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Australia Bird Species

Taxanomic Listing

Taxanomic order: Howard and Moore Checklist

CASSOWARIES

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

MEGOPODES

Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt)

MAGPIE GOOSE

Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)

DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS

Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah)
Maned (Australian Wood) Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Hardhead (Aythya australis)

GREBES

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

STORKS

Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)

IBISES AND SPOONBILLS

Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)

HERONS

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
Pied Heron (Ardea picata)
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

GANNETS, BOOBIES

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

CORMORANTS

Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

ANHINGAS (DARTERS)

Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

FALCONS

Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)

HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrhocephalus)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

BUSTARDS

Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)

CRANES

Brolga (Grus rubicunda)

RAILS AND COOTS

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

THICK-KNEES

Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus neglectus)

STILTS AND AVOCETS

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

PLOVERS

Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

JACANAS

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)

SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES

Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS

Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
Common (Brown) Noddy (Anous stolidus)

PIGEONS AND DOVES

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata)
Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)

PARROTS AND COCKATOOS

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Hooded Parrot (Psephotus dissimilis)

CUCKOOS

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)

BARN OWLS

Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica)

OWLS

Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa)
Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

FROGMOUTHS

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)

KINGFISHERS

Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azurea)
Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusilla)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)

BEE-EATERS

Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

PITTAS

Rainbow Pitta (Pitta iris)

BOWERBIRDS

Spotted Catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis)
Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)

AUSTRALIAN TREECREEPERS

Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)

AUSTRALASIAN WRENS

Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens)
Lovely Fairy-wren (Malurus amabilis)
Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

HONEYEATERS

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)
Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana)
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Bridled Honeyeater (Lichenostomus frenatus)
Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens)
Varied Honeyeater (Lichenostomus versicolor)
White-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus unicolor)
Yellow Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)
Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris nigra)
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura)

BRISTLEBIRDS

Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)
White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostris)
Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota)

PARDALOTES

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)

THORNBILLS

Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)

AUSTRALSIAN BABBLERS

Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)

LOGRUNNERS

Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

WEDGEBILLS AND WHIPBIRDS

Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)

BOATBILLS

Yellow-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)

BUTCHERBIRDS

Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi)
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)

WOODSWALLOWS

White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorhynchus)
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)

CUCKOO-SHRIKES

Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Common Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris)
Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)

WHISTLERS

Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

SHRIKE-THRUSHES

Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)
Bower's Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla boweri)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)

DRONGOS

Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

FANTAILS

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

MONARCHS

Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
Spectacled Monarch (Monarcha trivirgatus)
White-eared Monarch (Monarcha leucotis)
Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)

CROWS AND JAYS

Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

BIRDS OF PARADISE

Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae)

AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (Microeca flavigaster)
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito)
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias albispecularis)

SWALLOWS, MARTINS

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Tree Martin (Hirundo nigricans)

CISTICOLAS

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

OLD WORLD WARBLERS

Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)

WAXBILLS

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)

WHITE-EYES

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

FLOWERPECKERS

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)

THRUSHES

Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)

STARLINGS, MYNAS

Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

SUNBIRDS

Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis)