List of birds of Western Australia facts for kids

This is a list of the wild birds found in Western Australia. The list includes introduced species, common vagrants, recently extinct species, extirpated species, some very rare vagrants (seen once) and species only present in captivity. 629 species are listed.

The taxonomy is based on Christidis and Boles, 2008. Their system has been developed over nearly two decades and has strong local support, but deviates in important ways from more generally accepted schemes.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. All of the birds below are included in the total bird count for Western Australia.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.

• (A) Accidental – a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Western Australia
• (E) Endemic – a species endemic to Western Australia
• (I) Introduced – a species introduced to Western Australia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
• (Ex) Extirpated – a species that no longer occurs in Western Australia although populations exist elsewhere
• (X) Extinct – a species or subspecies that no longer exists.

Ostriches

Order: Struthioniformes   Family: Struthionidae

This order is not native to Western Australia, but feral populations of one species have become established.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Common ostrich	Struthio camelus	(I)

Cassowaries and emu

Order: Casuariiformes   Family: Dromaiidae

This family of flightless ratite birds is represented by two living species in Australia. Another two species are found in New Guinea. The extinct, geographically isolated King and Kangaroo Island emus were historically considered to be separate species to mainland emus. However, genetic evidence from 2011 suggests that all three are conspecific.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae

Magpie goose

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anseranatidae

The family contains a single species, the magpie goose. It was an early and distinctive offshoot of the anseriform family tree, diverging after the screamers and before all other ducks, geese and swans, sometime in the late Cretaceous. The single species is found across Australia.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Magpie goose	Anseranas semipalmata

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are adapted for an aquatic existence, with webbed feet, bills that are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Plumed whistling-duck	Dendrocygna eytoni
Wandering whistling-duck	Dendrocygna arcuata
Cape Barren goose	Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Freckled duck	Stictonetta naevosa
Mute swan	Cygnus olor	(I)
Black swan	Cygnus atratus
Radjah shelduck	Radjah radjah
Australian shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides
Green pygmy-goose	Nettapus pulchellus
Australian wood duck	Chenonetta jubata
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	(A)
Australasian shoveler	Spatula rhynchotis
Northern shoveler	Spatula clypeata	(A)
Eurasian wigeon	Mareca penelope	(A)
Pacific black duck	Anas superciliosa
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	(I)
Northern pintail	Anas acuta	(A)
Gray teal	Anas gracilis
Chestnut teal	Anas castanea
Pink-eared duck	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hardhead	Aythya australis
Blue-billed duck	Oxyura australis
Musk duck	Biziura lobata

Megapodes

Order: Galliformes   Family: Megapodiidae

Megapodiidae are represented by various species in the Australasian region. They are commonly referred to as "mound-builders" due to their habit of constructing large mounds to incubate their eggs.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Malleefowl	Leipoa ocellata
Orange-footed scrubfowl	Megapodius reinwardt

Guineafowl

Order: Galliformes   Family: Numididae

Numididae are not native to Australia, but feral populations of one species exist in Western Australia.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Helmeted guineafowl	Numida meleagris	(I)

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump, with broad, relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Indian peafowl	Pavo cristatus	(I)
Brown quail	Coturnix ypsilophora
Blue-breasted quail	Excalfactoria chinensis
Stubble quail	Coturnix pectoralis
Ring-necked pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	(I)

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Little grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	(A)
Australasian grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed grebe	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Great crested grebe	Podiceps cristatus

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Rock pigeon	Columba livia	(I)
Spotted dove	Spilopelia chinensis	(I)
Laughing dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	(I)
Pacific emerald dove	Chalcophaps longirostris
Common bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera
Brush bronzewing	Phaps elegans
Flock bronzewing	Phaps histrionica
Crested pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes
Spinifex pigeon	Geophaps plumifera
Partridge pigeon	Geophaps smithii
White-quilled rock-pigeon	Petrophassa albipennis
Diamond dove	Geopelia cuneata
Peaceful dove	Geopelia placida
Bar-shouldered dove	Geopelia humeralis
Nicobar pigeon	Caloenas nicobarica	(A)
Rose-crowned fruit-dove	Ptilinopus regina
Torresian imperial-pigeon	Ducula spilorrhoa

Bustards

Order: Otidiformes   Family: Otididae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian bustard	Ardeotis australis

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Lesser coucal	Centropus bengalensis
Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	(A)
Pacific koel	Eudynamys orientalis
Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae
Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo	Chalcites basalis
Black-eared cuckoo	Chalcites osculans
Shining bronze-cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus
Little bronze-cuckoo	Chalcites minutillus
Pallid cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis
Brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus

Frogmouths

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Podargidae

The frogmouths are a distinctive group of small nocturnal birds related to swifts found from India across southern Asia to Australia.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Nightjars and allies

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Spotted nightjar	Eurostopodus argus
Gray nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka
Savanna nightjar	Caprimulgus affinis

Owlet-nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Aegothelidae

The owlet-nightjars are a distinctive group of small nocturnal birds related to swifts found from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to Australia and New Caledonia.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian owlet-nightjar	Aegotheles cristatus

Swifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
White-throated needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
Pacific swift	Apus pacificus
House swift	Apus affinis	vagrant

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Corn crake	Crex crex	(A)
Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis	(Ex)
Chestnut rail	Eulabeornis castaneoventris
Buff-banded rail	Gallirallus philippensis
Black-tailed nativehen	Tribonyx ventralis
Australian crake	Porzana fluminea
Dusky moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Eurasian coot	Fulica atra
Australasian swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus
Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea
White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus
Rufous-tailed bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana
White-browed crake	Poliolimnas cinereus
Red-legged crake	Rallina fasciata	(A)
Baillon's crake	Zapornia pusilla
Spotless crake	Zapornia tabuensis

Cranes

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Gruidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Sarus crane	Antigone antigone	(A)
Brolga	Antigone rubicunda

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Bush thick-knee	Burhinus grallarius
Beach thick-knee	Esacus magnirostris

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Pied stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus
Banded stilt	Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Red-necked avocet	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Pied oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris
Sooty oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Black-bellied plover	Pluvialis squatarola
American golden-plover	Pluvialis dominicus	(A)
Pacific golden-plover	Pluvialis fulva
Gray-headed lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	(A)
Banded lapwing	Vanellus tricolor
Masked lapwing	Vanellus miles
Lesser sand-plover	Charadrius mongolus
Greater sand-plover	Charadrius leschenaultii
Double-banded plover	Charadrius bicinctus	(A)
Red-capped plover	Charadrius ruficapillus
Kentish plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	(A)
Common ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula	(A)
Semipalmated plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	(A)
Little ringed plover	Charadrius dubius	(A)
Oriental plover	Charadrius veredus
Red-kneed dotterel	Erythrogonys cinctus
Hooded plover	Thinornis cucullatus
Black-fronted dotterel	Elseyornis melanops
Inland dotterel	Charadrius australis

Painted-snipes

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rostratulidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian painted-snipe	Rostratula australis

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

2 species recorded [1 extant native, 1 vagrant]

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Comb-crested jacana	Irediparra gallinacea
Pheasant-tailed jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	(A)

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Little curlew	Numenius minutus
Far Eastern curlew	Numenius madagascariensis
Eurasian curlew	Numenius arquata	(A)
Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa
Hudsonian godwit	Limosa haemastica	(A)
Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Great knot	Calidris tenuirostris
Red knot	Calidris canutus
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	(A)
Broad-billed sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
Curlew sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's stint	Calidris temminckii	(A)
Long-toed stint	Calidris subminuta
Red-necked stint	Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	(A)
Baird's sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	(A)
Little stint	Calidris minuta	(A)
White-rumped sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	(A)
Buff-breasted sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	(A)
Pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
Asian dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus
Latham's snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	(A)
Pin-tailed snipe	Gallinago stenura	(A)
Swinhoe's snipe	Gallinago megala
Terek sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
Red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Red phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	(A)
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Gray-tailed tattler	Tringa brevipes
Spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus	(A)
Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Nordmann's greenshank	Tringa guttifer	(A)
Marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Common redshank	Tringa totanus	(A)

Buttonquail

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Turnicidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Red-backed buttonquail	Turnix maculosus
Chestnut-backed buttonquail	Turnix castanotus
Painted buttonquail	Turnix varius
Red-chested buttonquail	Turnix pyrrhothorax
Little buttonquail	Turnix velox

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian pratincole	Stiltia isabella
Collared pratincole	Glareola pratincola	(A)
Oriental pratincole	Glareola maldivarum

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
South polar skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	(A)
Brown skua	Stercorarius antarcticus
Pomarine jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed jaeger	Stercorarius longicauda	(A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Sabine's gull	Xema sabini	(A)
Silver gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	(A)
Laughing gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	(A)
Franklin's gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	(A)
Black-tailed gull	Larus crassirostris	(A)
Pacific gull	Larus pacificus
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	(A)
Kelp gull	Larus dominicanus	(A)
Brown noddy	Anous stolidus
Black noddy	Anous minutus
Lesser noddy	Anous tenuirostris
White tern	Gygis alba	(A)
Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscata
Bridled tern	Onychoprion anaethetus
Little tern	Sternula albifrons
Australian fairy tern	Sternula nereis
Gull-billed tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia
White-winged tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida
Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii
White-fronted tern	Sterna striata	(A)
Black-naped tern	Sterna sumatrana	(A)
Common tern	Sterna hirundo
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	(A)
Antarctic tern	Sterna vittata	(A)
Great crested tern	Thalasseus bergii
Lesser crested tern	Thalasseus bengalensis

Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
White-tailed tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	(A)
Red-billed tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus
Red-tailed tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda

Penguins

Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae

Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Only one species, the little penguin, breeds on the Australian coast.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
King penguin	Aptenodytes patagonicus	(A)
Little penguin	Eudyptula minor
Fiordland penguin	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	(A)
Erect-crested penguin	Eudyptes sclateri	(A)
Macaroni penguin	Eudyptes chrysolophus	(A)
Royal penguin	Eudyptes schlegeli	(A)
Southern rockhopper penguin	Eudyptes chrysocome	(A)
Moseley's rockhopper penguin	Eudyptes moseleyi	(A)
Snares penguin	Eudyptes robustus	(A)

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are a family of large seabird found across the Southern and North Pacific Oceans. The largest are among the largest flying birds in the world.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Yellow-nosed albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Gray-headed albatross	Thalassarche chrysostoma	(A)
White-capped albatross	Thalassarche cauta
Salvin's albatross	Thalassarche salvini
Black-browed albatross	Thalassarche melanophris
Sooty albatross	Phoebetria fusca	(A)
Light-mantled albatross	Phoebetria palpebrata	(A)
Royal albatross	Diomedea epomophora	(A)
Wandering albatross	Diomedea exulans

Southern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

The southern storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Wilson's storm-petrel	Oceanites oceanicus
Gray-backed storm-petrel	Garrodia nereis	(A)
White-faced storm-petrel	Pelagodroma marina
Black-bellied storm-petrel	Fregetta tropica	(A)

Northern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Leach's storm petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	(A)
Swinhoe's storm petrel	Hydrobates monorhis	(A)
Matsudaira's storm petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	(A)

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium nasal septum, and a long outer functional primary flight feather.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Southern giant-petrel	Macronectes giganteus
Northern giant-petrel	Macronectes halli
Southern fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides	(A)
Antarctic petrel	Thalassoica antarctica	(A)
Cape petrel	Daption capense
Kerguelen petrel	Aphrodroma brevirostris
Great-winged petrel	Pterodroma macroptera
Gray-faced petrel	Pterodroma gouldi
Herald petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	(A)
Soft-plumaged petrel	Pterodroma mollis
Barau's petrel	Pterodroma baraui	(A)
White-headed petrel	Pterodroma lessonii
Gould's petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera
Blue petrel	Halobaena caerulea
Fairy prion	Pachyptila turtur	(A)
Broad-billed prion	Pachyptila vittata	(A)
Salvin's prion	Pachyptila salvini
Antarctic prion	Pachyptila desolata
Slender-billed prion	Pachyptila belcheri
Bulwer's petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	(A)
Jouanin's petrel	Bulweria fallax	(A)
Tahiti petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	(A)
Gray petrel	Procellaria cinerea	(A)
White-chinned petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis
Streaked shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas
Cory's shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	(A)
Flesh-footed shearwater	Ardenna carneipes
Great shearwater	Ardenna gravis	(A)
Wedge-tailed shearwater	Ardenna pacifica
Sooty shearwater	Ardenna grisea	(A)
Short-tailed shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris
Hutton's shearwater	Puffinus huttoni
Fluttering shearwater	Puffinus gavia	(A)
Little shearwater	Puffinus assimilis
Persian shearwater	Puffinus persicus	(A)
Heinroth's shearwater	Puffinus heinrothi	(A)

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Black-necked stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Lesser frigatebird	Fregata ariel
Christmas Island frigatebird	Fregata andrewsi	(A)
Great frigatebird	Fregata minor

Anhingas

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

Anhingas or darters are cormorant-like water birds with long necks and long, straight bills. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Oriental darter	Anhinga melanogaster	(A)
Australasian darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with distinctive pouches under their bills. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australasian bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus
Yellow bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	(A)
Black-backed bittern	Ixobrychus dubius
Cinnamon bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	(A)
Black bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis
Gray heron	Ardea cinerea	(A)
Pacific heron	Ardea pacifica
Great-billed heron	Ardea sumatrana
Purple heron	Ardea purpurea	(A)
Great egret	Ardea alba
Intermediate egret	Ardea intermedia
White-faced heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
Little egret	Egretta garzetta
Pacific reef-heron	Egretta sacra
Pied heron	Egretta picata
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
Chinese pond-heron	Ardeola bacchus	(A)
Striated heron	Butorides striatus
Black-crowned night-heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Nankeen night-heron	Nycticorax caledonicus

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Australian ibis	Threskiornis moluccus
Straw-necked ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal spoonbill	Platalea regia
Yellow-billed spoonbill	Platalea flavipes

Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Black-shouldered kite	Elanus axillaris
Letter-winged kite	Elanus scriptus
Oriental honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	(A)
Black-breasted kite	Hamirostra melanosternon
Square-tailed kite	Lophoictinia isura
Pacific baza	Aviceda subcristata
Little eagle	Hieraaetus morphnoides
Wedge-tailed eagle	Aquila audax
Swamp harrier	Circus approximans
Spotted harrier	Circus assimilis
Chinese sparrowhawk	Accipiter soloensis
Gray goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae
Brown goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
Japanese sparrowhawk	Accipiter gularis
Collared sparrowhawk	Accipiter cirrocephalus
Red goshawk	Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Black kite	Milvus migrans
Whistling kite	Haliastur sphenurus
Brahminy kite	Haliastur indus
White-bellied sea eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster

Barn owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Australian masked-owl	Tyto novaehollandiae
Australian grass-owl	Tyto longimembris
Barn owl	Tyto alba

Owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Oriental scops-owl	Otis sunia	(A)
Rufous owl	Ninox rufa
Barking owl	Ninox connivens
Southern boobook	Ninox boobook
Brown boobook	Ninox scutulata	(A)
Northern boobook	Ninox japonica	(A)

Hoopoes

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Upupidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Eurasian hoopoe	Upupa epops	(A)

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Azure kingfisher	Ceyx azureus
Little kingfisher	Ceyx pusillus	(A)
Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae	(I)
Blue-winged kookaburra	Dacelo leachii
Black-capped kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	(A)
Red-backed kingfisher	Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Forest kingfisher	Todiramphus macleayii	(A)
Torresian kingfisher	Todiramphus sordidus
Sacred kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
Collared kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	(A)

Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Rainbow bee-eater	Merops ornatus

Rollers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis

Falcons and caracaras

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Nankeen kestrel	Falco cenchroides
Eurasian hobby	Falco subbuteo	(A)
Australian hobby	Falco longipennis
Brown falcon	Falco berigora
Gray falcon	Falco hypoleucos
Black falcon	Falco subniger
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus

Cockatoos

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Cacatuidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Red-tailed black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus banksii
Carnaby's black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus latirostris	(E)
Baudin's black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus baudinii	(E)
Pink cockatoo	Lophochroa leadbeateri
Galah	Eolophus roseicapilla
Long-billed corella	Cacatua tenuirostris	(I)
Western corella	Cacatua pastinator	(E)
Little corella	Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus

Old World parrots

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Regent parrot	Polytelis anthopeplus
Princess parrot	Polytelis alexandrae
Red-winged parrot	Aprosmictus erythropterus
Ground parrot	Pezoporus wallicus
Night parrot	Pezoporus occidentalis
Bourke's parrot	Neopsephotus bourkii
Elegant parrot	Neophema elegans
Rock parrot	Neophema petrophila
Scarlet-chested parrot	Neophema splendida
Australian ringneck	Barnardius zonarius
Northern rosella	Platycercus venustus
Western rosella	Platycercus icterotis	(E)
Naretha bluebonnet	Northiella narethae
Mulga parrot	Psephotus varius
Red-capped parrot	Purpureicephalus spurius	(E)
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus
Purple-crowned lorikeet	Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
Varied lorikeet	Psitteuteles versicolor
Red-collared lorikeet	Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus haematodus	(I)

Pittas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pittidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Blue-winged pitta	Pitta moluccensis	(A)
Fairy pitta	Pitta nympha	(A)
Hooded pitta	Pitta sordida	(A)
Rainbow pitta	Pitta iris

Scrub-birds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Atrichornithidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Noisy scrub-bird	Atrichornis clamosus	(E)

Bowerbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ptilonorhynchidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Western bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchus guttatus
Great bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis

Australasian treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Climacteridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
White-browed treecreeper	Climacteris affinis
Black-tailed treecreeper	Climacteris melanura
Rufous treecreeper	Climacteris rufa

Fairywrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Maluridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Rufous grasswren	Amytornis whitei
Striated grasswren	Amytornis striatus
Short-tailed grasswren	Amytornis merrotsyi
Western grasswren	Amytornis textilis
Black grasswren	Amytornis housei	(E)
Dusky grasswren	Amytornis purnelli
Southern emuwren	Stipiturus malachurus
Rufous-crowned emuwren	Stipiturus ruficeps
Purple-crowned fairywren	Malurus coronatus
Red-winged fairywren	Malurus elegans	(E)
Blue-breasted fairywren	Malurus pulcherrimus
Purple-backed fairywren	Malurus assimilis
Splendid fairywren	Malurus splendens
White-winged fairywren	Malurus leucopterus
Red-backed fairywren	Malurus melanocephalus

Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Meliphagidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Western spinebill	Acanthorhynchus superciliosus	(E)
Pied honeyeater	Certhionyx variegatus
Kimberley honeyeater	Territornis fordiana	(E)
White-gaped honeyeater	Stomiopera unicolor
White-fronted honeyeater	Purnella albifrons
Purple-gaped honeyeater	Lichenostomus cratitius
Yellow-throated miner	Manorina flavigula
Spiny-cheeked honeyeater	Acanthagenys rufogularis
Western wattlebird	Anthochaera lunulata	(E)
Red wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata
Singing honeyeater	Gavicalis virescens
Yellow-plumed honeyeater	Ptilotula ornata
White-plumed honeyeater	Ptilotula penicillata
Yellow-tinted honeyeater	Ptilotula flavescens
Gray-headed honeyeater	Ptilotula keartlandi
Gray-fronted honeyeater	Ptilotula plumula
Bar-breasted honeyeater	Ramsayornis fasciatus
Rufous-throated honeyeater	Conopophila rufogularis
Gray honeyeater	Conopophila whitei
Gibber chat	Ashbyia lovensis	(A)
Yellow chat	Epthianura crocea
Crimson chat	Epthianura tricolor
Orange chat	Epthianura aurifrons
White-fronted chat	Epthianura albifrons
Black honeyeater	Sugomel nigrum
Dusky myzomela	Myzomela obscura	(A)
Red-headed myzomela	Myzomela erythrocephala
Tawny-crowned honeyeater	Gliciphila melanops
Banded honeyeater	Cissomela pectoralis
Brown honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta
New Holland honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-cheeked honeyeater	Phylidonyris nigra
White-eared honeyeater	Nesoptilotis leucotis
Blue-faced honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis
White-throated honeyeater	Melithreptus albogularis
Gilbert's honeyeater	Melithreptus chloropsis	(E)
Brown-headed honeyeater	Melithreptus brevirostris
Black-chinned honeyeater	Melithreptus gularis
Painted honeyeater	Grantiella picta	(A)
Little friarbird	Philemon citreogularis
Silver-crowned friarbird	Philemon argenticeps

Bristlebirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dasyornithidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Western bristlebird	Dasyornis longirostris	(E)
Rufous bristlebird	Dasyornis broadbenti

Pardalotes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pardalotidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Spotted pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
Red-browed pardalote	Pardalotus rubricatus
Striated pardalote	Pardalotus striatus

Thornbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Acanthizidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
White-browed scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis
Spotted scrubwren	Sericornis maculatus
Redthroat	Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Western fieldwren	Calamanthus montanellus	(E)
Rufous fieldwren	Calamanthus campestris
Shy heathwren	Hylacola cauta
Western thornbill	Acanthiza inornata	(E)
Slender-billed thornbill	Acanthiza iredalei
Inland thornbill	Acanthiza apicalis
Yellow-rumped thornbill	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Chestnut-rumped thornbill	Acanthiza uropygialis
Slaty-backed thornbill	Acanthiza robustirostris
Weebill	Smicrornis brevirostris
Green-backed gerygone	Gerygone chloronota
White-throated gerygone	Gerygone albogularis
Large-billed gerygone	Gerygone magnirostris
Dusky gerygone	Gerygone tenebrosa	(E)
Western gerygone	Gerygone fusca
Mangrove gerygone	Gerygone levigaster
Southern whiteface	Aphelocephala leucopsis
Banded whiteface	Aphelocephala nigricincta

Pseudo-babblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pomatostomidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Gray-crowned babbler	Pomatostomus temporalis
White-browed babbler	Pomatostomus superciliosus

Quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclosomatidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Chestnut quail-thrush	Cinclosoma castanotum
Copperback quail-thrush	Cinclosoma clarum
Western quail-thrush	Cinclosoma marginatum
Nullarbor quail-thrush	Cinclosoma alisteri

Cuckooshrikes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Campephagidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Ground cuckooshrike	Coracina maxima
Black-faced cuckooshrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
White-bellied cuckooshrike	Coracina papuensis
White-winged triller	Lalage sueurii
Varied triller	Lalage leucomela
Common cicadabird	Edolisoma tenuirostre

Sittellas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Neosittidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Varied sittella	Daphoenositta chrysoptera

Whipbirds and wedgebills

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Psophodidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Western whipbird	Psophodes nigrogularis	(E)
Chiming wedgebill	Psophodes occidentalis

Australo-Papuan bellbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oreoicidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Crested bellbird	Oreoica gutturalis

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Order: Passeriformes   Family: Falcunculidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Western shrike-tit	Falcunculus leucogaster
Northern shrike-tit	Falcunculus whitei

Whistlers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pachycephalidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Sandstone shrikethrush	Colluricincla woodwardi
Gray shrikethrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Arafura shrikethrush	Colluricincla megarhyncha
Gilbert's whistler	Pachycephala inornata
Western whistler	Pachycephala fuliginosa	(E)
Black-tailed whistler	Pachycephala melanura
Rufous whistler	Pachycephala rufiventris
White-breasted whistler	Pachycephala lanioides

Old World orioles

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oriolidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Green oriole	Oriolus flavocinctus
Olive-backed oriole	Oriolus sagittatus
Australasian figbird	Sphecotheres vieilloti

Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Artamidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
White-breasted woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus
Masked woodswallow	Artamus personatus
White-browed woodswallow	Artamus superciliosus
Black-faced woodswallow	Artamus cinereus
Dusky woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus
Little woodswallow	Artamus minor
Gray butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus
Silver-backed butcherbird	Cracticus argenteus
Pied butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis
Black butcherbird	Cracticus quoyi
Australian magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Gray currawong	Strepera versicolor

Fantails

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhipiduridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Northern fantail	Rhipidura rufiventris
Willie-wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
Arafura fantail	Rhipidura dryas
Gray fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa
Mangrove fantail	Rhipidura phasiana

Drongos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dicruridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Spangled drongo	Dicrurus bracteatus

Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Monarchidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Island monarch	Monarcha cinerascens	(A)
Black-faced monarch	Monarcha melanopsis	(A)
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Leaden flycatcher	Myiagra rubecula
Broad-billed flycatcher	Myiagra ruficollis
Satin flycatcher	Myiagra cyanoleuca	(A)
Restless flycatcher	Myiagra inquieta
Paperbark flycatcher	Myiagra nana
Shining flycatcher	Myiagra alecto

Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae

Common name	Binomial	Note
Tiger shrike	Lanius tigrinus	(A)
Brown shrike	Lanius cristatus

Crows, jays, and magpies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
House crow	Corvus splendens	(A)
Torresian crow	Corvus orru
Little crow	Corvus bennetti
Australian raven	Corvus coronoides

Australasian robins

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Petroicidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Jacky-winter	Microeca fascinans
Lemon-bellied flycatcher	Microeca flavigaster
Scarlet robin	Petroica boodang
Red-capped robin	Petroica goodenovii
Hooded robin	Melanodryas cucullata
Western yellow robin	Eopsaltria griseogularis
White-breasted robin	Eopsaltria georgiana	(E)
Mangrove robin	Peneonanthe pulverulenta
Buff-sided robin	Poecilodryas cerviniventris
Southern scrub-robin	Drymodes brunneopygia

Larks

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alaudidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Horsfield's bushlark	Mirafra javanica

Cisticolas and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cisticolidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Zitting cisticola	Cisticola juncidis
Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticola exilis

Reed warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Acrocephalidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Oriental reed warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis
Australian reed warbler	Acrocephalus australis

Grassbirds and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Spinifexbird	Poodytes carteri
Little grassbird	Poodytes gramineus
Brown songlark	Cincloramphus cruralis
Tawny grassbird	Cincloramphus timoriensis
Rufous songlark	Cincloramphus mathewsi
Gray's grasshopper warbler	Helopsaltes fasciolatus
Pallas's grasshopper warbler	Helopsaltes certhiola
Middendorff's grasshopper warbler	Helopsaltes ochotensis	(A)

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica
Welcome swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Red-rumped swallow	Cecropis daurica
Fairy martin	Petrochelidon ariel
Tree martin	Petrochelidon nigricans
White-backed swallow	Cheramoeca leucosternus

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pycnonotidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Red-whiskered bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	(A)

Leaf warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Phylloscopidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Yellow-browed warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus
Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
Eastern crowned warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus
Arctic warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	(A)
Kamchatka leaf warbler	Phylloscopus examinandus

Bush warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Scotocercidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Asian stubtail	Urosphena squameiceps

White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Ashy-bellied white-eye	Zosterops citrinella
Australian yellow white-eye	Zosterops luteus
Silver-eye	Zosterops lateralis

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
European starling	Sturnus vulgaris	(A)
Rosy starling	Pastor roseus	(A)
Chestnut-cheeked starling	Agropsar philippensis
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	(A)

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Siberian thrush	Geokichla sibirica	(A)
Eurasian blackbird	Turdus merula	(A)
Eye-browed thrush	Turdus obscurus	(A)

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Muscicapidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Gray-streaked flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta
Dark-sided flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	(A)
Asian brown flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica
Blue-and-white flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	(A)
Siberian blue robin	Larvivora cyane
Narcissus flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina	(A)
Blue rock-thrush	Monticola solitarius	(A)

Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dicaeidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Painted firetail	Emblema pictum
Red-eared firetail	Stagonopleura oculata	(E)
Red-browed firetail	Neochmia temporalis	(I)
Crimson finch	Neochmia phaeton
Star finch	Bathilda ruficauda
Zebra finch	Taeniopygia guttata
Double-barred finch	Stizoptera bichenovii
Masked finch	Poephila personata
Long-tailed finch	Poephila acuticauda
Gouldian finch	Chloebia gouldiae
Scaly-breasted munia	Lonchura punctulata	(A)
Pale-headed munia	Lonchura pallida
Yellow-rumped munia	Lonchura flaviprymna
Chestnut-breasted munia	Lonchura castaneothorax
Java sparrow	Padda oryzivora	(A)
Pictorella munia	Heteromunia pectoralis

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	(A)
Eurasian tree sparrow	Passer montanus	(A)

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
Gray wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	(A)
Western yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava
Eastern yellow wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	(A)
White wagtail	Motacilla alba	(A)
Australian pipit	Anthus australis
Pechora pipit	Anthus gustavi	(A)
Red-throated pipit	Anthus cervinus	(A)

Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

Common name	Binomial	Notes
European goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	(I)