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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic islands. *Australian call-ups are based on the List of Australian birds. *New Zealand call-ups are based on the List of New Zealand birds. {{TOC right


Struthioniiformes A ratite () is any of a diverse group of flightless, large, long-necked, and long-legged birds of the infraclass Palaeognathae. Kiwi, the exception, are much smaller and shorter-legged and are the only nocturnal extant ratites. The systematics o ...


Casuariidae The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu. All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea.Clements, J (2007) Species *† ''Emuarius'' Bol ...

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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 Kiwi ( ) are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae () and genus ''Apteryx'' (). Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest ...

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Brown kiwi Kiwi ( ) are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae () and genus ''Apteryx'' (). Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest ...
, ''Apteryx australis'' - NZ * Little spotted kiwi, ''Apteryx owenii'' - NZ * Great spotted kiwi, ''Apteryx haastii'' - NZ


Podicipediformes


Podicipedidae

* Australasian grebe, ''Tachybaptus novaehollandiae'' - Aus, NZ * Hoary-headed grebe, ''Poliocephalus poliocephalus'' - Aus, NZ *
New Zealand dabchick The New Zealand grebe (''Poliocephalus rufopectus''), also known as the New Zealand dabchick or weweia, is a member of the grebe family endemic to New Zealand. Description The New Zealand grebe has dark brown plumage, a small black head with f ...
, ''Poliocephalus rufopectus'' - NZ * Great crested grebe, ''Podiceps cristatus'' - Aus, NZ


Sphenisciformes


Spheniscidae

* King penguin, ''Aptenodytes patagonicus'' - Aus, NZ *
Emperor penguin The emperor penguin (''Aptenodytes forsteri'') is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching in length and weighing from . Feathers of th ...
, ''Aptenodytes forsteri'' - Aus, NZ * Gentoo penguin, ''Pygoscelis papua'' - Aus, NZ * Adelie penguin, ''Pygoscelis adeliae'' - Aus, NZ * Chinstrap penguin, ''Pygoscelis antarctica'' - Aus, NZ * Southern rockhopper penguin, ''Eudyptes chrysocome'' - Aus, NZ * Northern rockhopper penguin, ''Eudyptes moseleyi'' - NZ * Fiordland penguin, ''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus'' - Aus, NZ * Snares penguin, ''Eudyptes robustus'' - Aus, NZ *
Erect-crested penguin The erect-crested penguin (''Eudyptes sclateri'') is a penguin endemic to the New Zealand region and only breeds on the Bounty Islands, Bounty and Antipodes Islands. It has black upper parts, white underparts and a yellow eye stripe and crest. I ...
, ''Eudyptes sclateri'' - Aus, NZ * Macaroni penguin, ''Eudyptes chrysolophus'' - Aus, NZ * Yellow-eyed penguin, ''Megadyptes antipodes'' - NZ *
Little penguin The little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as little blue penguins or blue penguins owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name . The Australian lit ...
, ''Eudyptula minor'' - Aus, NZ * Magellanic penguin, ''Spheniscus magellanicus'' - Aus, NZ


Procellariiformes


Diomedeidae

* Wandering albatross, ''Diomedea exulans'' - NZ * Royal albatross, ''Diomedea epomophora'' - NZ * Black-footed albatross, ''Phoebastria nigripes'' - NZ * Black-browed albatross, ''Thalassarche melanophris'' - Aus, NZ * Shy albatross, ''Thalassarche cauta'' - NZ *
Salvin's albatross Salvin's albatross (''Thalassarche salvini'') or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long consi ...
, ''Thalassarche salvini'' - Aus, NZ * Grey-headed albatross, ''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 Clements ...
, ''Thalassarche carteri'' - Aus, NZ *
Buller's albatross Buller's albatross (''Thalassarche bulleri'') or Buller's mollymawk, is a small mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds on islands around New Zealand, and feeds in the seas off Australia and the South Pacific. Taxonomy Mollymawks are a ty ...
, ''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-mantled a ...
, ''Phoebetria palpebrata'' - NZ


Procellariidae

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Southern giant petrel The southern giant petrel (''Macronectes giganteus''), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant pet ...
, ''Macronectes giganteus'' - NZ * Northern giant petrel, ''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 The Antarctic petrel (''Thalassoica antarctica'') is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, found in Antarctica, most commonly in the Ross and Weddell Seas. They eat Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid. They feed while swimming but can d ...
, ''Thalassoica antarctica'' - NZ * Cape petrel, ''Daption capense'' - Aus, NZ * Snow petrel, ''Pagodroma nivea'' - NZ *
Kerguelen petrel The Kerguelen petrel (''Aphrodroma brevirostris'') is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Aphrodroma''. It is a pelagic, circumpolar seabird of the Southern Oce ...
, ''Lugensa brevirostris'' - Aus, NZ *
Tahiti petrel The Tahiti petrel (''Pseudobulweria rostrata'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and p ...
, ''Pseudobulweria rostrata'' - Aus, NZ * Great-winged petrel, ''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, ''Pterodroma magentae'' * Kermadec petrel, ''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 considered ...
, ''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 re ...
, ''Pterodroma inexpectata'' - Aus, NZ *
Juan Fernandez petrel ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronoun ...
, ''Pterodroma externa'' - Aus, NZ * White-necked petrel, ''Pterodroma cervicalis'' - Aus, NZ * Barau's petrel, ''Pterodroma baraui'' - Aus * Black-winged petrel, ''Pterodroma nigripennis'' - Aus, NZ *
Chatham petrel The Chatham petrel (''Pterodroma axillaris'') or ranguru (Maori) is a medium-sized, grey, white and black gadfly petrel. It only breeds on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, and until recently was restricted to the 218-hectare Rangatira or South ...
, ''Pterodroma axillaris'' - NZ *
Cook's petrel Cook's petrel (''Pterodroma cookii'') or the blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariform seabird. It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgroup known as Cookilaria petrels, which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel. Morphol ...
, ''Pterodroma cookii'' - NZ *
Stejneger's petrel Stejneger's petrel (''Pterodroma longirostris'') is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 26–31 cm in size, with a 53–66 cm wingspan. This species is highly pelagic, rarely approaching land, except t ...
, ''Pterodroma longirostris'' - NZ *
Pycroft's petrel Pycroft's petrel (''Pterodroma pycrofti'') is a species of seabird in the petrel and shearwater family Procellariidae. Origin The Pycroft's petrel is a species of gadfly petrel (genus '' Pterodroma''), and is thought to be closely related to th ...
, ''Pterodroma pycrofti'' - NZ *
Gould's petrel Gould's petrel (''Pterodroma leucoptera'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881). Description Gould's petrel is a small gadfly petr ...
, ''Pterodroma leucoptera'' - Aus, NZ * Blue petrel, ''Halobaena caerulea'' - Aus, NZ *
Broad-billed prion The broad-billed prion (''Pachyptila vittata'') is a small pelagic seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. It is the largest prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts. The sexes are alike. It ranges from the ...
, ''Pachyptila vittata'' - Aus, NZ *
Salvin's prion Salvin's prion (''Pachyptila salvini''), also known as the medium-billed prion, is a species of seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. Taxonomy Salvin's prion is a member of the genus ''Pachyptila'', and along with the blue petrel, they ma ...
, ''Pachyptila salvini'' - Aus, NZ * Antarctic prion, ''Pachyptila desolata'' - Aus, NZ * Slender-billed prion, ''Pachyptila belcheri'' - Aus, NZ * Fairy prion, ''Pachyptila turtur'' - Aus, NZ *
Fulmar prion The fulmar prion (''Pachyptila crassirostris'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae, found in the southern oceans. Etymology Its common name " prion" (not to be confused with the misfolded proteins of the same name) means "saw ...
, ''Pachyptila crassirostris'' - Aus, NZ * Bulwer's petrel, ''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 The Westland petrel (''Procellaria westlandica''), (Māori: ''tāiko''), also known as the Westland black petrel, is a moderately large seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae, that is endemic to New Zealand. Described by Robert Falla in 194 ...
, ''Procellaria westlandica'' - NZ * Black petrel, ''Procellaria parkinsoni'' - NZ *
Grey petrel The grey petrel (''Procellaria cinerea''), also called the brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family. It is pelagic and occurs in the open seas of the Southern Hemisphere, mainly b ...
, ''Procellaria cinerea'' - Aus, NZ * Cory's shearwater, ''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 ancho ...
, ''Calonectris leucomelas'' - Aus, NZ * Wedge-tailed shearwater, ''Ardenna pacificus'' - Aus, NZ *
Buller's shearwater Buller's shearwater (''Ardenna bulleri'') is a Pacific species of seabird in the family Procellariidae; it is also known as the grey-backed shearwater or New Zealand shearwater. A member of the black-billed wedge-tailed ''Thyellodroma'' group, a ...
, ''Ardenna bulleri'' - NZ * Flesh-footed shearwater, ''Ardenna carneipes'' - Aus, NZ *
Pink-footed shearwater The pink-footed shearwater (''Ardenna creatopus'') is a species of seabird. The bird is in length, with a wingspan. It is polymorphic, having both darker- and lighter-phase populations. Together with the equally light-billed flesh-footed shea ...
, ''Ardenna creatopus'' - Aus, NZ * Great shearwater, ''Ardenna gravis'' - Aus, NZ * Sooty shearwater, ''Ardenna griseus'' - Aus, NZ *
Short-tailed shearwater The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (''Ardenna tenuirostris''; formerly ''Puffinus tenuirostris''), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in A ...
, ''Ardenna tenuirostris'' - Aus, NZ * Christmas shearwater, ''Puffinus nativitatis'' - NZ *
Manx shearwater The Manx shearwater (''Puffinus puffinus'') is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an ...
, ''Puffinus puffinus'' - Aus, NZ *
Fluttering shearwater The fluttering shearwater (''Puffinus gavia'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and migrates to Australia and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. It has been ...
, ''Puffinus gavia'' - NZ *
Hutton's shearwater Hutton's shearwater (''Puffinus huttoni'') or the kaikōura tītī, is a medium-sized ocean-going seabird in the family Procellariidae. Its range is Australian and New Zealand waters, but it breeds only in mainland New Zealand. Its conservatio ...
, ''Puffinus huttoni'' - NZ * Little shearwater, ''Puffinus assimilis'' - Aus, NZ


Procellariidae

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South Georgian diving petrel The South Georgia diving petrel or Georgian diving-petrel (''Pelecanoides georgicus'') is one of five very similar small auk-like diving petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to the South Atlantic and islands of the southern Indian Ocean a ...
, ''Pelecanoides georgicus'' - Aus, NZ *
Common diving petrel The common diving petrel (''Pelecanoides urinatrix''), also known as the smaller diving petrel or simply the diving petrel, is a diving petrel, one of four very similar auk-like small petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to South Atlant ...
, ''Pelecanoides urinatrix'' - Aus, NZ


Hydrobatidae

* Wilson's storm petrel, ''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, ''Pelagodroma marina'' - Aus, NZ * Kermadec storm petrel, ''Pelagodroma marina'' - NZ *
New Zealand storm petrel The New Zealand storm petrel (''Fregetta maoriana'') is a small seabird of the family Oceanitidae. Thought to be extinct since 1850, a series of sightings from 2003 to the present indicates the presence of a previously unknown colony. , it is ra ...
, ''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, ''Fregetta grallaria'' - Aus, NZ *
Leach's storm petrel Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (''Hydrobates leucorhous'') is a small seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. ''Hydrobates'' is from ...
, ''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


Sulidae

* Cape gannet, ''Morus capensis'' - Aus, NZ * Australasian gannet, ''Morus serrator'' - Aus, NZ * Masked booby, ''Sula dactylatra'' - Aus, NZ *
Red-footed booby The red-footed booby (''Sula sula'') is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They are f ...
, ''Sula sula'' - Aus, NZ *
Brown booby The brown booby (''Sula leucogaster'') is a large seabird of the booby family Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brow ...
, ''Sula leucogaster'' - Aus, NZ * Abbott's booby, ''Papasula abbotti'' - Aus, NZ


Anhingidae

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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

* Little pied cormorant, ''Microcarbo melanoleucos'' - Aus, NZ * Great cormorant, ''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 The little black cormorant (''Phalacrocorax sulcirostris'') is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout most areas of Australia and northern New Zealand, where it is known as the little bl ...
, ''Phalacrocorax sulcirostris'' - Aus, NZ *
Black-faced cormorant The black-faced cormorant (''Phalacrocorax fuscescens''), also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. Upperparts, including facial skin and bill, are black, with white underparts. It is endemic to coas ...
, ''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 The Pitt shag (''Phalacrocorax featherstoni''), also known as the Pitt Island shag or Featherstone's shag is a species of bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae. It is endemic to Pitt Island. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. ...
, ''Phalacrocorax featherstoni'' - NZ *
King shag The New Zealand king shag (''Leucocarbo carunculatus''), also known as the rough-faced shag, king shag or kawau, is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, place this spe ...
, ''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 T ...
, ''Phalacrocorax chalconotus'' - NZ * Foveaux shag, ''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, ''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 The Bounty shag (''Leucocarbo ranfurlyi''), also known as the Bounty Island shag, is a species of cormorant of the family Phalacrocoracidae. They are found only on the tiny and remote Subantarctic Bounty Islands, 670 km southeast of New Ze ...
, ''Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi'' - NZ * Macquarie shag, ''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

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Great frigatebird The great frigatebird (''Fregata minor'') is a large seabird in the frigatebird family. There are major nesting populations in the tropical Pacific (including the Galapagos Islands) and Indian Oceans, as well as a tiny population in the South At ...
, ''Fregata minor'' - Aus, NZ * Lesser frigatebird, ''Fregata ariel'' - Aus, NZ *
Christmas frigatebird The Christmas frigatebird (''Fregata andrewsi''), or Christmas Island frigatebird, is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae which is an endemic breeder to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The Christmas frigatebird is a large lightl ...
, ''Fregata andrewsi'' - Aus, NZ


Phaethontiformes


Phaethontidae

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Red-tailed tropicbird The red-tailed tropicbird (''Phaethon rubricauda'') is a seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One of three closely related species of tropicbird (Phaethontidae), it was described by Pieter Boddaert in 1783. Superfic ...
, ''Phaethon rubricauda'' - Aus, NZ * White-tailed tropicbird, ''Phaethon lepturus'' - Aus, NZ


Pelecaniformes


Pelecanidae

* Australian pelican, ''Pelecanus conspicillatus'' - Aus, NZ


Ardeidae

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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, ''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, ''Ardea intermedia'' - Aus, NZ *
Swinhoe's egret The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (''Egretta eulophotes'') is a threatened species of egret from east Asia. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860. Description The Chinese egret averages 68 cm in height. The plumage ...
, ''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 it ...
, ''Ardea ibis'' - Aus, NZ * White-faced heron, ''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 plumag ...
, ''Egretta sacra'' - Aus, NZ * Striated heron, ''Butorides striatus'' - Aus *
Black-crowned night heron The black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax''), or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and N ...
, ''Nycticorax nycticorax'' - Aus * Nankeen night heron, ''Nycticorax caledonicus'' - Aus, NZ * Malayan night heron, ''Gorsachius melanolophus'' - Aus * Australian little bittern, ''Ixobrychus dubius'' - Aus, NZ * New Zealand little bittern, ''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, ''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

* Glossy ibis, ''Plegadis falcinellus'' - Aus, NZ * Australian white ibis, ''Threskiornis moluccus'' - Aus, NZ *
Straw-necked ibis The straw-necked ibis (''Threskiornis spinicollis'') is a bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. It can be found throughout Australia, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia. Adults have distinctive straw-like feathers on their neck ...
, ''Threskiornis spinicollis'' - Aus, NZ * Royal spoonbill, ''Platalea regia'' - Aus, NZ *
Yellow-billed spoonbill The yellow-billed spoonbill (''Platalea flavipes'') is a gregarious Wader, wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is native to Australia, and is a vagrant to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Taxonomy ...
, ''Platalea flavipes'' - Aus, NZ


Ciconiiformes


Ciconiidae

* White stork, ''Ciconia ciconia'' - NZ * Black-necked stork, ''Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus'' - Aus


Phoenicopteriformes


Phoenicopteridae

* Greater flamingo, ''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 Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which in ...


Anseranatidae

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Magpie goose The magpie goose (''Anseranas semipalmata'') is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This common waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. As the species is prone to wandering, especially wh ...
, ''Anseranas semipalmata'' - Aus


Anatidae

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Plumed whistling duck The plumed whistling duck (''Dendrocygna eytoni''), also called the grass whistling duck, is a whistling duck that breeds in Australia. It is a predominantly brown-coloured duck with a long neck and characteristic plumes arising from its flank ...
, ''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 subspe ...
, ''Dendrocygna arcuata'' - Aus *
Argentine ruddy duck The lake duck (''Oxyura vittata'') is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine blue-billed duck, Argentine lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck. Description The lake duck grows to . Females ...
, ''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 sea ...
, ''Oxyura australis'' - Aus, NZ * Musk duck, ''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 The mute swan (''Cygnus olor'') is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, home ...
, ''Cygnus olor'' - Aus, NZ *
Black swan The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...
, ''Cygnus atratus'' - Aus, NZ *
Canada goose The Canada goose (''Branta canadensis''), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is o ...
, ''Branta canadensis'' - Aus, NZ * Cape Barren goose, ''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, ''Tadorna radjah'' - Aus * Green pygmy goose, ''Nettapus pulchellus'' - Aus * Cotton pygmy goose, ''Nettapus coromandelianus'' - Aus *
Australian wood duck The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (''Chenonetta jubata'') is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus ''Chenonetta''. Traditionally placed in the subfamily Anatinae (dabbling ...
, ''Chenonetta jubata'' - Aus * Pink-eared duck, ''Malacorhynchus membranaceus'' - Aus, NZ * Blue duck, ''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 The chestnut teal (''Anas castanea'') is a dabbling duck found in Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. Taxonomy The chestnut teal was described by the English naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton in 1838 under ...
, ''Anas castanea'' - Aus * Brown teal, ''Anas chlorotis'' - NZ * Auckland teal, ''Anas aucklandica'' - NZ * Campbell teal, ''Anas nesiotis'' - NZ * Northern pintail, ''Anas acuta'' - Aus, NZ *
Brown pintail The Chilean pintail (''Anas georgica spinicauda''), also known as the golden peck duck or brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (''Anas georgica''), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. Its local names are ''pato ...
, ''Anas georgica'' *
Eaton's pintail Eaton's pintail (''Anas eatoni'') is a dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas''. It is also known as the southern pintail. The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small fema ...
, ''Anas eatoni'' *
Mallard The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...
, ''Anas platyrhynchos'' - Aus * Pacific black duck, ''Anas superciliosa'' - Aus, NZ * Garganey, ''Anas querquedula'' - Aus * Blue-winged teal, ''Anas discors'' *
Australasian shoveller The Australasian shoveler (''Spatula rhynchotis'') is a species of dabbling duck in the genus ''Spatula''. It ranges from 46 to 53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildli ...
, ''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 Euro ...
, ''Anas clypeata'' - Aus * Hardhead, ''Aythya australis'' - Aus, NZ * New Zealand scaup, ''Aythya novaeseelandiae'' - NZ * New Zealand merganser, ''Mergus australis'' - NZ


Accipitriformes


Accipitridae

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Pacific baza The Pacific baza (''Aviceda subcristata''), also known as the crested hawk, crested baza, and Pacific cuckoo-falcon, is a slender, medium-sized species of hawk in the family Accipitridae. It is mostly grey, brown, and white coloured and grows t ...
, ''Aviceda subcristata'' - Aus, NZ *
Black-shouldered kite The black-shouldered kite (''Elanus axillaris''), also known as the Australian black-shouldered kite, is a small bird of prey found in open habitats throughout Australia. It resembles similar species found in Africa, Eurasia and North America, ...
, ''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, ''Milvus migrans'' - Aus, NZ * Brahminy kite, ''Haliastur indus'' - Aus * Whistling kite, ''Haliastur sphenurus'' - Aus * White-bellied sea eagle, ''Haliaeetus leucogaster'' - Aus, NZ *
Spotted harrier The spotted harrier (''Circus assimilis'') also known as the smoke hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. Taxonomy The spotted harrier belongs to the family Accipitridae. Accipitridae is the largest fami ...
, ''Circus assimilis'' - Aus, NZ * Swamp harrier, ''Circus approximans'' - Aus, NZ * Grey goshawk, ''Accipiter novaehollandiae'' - Aus * Brown goshawk, ''Accipiter fasciatus'' - Aus * Collared sparrowhawk, ''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, ''Aquila audax'' - Aus, NZ * Little eagle, ''Hieraaetus morphnoides'' - Aus * Black-breasted buzzard, ''Hamirostra melanosternon'' - Aus, NZ *
Square-tailed kite The square-tailed kite (''Lophoictinia isura'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. Taxonomy German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup descr ...
, ''Lophoictinia isura'' - Aus * Red goshawk, ''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, ''Pandion haliaetus'' - Aus, NZ


Falconiformes


Falconidae The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae (representing all extant species in the order Falconiformes). The family is divided into three subfamilies, Herpetotherinae, which inclu ...

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Brown falcon The brown falcon (''Falco berigora'') is a relatively large falcon native to Australia and New Guinea. A number of plumage morphs occur, with the primary distinction being between the pale morph and the dark morph. Both morphs usually have dark ...
, ''Falco berigora'' - Aus, NZ * Nankeen kestrel, ''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, ''Falco novaeseelandiae'' - NZ *
Grey falcon The grey falcon (''Falco hypoleucos'') is a medium-sized falcon native to Australia, possibly the rarest. It is uncommon throughout its range and is currently classified as Vulnerable. Taxonomy The description of the species was published by ...
, ''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 The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan bird of prey (Bird of prey, raptor) in the family (biology), family Falco ...
, ''Falco peregrinus'' - Aus, NZ


Galliformes


Megapodiidae

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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, ''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 The Phasianidae are a family (biology), family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Turkey bird, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular Game (hunti ...

* Wild turkey, ''Meleagris gallopavo'' - Aus, NZ, introduced


Odontophoridae

* California quail, ''Callipepla californica'' - Aus, introduced


Phasianidae The Phasianidae are a family (biology), family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Turkey bird, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular Game (hunti ...

* Red junglefowl, ''Gallus gallus'' - Aus, introduced * Indian peafowl, ''Pavo cristatus'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *
Common pheasant The common pheasant (''Phasianus colchicus'') is a bird in the pheasant family (biology), family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin ''phasianus'', "pheasant". The species name ''colchicus'' is Latin for "of Colchis" (modern day Geor ...
, ''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 The New Zealand quail (''Coturnix novaezelandiae''), or ''koreke'' in Māori, is an extinct quail species endemic to New Zealand. The male and female were similar, except the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it was Sir Joseph ...
, ''Coturnix novaezelandiae'' - NZ, extinct * Brown quail, ''Coturnix ypsilophora'' - Aus, NZ * King quail, ''Coturnix chinensis'' - Aus


Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and t ...


Gruidae

* Sarus crane, ''Grus antigone'' - Aus *
Brolga The brolga (''Antigone rubicunda''), formerly known as the native companion, is a bird in the crane family. It has also been given the name Australian crane, a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithologist John Gould in his ''Birds of Austral ...
, ''Grus rubicunda'' - Aus


Rallidae

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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 recognize ...
, ''Gallirallus australis'' - NZ * Lord Howe woodhen, ''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 The plain bush-hen (''Amaurornis olivacea'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pili ...
, ''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 Cyperaceae, sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across the Palearctic. They used ...
, ''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, Japan a ...
, ''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 The chestnut rail (''Eulabeornis castaneoventris'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Eulabeornis''. It is found in the Aru Islands and northern Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tr ...
, ''Eulabeornis castaneoventris'' - Aus *
Watercock The watercock (''Gallicrex cinerea'') is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae that is widely distributed across Southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus ''Gallicrex''. Taxonomy The watercock was formally described in 17 ...
, ''Gallicrex cinerea'' - Aus *
Purple gallinule Purple gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to: * Purple swamphen, a group of closely related species of swamphen of the Old World * American purple gallinule The purple gallinule (''Porphyr ...
, ''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, ''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, ''Fulica atra'' - Aus


Otidiformes


Otididae

* Australian bustard, ''Ardeotis australis'' - Aus


Charadriiformes


Turnicidae

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Red-backed buttonquail The red-backed buttonquail (''Turnix maculosus'') is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Other names by which it is known in different parts o ...
, ''Turnix maculosa'' - Aus *
Painted buttonquail The painted buttonquail (''Turnix varius'') is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. This species is resident in Australia where numbers are believed to be in decline. ...
, ''Turnix varius'' - Aus * Chestnut-backed buttonquail, ''Turnix castanota'' - Aus *
Buff-breasted buttonquail The buff-breasted buttonquail (''Turnix olivii'') is the largest and possibly the rarest of the buttonquail. This species is endemic to Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia. Description The buff-breasted buttonquail measures from and u ...
, ''Turnix olivii'' - Aus * Black-breasted buttonquail, ''Turnix melanogaster'' - Aus *
Little buttonquail The little buttonquail (''Turnix velox'') is a species of buttonquail, part of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident in Australia, where it is one of the more common buttonquails. ...
, ''Turnix velox'' - Aus *
Red-chested buttonquail The red-chested buttonquail (''Turnix pyrrhothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia. The species is generally regarded as widespread, although uncommon, in New South Wales, Queensland, northern Western A ...
, ''Turnix pyrrhothorax'' - Aus


Pedionomidae 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 Sou ...

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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 The Rostratulidae, commonly known as the painted-snipes, are a family of wading birds that consists of two genera: ''Rostratula'' and '' Nycticryphes''. Description The painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the t ...

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Australian painted-snipe The Australian painted-snipe (''Rostratula australis'') is a medium-sized, long-billed, distinctively patterned wader. Taxonomy The distinctiveness of the Australian painted-snipe was recognised by John Gould in 1838 when he described and named ...
, ''Rostratula australis'' - Aus


Jacanidae The jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found in the tropical regions around the world. They are noted for their elongated toes and toenails that allow ...

* Comb-crested jacana, ''Irediparra gallinacea'' - Aus * Pheasant-tailed jacana, ''Hydrophasianus chirurgus'' - Aus


Chionididae

* Pale-faced sheathbill, ''Chionis alba'' * Black-faced sheathbill, ''Chionis minor'' - Aus


Burhinidae The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of 10 species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world, with two or more species occurring in some areas of Africa, Asia, ...

* Bush stone-curlew, ''Burhinus grallarius'' - Aus * Beach stone-curlew, ''Esacus magnirostris'' - Aus


Haematopodidae

* Pied oystercatcher, ''Haematopus longirostris'' - Aus * South Island pied oystercatcher, ''Haematopus finschi'' - Aus, NZ * Chatham Island oystercatcher, ''Haematopus chathamensis'' - NZ * Sooty oystercatcher, ''Haematopus fuliginosus'' - Aus * Variable oystercatcher, ''Haematopus unicolor'' - NZ


Recurvirostridae

* Black-winged stilt, ''Himantopus himantopus'' - Aus * Black stilt, ''Himantopus novaezelandiae'' - NZ * Banded stilt, ''Cladorhynchus leucocephalus'' - Aus * Red-necked avocet, ''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'' - Aus


Charadriidae

* 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, ''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 s ...
, ''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, ''Charadrius alexandrinus'' - Aus * Red-capped 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 breeds ...
, ''Charadrius bicinctus'' - Aus * Lesser sand plover, ''Charadrius mongolus'' - Aus * Greater sand plover, ''Charadrius leschenaultii'' - Aus *
Caspian plover The Caspian plover (''Charadrius asiaticus'') is a wader in the plover family of birds. 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'' ...
, ''Charadrius asiaticus'' - Aus * Oriental plover, ''Charadrius veredus'' - Aus * Inland dotterel, ''Charadrius australis'' - Aus * Three-banded plover, ''Charadrius tricollaris'' * Black-fronted dotterel, ''Elseyornis melanops'' - Aus * Hooded plover, ''Thinornis cucullatus'' - Aus *
Shore plover The shore plover ( mi, tūturuatu, Moriori: ''tchūriwat’'', ''Thinornis novaeseelandiae''), also known as the shore dotterel, is a small plover endemic to New Zealand. Once found all around the New Zealand coast, it is now restricted to a few ...
, ''Thinornis novaeseelandiae'' - NZ * Wrybill, ''Anarhynchus frontalis'' - NZ * Red-kneed dotterel, ''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 The northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus''), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Ireland and Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. ...
, ''Vanellus vanellus'' * Blacksmith lapwing, ''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. ...

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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 Swinhoe's snipe, (''Gallinago megala''), also known as forest snipe or Chinese snipe, is a medium-sized (length 27–29 cm, wingspan 38–44 cm, weight 120 gm), long-billed, migratory wader. The common name commemorates the British na ...
, ''Gallinago megala'' - Aus *
Chatham Island snipe The Chatham snipe or Chatham Island snipe (''Coenocorypha pusilla'') is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, and is only found on a few islands in the south of the Chatham Islands gro ...
, ''Coenocorypha pusilla'' - NZ * Subantarctic snipe, ''Coenocorypha aucklandica'' - NZ * Snares snipe, ''Coenocorypha huegeli'' - NZ *
Black-tailed godwit The black-tailed godwit (''Limosa limosa'') is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, ''Limosa''. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest ...
, ''Limosa limosa'' - Aus *
Hudsonian godwit The Hudsonian godwit (''Limosa haemastica'') is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. The genus name ''Limosa'' is from Latin and means "muddy", from ''limus'', "mud". The specific ''haemastica'' is from Ancient Greek and means ...
, ''Limosa haemastica'' - Aus * Bar-tailed godwit, ''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 imita ...
, ''Numenius minutus'' - Aus * Whimbrel, ''Numenius phaeopus'' - Aus * Bristle-thighed curlew, ''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, ''Bartramia longicauda'' - Aus * Spotted redshank, ''Tringa erythropus'' - Aus * Common redshank, ''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 given ...
, ''Tringa stagnatilis'' - Aus * Common greenshank, ''Tringa nebularia'' - Aus * Lesser yellowlegs, ''Tringa flavipes'' - Aus *
Solitary sandpiper The solitary sandpiper (''Tringa solitaria'') is a small shorebird. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ''trungas'', a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbin ...
, ''Tringa solitaria'' * Green sandpiper, ''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 green ...
, ''Tringa glareola'' - Aus * Terek sandpiper, ''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, ''Arenaria interpres'' - Aus * Asian dowitcher, ''Limnodromus semipalmatus'' - Aus * Great knot, ''Calidris tenuirostris'' - Aus * Red knot, ''Calidris canutus'' - Aus, NZ * Sanderling, ''Calidris alba'' - Aus * Western sandpiper, ''Calidris mauri'' * Little stint, ''Calidris minuta'' - Aus * Red-necked stint, ''Calidris ruficollis'' - Aus * Long-toed stint, ''Calidris subminuta'' - Aus * Least sandpiper, ''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, ''Calidris melanotos'' - Aus * Sharp-tailed sandpiper, ''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, ''Calidris ferruginea'' - Aus * Stilt sandpiper, ''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, ''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, ''Phalaropus tricolor'' - Aus * Red-necked phalarope, ''Phalaropus lobatus'' - Aus * Grey phalarope, ''Phalaropus fulicarius'' - Aus


Glareolidae

* Oriental pratincole, ''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

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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, ''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 The parasitic jaeger (''Stercorarius parasiticus''), also known as the Arctic skua, Arctic jaeger or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species that breeds in Northern Scandinavia, Scotland, Iceland, ...
, ''Stercorarius parasiticus'' - Aus, NZ * Long-tailed jaeger, ''Stercorarius longicauda'' - Aus * Pacific gull, ''Larus pacificus'' - Aus * Black-tailed gull, ''Larus crassirostris'' - Aus * Kelp gull, ''Larus dominicanus'' - Aus, NZ * Silver gull, ''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 250, ...
, ''Chroicocephalus bulleri'' - NZ * Black-headed gull, ''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'' - Aus * Laughing gull, ''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 fo ...
, ''Leucophaeus pipixcan'' - Aus * Sabine's gull, ''Xema sabini'' - Aus * Gull-billed tern, ''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 conspecifi ...
, ''Gelochelidon macrotarsa'' - Aus * Caspian tern, ''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, ''Thalasseus bergii'' - Aus *
Roseate tern The roseate tern (''Sterna dougallii'') is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name ''Sterna'' is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific ''dougallii'' refers to Scottish physician and collector Dr Peter McDoug ...
, ''Sterna dougallii'' - Aus * White-fronted tern, ''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, ''Sterna hirundo'' - Aus *
Arctic tern The Arctic tern (''Sterna paradisaea'') is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America (as far south a ...
, ''Sterna paradisaea'' - Aus * Antarctic tern, ''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, ''Sternula albifrons'' - Aus * Fairy tern, ''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 The sooty tern (''Onychoprion fuscatus'') is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans, returning to land only to breed on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Taxonomy The sooty tern was described by Carl Linnaeu ...
, ''Onychoprion fuscatus'' - Aus *
Black-fronted tern The black-fronted tern (''Chlidonias albostriatus''), also known as sea martin, ploughboy, inland tern, riverbed tern or tarapiroe,Rod Morris and Alison Ballance, ''"Rare Wildlife of New Zealand"'', Random House, 2008 is a small tern generally f ...
, ''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, ''Chlidonias leucopterus'' - Aus * Black tern, ''Chlidonias niger'' - Aus * Common noddy, ''Anous stolidus'' - Aus * Black noddy, ''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 The grey noddy or grey ternlet (''Anous albivitta'') is a seabird belonging to the family Laridae. It was once regarded as a pale morph of the blue noddy (''Anous cerulea'') but is now usually considered to be a separate species. Taxonomy The ...
, ''Procelsterna cerulea'' - Aus * White tern, ''Gygis alba'' - Aus


Columbiformes


Columbidae

* Rock dove, ''Columba livia'' - Aus, NZ, introduced *
White-throated pigeon The metallic pigeon, (''Columba vitiensis'') also known as white-throated pigeon is a medium-sized, up to 37 cm long, bird in the family Columbidae. Identification The adult has an iridescent purple and green crown, black wing and uppertail ...
, ''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, ''Spilopelia senegalensis'' - Aus, introduced *
Spotted dove The spotted dove (''Spilopelia chinensis'') is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced to many parts ...
, ''Spilopelia chinensis'' - Aus, NZ, introduced * Barbary dove, ''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, New South Wales, Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton, Queensland, Atherton and Too ...
, ''Macropygia phasianella'' - Aus *
Pacific emerald dove The Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove (''Chalcophaps longirostris'') is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Indonesia to northern and eastern Australia. It was formerly c ...
, ''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 exc ...
, ''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 famil ...
, ''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, ''Geophaps plumifera'' - Aus * Partridge pigeon, ''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 The white-quilled rock pigeon (''Petrophassa albipennis'') is a dark brown rock pigeon with a white patch on its wing. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. It is a species of bird in the family Columbidae ...
, ''Petrophassa albipennis'' - Aus * Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, ''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, ''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 The Norfolk ground dove (''Pampusana norfolkensis'') was a species of bird in the Columbidae, or pigeon family. It was endemic to Norfolk Island, but became extinct due to introduced predators, disappearing within a few decades after European se ...
, ''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 The superb fruit dove (''Ptilinopus superbus''), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae. ...
, ''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 The Christmas imperial pigeon (''Ducula whartoni''), also known as Black imperial pigeon, Dusky imperial pigeon, Wharton's imperial pigeon, or burong pergam , is a large imperial pigeon endemic to Christmas Island in the northeastern Indian Oce ...
, ''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, ''Lopholaimus antarcticus'' - Aus * New Zealand pigeon, ''Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae'' - Aus, NZ


Psittaciformes


Strigopidae

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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 wings ...
, ''Nestor notabilis'' - NZ *
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, ''Nestor meridionalis'' - NZ *
Norfolk kaka Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...
, ''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

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Palm cockatoo The palm cockatoo (''Probosciger aterrimus''), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, Aru Islands, and Cape York Peninsula. It has a very l ...
, ''Probosciger aterrimus'' - Aus * Red-tailed black cockatoo, ''Calyptorhynchus banksii'' - Aus * Glossy black cockatoo, ''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, ''Calyptorhynchus latirostris'' - Aus *
Long-billed black cockatoo Baudin's black cockatoo (''Zanda baudinii''), also known as Baudin's cockatoo or the long-billed black cockatoo, is a species of genus '' Zanda'' found in southwest Australia. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Baudin. It has ...
, ''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 co ...
, ''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 Psit ...
, ''Cacatua pastinator'' - Aus * Little corella, ''Cacatua sanguinea'' - Aus * Sulphur-crested cockatoo, ''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 comp ...
, ''Nymphicus hollandicus'' - Aus


Psittacidae

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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. Six ...
, ''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 li ...
, ''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 The musk lorikeet (''Glossopsitta concinna'') is a lorikeet, now the only species in the genus ''Glossopsitta''. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The little lorikeet and the purple-crowned lorikeet were previously included in the ge ...
, ''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, ''Glossopsitta porphyrocephala'' - Aus * Eclectus parrot, ''Eclectus roratus'' - Aus * Red-cheeked parrot, ''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, ''Aprosmictus erythropterus'' - Aus *
Superb parrot The superb parrot (''Polytelis swainsonii''), also known as Barraband's parrot, Barraband's parakeet, or green leek parrot, is a parrot native to south-eastern Australia. It is a dimorphic species and one of three species in the genus ''Polyte ...
, ''Polytelis swainsonii'' - Aus * Regent parrot, ''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, ''Platycercus caledonicus'' - Aus * Crimson rosella, ''Platycercus elegans'' - Aus * Eastern rosella, ''Platycercus eximius'' - Aus * Pale-headed rosella, ''Platycercus adscitus'' - Aus * Northern rosella, ''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, ''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 The blue bonnet was a type of soft woollen hat that for several hundred years was the customary working wear of Scottish labourers and farmers. Although a particularly broad and flat form was associated with the Scottish Lowlands, where it was so ...
, ''Northiella haematogaster'' - Aus * Swift parrot, ''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 The mulga parrot (''Psephotellus varius'') is endemic to arid scrublands and lightly timbered grasslands in the interior of southern Australia. The male mulga parrot is multicolored, from which the older common name of many-coloured parrot is der ...
, ''Psephotus varius'' - Aus * Golden-shouldered parrot, ''Psephotus chrysopterygius'' - Aus *
Hooded parrot The hooded parrot (''Psephotellus dissimilis'') is a species of parrot native to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is found in savannah and open woodland and is one of two extant species in its genus that breed in termite mounds. It has ...
, ''Psephotus dissimilis'' - Aus * Paradise parrot, ''Psephotus pulcherrimus'' - Aus * Antipodes parakeet, ''Cyanoramphus unicolor'' - NZ *
Red-fronted parakeet The red-crowned parakeet (''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae''), also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori name of kākāriki,Parr, M., Juniper, T., D'Silva, C., Powell, D., Johnston, D., Franklin, K., & Restall, R. (2010). Parrots: A Guid ...
, ''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 we ...
, ''Cyanoramphus auriceps'' - NZ * Budgerigar, ''Melopsittacus undulatus'' - Aus * Bourke's parrot, ''Neophema bourkii'' - Aus * Blue-winged parrot, ''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 E ...
, ''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, ''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 i ...
, ''Neophema pulchella'' - Aus *
Scarlet-chested parrot The scarlet-chested parrot (''Neophema splendida''), known alternately as scarlet-breasted parrot, orange-throated parrot or splendid parrot, is a parrot endemic to central South Australia and inland southern Western Australia. The species is sex ...
, ''Neophema splendida'' - Aus * Eastern ground parrot, ''Pezoporus wallicus'' - Aus * Western ground parrot, ''Pezoporus flaviventris'' - Aus * Night parrot, ''Pezoporus occidentalis'' - Aus


Cuculiformes


Cuculidae

* Common cuckoo, ''Cuculus canorus'' *
African cuckoo The African cuckoo (''Cuculus gularis'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa where it migrates within the continent, generally arriving and breeding in any one locality during the rainy season. A fair ...
, ''Cuculus gularis'' * Oriental cuckoo, ''Cuculus optatus'' - Aus *
Pallid cuckoo The pallid cuckoo (''Cacomantis pallidus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, with some migration to the islands of Timor and Papua New Guinea. It is between 28 and 33 cm ...
, ''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, ''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 ''Chal ...
, ''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 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 russatus'' - Aus * Pacific koel, ''Eudynamys orientalis'' - Aus * Long-tailed cuckoo, ''Eudynamys taitensis'' - Aus, NZ *
Channel-billed cuckoo The channel-billed cuckoo (''Scythrops novaehollandiae'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Scythrops''.Payne (2005), p. 380. The species is the largest brood parasite in the world, and the largest ...
, ''Scythrops novaehollandiae'' - Aus


Centropodidae

* Pheasant coucal, ''Centropus phasianinus'' - Aus


Strigiformes


Strigidae

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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 The little owl (''Athene noctua''), also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Palearctic east to Korea, and North Africa. It was introduced into Britain at ...
, ''Athene noctua'' * Powerful owl, ''Ninox strenua'' - Aus * Rufous owl, ''Ninox rufa'' - Aus * Barking owl, ''Ninox connivens'' - Aus *
Australian boobook The Australian boobook (''Ninox boobook''), which is known in some regions as the mopoke, is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it wa ...
, ''Ninox boobook'' - Aus * Morepork, ''Ninox novaeseelandiae'' - Aus, NZ *
Brown hawk-owl The brown boobook (''Ninox scutulata''), also known as the brown hawk-owl, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal east to western Indonesia and south China. This species is a part of the la ...
, ''Ninox scutulata'' - Aus *
Christmas Island hawk-owl The Christmas boobook (''Ninox natalis''), also known more specifically as the Christmas Island hawk-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Closely related to the hawk-owls of genus ''Ninox'', which occur in Southeast Asia and Austral ...
, ''Ninox natalis'' - Aus * Laughing owl, ''Sceloglaux albifacies''


Tytonidae

* Greater sooty owl, ''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 Masked owl or masked-owl refers to various owls in the genus ''Tyto'', including: * Australian masked owl (''Tyto novaehollandiae'') ** Tasmanian masked owl (''Tyto novaehollandiae castanops'') * Golden masked owl (''Tyto aurantia'') * Manus masked ...
, ''Tyto novaehollandiae'' - Aus *
Barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalaya ...
, ''Tyto alba'' - Aus * Grass owl, ''Tyto longimembris'' - Aus


Caprimulgiformes


Podargidae

* Tawny frogmouth, ''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, ''Podargus ocellatus'' - Aus


Caprimulgidae

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

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Australian owlet-nightjar The Australian owlet-nightjar (''Aegotheles cristatus'') is a nocturnal bird found in open woodland across Australia and in southern New Guinea. It is colloquially known as the moth owl. It is the most common nocturnal bird in Australia, and des ...
, ''Aegotheles cristatus'' - Aus


Apodiformes


Apodidae

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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 swi ...
, ''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 The uniform swiftlet, (''Aerodramus vanikorensis''), also known as the Vanikoro swiftlet or lowland swiftlet, is a gregarious, medium-sized swiftlet with a shallowly forked tail. The colouring is dark grey-brown, darker on the upperparts with som ...
, ''Collocalia vanikorensis'' - Aus *
White-throated needletail The white-throated needletail (''Hirundapus caudacutus''), also known as needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift, is a large swift in the genus Hirundapus. It is reputed to reach speeds of up to 170 km/h (105 mph) in horizontal flight, but this ...
, ''Hirundapus caudacutus'' - Aus * Common swift, ''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, ''Apus affinis'' - Aus


Coraciiformes


Alcedinidae

*Azure kingfisher, ''Ceyx azureus'' - Aus *Little kingfisher, ''Ceyx pusillus'' - Aus *Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, ''Tanysiptera sylvia'' - Aus *Laughing kookaburra, ''Dacelo novaeguineae'' - Aus *Blue-winged kookaburra, ''Dacelo leachii'' - Aus *Yellow-billed kingfisher, ''Syma torotoro'' - Aus *Forest kingfisher, ''Todiramphus macleayii'' - Aus *Red-backed kingfisher, ''Todiramphus pyrrhopygia'' - Aus *Sacred kingfisher, ''Todiramphus sanctus'' - Aus *Torresian kingfisher, ''Todiramphus sordidus'' - Aus


Meropidae

*Rainbow bee-eater, ''Merops ornatus'' - Aus


Coraciidae

*Broad-billed roller, ''Eurystomus glaucurus'' *Dollarbird, ''Eurystomus orientalis'' - Aus


Passeriformes


Tyrannidae

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


Acanthisittidae

*Rifleman (bird), Rifleman, ''Acanthisitta chloris'' - NZ *Bush wren, ''Xenicus longipes'' - NZ *New Zealand rock wren, Rock wren, ''Xenicus gilviventris'' - NZ *Lyall's wren, ''Traversia lyalli'' - NZ


Pittidae

*Papuan pitta, ''Erythropitta macklotii'' - Aus *Blue-winged pitta, ''Pitta moluccensis'' - Aus *Noisy pitta, ''Pitta versicolor'' - Aus *Rainbow pitta, ''Pitta iris'' - Aus


Menuridae

*Albert's lyrebird, ''Menura alberti'' - Aus *Superb lyrebird, ''Menura novaehollandiae'' - Aus


Atrichornithidae

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


Climacteridae

*White-throated treecreeper, ''Cormobates leucophaeus'' - Aus *White-browed treecreeper, ''Climacteris affinis'' - Aus *Red-browed treecreeper, ''Climacteris erythrops'' - Aus *Brown treecreeper, ''Climacteris picumnus'' - Aus *Black-tailed treecreeper, ''Climacteris melanura'' - Aus *Rufous treecreeper, ''Climacteris rufa'' - Aus


Maluridae

*Purple-crowned fairywren, ''Malurus coronatus'' - Aus *Superb fairywren, ''Malurus cyaneus'' - Aus *Splendid fairywren, ''Malurus splendens'' - Aus *Variegated fairywren, ''Malurus lamberti'' - Aus *Lovely fairywren, ''Malurus amabilis'' - Aus *Blue-breasted fairywren, ''Malurus pulcherrimus'' - Aus *Red-winged fairywren, ''Malurus elegans'' - Aus *White-winged fairywren, ''Malurus leucopterus'' - Aus *Red-backed fairywren, ''Malurus melanocephalus'' - Aus *Southern emu-wren, ''Stipiturus malachurus'' - Aus *Mallee emu-wren, ''Stipiturus mallee'' - Aus *Rufous-crowned emu-wren, ''Stipiturus ruficeps'' - Aus *Grey grasswren, ''Amytornis barbatus'' - Aus *Black grasswren, ''Amytornis housei'' - Aus *White-throated grasswren, ''Amytornis woodwardi'' - Aus *Carpentarian grasswren, ''Amytornis dorotheae'' - Aus *Striated grasswren, ''Amytornis striatus'' - Aus *Short-tailed grasswren, ''Amytornis merrotsyi'' - Aus *Eyrean grasswren, ''Amytornis goyderi'' - Aus *Thick-billed grasswren, ''Amytornis textilis'' - Aus *Dusky grasswren, ''Amytornis purnelli'' - Aus *Kalkadoon grasswren, ''Amytornis ballarae'' - Aus


Meliphagidae

*Red wattlebird, ''Anthochaera carunculata'' - Aus, NZ *Yellow wattlebird, ''Anthochaera paradoxa'' - Aus *Little wattlebird, ''Anthochaera chrysoptera'' - Aus *Western wattlebird, ''Anthochaera lunulata'' - Aus *Spiny-cheeked honeyeater, ''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, ''Anthochaera phrygia'' - Aus *Blue-faced honeyeater, ''Entomyzon cyanotis'' - Aus *Bell miner, ''Manorina melanophrys'' - Aus *Noisy miner, ''Manorina melanocephala'' - Aus *Yellow-throated miner, ''Manorina flavigula'' - Aus *Black-eared miner, ''Manorina melanotis'' - Aus *Macleay's honeyeater, ''Xanthotis macleayana'' - Aus *Tawny-breasted honeyeater, ''Xanthotis flaviventer'' - Aus *Lewin's honeyeater, ''Meliphaga lewinii'' - Aus *Yellow-spotted honeyeater, ''Meliphaga notata'' - Aus *Graceful honeyeater, ''Meliphaga gracilis'' - Aus *White-lined honeyeater, ''Meliphaga albilineata'' - Aus *Bridled honeyeater, ''Bolemoreus frenatus'' - Aus *Eungella honeyeater, ''Bolemoreus hindwoodi'' - Aus *Yellow-faced honeyeater, ''Caligavis chrysops'' - Aus *Singing honeyeater, ''Gavicalis virescens'' - Aus *Varied honeyeater, ''Gavicalis versicolor'' - Aus *Mangrove honeyeater, ''Gavicalis fasciogularis'' - Aus *White-gaped honeyeater, ''Stomiopera unicolor'' - Aus *Yellow honeyeater, ''Stomiopera flava'' - Aus *White-eared honeyeater, ''Nesoptilotis leucotis'' - Aus *Yellow-throated honeyeater, ''Nesoptilotis flavicollis'' - Aus *Yellow-tufted honeyeater, ''Lichenostomus melanops'' - Aus *Purple-gaped honeyeater, ''Lichenostomus cratitius'' - Aus *Grey-headed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula keartlandi'' - Aus *Yellow-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula ornata'' - Aus *Grey-fronted honeyeater, ''Ptilotula plumula'' - Aus *Fuscous honeyeater, ''Ptilotula fusca'' - Aus *Yellow-tinted honeyeater, ''Ptilotula flavescens'' - Aus *White-plumed honeyeater, ''Ptilotula penicillata'' - Aus *Black-chinned honeyeater, ''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, ''Melithreptus affinis'' - Aus *Stitchbird, ''Notiomystis cincta'' - NZ *Green-backed honeyeater, ''Glycichaera fallax'' - Aus *Brown honeyeater, ''Lichmera indistincta'' - Aus *White-streaked honeyeater, ''Trichodere cockerelli'' - Aus *Painted honeyeater, ''Grantiella picta'' - Aus *Crescent honeyeater, ''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, ''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, ''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'' - Aus *Banded honeyeater, ''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


See also

* List of Australian birds * List of New Zealand birds * List of birds of Antarctica * Birds of Australia


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