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Area (SqMi):2,969,907
# Species:882
# Excl Vagrants:743
# Endemics:280
# Near Endemics:73
Species/1000 SqMi:0.3

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Southern CassowaryCasuarius casuariusRR 
2Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmataNE 
3Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiaeE 
4Radjah ShelduckRajah radjahRR 
5Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoidesNE 
6Green Pygmy-GooseNettapus pulchellusRR 
7Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianusRR 
8Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisE 
9Musk DuckBiziura lobataE 
10Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathamiE 
11MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataEV
12Orange-footed MegapodeMegapodius reinwardtRR 
13White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelaE 
14Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensisRR 
15Brush BronzewingPhaps elegansE 
16<Flock Bronzewing>Phaps histrionicaE 
17Spinifex PigeonGeophaps plumiferaE 
18Squatter PigeonGeophaps scriptaE 
19Partridge PigeonGeophaps smithiiE 
20Chestnut-quilled Rock-PigeonPetrophassa rufipennisE 
21White-quilled Rock-PigeonPetrophassa albipennisE 
22Wonga PigeonLeucosarcia melanoleucaE 
23Black-banded Fruit-DovePtilinopus alligatorE 
24Wompoo Fruit-DovePtilinopus magnificusNE 
25Superb Fruit-DovePtilinopus superbusRR 
26<Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove>Ptilinopus reginaRR 
27Torresian Imperial-PigeonDucula spilorrhoaNE 
28Topknot PigeonLopholaimus antarcticusE 
29(Channel-billed Cuckoo)Scythrops novaehollandiaeRR 
30Shining Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx lucidusRR 
31Little Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx minutillusRR 
32Chestnut-breasted CuckooCacomantis castaneiventrisNE 
33Marbled FrogmouthPodargus ocellatusNE 
34Papuan FrogmouthPodargus papuensisNE 
35White-throated NightjarEurostopodus mystacalisRR 
36Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurusRR 
37Australian SwiftletAerodramus terraereginaeE 
38<Lewin's Rail>Lewinia pectoralisRR 
39Chestnut RailGallirallus castaneoventrisNE 
40Tasmanian NativehenTribonyx mortieriiE 
41White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereaRR 
42Rufous-tailed Bush-henAmaurornis moluccanaRR 
43Red-necked CrakeRallina tricolorRR 
44Sarus CraneAntigone antigoneRRV
45Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris NT
46Bush Thick-kneeBurhinus grallariusRR 
47<Banded Stilt>Cladorhynchus leucocephalusE 
48Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeNE 
49Hooded PloverCharadrius cucullatusEV
50<Inland Dotterel>Peltohyas australisE 
51/Double-banded Plover/Anarhynchus bicinctusNENT
52Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatusEEN
53<Australian Painted-Snipe>Rostratula australis EN
54Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinaceaRR 
55Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis NT
56/Far Eastern Curlew/Numenius madagascariensis EN
57/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
58/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
59/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatusRRNT
60/Swinhoe's Snipe/Gallinago megalaRR 
61/Latham's Snipe/Gallinago hardwickiiRRNT
62/Gray-tailed Tattler/Tringa brevipes NT
63/Common Redshank/Tringa totanusRR 
64/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostris EN
65/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
66/Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/Calidris acuminata V
67/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
68/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
69<Red-chested Buttonquail>Turnix pyrrhothoraxE 
70Chestnut-backed ButtonquailTurnix castanotusE 
71<Buff-breasted Buttonquail>Turnix oliviiECR
72Painted ButtonquailTurnix variusE 
73Black-breasted ButtonquailTurnix melanogasterEV
74Pacific GullLarus pacificusE 
75Australian Fairy TernSternula nereis V
76/White-fronted Tern/Sterna striata NT
77#Erect-crested Penguin#Eudyptes sclateriNEEN
78#Macaroni Penguin#Eudyptes chrysolophus V
79#Southern Rockhopper Penguin#Eudyptes chrysocome V
80#Northern Royal Albatross#Diomedea sanfordi EN
81#Southern Royal Albatross#Diomedea epomophora V
82#Snowy Albatross#Diomedea exulans V
83#Antipodean Albatross#Diomedea antipodensis EN
84#Amsterdam Albatross#Diomedea amsterdamensis EN
85#Sooty Albatross#Phoebetria fusca EN
86#Light-mantled Albatross#Phoebetria palpebrata NT
87#Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross**#Thalassarche carteri EN
88#Gray-headed Albatross#Thalassarche chrysostoma EN
89#Buller's Albatross#Thalassarche bulleri NT
90White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cauta NT
91#Salvin's Albatross#Thalassarche salvini V
92#Chatham Albatross#Thalassarche eremitaEV
93#Campbell Albatross**#Thalassarche impavidaNEV
94#Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel#Hydrobates matsudairae V
95#Mottled Petrel#Pterodroma inexpectata NT
96#White-necked Petrel#Pterodroma cervicalis V
97#Cook's Petrel#Pterodroma cookii V
98#Gould's Petrel#Pterodroma leucoptera V
99Pycroft's PetrelPterodroma pycrofti V
100#Tahiti Petrel#Pseudobulweria rostrata NT
101#Gray Petrel#Procellaria cinerea NT
102#White-chinned Petrel#Procellaria aequinoctialis V
103#Parkinson's Petrel#Procellaria parkinsoni V
104#Westland Petrel#Procellaria westlandica EN
105#Streaked Shearwater#Calonectris leucomelas NT
106(Flesh-footed Shearwater)Ardenna carneipes NT
107#Buller's Shearwater#Ardenna bulleri V
108#Sooty Shearwater#Ardenna griseus NT
109#Hutton's Shearwater#Puffinus huttoniNEEN
110Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticusRRNT
111#Abbott's Booby#Papasula abbotti EN
112Cape GannetMorus capensisLCEN
113#Red-footed Booby#Sula sulaLC 
114Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescensE 
115Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusRREN
116Black-backed BitternIxobrychus dubiusNE 
117Pied HeronEgretta picataRR 
118Striated HeronButorides striataRR 
119Great-billed HeronArdea sumatranaRR 
120<Letter-winged Kite>Elanus scriptus NT
121Gray GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiaeRR 
122Red GoshawkErythrotriorchis radiatusEEN
123Sooty-OwlTyto tenebricosaNE 
124Australian Masked-OwlTyto novaehollandiaeRR 
125Australasian Grass-OwlTyto longimembrisRR 
126Rufous OwlNinox rufaNE 
127Powerful OwlNinox strenuaE 
128Tasmanian BoobookNinox leucopsisE 
129Christmas Island BoobookNinox natalis V
130Azure KingfisherCeyx azureusRR 
131Little KingfisherCeyx pusillusRR 
132Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeE 
133Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiNE 
134Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayiiRR 
135Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidusNE 
136Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisRR 
137Yellow-billed KingfisherSyma torotoroNE 
138(Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher)Tanysiptera sylviaRR 
139<Gray Falcon>Falco hypoleucos V
140Yellow-tailed Black-CockatooZanda funereusE 
141Carnaby's Black-CockatooZanda latirostrisEEN
142Baudin's Black-CockatooZanda baudiniiECR
143Red-tailed Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus banksiiE 
144Glossy Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus lathamiEV
145Palm CockatooProbosciger aterrimusNE 
146Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEV
147Pink CockatooCacatua leadbeateriE 
148Western CorellaCacatua pastinatorE 
149Long-billed CorellaCacatua tenuirostrisE 
150Superb ParrotPolytelis swainsoniiE 
151Regent ParrotPolytelis anthopeplusE 
152<Princess Parrot>Polytelis alexandraeENT
153Australian King-ParrotAlisterus scapularisE 
154<Red-winged Parrot>Aprosmictus erythropterusNE 
155Papuan EclectusEclectus polychlorosLC 
156Red-cheeked ParrotGeoffroyus geoffroyiLC 
157Eastern Ground ParrotPezoporus wallicusE 
158Western Ground Parrot**Pezoporus flaviventrisE 
159Night ParrotPezoporus occidentalisECR
160<Bourke's Parrot>Neophema bourkiiE 
161Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaEV
162Elegant ParrotNeophema elegansE 
163Rock ParrotNeophema petrophilaE 
164Orange-bellied ParrotNeophema chrysogasterECR
165Turquoise ParrotNeophema pulchellaE 
166<Scarlet-chested Parrot>Neophema splendidaE 
167#Swift Parrot#Lathamus discolorECR
168Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicusE 
169Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegansE 
170Northern RosellaPlatycercus venustusE 
171Pale-headed RosellaPlatycercus adscitusE 
172Western RosellaPlatycercus icterotisE 
173Greater BluebonnetNorthiella haematogasterE 
174Naretha BluebonnetNorthiella narethaeE 
175Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotusE 
176Mulga ParrotPsephotellus variusE 
177Hooded ParrotPsephotellus dissimilisE 
178Golden-shouldered ParrotPsephotellus chrysopterygiusEEN
179Red-capped ParrotPurpureicephalus spuriusE 
180Double-eyed Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta diophthalmaNE 
181<Varied Lorikeet>Psitteuteles versicolorE 
182<Little Lorikeet>Parvipsitta pusillaE 
183<Purple-crowned Lorikeet>Parvipsitta porphyrocephalaE 
184<Musk Lorikeet>Glossopsitta concinnaE 
185Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotusE 
186Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusE 
187Red-collared LorikeetTrichoglossus rubritorquisE 
188(Philippine Pitta)Erythropitta erythrogasterRR 
189South Papuan PittaErythropitta macklotiiNE 
190Rainbow PittaPitta irisE 
191Albert's LyrebirdMenura albertiE 
192Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiaeE 
193Rufous Scrub-birdAtrichornis rufescensEEN
194Noisy Scrub-birdAtrichornis clamosusEEN
195Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosusNE 
196Black-eared CatbirdAiluroedus melanotisNE 
197Green CatbirdAiluroedus crassirostrisNE 
198Tooth-billed BowerbirdScenopoeetes dentirostrisNENT
199Golden BowerbirdPrionodura newtonianaE 
200Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalusE 
201Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceusE 
202Western BowerbirdChlamydera guttataE 
203Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculataE 
204Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalisE 
205Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventrisNE 
206White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaeaE 
207White-browed TreecreeperClimacteris affinisE 
208Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythropsE 
209Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnusE 
210Black-tailed TreecreeperClimacteris melanurusE 
211Rufous TreecreeperClimacteris rufusE 
212<Gray Grasswren>Amytornis barbatusE 
213Rufous GrasswrenAmytornis whiteiE 
214Opalton GrasswrenAmytornis rowleyiE 
215Striated GrasswrenAmytornis striatusE 
216White-throated GrasswrenAmytornis woodwardiEEN
217Carpentarian GrasswrenAmytornis dorotheaeEV
218Short-tailed GrasswrenAmytornis merrotsyiENT
219Western GrasswrenAmytornis textilisE 
220Thick-billed GrasswrenAmytornis modestusE 
221Black GrasswrenAmytornis houseiE 
222Eyrean GrasswrenAmytornis goyderiE 
223Dusky GrasswrenAmytornis purnelliE 
224Kalkadoon GrasswrenAmytornis ballaraeEV
225Southern EmuwrenStipiturus malachurusE 
226Rufous-crowned EmuwrenStipiturus ruficepsLC 
227Mallee EmuwrenStipiturus malleeEEN
228Purple-crowned FairywrenMalurus coronatusE 
229Red-winged FairywrenMalurus elegansE 
230Blue-breasted FairywrenMalurus pulcherrimusE 
231Lovely FairywrenMalurus amabilisE 
232Splendid FairywrenMalurus splendensE 
233Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneusE 
234Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalusE 
235Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostrisE 
236<Western Spinebill>Acanthorhynchus superciliosusE 
237<Pied Honeyeater>Certhionyx variegatusE 
238Graceful HoneyeaterMicroptilotis gracilisNE 
239Cryptic HoneyeaterMicroptilotis imitatrixNE 
240Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notataNE 
241Lewin's HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewiniiE 
242Kimberley HoneyeaterTerritornis fordianaE 
243White-lined HoneyeaterTerritornis albilineataE 
244Yellow HoneyeaterStomiopera flavusE 
245White-gaped HoneyeaterStomiopera unicolorE 
246White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifronsE 
247Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysopsE 
248White-eared HoneyeaterLichenostomus leucotisE 
249<Yellow-tufted Honeyeater>Lichenostomus melanopsE 
250Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitiusE 
251Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterLichenostomus flavescensNE 
252Bell MinerManorina melanophrysE 
253Noisy MinerManorina melanocephalaE 
254Black-eared MinerManorina melanotis EN
255Bridled HoneyeaterBolemoreus frenatusE 
256Eungella HoneyeaterBolemoreus hindwoodiENT
257<Red Wattlebird>Anthochaera carunculataE 
258Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraE 
259Western WattlebirdAnthochaera lunulataE 
260Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxaE 
261<Regent Honeyeater>Anthochaera phrygiaECR
262Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolorNE 
263Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularisE 
264Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornatusE 
265White-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula penicillatusE 
266Fuscous HoneyeaterPtilotula fuscusE 
267Gray-headed HoneyeaterPtilotula keartlandiE 
268Gray-fronted HoneyeaterPtilotula plumulusE 
269Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestusNE 
270<Bar-breasted Honeyeater>Ramsayornis fasciatusE 
271Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularisNE 
272<Rufous-throated Honeyeater>Conopophila rufogularisE 
273<Gray Honeyeater>Conopophila whiteiE 
274<Gibber Chat>Ashbyia lovensisE 
275<Crimson Chat>Epthianura tricolorE 
276Orange ChatEpthianura aurifronsE 
277Yellow ChatEpthianura croceaE 
278White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifronsE 
279<Black Honeyeater>Sugomel nigrumE 
280Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscuraRR 
281Red-headed MyzomelaMyzomela erythrocephalaRR 
282Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolentaE 
283Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanopsE 
284Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallaxNE 
285<Banded Honeyeater>Cissomela pectoralisE 
286Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterusE 
287New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeE 
288White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerE 
289<White-streaked Honeyeater>Trichodere cockerelliE 
290Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollisE 
291Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotisNE 
292Western White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus chloropsisE 
293White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatusE 
294Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinisE 
295White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularisNE 
296Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostrisEV
297Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostrisE 
298Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventerNE 
299Macleay's HoneyeaterXanthotis macleayanusE 
300Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolataE 
301<Painted Honeyeater>Grantiella pictaE 
302Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularisNE 
303Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroidesRR 
304<Silver-crowned Friarbird>Philemon argenticepsE 
305Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatusNE 
306Western BristlebirdDasyornis longirostrisEEN
307Eastern BristlebirdDasyornis brachypterusEV
308Rufous BristlebirdDasyornis broadbentiE 
309Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatusE 
310Forty-spotted PardalotePardalotus quadragintusEEN
311<Red-browed Pardalote>Pardalotus rubricatusE 
312FernwrenOreoscopus gutturalisEEN
313PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosusEV
314RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusE 
315Speckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatusE 
316Shy HeathwrenHylacola cautaE 
317Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygiaE 
318Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosusE 
319Rufous FieldwrenCalamanthus campestrisE 
320Western FieldwrenCalamanthus montanellusE 
321Yellow-throated ScrubwrenNeosericornis citreogularisE 
322RockwarblerOrigma solitariaE 
323Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilisE 
324White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalisE 
325Spotted ScrubwrenSericornis maculatusE 
326Atherton ScrubwrenSericornis keri V
327Tropical ScrubwrenSericornis beccariiNE 
328Large-billed ScrubwrenSericornis magnirostraE 
329ScrubtitAcanthornis magnaE 
330Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsisEV
331Chestnut-breasted WhitefaceAphelocephala pectoralisENT
332Banded WhitefaceAphelocephala nigricinctaE 
333Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoaE 
334Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nanaE 
335Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineataE 
336Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalisE 
337Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingiiE 
338Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherinaEV
339Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusillaE 
340Slaty-backed ThornbillAcanthiza robustirostrisE 
341Slender-billed ThornbillAcanthiza iredaleiE 
342Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialisE 
343Western ThornbillAcanthiza inornataE 
344Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesE 
345Brown GerygoneGerygone moukiE 
346Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronotaNE 
347Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosaNE 
348Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostrisNE 
349Dusky GerygoneGerygone tenebrosaE 
350Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigasterNE 
351Western GerygoneGerygone fuscaE 
352Gray-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalisNE 
353White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosusE 
354Hall's BabblerPomatostomus halliE 
355Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficepsE 
356Australian LogrunnerOrthonyx temminckiiE 
357ChowchillaOrthonyx spaldingiiE 
358Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumE 
359Chestnut Quail-thrushCinclosoma castanotumE 
360Copperback Quail-thrushCinclosoma clarumE 
361Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrushCinclosoma castaneothoraxE 
362Cinnamon Quail-thrushCinclosoma cinnamomeumE 
363<Barred Cuckooshrike>Coracina lineataNE 
364Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysopteraE 
365Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceusE 
366Western WhipbirdPsophodes nigrogularisE 
367Chiming WedgebillPsophodes occidentalisE 
368Chirruping WedgebillPsophodes cristatusE 
369Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalisE 
370Eastern Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatusE 
371Western Shrike-titFalcunculus leucogasterE 
372Northern Shrike-titFalcunculus whiteiE 
373Sandstone ShrikethrushColluricincla woodwardiE 
374Bower's ShrikethrushColluricincla boweriEV
375Arafura ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhynchaRR 
376Rufous ShrikethrushColluricincla rufogasterNE 
377Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivaceaE 
378Red-lored WhistlerPachycephala rufogularisEV
379Gilbert's WhistlerPachycephala inornataE 
380Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralisE 
381Western WhistlerPachycephala occidentalisE 
382Black-tailed WhistlerPachycephala melanuraNE 
383White-breasted WhistlerPachycephala lanioidesE 
384Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusNE 
385Green OrioleOriolus flavocinctusRR 
386Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotiNE 
387Yellow-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus flaviventerNE 
388Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterusE 
389Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalisNE 
390Silver-backed ButcherbirdCracticus argenteusRR 
391Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyiNE 
392Pied CurrawongStrepera graculinaE 
393Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosaE 
394Gray CurrawongStrepera versicolorE 
395Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventrisRR 
396Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifronsRR 
397Arafura FantailRhipidura dryasNE 
398Mangrove FantailRhipidura phasianaNE 
399Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatusRR 
400Trumpet ManucodePhonygammus keraudreniiRR 
401Paradise RiflebirdPtiloris paradiseusE 
402Victoria's RiflebirdPtiloris victoriaeE 
403Magnificent RiflebirdPtiloris magnificusNE 
404White-eared MonarchCarterornis leucotisE 
405Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsisNE 
406(Black-winged Monarch)Monarcha fraterNE 
407Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatusRR 
408Frill-necked MonarchArses lorealisE 
409Pied MonarchArses kaupiE 
410Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubeculaNE 
411Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollisRR 
412Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleucaNE 
413Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquietaNE 
414Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nanaNE 
415White-winged ChoughCorcorax melanorhamphosE 
416ApostlebirdStruthidea cinereaE 
417<Little Raven>Corvus melloriE 
418Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicusE 
419Scarlet RobinPetroica boodangE 
420Flame RobinPetroica phoeniceaE 
421Rose RobinPetroica roseaE 
422Pink RobinPetroica rodinogasterE 
423Yellow-legged FlycatcherKempiella griseocepsNE 
424Lemon-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca flavigasterNE 
425Northern Scrub-RobinDrymodes superciliarisE 
426Southern Scrub-RobinDrymodes brunneopygiaE 
427Gray-headed RobinHeteromyias cinereifrons NT
428White-browed RobinPoecilodryas superciliosaE 
429Buff-sided RobinPoecilodryas cerviniventrisE 
430Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittata V
431Mangrove RobinMelanodryas pulverulentaNE 
432Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisE 
433Western Yellow RobinEopsaltria griseogularisE 
434White-breasted RobinEopsaltria georgianaE 
435Pale-yellow RobinEopsaltria capitoE 
436White-faced RobinEopsaltria leucopsNE 
437Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidisRR 
438/Oriental Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus orientalisRR 
439Spinifex-birdPoodytes carteriE 
440Little GrassbirdPoodytes gramineusNE 
441Tawny GrassbirdCincloramphus timoriensisRR 
442/Red-rumped Swallow/Cecropis dauricaRR 
443Ashy-bellied White-eyeZosterops citrinellaNE 
444Australian Yellow White-eyeZosterops luteusE 
445Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaRR 
446Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulataE 
447Pictorella MuniaHeteromunia pectoralisE 
448Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bellaE 
449Red-eared FiretailStagonopleura oculataE 
450Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataEV
451Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalisE 
452Crimson FinchNeochmia phaetonNE 
453<Painted Firetail>Emblema pictumE 
454Star FinchBathilda ruficaudaE 
455<Plum-headed Finch>Aidemosyne modestaE 
456<Double-barred Finch>Stizoptera bichenoviiE 
457Masked FinchPoephila personataE 
458Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticaudaE 
459Black-throated FinchPoephila cinctaE 
460Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
461<Yellow-rumped Munia>Lonchura flaviprymnaE 
462Gouldian FinchChloebia gouldiaeE 
463Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroaRR 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE AUSTRALASIA

  • French Polynesia
  • Melanesia§
  • Micronesia
  • New Guinea§§
  • New Zealand§§§

BIRDING LOCALES

§ Includes Fiji, New Britain, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vauatu only.
§§ Includes Papua New Guinea and West Papua Indonesia
§§§ Includes Auckland and Chatham Islands

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic280
LCLocal5
NENear Endemic73
RRRestricted Range57

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened10
VVulnerable20
ENEndangered15
CRCritically Endangered6

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.