. Etymology The word "jaeger" is derived from the German word ''Jäger'', meaning "hunter". The English word "skua" comes fr ...

, ''Stercorarius longicauda'' - Aus *

Pacific gull The Pacific gull (''Larus pacificus'') is a very large gull, native to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common between Carnarvon in the west, and Sydney in the east, although it has become scarce in some parts of the south-east, as a re ...

, ''Larus pacificus'' - Aus * Black-tailed gull, ''Larus crassirostris'' - Aus *

Kelp gull The kelp gull (''Larus dominicanus''), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate ''L. d. dominicanus'' is the subspecies found around South America, part ...

, ''Larus dominicanus'' - Aus, NZ *

Silver gull The silver gull (''Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae'') is the most common gull of Australia. It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas. It is smaller than the Pacific gull (''Larus pacificus''), which ...

, ''Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ *

Black-billed gull The black-billed gull (''Chroicocephalus bulleri''), Buller's gull, or tarāpuka ( Māori) is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 25 ...

, ''Chroicocephalus bulleri'' - NZ *

Black-headed gull The black-headed gull (''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'') is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but some birds r ...

, ''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'' - Aus *

Laughing gull The laughing gull (''Leucophaeus atricilla'') is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. Named for its laugh-like call, it is an opportunistic omnivore and scavenger. It breeds in large colonies mostly along the Atlantic coast of North Am ...

, ''Leucophaeus atricilla'' - Aus *

Franklin's gull Franklin's gull (''Leucophaeus pipixcan'') is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull. The genus name ''Leucophaeus'' is from Ancient Greek ''leukos'', "white", and ''phaios'', "dusky". The specific ''pipixcan'' is a Nahuatl name f ...

, ''Leucophaeus pipixcan'' - Aus *

Sabine's gull Sabine's gull ( ) (''Xema sabini'') also known as the fork-tailed gull or xeme, is a small gull. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Xema''. It breeds in colonies on coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a gr ...

, ''Xema sabini'' - Aus *

Gull-billed tern The gull-billed tern (''Gelochelidon nilotica''), formerly ''Sterna nilotica'', is a tern in the family Laridae. It is widely distributed and breeds in scattered localities in Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and the Americas. The Australian gull ...

, ''Gelochelidon nilotica'' - Aus *

Australian tern The Australian tern or Australian gull-billed tern (''Gelochelidon macrotarsa'') is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''gelao'', "to laugh", and ''khelidon'', "swallow". It was previously considered conspecific w ...

, ''Gelochelidon macrotarsa'' - Aus *

Caspian tern The Caspian tern (''Hydroprogne caspia'') is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no accepted subspecies. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ' ...

, ''Hydroprogne caspia'' - Aus, NZ *

Lesser crested tern The lesser crested tern (''Thalasseus bengalensis'')Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005)A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. ''Molecular Ph ...

, ''Thalasseus bengalensis'' - Aus *

Greater crested tern The greater crested tern Retrieved 28 February 2012 (''Thalasseus bergii''), also called crested tern or swift tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World ...

, ''Thalasseus bergii'' - Aus * Roseate tern, ''Sterna dougallii'' - Aus *

White-fronted tern The white-fronted tern (''Sterna striata''), also known as tara, sea swallow, black-billed tern, kahawai bird, southern tern, or swallow tail, was first described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. A medium-sized tern with an all-white body inclu ...

, ''Sterna striata'' - Aus *

Black-naped tern The black-naped tern (''Sterna sumatrana'') is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland. Description The tern is about 30 cm long with a wing length of 21� ...

, ''Sterna sumatrana'' - Aus *

Common tern The common tern (''Sterna hirundo'') is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migrator ...

, ''Sterna hirundo'' - Aus * Arctic tern, ''Sterna paradisaea'' - Aus *

Antarctic tern The Antarctic tern (''Sterna vittata'') is a seabird in the family Laridae. It ranges throughout the southern oceans and is found on small islands around Antarctica as well as on the shores of the mainland. Its diet consists primarily of small fis ...

, ''Sterna vittata'' - Aus *

Kerguelen tern The Kerguelen tern (''Sterna virgata'') is a tern of the southern hemisphere. This seabird mainly breeds colonially in the Kerguelen Islands, as its common name implies. However, smaller colonies are also found in the Prince Edward Islands (i. ...

, ''Sterna virgata'' *

Little tern The little tern (''Sternula albifrons'') is a seabird of the family Laridae. It was formerly placed into the genus ''Sterna'', which now is restricted to the large white terns. The genus name is a diminutive of '' Sterna'', "tern". The specific ' ...

, ''Sternula albifrons'' - Aus *

Fairy tern The fairy tern (''Sternula nereis'') is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific. It is listed as " Vulnerable" by the IUCN and the New Zealand subspecies is " Critically Endangered". There are three subspecies: * Australian fai ...

, ''Sternula nereis'' - Aus *

Bridled tern The bridled tern (''Onychoprion anaethetus'') is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from ' meaning "claw" or "nail", and , meaning "saw". The specific ...

, ''Onychoprion anaethetus'' - Aus * Sooty tern, ''Onychoprion fuscatus'' - Aus * Black-fronted tern, ''Chlidonias albostriatus'' - NZ *

Whiskered tern The whiskered tern (''Chlidonias hybrida'') is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''khelidonios'', "swallow-like", from ''khelidon'', "swallow". The specific ''hybridus'' is Latin for ''hybrid''; Peter Simon Palla ...

, ''Chlidonias hybrida'' - Aus *

White-winged tern The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (''Chlidonias leucopterus'' or ''Chlidonias leucoptera''), is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is a small species generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across much of the wo ...

, ''Chlidonias leucopterus'' - Aus *

Black tern The black tern (''Chlidonias niger'') is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe, Western Asia and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage. In some lights it can appear blue in the breeding se ...

, ''Chlidonias niger'' - Aus *

Common noddy The brown noddy or common noddy (''Anous stolidus'') is a seabird in the family Laridae. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related black noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black. The ...

, ''Anous stolidus'' - Aus *

Black noddy The black noddy or white-capped noddy (''Anous minutus'') is a seabird from the family Laridae. It is a medium-sized species of tern with black plumage and a white cap. It closely resembles the lesser noddy (''Anous tenuirostris'') with which it ...

, ''Anous minutus'' - Aus *

Lesser noddy The lesser noddy (''Anous tenuirostris''), also known as the sooty noddy, is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is found near the coastlines of Comoros, Kenya, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates ...

, ''Anous tenuirostris'' - Aus * Grey ternlet, ''Procelsterna cerulea'' - Aus *

White tern The white tern or common white tern (''Gygis alba'') is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the fairy tern, although this name is potentially confusing as it is also the common name of '' Sternu ...

, ''Gygis alba'' - Aus

Columbiformes Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

Columbidae Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

Rock dove The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon ( also ; ''Columba livia'') is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon". The domestic pigeon (''Columba livia domes ...

, ''Columba livia'' - Aus, NZ, introduced * White-throated pigeon, ''Columba vitiensis'' - Aus *

White-headed pigeon The white-headed pigeon (''Columba leucomela'') is a pigeon native to the east coast of Australia. Taxonomy and systematics The pigeon family is a group of stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a worldwide distribut ...

, ''Columba leucomela'' - Aus *

Laughing dove The laughing dove (''Spilopelia senegalensis'') is a small pigeon that is a resident breeder in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Western Australia where it has established itself in the wild after being released from Perth Zoo in 1898. T ...

, ''Spilopelia senegalensis'' - Aus, introduced * Spotted dove, ''Spilopelia chinensis'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *

Barbary dove The Barbary dove, ringed turtle dove, ringneck dove, ring-necked turtle dove, or ring dove (''Streptopelia risoria'') is a domestic member of the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae). Although the Barbary dove is normally assigned its own sy ...

, ''Streptopelia risoria'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *

Brown cuckoo-dove The brown cuckoo-dove (''Macropygia phasianella'') is a dove in the genus ''Macropygia'' found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown ...

, ''Macropygia phasianella'' - Aus * Pacific emerald dove, ''Chalcophaps longirostris'' - Aus *

Common bronzewing The common bronzewing (''Phaps chalcoptera'') is a species of medium-sized, heavily built pigeon. Native to Australia and one of the country's most common pigeons, the common bronzewing is able to live in almost any habitat, with the possible ex ...

, ''Phaps chalcoptera'' - Aus *

Brush bronzewing The brush bronzewing (''Phaps elegans'') is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae. It is endemic to Australia, with two biogeographically distinct subspecies. Taxonomy The brush bronzewing is one of around 310 species in the fami ...

, ''Phaps elegans'' - Aus *

Flock bronzewing The flock bronzewing (''Phaps histrionica''), also known as the flock pigeon, harlequin bronzewing and the harlequin pigeonCrome, F., Shields, J. (1992). ''Parrots & Pigeons of Australia''. Angus & Robertson Publishers is a species of pigeon in t ...

, ''Phaps histrionica'' - Aus *

Crested pigeon The crested pigeon (''Ocyphaps lophotes'') is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spinifex pigeon. The ...

, ''Ocyphaps lophotes'' - Aus *

Spinifex pigeon The spinifex pigeon (''Geophaps plumifera''), also known as the plumed-pigeon or gannaway pigeon, is one of four endemic Australian bird species within the genus ''Geophaps''. It occurs within a broader group known as bronzewing pigeons. This sp ...

, ''Geophaps plumifera'' - Aus *

Partridge pigeon The partridge pigeon (''Geophaps smithii'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threate ...

, ''Geophaps smithii'' - Aus *

Squatter pigeon The squatter pigeon (''Geophaps scripta'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to northeastern Australia. According to Australia's then Department of the Environment and Energy, the nominate subspecies, southern squatter ...

, ''Geophaps scripta'' - Aus * White-quilled rock pigeon, ''Petrophassa albipennis'' - Aus *

Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (''Petrophassa rufipennis'') is a dark sooty brown pigeon with a distinctive bright chestnut patch on its wing visible in flight. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. A sp ...

, ''Petrophassa rufipennis'' - Aus *

Diamond dove The diamond dove (''Geopelia cuneata'') is a resident bird in Australia. The dove predominantly exists in areas near water but which are lightly arid or semi-arid in nature, being Central, West and Northern Australia. They are one of Australia's ...

, ''Geopelia cuneata'' - Aus *

Peaceful dove The peaceful dove (''Geopelia placida'') is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea. The peaceful dove is closely related to the zebra dove of south-east Asia and the barred dove of eastern Indonesia. Until recently, the three were classed as ...

, ''Geopelia striata'' - Aus *

Bar-shouldered dove The bar-shouldered dove (''Geopelia humeralis'') is a species of Geopelia, long tailed dove native to Australia and Southern New Guinea. It is protected under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974''. It is a medium-sized pigeon varying in s ...

, ''Geopelia humeralis'' - Aus *

Wonga pigeon The wonga pigeon (''Leucosarcia melanoleuca'') is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Distribution and habitat Previously they could be found ...

, ''Leucosarcia melanoleuca'' - Aus * Norfolk ground dove, ''Gallicolumba norfolciensis'' - Aus, extinct *

Black-banded fruit dove The black-banded fruit dove (''Ptilinopus alligator'') is a large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) pigeon with white head, neck and upper breast; black back and upperwing grading to grey on rump; black tail with broad grey termina ...

, ''Ptilinopus alligator'' - Aus *

Wompoo fruit dove The wompoo fruit dove (''Ptilinopus magnificus''), also known as wompoo pigeon, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia. Taxonomy and systematics Subspecies There are generally 7-8 recognised subspecies ...

, ''Ptilinopus magnificus'' - Aus * Superb fruit dove, ''Ptilinopus superbus'' - Aus *

Rose-crowned fruit dove The rose-crowned fruit dove (''Ptilinopus regina''), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 22 cm long, green fruit dove with a grey head and breast, an orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-or ...

, ''Ptilinopus regina'' - Aus *

Elegant imperial pigeon The elegant imperial pigeon (''Ducula concinna''), also known as blue-tailed imperial-pigeon, is a large pigeon, with upperparts mainly dark blue-green in colour with an iridescent sheen. Head, neck and underparts are mostly pale grey, with red- ...

, ''Ducula concinna'' - Aus * Christmas imperial pigeon, ''Ducula whartoni'' - Aus *

Collared imperial pigeon The collared imperial pigeon (''Ducula mullerii'') is a large pigeon native to New Guinea and adjacent islands. Description The species has an average body length of 40 cm and weighs about 600 g. It has grey upperparts and largely grey-pink ...

, ''Ducula mullerii'' - Aus *

Torresian imperial pigeon The Torresian imperial pigeon (''Ducula spilorrhoa''), also known as the nutmeg pigeon, white nutmeg pigeon, Australian pied imperial pigeon or Torres Strait pigeon (Meriam Mir: deumer), is a relatively large, pied species of pigeon. It is foun ...

, ''Ducula spilorrhoa'' - Aus *

Topknot pigeon The topknot pigeon (''Lopholaimus antarcticus'') is a pigeon native to eastern Australia. Taxonomy English naturalist George Shaw described the topknot pigeon as ''Columba antarctica'' in 1793. The topknot pigeon is sister taxon to a lineage t ...

, ''Lopholaimus antarcticus'' - Aus *

New Zealand pigeon New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

, ''Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae'' - Aus, NZ

Psittaciformes

Strigopidae

Kea The kea (; ; ''Nestor notabilis'') is a species of large parrot in the family Nestoridae found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. About long, it is mostly olive-green with a brilliant orange under its wing ...

, ''Nestor notabilis'' - NZ *

New Zealand kaka New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

, ''Nestor meridionalis'' - NZ * Norfolk kaka, ''Nestor productus'' - Aus * Kakapo, ''Strigops habroptilus''David, N. & Gosselin, M. 2002. The grammatical gender of avian genera. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 122: 257-282 - NZ

Cacatuidae A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the orde ...

* Palm cockatoo, ''Probosciger aterrimus'' - Aus *

Red-tailed black cockatoo The red-tailed black cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus banksii'') also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives t ...

, ''Calyptorhynchus banksii'' - Aus *

Glossy black cockatoo The glossy black cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus lathami''), is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in eastern Australia. Adult glossy black cockatoos may reach in length. They are sexually dimorphic. Males are blackish br ...

, ''Calyptorhynchus lathami'' - Aus *

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (''Zanda funerea'') is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring in length. It has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly brownish black and it has prominent yello ...

, ''Calyptorhynchus funereus'' - Aus *

Short-billed black cockatoo Carnaby's black cockatoo (''Zanda latirostris''), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a s ...

, ''Calyptorhynchus latirostris'' - Aus * Long-billed black cockatoo, ''Calyptorhynchus baudinii'' - Aus *

Gang-gang cockatoo The gang-gang cockatoo (''Callocephalon fimbriatum'') is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Callocephalon''. Mostly mild grey in ...

, ''Callocephalon fimbriatum'' - Aus *

Galah The galah (; ''Eolophus roseicapilla''), also known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo, is the only species within genus ''Eolophus'' of the cockatoo family. Found throughout Australia, it is among the most common of the c ...

, ''Eolophus roseicapilla'' - Aus *

Major Mitchell's cockatoo Major Mitchell's cockatoo (''Lophochroa leadbeateri''), also known as Leadbeater's cockatoo or the pink cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas of Australia, though it is seen regularly in other climat ...

, ''Lophochroa leadbeateri'' - Aus *

Long-billed corella The long-billed corella or slender-billed corella (''Cacatua tenuirostris'') is a cockatoo native to Australia, which is similar in appearance to the little corella. This species is mostly white, with a reddish-pink face and forehead, and has a lo ...

, ''Cacatua tenuirostris'' - Aus *

Western corella The western corella (''Cacatua pastinator'') also known as the western long-billed corella, is a species of white cockatoo endemic to south-western Australia. Taxonomy Cacatuidae is one of three families of the large and diverse avian order Psi ...

, ''Cacatua pastinator'' - Aus *

Little corella The little corella (''Cacatua sanguinea''), also known as the short-billed corella, bare-eyed cockatoo, blood-stained cockatoo, and little cockatoo is a white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It was known as ''Birdirra'' amo ...

, ''Cacatua sanguinea'' - Aus *

Sulphur-crested cockatoo The sulphur-crested cockatoo (''Cacatua galerita'') is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being ...

, ''Cacatua galerita'' - Aus, NZ *

Cockatiel The cockatiel (; ''Nymphicus hollandicus''), also known as weiro (also spelt weero), or quarrion, is a medium-sized parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household pets and com ...

, ''Nymphicus hollandicus'' - Aus

Psittacidae The family Psittacidae or holotropical parrots is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the roughly 10 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Old World or Afrotropical parrots) and 157 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropi ...

Rainbow lorikeet The rainbow lorikeet (''Trichoglossus moluccanus'') is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. S ...

, ''Trichoglossus haematodus'' - Aus *

Scaly-breasted lorikeet The scaly-breasted lorikeet (''Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus'') is an Australian lorikeet found in woodland in eastern Australia. The common name aptly describes this bird, which has yellow breast feathers broadly edged with green that look ...

, ''Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus'' - Aus *

Varied lorikeet The varied lorikeet (''Psitteuteles versicolor''), is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is endemic to the northern coastal regions of Australia. It is the only species in the genus ''Psitteuteles''. Taxonomy The first depictio ...

, ''Psitteuteles versicolor'' - Aus * Musk lorikeet, ''Glossopsitta concinna'' - Aus *

Little lorikeet The little lorikeet (''Parvipsitta pusilla'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Australia. It is a small parrot, predominantly green in plumage with a red face. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...

, ''Glossopsitta pusilla'' - Aus *

Purple-crowned lorikeet The purple-crowned lorikeet (''Parvipsitta porphyrocephala''), (also known as the porphyry-crowned lorikeet, zit parrot, blue-crowned lorikeet, purple-capped lorikeet, lory, cowara, lorikeet, and purple-capped parakeet) is a lorikeet found in scr ...

, ''Glossopsitta porphyrocephala'' - Aus *

Eclectus parrot The eclectus parrot (''Eclectus roratus'') is a parrot native to the Solomon Islands, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia, and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimor ...

, ''Eclectus roratus'' - Aus *

Red-cheeked parrot The red-cheeked parrot (''Geoffroyus geoffroyi'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the tip of northern Australia. There are 17 subspecies currently recognized. It is a stocky short-tail ...

, ''Geoffroyus geoffroyi'' - Aus * Double-eyed fig parrot, ''Cyclopsitta diophthalma'' - Aus *

Australian king parrot The Australian king parrot (''Alisterus scapularis'') is a species of parrot endemic to eastern Australia ranging from Cooktown in Queensland to Port Campbell in Victoria. Found in humid and heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion ...

, ''Alisterus scapularis'' - Aus *

Red-winged parrot The red-winged parrot (''Aprosmictus erythropterus'') is a parrot native to Australia and New Guinea. It is found in grasslands, savannah, farmland, and woodland. Taxonomy The red-winged parrot was formally described in 1788 by the German natur ...

, ''Aprosmictus erythropterus'' - Aus * Superb parrot, ''Polytelis swainsonii'' - Aus *

Regent parrot The regent parrot or rock pebbler (''Polytelis anthopeplus'') is a bird found in southern Australia. It has predominantly yellow plumage with a green tail. The bird is found primarily in eucalyptus groves and other wooded areas of subtropical s ...

, ''Polytelis anthopeplus'' - Aus *

Princess parrot The colourful princess parrot (''Polytelis alexandrae'') is an Australian bird of the parrot family. Its name was given in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who in 1863 married the Prince of Wales Edward VII and eventually became Queen of ...

, ''Polytelis alexandrae'' - Aus *

Green rosella The green rosella or Tasmanian rosella (''Platycercus caledonicus'') is a species of parrot native to Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. It was species description, described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, and named o ...

, ''Platycercus caledonicus'' - Aus *

Crimson rosella The crimson rosella (''Platycercus elegans'') is a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. It is commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens. The ...

, ''Platycercus elegans'' - Aus *

Eastern rosella The eastern rosella (''Platycercus eximius'') is a rosella native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It has been introduced to New Zealand where feral populations are found in the North Island (notably in the northern half of the island, Ta ...

, ''Platycercus eximius'' - Aus *

Pale-headed rosella The pale-headed rosella (''Platycercus adscitus''), is a broad-tailed parrot of the genus ''Platycercus'' native to northeastern Australia. It is a moderate-size parrot with a pale yellow head, predominantly white cheeks, scalloped black and gold ...

, ''Platycercus adscitus'' - Aus *

Northern rosella The northern rosella (''Platycercus venustus''), formerly known as Brown's rosella or the smutty rosella, is a species of parrot native to northern Australia, ranging from the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to the Kimberley (Western Austral ...

, ''Platycercus venustus'' - Aus *

Western rosella The western rosella (''Platycercus icterotis''), or moyadong, is a species of parrot endemic to southwestern Australia. The head and underparts are bright red, and the back is mottled black; a yellow patch at the cheek distinguishes it from oth ...

, ''Platycercus icterotis'' - Aus *

Australian ringneck The Australian ringneck (''Barnardius zonarius'') is a parrot native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions. Treatments of genus ''Barnardius'' have previously recognised two s ...

, ''Barnardius zonarius'' - Aus *

Red-capped parrot The red-capped parrot (''Purpureicephalus spurius'') is a species of broad-tailed parrot native to southwestern Australia. It was described by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820, with no subspecies recognised. It has long been classified in its own genus o ...

, ''Purpureicephalus spurius'' - Aus * Blue bonnet, ''Northiella haematogaster'' - Aus *

Swift parrot The swift parrot (''Lathamus discolor'') is a species of broad-tailed parrot, found only in southeastern Australia. The species breeds in Tasmania during the summer and migrates north to south eastern mainland Australia from Griffith- Warialda ...

, ''Lathamus discolor'' - Aus *

Red-rumped parrot The red-rumped parrot (''Psephotus haematonotus''), also known as the red-backed parrot or grass parrot, is a common bird of south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin. Taxonomy The red-rumped parrot was described by Joh ...

, ''Psephotus haematonotus'' - Aus * Mulga parrot, ''Psephotus varius'' - Aus *

Golden-shouldered parrot The golden-shouldered parrot (''Psephotellus chrysopterygius''), also known as the alwal, is a rare bird of southern Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia. A small parrot related to the more common red-rumped parrot (''Psephotus haematon ...

, ''Psephotus chrysopterygius'' - Aus * Hooded parrot, ''Psephotus dissimilis'' - Aus * Paradise parrot, ''Psephotus pulcherrimus'' - Aus *

Antipodes parakeet The Antipodes parakeet or Antipodes Island parakeet (''Cyanoramphus unicolor'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae that is endemic to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It is one of two parrot species found on the islands, and one of only ...

, ''Cyanoramphus unicolor'' - NZ * Red-fronted parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae'' - Aus, NZ *

Yellow-crowned parakeet The yellow-crowned parakeet (''Cyanoramphus auriceps'') is a species of parakeet endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The species is found across the main three islands of New Zealand, North Island, South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura, as ...

, ''Cyanoramphus auriceps'' - NZ *

Budgerigar The budgerigar ( ; ''Melopsittacus undulatus''), also known as the common parakeet or shell parakeet, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie ( ), or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only spe ...

, ''Melopsittacus undulatus'' - Aus *

Bourke's parrot Bourke's parrot (''Neopsephotus bourkii'', formerly known as ''Neophema bourkii''), also known as the blue-vented parrot, sundown parrot, pink-bellied parrot, Bourke's parakeet, Bourke or "Bourkie", is a small parrot found in Australia and the o ...

, ''Neophema bourkii'' - Aus *

Blue-winged parrot The blue-winged parrot (''Neophema chrysostoma''), also known as the blue-banded parakeet or blue-banded grass-parakeet, is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia. It is partly migratory, with populations of blue-winged ...

, ''Neophema chrysostoma'' - Aus *

Elegant parrot The elegant parrot (''Neophema elegans'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Australia. Naming and taxonomy The elegant parrot was called ''carteri'', ''bilgir'', or ''koolyederong'' by Aboriginal peoples. Its ...

, ''Neophema elegans'' - Aus *

Rock parrot The rock parrot (''Neophema petrophila'') is a species of grass parrot native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1841, it is a small parrot long and weighing with predominantly olive-brown upperparts and more yellowish underparts. Its h ...

, ''Neophema petrophila'' - Aus *

Orange-bellied parrot The orange-bellied parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster'') is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate. It was described by John Latham in 1790. A small parrot around long, it exhibits sex ...

, ''Neophema chrysogaster'' - Aus *

Turquoise parrot The turquoise parrot (''Neophema pulchella'') is a species of parrot in the genus ''Neophema'' native to Eastern Australia, from southeastern Queensland, through New South Wales and into North-Eastern Victoria. It was described by George Shaw ...

, ''Neophema pulchella'' - Aus * Scarlet-chested parrot, ''Neophema splendida'' - Aus *

Eastern ground parrot The eastern ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') of Australia is one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being its closest relatives, the western ground parrot (''Pezoporus flaviventris''), the extremely rare night pa ...

, ''Pezoporus wallicus'' - Aus *

Western ground parrot The western ground parrot (''Pezoporus flaviventris''; Noongar name ''kyloring'') is an endangered species of parrot endemic to Western Australia and is a close relative of the eastern ground parrot (''Pezoporus wallicus'') and the somewhat mor ...

, ''Pezoporus flaviventris'' - Aus *

Night parrot The night parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') is a small parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. It has also been known as porcupine parrot, nocturnal ground parakeet, midnight cockatoo, solitaire, spinifex parrot and night parakeet. It i ...

, ''Pezoporus occidentalis'' - Aus

Cuculiformes Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separa ...

Cuculidae Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separa ...

Common cuckoo The common cuckoo (''Cuculus canorus'') is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. I ...

, ''Cuculus canorus'' * African cuckoo, ''Cuculus gularis'' *

Oriental cuckoo The Oriental cuckoo or Horsfields cuckoo (''Cuculus optatus'') is a bird belonging to the genus ''Cuculus'' in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Himalayan cuckoo (''C. saturatus''), with the name 'Orie ...

, ''Cuculus optatus'' - Aus * Pallid cuckoo, ''Cuculus pallidus'' - Aus *

Brush cuckoo The brush cuckoo (''Cacomantis variolosus'') is a member of the cuckoo family. The brush cuckoo is native to Malesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and northern and eastern Australia. It is a grey-brown bird with a buff breast. Its call is a ...

, ''Cuculus variolosus'' - Aus *

Chestnut-breasted cuckoo The chestnut-breasted cuckoo (''Cacomantis castaneiventris'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical ...

, ''Cacomantis castaneiventris'' - Aus *

Fan-tailed cuckoo The fan-tailed cuckoo (''Cacomantis flabelliformis'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Taxonomy Six subspecies have been reco ...

, ''Cacomantis flabelliformis'' - Aus *

Black-eared cuckoo The black-eared cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx osculans'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Found across Australia, it migrates to eastern Indonesia and southern New Guinea. They are usually observed by themselves or in a pair as they do ...

, ''Chrysococcyx osculans'' - Aus *

Horsfield's bronze cuckoo Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx basalis'') is a small cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Its size averages 22g and is distinguished by its green and bronze iridescent colouring on its back and incomplete brown barring from neck to tail. Hor ...

, ''Chrysococcyx basalis'' - Aus *

Shining bronze cuckoo The shining bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx lucidus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was previously also known as ''Ch ...

, ''Chrysococcyx lucidus'' - Aus, NZ *

Little bronze cuckoo The little bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx minutillus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowla ...

, ''Chrysococcyx minutillus'' - Aus * Gould's bronze cuckoo, ''Chrysococcyx russatus'' - Aus *

Pacific koel The Pacific koel (''Eudynamys orientalis''), also known as the eastern koel or formerly Common Koel, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. In Australia, it is colloquially known as the ''rainbird'' or ''stormbird'', as its call is usual ...

, ''Eudynamys orientalis'' - Aus *

Long-tailed cuckoo The Pacific long-tailed cuckoo (''Urodynamis taitensis''), also known as the long-tailed cuckoo, long-tailed koel, sparrow hawk, home owl, screecher, screamer or in Māori, is a species of the Cuculidae bird family (the cuckoos). It is a migrat ...

, ''Eudynamys taitensis'' - Aus, NZ * Channel-billed cuckoo, ''Scythrops novaehollandiae'' - Aus

Centropodidae

Pheasant coucal The pheasant coucal (''Centropus phasianinus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Timor and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical man ...

, ''Centropus phasianinus'' - Aus

Strigiformes

Strigidae The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae). This large family comprises 230 living or recently extinct species in 24 genera. The typical owl ...

Buffy fish owl The buffy fish owl (''Ketupa ketupu''), also known as the Malay fish owl, is a fish owl in the family Strigidae. It is native to Southeast Asia and lives foremost in tropical forests and wetlands. Due to its wide distribution and assumed stable ...

, ''Ketupa ketupu'' * Little owl, ''Athene noctua'' *

Powerful owl The powerful owl (''Ninox strenua''), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than inland. The IUCNRed List ...

, ''Ninox strenua'' - Aus * Rufous owl, ''Ninox rufa'' - Aus *

Barking owl The barking owl (''Ninox connivens''), also known as the winking owl, is a nocturnal bird species native to mainland Australia and parts of New Guinea and the Moluccas. They are a medium-sized brown owl and have a characteristic voice with ca ...

, ''Ninox connivens'' - Aus * Australian boobook, ''Ninox boobook'' - Aus *

Morepork The morepork (''Ninox novaeseelandiae''), also called the ruru, is a small brown owl found in New Zealand, Norfolk Island and formerly Lord Howe Island. The bird has almost 20 alternative common names, including mopoke and boobook—many of t ...

, ''Ninox novaeseelandiae'' - Aus, NZ * Brown hawk-owl, ''Ninox scutulata'' - Aus * Christmas Island hawk-owl, ''Ninox natalis'' - Aus *

Laughing owl The laughing owl (''Ninox albifacies''), also known as ''whēkau'' or the white-faced owl, was an endemic owl of New Zealand. Plentiful when European settlers arrived in New Zealand, its scientific description was published in 1845, but it was ...

, ''Sceloglaux albifacies''

Tytonidae Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs wit ...

Greater sooty owl The greater sooty owl (''Tyto tenebricosa'') is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. The lesser sooty owl (''T. multipunctata''), ...

, ''Tyto tenebricosa'' - Aus *

Lesser sooty owl The lesser sooty owl (''Tyto multipunctata'') is an owl that lives in the wet tropics region of Australia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the greater sooty owl, ''Tyto tenebricosa'', by some authors. The birds are then together commo ...

, ''Tyto multipunctata'' - Aus * Masked owl, ''Tyto novaehollandiae'' - Aus * Barn owl, ''Tyto alba'' - Aus * Grass owl, ''Tyto longimembris'' - Aus

Caprimulgiformes Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due to the ancient folk tal ...

Podargidae

Tawny frogmouth The tawny frogmouth (''Podargus strigoides'') is a species of frogmouth native to the Australian mainland and Tasmania and found throughout. It is a big-headed, stocky bird, often mistaken for an owl, due to its nocturnal habits and similar colo ...

, ''Podargus strigoides'' - Aus *

Papuan frogmouth The Papuan frogmouth (''Podargus papuensis'') is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. Taxonomy The species was originally described by zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy and naturalist Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830. The three subspeci ...

, ''Podargus papuensis'' - Aus *

Marbled frogmouth The marbled frogmouth (''Podargus ocellatus'') is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland. Its nat ...

, ''Podargus ocellatus'' - Aus

Caprimulgidae

* White-throated nightjar, ''Eurostopodus mystacalis'' - Aus *

Spotted nightjar The spotted nightjar (''Eurostopodus argus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It inhabits much of mainland Australia and has also been found in several Indonesian islands. Its natural habitats are open forests and woodland ...

, ''Eurostopodus argus'' - Aus *

Large-tailed nightjar The large-tailed nightjar (''Caprimulgus macrurus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. This species is a reside ...

, ''Caprimulgus macrurus'' - Aus *

Savanna nightjar The savanna nightjar, sometimes also allied nightjar or Franklin's nightjar, (''Caprimulgus affinis'') is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast Asia. Eight subspecies are recognised: ''C. a. monticolus'', ''C. a. amoyensis'', ''C. ...

, ''Caprimulgus affinis'' - Aus

Aegothelidae

* Australian owlet-nightjar, ''Aegotheles cristatus'' - Aus

Apodiformes Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts (Apodidae), the treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae), and the hummingbirds (Trochilidae). In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodi ...

Apodidae The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely ...

Glossy swiftlet The glossy swiftlet (''Collocalia esculenta'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and eastwards to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Taxonomy The glossy s ...

, ''Collocalia esculenta'' - Aus *

White-rumped swiftlet The white-rumped swiftlet (''Aerodramus spodiopygius'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), of ...

, ''Collocalia spodiopygius'' - Aus * Uniform swiftlet, ''Collocalia vanikorensis'' - Aus * White-throated needletail, ''Hirundapus caudacutus'' - Aus *

Common swift The common swift (''Apus apus'') is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between t ...

, ''Apus apus'' - NZ *

Pacific swift The Pacific swift or fork-tailed swift (''Apus pacificus'') is a species of bird that is part of the Swift family. It breeds in eastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, spending the northern hemisphere's winter in Southeast Asia and Austral ...

, ''Apus pacificus'' - Aus *

House swift The house swift (''Apus nipalensis'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Japan, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It is capable of flying long distances by alternately shutting off hemispheres of their brain in-flight. In May 2 ...

, ''Apus affinis'' - Aus

Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward-pointing toes (and toes 3 & 4 fused at their base) ...

Alcedinidae

Azure kingfisher The azure kingfisher (''Ceyx azureus'') is a small kingfisher in the river kingfisher subfamily, Alcedininae.Pizzey, Graham and Doyle, Roy. (1980) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.'' Collins Publishers, Sydney. Description The azure ...

, ''Ceyx azureus'' - Aus *

Little kingfisher The little kingfisher (''Ceyx pusillus'') is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae. Taxonomy The first formal description of the little kingfisher was by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1836 under the current binom ...

, ''Ceyx pusillus'' - Aus *

Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher The buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (''Tanysiptera sylvia'') is a bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily, Halcyoninae. It is native to Australia and New Guinea. It migrates in November from New Guinea to its breeding grounds in the rainforest ...

, ''Tanysiptera sylvia'' - Aus *

Laughing kookaburra The laughing kookaburra (''Dacelo novaeguineae'') is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light ...

, ''Dacelo novaeguineae'' - Aus *

Blue-winged kookaburra The blue-winged kookaburra (''Dacelo leachii'') is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around , it is slightly smaller than the more familiar laughing kookaburra. It has cream-coloured u ...

, ''Dacelo leachii'' - Aus * Yellow-billed kingfisher, ''Syma torotoro'' - Aus *

Forest kingfisher The forest kingfisher (''Todiramphus macleayii''), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in ...

, ''Todiramphus macleayii'' - Aus *

Red-backed kingfisher The red-backed kingfisher (''Todiramphus pyrrhopygius'') is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily tree kingfisher, Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue-green and white bird with a chestnut rump. It is found a ...

, ''Todiramphus pyrrhopygia'' - Aus *

Sacred kingfisher The sacred kingfisher (''Todiramphus sanctus'') is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that occurs in mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific. Taxonomy The binomial name ''H ...

, ''Todiramphus sanctus'' - Aus * Torresian kingfisher, ''Todiramphus sordidus'' - Aus

Meropidae The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and thirty species. Most species are found in Africa and Asia, with a few in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by ...

Rainbow bee-eater The rainbow bee-eater (''Merops ornatus'') is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. Taxonomy The rainbow bee-eater is the only species of Meropidae found in Australia and is monotypic. Its closest relative is most likely th ...

, ''Merops ornatus'' - Aus

Coraciidae Coraciidae is a family of Old World birds, which is known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. Rollers resemble crows in size and build, and share the colourful appeara ...

Broad-billed roller The broad-billed roller (''Eurystomus glaucurus'') is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa and Madagascar in all but the driest regions. It is a wet season breeder, which migrates from the northern and south ...

, ''Eurystomus glaucurus'' *

Dollarbird The Oriental dollarbird (''Eurystomus orientalis'') is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive pale blue or white, coin-shaped spots on its wings. It can be found from Australia to Korea, Japan and India. Taxonomy The Or ...

, ''Eurystomus orientalis'' - Aus

Passeriformes A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

Tyrannidae The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds known to exist in the world, with more than 400 species. They are the most dive ...

Eastern kingbird The eastern kingbird (''Tyrannus tyrannus'') is a large tyrant flycatcher native to the Americas. The bird is predominantly dark gray with white underbelly and pointed wings. Eastern kingbirds are conspicuous and are commonly found in open areas ...

, ''Tyrannus tyrannus'' * Dark-faced ground tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola macloviana''

Acanthisittidae The New Zealand wrens are a family (Acanthisittidae) of tiny passerines endemic to New Zealand. They were represented by seven Holocene species in four or five genera, although only two species in two genera survive today. They are understood to ...

Rifleman A rifleman is an infantry soldier armed with a rifled long gun. Although the rifleman role had its origin with 16th century hand cannoneers and 17th century musketeers, the term originated in the 18th century with the introduction of the ri ...

, ''Acanthisitta chloris'' - NZ * Bush wren, ''Xenicus longipes'' - NZ *

Rock wren The rock wren (''Salpinctes obsoletus'') is a small songbird of the wren family native to western North America, Mexico and Central America. It is the only species in the genus ''Salpinctes''. Description Measurements: * Length: 4.9-5.9 i ...

, ''Xenicus gilviventris'' - NZ *

Lyall's wren Lyall's wren or the Stephens Island wren (''Traversia lyalli'') is a small, extinct, flightless passerine belonging to the family Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand wrens. It was once found throughout New Zealand, but when it came to the attention ...

, ''Traversia lyalli'' - NZ

Pittidae

* Papuan pitta, ''Erythropitta macklotii'' - Aus * Blue-winged pitta, ''Pitta moluccensis'' - Aus *

Noisy pitta The noisy pitta (''Pitta versicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. The noisy pitta is found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats earthworms, insects and snails. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtr ...

, ''Pitta versicolor'' - Aus *

Rainbow pitta The rainbow pitta (''Pitta iris'') is a small passerine bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, endemic to northern Australia, most closely related to the superb pitta of Manus Island. It has a velvet black head with chestnut stripes above the eye ...

, ''Pitta iris'' - Aus

Menuridae

Albert's lyrebird Albert's lyrebird (''Menura alberti'') is a timid, pheasant-sized songbird which is endemic to subtropical rainforests of Australia, in a small area on the state border between New South Wales and Queensland. The rarer of the two species of lyrebi ...

, ''Menura alberti'' - Aus *

Superb lyrebird The superb lyrebird (''Menura novaehollandiae'') is an Australian songbird, one of two species from the family Menuridae. It is one of the world's largest songbirds, and is renowned for its elaborate tail and courtship displays, and its excell ...

, ''Menura novaehollandiae'' - Aus

Atrichornithidae

Rufous scrubbird The rufous scrubbird (''Atrichornis rufescens'') is a bird species in the family Atrichornithidae. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy One of two species of '' Atrichornis'', known as scrubbirds, the only extant populations of the Atrichorn ...

, ''Atrichornis rufescens'' - Aus * Noisy scrubbird, ''Atrichornis clamosus'' - Aus

Climacteridae There are seven species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae. They are medium-small, mostly brown birds with patterning on their underparts, and all are endemic to Australia-New Guinea. They resemble, but are n ...

* White-throated treecreeper, ''Cormobates leucophaeus'' - Aus * White-browed treecreeper, ''Climacteris affinis'' - Aus * Red-browed treecreeper, ''Climacteris erythrops'' - Aus *

Brown treecreeper The brown treecreeper (''Climacteris picumnus'') is the largest Australasian treecreeper. The bird, endemic to eastern Australia, has a broad distribution, occupying areas from Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to ...

, ''Climacteris picumnus'' - Aus * Black-tailed treecreeper, ''Climacteris melanura'' - Aus * Rufous treecreeper, ''Climacteris rufa'' - Aus

Maluridae The Australasian wrens are a family, Maluridae, of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. While commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens. The family comprises 32 species (including sixteen ...

Purple-crowned fairywren The purple-crowned fairywren (''Malurus coronatus'') is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is the largest of the eleven species in the genus '' Malurus'' and is endemic to northern Australia. The species name is de ...

, ''Malurus coronatus'' - Aus *

Superb fairywren The superb fairywren (''Malurus cyaneus'') is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae, and is common and familiar across south-eastern Australia. It is a sedentary and territorial species, also exhibiting a high degree of sex ...

, ''Malurus cyaneus'' - Aus *

Splendid fairywren The splendid fairywren (''Malurus splendens'') is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is also known simply as the splendid wren or more colloquially in Western Australia as the blue wren. The splendid fairywren is fou ...

, ''Malurus splendens'' - Aus *

Variegated fairywren The variegated fairywren (''Malurus lamberti'') is a fairywren that lives in eastern Australia. In a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism, the brightly coloured breeding male has chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts, while non ...

, ''Malurus lamberti'' - Aus *

Lovely fairywren The lovely fairywren (''Malurus amabilis''), or lovely wren, is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to northeastern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropic ...

, ''Malurus amabilis'' - Aus *

Blue-breasted fairywren The blue-breasted fairywren (''Malurus pulcherrimus''), or blue-breasted wren, is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is non-migratory and endemic to southern Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula in Sou ...

, ''Malurus pulcherrimus'' - Aus *

Red-winged fairywren The red-winged fairywren (''Malurus elegans'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is non-migratory and endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorph ...

, ''Malurus elegans'' - Aus *

White-winged fairywren The white-winged fairywren (''Malurus leucopterus'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It lives in the drier parts of Central Australia; from central Queensland and South Australia across to Western Aus ...

, ''Malurus leucopterus'' - Aus *

Red-backed fairywren The red-backed fairywren (''Malurus melanocephalus'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia and can be found near rivers and coastal areas along the northern and eastern coastlines ...

, ''Malurus melanocephalus'' - Aus *

Southern emu-wren The southern emu-wren (''Stipiturus malachurus'') is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and swamplands ...

, ''Stipiturus malachurus'' - Aus *

Mallee emu-wren The mallee emu-wren (''Stipiturus mallee'') is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened because of habitat loss. Taxonomy and systema ...

, ''Stipiturus mallee'' - Aus *

Rufous-crowned emu-wren The rufous-crowned emu-wren (''Stipiturus ruficeps'') is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy and systematics The rufous-crowned emu-wren is one of three species of the genus ''Stipi ...

, ''Stipiturus ruficeps'' - Aus * Grey grasswren, ''Amytornis barbatus'' - Aus *

Black grasswren The black grasswren (''Amytornis housei''), known as dalal to the Wunambal people, is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Naturalist Frederick Maurice House discovered the black grasswren in 1901, as ...

, ''Amytornis housei'' - Aus * White-throated grasswren, ''Amytornis woodwardi'' - Aus * Carpentarian grasswren, ''Amytornis dorotheae'' - Aus * Striated grasswren, ''Amytornis striatus'' - Aus *

Short-tailed grasswren The short-tailed grasswren (''Amytornis merrotsyi'') is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and rocky areas. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized:IOC v.6.3 * ...

, ''Amytornis merrotsyi'' - Aus * Eyrean grasswren, ''Amytornis goyderi'' - Aus *

Thick-billed grasswren The thick-billed grasswren (''Amytornis modestus'') is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. Taxonomy and systematics The thick-billed grasswren wa ...

, ''Amytornis textilis'' - Aus *

Dusky grasswren The dusky grasswren (''Amytornis purnelli'') is a species of small passerine bird in the family Maluridae. The species is endemic to Australia but is limited to inland areas of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. Desc ...

, ''Amytornis purnelli'' - Aus * Kalkadoon grasswren, ''Amytornis ballarae'' - Aus

Meliphagidae The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Gu ...

Red wattlebird The red wattlebird (''Anthochaera carunculata'') is a passerine bird native to southern Australia. At in length, it is the second largest species of Australian honeyeater. It has mainly grey-brown plumage, with red eyes, distinctive pinkish-re ...

, ''Anthochaera carunculata'' - Aus, NZ *

Yellow wattlebird The yellow wattlebird (''Anthochaera paradoxa'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Other names include the long wattlebird or Tasmanian wattlebird. Taxonomy French zoologist François Marie Daudin described the yellow w ...

, ''Anthochaera paradoxa'' - Aus *

Little wattlebird The little wattlebird (''Anthochaera chrysoptera''), also known as the brush wattlebird, is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found in coastal and sub-coastal south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy The little wattlebird wa ...

, ''Anthochaera chrysoptera'' - Aus *

Western wattlebird The western wattlebird (''Anthochaera lunulata'') is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is restricted to south-western Australia. Taxonomy The species description was published by John Gould in 1838, from a specim ...

, ''Anthochaera lunulata'' - Aus *

Spiny-cheeked honeyeater The spiny-cheeked honeyeater (''Acanthagenys rufogularis'') is the only species in the genus ''Acanthagenys''. It is large for a honeyeater, ranging from tall and weighing around 52 grams."Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater." Featherdal Wildlife ...

, ''Acanthagenys rufogularis'' - Aus * Striped honeyeater, ''Plectorhyncha lanceolata'' - Aus * Helmeted friarbird, ''Philemon buceroides'' - Aus * Silver-crowned friarbird, ''Philemon argenticeps'' - Aus * Noisy friarbird, ''Philemon corniculatus'' - Aus * Little friarbird, ''Philemon citreogularis'' - Aus *

Regent honeyeater The regent honeyeater (''Anthochaera phrygia'') is a critically endangered bird endemic to southeastern Australia. It is commonly considered a flagship species within its range, with the efforts going into its conservation having positive eff ...

, ''Anthochaera phrygia'' - Aus *

Blue-faced honeyeater The blue-faced honeyeater (''Entomyzon cyanotis''), also colloquially known as the bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is the only member of its genus, and it is most closely related to honeyeaters of t ...

, ''Entomyzon cyanotis'' - Aus *

Bell miner The bell miner (''Manorina melanophrys''), commonly known as the bellbird, is a colonial honeyeater, endemic to southeastern Australia. The common name refers to their bell-like call. 'Miner' is an old alternative spelling of 'myna', and is shar ...

, ''Manorina melanophrys'' - Aus *

Noisy miner The noisy miner (''Manorina melanocephala'') is a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, and is endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia. This miner is a grey bird, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow ...

, ''Manorina melanocephala'' - Aus *

Yellow-throated miner The yellow-throated miner (''Manorina flavigula'') is a species of colonial honeyeater, endemic to Australia. It is also known as the white-rumped miner. The distinctive white rump is easy to observe in the field and distinguishes it from the ot ...

, ''Manorina flavigula'' - Aus *

Black-eared miner The black-eared miner (''Manorina melanotis'') is an endangered honeyeater endemic to mallee woodland in south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy ''Manorina melanotis'' was identified by Francis Erasmus Wilson in 1911. It is closely related to the mu ...

, ''Manorina melanotis'' - Aus * Macleay's honeyeater, ''Xanthotis macleayana'' - Aus * Tawny-breasted honeyeater, ''Xanthotis flaviventer'' - Aus *

Lewin's honeyeater Lewin's honeyeater (''Meliphaga lewinii'') is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour. The name of this bird commemorates the Australian artist John Lewin. Descri ...

, ''Meliphaga lewinii'' - Aus *

Yellow-spotted honeyeater The yellow-spotted honeyeater (''Meliphaga notata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is also known as the lesser lewin. The bird is endemic to northern Queensland. The bird's common name refers to the yellow patch that membe ...

, ''Meliphaga notata'' - Aus *

Graceful honeyeater The graceful honeyeater (''Microptilotis gracilis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the Aru Islands, southern New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summar ...

, ''Meliphaga gracilis'' - Aus * White-lined honeyeater, ''Meliphaga albilineata'' - Aus * Bridled honeyeater, ''Bolemoreus frenatus'' - Aus * Eungella honeyeater, ''Bolemoreus hindwoodi'' - Aus *

Yellow-faced honeyeater The yellow-faced honeyeater (''Caligavis chrysops'') is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear ...

, ''Caligavis chrysops'' - Aus *

Singing honeyeater The singing honeyeater (''Gavicalis virescens'') is a small bird found in Australia, and is part of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The bird lives in a wide range of shrubland, woodland, and coastal habitat. It is relatively common and is wi ...

, ''Gavicalis virescens'' - Aus * Varied honeyeater, ''Gavicalis versicolor'' - Aus * Mangrove honeyeater, ''Gavicalis fasciogularis'' - Aus *

White-gaped honeyeater The white-gaped honeyeater (''Stomiopera unicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest ...

, ''Stomiopera unicolor'' - Aus *

Yellow honeyeater The yellow honeyeater (''Stomiopera flava'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Overview Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove fore ...

, ''Stomiopera flava'' - Aus *

White-eared honeyeater The white-eared honeyeater (''Nesoptilotis leucotis'') is a medium-sized honeyeater found in Australia. It is a member of the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats) which has 190 recognised species with about half of them found i ...

, ''Nesoptilotis leucotis'' - Aus *

Yellow-throated honeyeater The yellow-throated honeyeater (''Nesoptilotis flavicollis'') is a species of passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is similar in behaviour and appearance to the white-eared honeyeater and is endemic to Australia's island state ...

, ''Nesoptilotis flavicollis'' - Aus *

Yellow-tufted honeyeater The yellow-tufted honeyeater (''Lichenostomus melanops'') is a passerine bird found in the south-east ranges of Australia. A predominantly black and yellow honeyeater, it is split into four subspecies. Taxonomy The yellow-tufted honeyeater was ...

, ''Lichenostomus melanops'' - Aus *

Purple-gaped honeyeater The purple-gaped honeyeater (''Lichenostomus cratitius'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to semi-arid southern Australia, where it inhabits Mallee, tall heath and associated low eucalypt woodland.Menkhorst, P., ...

, ''Lichenostomus cratitius'' - Aus *

Grey-headed honeyeater The grey-headed honeyeater (''Ptilotula keartlandi'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Nomenclature, taxonomy and evolutionary history First described as ''Ptilotis keartlandi'' in 1895 by Australia ...

, ''Ptilotula keartlandi'' - Aus * Yellow-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula ornata'' - Aus * Grey-fronted honeyeater, ''Ptilotula plumula'' - Aus *

Fuscous honeyeater The fuscous honeyeater (''Ptilotula fusca'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to eastern Australia. The fuscous honeyeater is dull grey-brown to olive-brown above with buffy-grey underparts. The bill is black and th ...

, ''Ptilotula fusca'' - Aus *

Yellow-tinted honeyeater The yellow-tinted honeyeater (''Ptilotula flavescens'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or trop ...

, ''Ptilotula flavescens'' - Aus * White-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula penicillata'' - Aus *

Black-chinned honeyeater The black-chinned honeyeater (''Melithreptus gularis'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical d ...

, ''Melithreptus gularis'' - Aus * Strong-billed honeyeater, ''Melithreptus validirostris'' - Aus * Brown-headed honeyeater, ''Melithreptus brevirostris'' - Aus * White-throated honeyeater, ''Melithreptus albogularis'' - Aus * White-naped honeyeater, ''Melithreptus lunatus'' - Aus *

Black-headed honeyeater The black-headed honeyeater (''Melithreptus affinis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is one of two members of the genus ''Melithreptus'' endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and Mediterranean-type ...

, ''Melithreptus affinis'' - Aus * Stitchbird, ''Notiomystis cincta'' - NZ * Green-backed honeyeater, ''Glycichaera fallax'' - Aus *

Brown honeyeater The brown honeyeater (''Lichmera indistincta'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It belongs to the honeyeaters, a group of birds which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding. Honeyeaters are found ...

, ''Lichmera indistincta'' - Aus *

White-streaked honeyeater The white-streaked honeyeater (''Trichodere cockerelli'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichodere''. It is endemic to Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dr ...

, ''Trichodere cockerelli'' - Aus *

Painted honeyeater The painted honeyeater (''Grantiella picta'') is a species of honeyeater in a monotypic genus. Taxonomy A member of the family Meliphagidae, ''Grantiella picta'' is the sole species under this genus. The painted honeyeater was first described ...

, ''Grantiella picta'' - Aus *

Crescent honeyeater The crescent honeyeater (''Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus'') is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southeastern Fauna of Australia, Australia. A member of the genus ''Phylidonyris'', it is most closely related to the comm ...

, ''Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera'' - Aus * New Holland honeyeater, ''Phylidonyris novaehollandiae'' - Aus * White-cheeked honeyeater, ''Phylidonyris nigra'' - Aus * Tawny-crowned honeyeater, ''Gliciphila melanops'' - Aus * White-fronted honeyeater, ''Purnella albifrons'' - Aus * Brown-backed honeyeater, ''Ramsayornis modestus'' - Aus *

Bar-breasted honeyeater The bar-breasted honeyeater (''Ramsayornis fasciatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, ...

, ''Ramsayornis fasciatus'' - Aus * Rufous-banded honeyeater, ''Conopophila albogularis'' - Aus * Rufous-throated honeyeater, ''Conopophila rufogularis'' - Aus * Grey honeyeater, ''Conopophila whitei'' - Aus * Eastern spinebill, ''Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris'' - Aus *

Western spinebill The western spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'') is a honeyeater found in the heath and woodland of south-western Australia. Ranging between long, it weighs around . It has a black head, gray back and wings, with a red band behind its ...

, ''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'' - Aus *

Banded honeyeater The banded honeyeater (''Cissomela pectoralis'') is a species of honeyeater in the family Meliphagidae with a characteristic narrow black band across its white underparts. It is endemic to tropical northern Australia. Taxonomy and systematics ...

, ''Cissomela pectoralis'' - Aus * Black honeyeater, ''Sugomel niger'' - Aus *Pied honeyeater, ''Certhionyx variegatus'' - Aus *Dusky honeyeater, ''Myzomela obscura'' - Aus *Red-headed honeyeater, ''Myzomela erythrocephala'' - Aus *Scarlet honeyeater, ''Myzomela sanguinolenta'' - Aus *New Zealand bellbird, Bellbird, ''Anthornis melanura'' - NZ *Tūī, ''Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae'' - NZ *Crimson chat, ''Epthianura tricolor'' - Aus *Orange chat, ''Epthianura aurifrons'' - Aus *Yellow chat, ''Epthianura crocea'' - Aus *White-fronted chat, ''Epthianura albifrons'' - Aus *Gibberbird, ''Ashbyia lovensis'' - Aus

Pardalotidae

*Spotted pardalote, ''Pardalotus punctatus'' - Aus *Forty-spotted pardalote, ''Pardalotus quadragintus'' - Aus *Red-browed pardalote, ''Pardalotus rubricatus'' - Aus *Striated pardalote, ''Pardalotus striatus'' - Aus

Dasyornithidae

*Eastern bristlebird, ''Dasyornis brachypterus'' - Aus *Rufous bristlebird, ''Dasyornis broadbenti'' - Aus *Western bristlebird, ''Dasyornis longirostris'' - Aus

Acanthizidae

*Pilotbird, ''Pycnoptilus floccosus'' - Aus *Rockwarbler, ''Origma solitaria'' - Aus *Fernwren, ''Oreoscopus gutturalis'' - Aus *Yellow-throated scrubwren, ''Sericornis citreogularis'' - Aus *White-browed scrubwren, ''Sericornis frontalis'' - Aus *Tasmanian scrubwren, ''Sericornis humilis'' - Aus *Atherton scrubwren, ''Sericornis keri'' - Aus *Large-billed scrubwren, ''Sericornis magnirostris'' - Aus *Tropical scrubwren, ''Sericornis beccarii'' - Aus *Scrubtit, ''Acanthornis magnus'' - Aus *Chestnut-rumped heathwren, ''Hylacola pyrrhopygia'' - Aus *Shy heathwren, ''Hylacola cauta'' - Aus *Striated fieldwren, ''Calamanthus fuliginosus'' - Aus *Rufous fieldwren, ''Calamanthus campestris'' - Aus *Redthroat, ''Pyrrholaemus brunneus'' - Aus *Speckled warbler, ''Chthonicola sagittatus'' - Aus *Weebill, ''Smicrornis brevirostris'' - Aus *Brown gerygone, ''Gerygone mouki'' - Aus *Grey warbler, ''Gerygone igata'' - NZ *Chatham Island warbler, ''Gerygone albofrontata'' - NZ *Norfolk Island gerygone, ''Gerygone modesta'' - Aus *Dusky gerygone, ''Gerygone tenebrosa'' - Aus *Mangrove gerygone, ''Gerygone levigaster'' - Aus *Western gerygone, ''Gerygone fusca'' - Aus *Lord Howe gerygone, ''Gerygone insularis'' - Aus *Large-billed gerygone, ''Gerygone magnirostris'' - Aus *Green-backed gerygone, ''Gerygone chloronotus'' - Aus *Fairy gerygone, ''Gerygone palpebrosa'' - Aus *White-throated gerygone, ''Gerygone olivacea'' - Aus *Mountain thornbill, ''Acanthiza katherina'' - Aus *Brown thornbill, ''Acanthiza pusilla'' - Aus *Inland thornbill, ''Acanthiza apicalis'' - Aus *Tasmanian thornbill, ''Acanthiza ewingii'' - Aus *Chestnut-rumped thornbill, ''Acanthiza uropygialis'' - Aus *Slaty-backed thornbill, ''Acanthiza robustirostris'' - Aus *Western thornbill, ''Acanthiza inornata'' - Aus *Buff-rumped thornbill, ''Acanthiza reguloides'' - Aus *Slender-billed thornbill, ''Acanthiza iredalei'' - Aus *Yellow-rumped thornbill, ''Acanthiza chrysorrhoa'' - Aus *Yellow thornbill, ''Acanthiza nana'' - Aus *Striated thornbill, ''Acanthiza lineata'' - Aus *Southern whiteface, ''Aphelocephala leucopsis'' - Aus *Chestnut-breasted whiteface, ''Aphelocephala pectoralis'' - Aus *Banded whiteface, ''Aphelocephala nigricincta'' - Aus

Petroicidae

*Jacky winter, ''Microeca fascinans'' - Aus *Lemon-bellied flycatcher, ''Microeca flavigaster'' - Aus *Yellow-legged flycatcher, ''Microeca griseoceps'' - Aus *Scarlet robin, ''Petroica multicolor'' - Aus *New Zealand tomtit, ''Petroica macrocephala'' - NZ *Red-capped robin, ''Petroica goodenovii'' - Aus *Flame robin, ''Petroica phoenicea'' - Aus *Rose robin, ''Petroica rosea'' - Aus *Pink robin, ''Petroica rodinogaster'' - Aus *South Island robin, ''Petroica australis'' - NZ *North Island robin, ''Petroica longipes'' - NZ *Black robin, ''Petroica traversi'' - NZ *Hooded robin, ''Melanodryas cucullata'' - Aus *Dusky robin, ''Melanodryas vittata'' - Aus *Pale-yellow robin, ''Tregellasia capito'' - Aus *White-faced robin, ''Tregellasia leucops'' - Aus *Eastern yellow robin, ''Eopsaltria australis'' - Aus *Western yellow robin, ''Eopsaltria griseogularis'' - Aus *White-breasted robin, ''Eopsaltria georgiana'' - Aus *Mangrove robin, ''Eopsaltria pulverulenta'' - Aus *White-browed robin, ''Poecilodryas superciliosa'' - Aus *Grey-headed robin, ''Heteromyias cinereifrons'' - Aus *Northern scrub robin, ''Drymodes superciliaris'' - Aus *Southern scrub robin, ''Drymodes brunneopygia'' - Aus

Orthonychidae

*Logrunner, ''Orthonyx temminckii'' - Aus *Chowchilla, ''Orthonyx spaldingii'' - Aus

Pomatostomidae

*Grey-crowned babbler, ''Pomatostomus temporalis'' - Aus *White-browed babbler, ''Pomatostomus superciliosus'' - Aus *Hall's babbler, ''Pomatostomus halli'' - Aus *Chestnut-crowned babbler, ''Pomatostomus ruficeps'' - Aus

Cinclosomatidae

*Eastern whipbird, ''Psophodes olivaceus'' - Aus *Western whipbird, ''Psophodes nigrogularis'' - Aus *Chirruping wedgebill, ''Psophodes cristatus'' - Aus *Chiming wedgebill, ''Psophodes occidentalis'' - Aus *Spotted quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma punctatum'' - Aus *Chestnut quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma castanotus'' - Aus *Cinnamon quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma cinnamomeum'' - Aus *Nullarbor quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma alisteri'' - Aus *Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma castaneothorax'' - Aus *Western quail-thrush, ''Cinclosoma marginatum'' - Aus

Neosittidae

*Varied sittella, ''Daphoenositta chrysoptera'' - Aus

Mohouidae

*Whitehead (bird), Whitehead, ''Mohoua albicilla'' - NZ *Yellowhead (bird), Yellowhead, ''Mohoua ochrocephala'' - NZ *Pipipi, Brown creeper, ''Mohoua novaeseelandiae'' - NZ

Pachycephalidae

*Crested shrike-tit, ''Falcunculus frontatus'' - Aus *Olive whistler, ''Pachycephala olivacea'' - Aus *Red-lored whistler, ''Pachycephala rufogularis'' - Aus *Gilbert's whistler, ''Pachycephala inornata'' - Aus *Australian golden whistler, ''Pachycephala pectoralis'' - Aus *Mangrove golden whistler, ''Pachycephala melanura'' - Aus *Western whistler, ''Pachycephala occidentalis'' - Aus *Grey whistler, ''Pachycephala simplex'' - Aus *Rufous whistler, ''Pachycephala rufiventris'' - Aus *White-breasted whistler, ''Pachycephala lanioides'' - Aus *Little shrike-thrush, ''Colluricincla megarhyncha'' - Aus *Bower's shrike-thrush, ''Colluricincla boweri'' - Aus *Sandstone shrike-thrush, ''Colluricincla woodwardi'' - Aus *Grey shrike-thrush, ''Colluricincla harmonica'' - Aus

Oreoicidae

*Crested bellbird, ''Oreoica gutturalis'' - Aus

Monarchidae

*Yellow-breasted boatbill, ''Machaerirhynchus flaviventer'' - Aus *Black-faced monarch, ''Monarcha melanopsis'' - Aus *Black-winged monarch, ''Monarcha frater'' - Aus *Spectacled monarch, ''Symposiachrus trivirgatus'' - Aus *White-eared monarch, ''Carterornis leucotis'' - Aus *Frilled monarch, ''Arses telescophthalmus'' - Aus *Pied monarch, ''Arses kaupi'' - Aus *Broad-billed flycatcher, ''Myiagra ruficollis'' - Aus *Leaden flycatcher, ''Myiagra rubecula'' - Aus *Satin flycatcher, ''Myiagra cyanoleuca'' - Aus *Shining flycatcher, ''Myiagra alecto'' - Aus *Restless flycatcher, ''Myiagra inquieta'' - Aus *Magpie-lark, ''Grallina cyanoleuca'' - Aus

Rhipiduridae

*Rufous fantail, ''Rhipidura rufifrons'' - Aus *New Zealand fantail, ''Rhipidura fuliginosa'' - NZ *Grey fantail, ''Rhipidura albiscapa'' - Aus *Mangrove grey fantail, ''Rhipidura phasiana'' - Aus *Northern fantail, ''Rhipidura rufiventris'' - Aus *Willie wagtail, ''Rhipidura leucophrys'' - Aus

Dicruridae

*Spangled drongo, ''Dicrurus bracteatus'' - Aus

Campephagidae

*Black-faced cuckooshrike, ''Coracina novaehollandiae'' - Aus *Barred cuckooshrike, ''Coracina lineata'' - Aus *White-bellied cuckooshrike, ''Coracina papuensis'' - Aus *Cicadabird, ''Coracina tenuirostris'' - Aus *Ground cuckooshrike, ''Coracina maxima'' - Aus *White-winged triller, ''Lalage sueurii'' - Aus *Varied triller, ''Lalage leucomela'' - Aus *Long-tailed triller, ''Lalage leucopyga''

Oriolidae

*Green oriole, Yellow oriole, ''Oriolus flavocinctus'' - Aus *Olive-backed oriole, ''Oriolus sagittatus'' - Aus *Australasian figbird, ''Sphecotheres vieilloti'' - Aus *South Island piopio, Piopio, ''Turnagra capensis'' - NZ

Artamidae

*White-breasted woodswallow, ''Artamus leucorynchus'' - Aus *Masked woodswallow, ''Artamus personatus'' - Aus, NZ *White-browed woodswallow, ''Artamus superciliosus'' - Aus, NZ *Black-faced woodswallow, ''Artamus cinereus'' - Aus *Dusky woodswallow, ''Artamus cyanopterus'' - Aus *Little woodswallow, ''Artamus minor'' - Aus *Black butcherbird, ''Cracticus quoyi'' - Aus *Grey butcherbird, ''Cracticus torquatus'' - Aus *Silver-backed butcherbird, ''Cracticus argenteus'' - Aus *Black-backed butcherbird, ''Cracticus mentalis'' - Aus *Pied butcherbird, ''Cracticus nigrogularis'' - Aus *Pied currawong, ''Strepera graculina'' - Aus *Black currawong, ''Strepera fuliginosa'' - Aus *Grey currawong, ''Strepera versicolor'' - Aus *Australian magpie, ''Gymnorhina tibicen'' - Aus, NZ

Paradisaeidae

*Paradise riflebird, ''Ptiloris paradiseus'' - Aus *Victoria's riflebird, ''Ptiloris victoriae'' - Aus *Magnificent riflebird, ''Ptiloris magnificus'' - Aus *Trumpet manucode, ''Manucodia keraudrenii'' - Aus

Corvidae

*Rook (bird), Rook, ''Corvus frugilegus'' - NZ, introduced *Australian raven, ''Corvus coronoides'' - Aus *Forest raven, ''Corvus tasmanicus'' - Aus *Little raven, ''Corvus mellori'' - Aus *Little crow (bird), Little crow, ''Corvus bennetti'' - Aus *Torresian crow, ''Corvus orru'' - Aus

Corcoracidae

*White-winged chough, ''Corcorax melanorhamphos'' - Aus *Apostlebird, ''Struthidea cinerea'' - Aus

Callaeidae

*South Island kōkako, ''Callaeas cinereus'' - NZ *North Island kōkako, ''Callaeas wilsoni'' - NZ *South Island saddleback, ''Philesturnus carunculatus'' - NZ *North Island saddleback, ''Philesturnus rufusater'' - NZ *Huia, ''Heteralocha acutirostris'' - NZ

Laniidae

*Brown shrike, ''Lanius cristatus'' - Aus *Red-backed shrike, ''Lanius collurio''

Ptilonorhynchidae

*Spotted catbird, ''Ailuroedus melanotis'' - Aus *Green catbird, ''Ailuroedus crassirostris'' - Aus *Tooth-billed bowerbird, ''Scenopoeetes dentirostris'' - Aus *Golden bowerbird, ''Prionodura newtoniana'' - Aus *Regent bowerbird, ''Sericulus chrysocephalus'' - Aus *Satin bowerbird, ''Ptilonorhynchus violaceus'' - Aus *Spotted bowerbird, ''Chlamydera maculata'' - Aus *Western bowerbird, ''Chlamydera guttata'' - Aus *Great bowerbird, ''Chlamydera nuchalis'' - Aus *Fawn-breasted bowerbird, ''Chlamydera cerviniventris'' - Aus

Alaudidae

*Singing bushlark, ''Mirafra javanica'' - Aus *Skylark, ''Alauda arvensis'' - Aus

Motacillidae

*Richard's pipit, ''Anthus novaeseelandiae'' - Aus, NZ *Correndera pipit, ''Anthus correndera'' *Red-throated pipit, ''Anthus cervinus'' - Aus *Eastern yellow wagtail, Yellow wagtail, ''Motacilla flava'' - Aus *Citrine wagtail, ''Motacilla citreola'' - Aus *Grey wagtail, ''Motacilla cinerea'' - Aus *White wagtail, ''Motacilla alba'' - Aus *Black-backed wagtail, ''Motacilla lugens'' - Aus

Prunellidae

*Dunnock, ''Prunella modularis'' - NZ

Passeridae

*House sparrow, ''Passer domesticus'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *Eurasian tree sparrow, ''Passer montanus'' - Aus, introduced

Estrildidae

*Zebra finch, ''Taeniopygia guttata'' - Aus *Double-barred finch, ''Taeniopygia bichenovii'' - Aus *Long-tailed finch, ''Poephila acuticauda'' - Aus *Black-throated finch, ''Poephila cincta'' - Aus *Masked finch, ''Poephila personata'' - Aus *Crimson finch, ''Neochmia phaeton'' - Aus *Star finch, ''Neochmia ruficauda'' - Aus *Plum-headed finch, ''Neochmia modesta'' - Aus *Red-browed finch, ''Neochmia temporalis'' - Aus *Diamond firetail, ''Stagonopleura guttata'' - Aus *Beautiful firetail, ''Stagonopleura bella'' - Aus *Red-eared firetail, ''Stagonopleura oculata'' - Aus *Painted finch, ''Emblema pictum'' - Aus *Nutmeg mannikin, ''Lonchura punctulata'' - Aus *Yellow-rumped mannikin, ''Lonchura flaviprymna'' - Aus *Chestnut-breasted mannikin, ''Lonchura castaneothorax'' - Aus *Java sparrow, ''Lonchura oryzivora'' - Aus *Pale-headed munia, ''Lonchura pallida'' - Aus *Pictorella mannikin, ''Heteromunia pectoralis'' - Aus *Blue-faced parrotfinch, ''Erythrura trichroa'' - Aus *Gouldian finch, ''Erythrura gouldiae'' - Aus

Fringillidae

*Common chaffinch, ''Fringilla coelebs'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *European greenfinch, ''Chloris chloris'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *European goldfinch, ''Carduelis carduelis'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *Common redpoll, ''Acanthis flammea'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *Long-tailed meadowlark, ''Sturnella loyca'' - introduced

Emberizidae

*Yellowhammer, ''Emberiza citrinella'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *Cirl bunting, ''Emberiza cirlus'' - NZ, introduced

Nectariniidae

*Yellow-bellied sunbird, ''Nectarinia jugularis'' - Aus

Dicaeidae

*Mistletoebird, ''Dicaeum hirundinaceum'' - Aus *Red-capped flowerpecker, ''Dicaeum geelvinkianum'' - Aus

Hirundinidae

*White-rumped swallow, ''Tachycineta leucorrhoa'' *White-backed swallow, ''Cheramoeca leucosternus'' - Aus *Sand martin, ''Riparia riparia'' *Barn swallow, ''Hirundo rustica'' - Aus *Welcome swallow, ''Hirundo neoxena'' - Aus *Red-rumped swallow, ''Hirundo daurica'' - Aus *Tree martin, ''Hirundo nigricans'' - Aus *Fairy martin, ''Hirundo ariel'' - Aus *Asian house martin, ''Hirundo dasypus'' - Aus

bulbul, Pycnonotidae

*Red-whiskered bulbul, ''Pycnonotus jocosus'' - Aus

Acrocephalidae

*Clamorous reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus stentoreus'' - Aus *Oriental reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus orientalis'' - Aus

Phylloscopidae

*Willow warbler, ''Phylloscopus trochilus'' *Arctic warbler, ''Phylloscopus borealis'' - Aus

Locustellidae

*Tawny grassbird, ''Megalurus timoriensis'' - Aus *Little grassbird, ''Megalurus gramineus'' - Aus *Fernbird, ''Megalurus punctatus'' - NZ *Chatham fernbird, ''Megalurus rufescens'' - NZ *Spinifexbird, ''Megalurus carteri'' - Aus *Rufous songlark, ''Megalurus mathewsi'' - Aus *Brown songlark, ''Megalurus cruralis'' - Aus

Cisticolidae

*Zitting cisticola, ''Cisticola juncidis'' - Aus *Golden-headed cisticola, ''Cisticola exilis'' - Aus

White-eye, Zosteropidae

*Christmas white-eye, ''Zosterops natalis'' - Aus *Pale white-eye, ''Zosterops citrinellus'' - Aus *Yellow white-eye, ''Zosterops luteus'' - Aus *Silvereye, ''Zosterops lateralis'' - Aus, NZ *Robust white-eye, ''Zosterops strenuus'' - Aus *Slender-billed white-eye, ''Zosterops tenuirostris'' - Aus *White-chested white-eye, ''Zosterops albogularis'' - Aus

Turdidae

*Bassian thrush, ''Zoothera lunulata'' - Aus *Russet-tailed thrush, ''Zoothera heinei'' - Aus *Common blackbird, Blackbird, ''Turdus merula'' - Aus *Island thrush, ''Turdus poliocephalus'' - Aus *Song thrush, ''Turdus philomelos'' - Aus

Muscicapidae

*Blue rock thrush, ''Monticola solitarius'' - Aus *Narcissus flycatcher, ''Ficedula narcissina'' - Aus *Blue-and-white flycatcher, ''Cyanoptila cyanomelana'' - Aus *Mountain wheatear, ''Oenanthe monticola''

Sturnidae

*Tasman starling, ''Aplonis fusca'' - Aus *Metallic starling, ''Aplonis metallica'' - Aus *Singing starling, ''Aplonis cantoroides'' - Aus *Common starling, ''Sturnus vulgaris'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *Daurian starling, ''Agropsar sturninus'' *Common myna, ''Acridotheres tristis'' - Aus, NZ, introduced

References

Birds of Antarctica, ' Lists of birds by continent, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica ja:オーストラリアの野鳥一覧