Checklist for Australia

eBird Field Checklist

Australia

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660 species (+81 other taxa) -

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Cassowaries and Emu

Southern Cassowary

Emu

Waterfowl

Magpie Goose

Spotted Whistling-Duck

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Wandering Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Graylag Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Cape Barren Goose

Freckled Duck

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Radjah Shelduck

Australian Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Green Pygmy-Goose

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Maned Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Pacific Black Duck

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)

Gray Teal

Chestnut Teal

Gray/Chestnut Teal

teal sp.

Pink-eared Duck

Hardhead

Blue-billed Duck

Musk Duck

duck sp.

Megapodes

Australian Brushturkey

Malleefowl

Orange-footed Megapode

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Brown Quail

Stubble Quail

Grebes

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Australasian/Hoary-headed Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

White-headed Pigeon

African Collared-Dove

Spotted Dove

Laughing Dove

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Pacific Emerald Dove

Common Bronzewing

Brush Bronzewing

Common/Brush Bronzewing

Flock Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Spinifex Pigeon

Squatter Pigeon

Partridge Pigeon

Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon

White-quilled Rock-Pigeon

Wonga Pigeon

Diamond Dove

Peaceful Dove

Bar-shouldered Dove

Black-banded Fruit-Dove

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Superb Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon

Topknot Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Bustards

Australian Bustard

Cuckoos

Pheasant Coucal

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Black-eared Cuckoo

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Little Bronze-Cuckoo

bronze-cuckoo sp.

Pallid Cuckoo

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Brush Cuckoo

Frogmouths

Tawny Frogmouth

Marbled Frogmouth

Papuan Frogmouth

Nightjars

Spotted Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar

Large-tailed Nightjar

Owlet-nightjars

Australian Owlet-nightjar

Swifts

Australian Swiftlet

Pacific Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Lewin's Rail

Chestnut Rail

Lord Howe Rail

Buff-banded Rail

Black-tailed Nativehen

Tasmanian Nativehen

Australian Crake

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Australasian Swamphen

White-browed Crake

Pale-vented Bush-hen

Red-necked Crake

Baillon's Crake

Spotless Crake

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Sarus Crane

Brolga

crane sp.

Shorebirds

Beach Thick-knee

Bush Thick-knee

Pied Stilt

Banded Stilt

Red-necked Avocet

Pied Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

Pacific Golden-Plover

Hooded Plover

Black-fronted Dotterel

Banded Lapwing

Masked Lapwing

Red-kneed Dotterel

Inland Dotterel

Siberian Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

Double-banded Plover

Red-capped Plover

Plains-wanderer

Comb-crested Jacana

Whimbrel

Little Curlew

Far Eastern Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Asian Dowitcher

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Gray-tailed Tattler

Wandering Tattler

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Knot

Red Knot

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Red-necked Stint

Sanderling

peep sp.

Red-backed Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail

Red-chested Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Painted Buttonquail

Black-breasted Buttonquail

buttonquail sp.

Australian Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Brown Skua

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Silver Gull

Pacific Gull

Kelp Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

White Tern

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Gray Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Australian Fairy Tern

Little/Australian Fairy Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Australian Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Black-naped Tern

Roseate Tern

White-fronted Tern

Sterna sp.

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Tropicbirds

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Penguins

Little Penguin

Albatrosses

Northern Royal Albatross

Southern Royal Albatross

Northern/Southern Royal Albatross

Snowy Albatross

Antipodean Albatross

Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross

large albatross sp.

Light-mantled Albatross

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Gray-headed Albatross

Buller's Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Salvin's Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

small albatross sp.

albatross sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Gray-backed Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Southern Giant-Petrel

Northern Giant-Petrel

Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel

Southern Fulmar

Cape Petrel

Great-winged Petrel

Gray-faced Petrel

Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel

Kermadec Petrel

Providence Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel

White-headed Petrel

Pterodroma sp.

Blue Petrel

Fairy Prion

Slender-billed Prion

prion sp.

Gray Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Westland Petrel

Streaked Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Hutton's Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater

Little Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Common Diving-Petrel

Storks

Black-necked Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Australasian Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

Australasian Darter

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Black-faced Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

Australian Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Australasian Bittern

Black Bittern

Black-backed Bittern

Nankeen Night Heron

Pacific Reef-Heron

Little Egret

Pied Heron

White-faced Heron

Striated Heron

Eastern Cattle Egret

Pacific Heron

Great Egret

Plumed Egret

Great-billed Heron

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Australian Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

spoonbill sp.

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-shouldered Kite

Letter-winged Kite

Black-breasted Kite

Square-tailed Kite

Pacific Baza

Little Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Swamp Harrier

Spotted Harrier

Gray Goshawk

Brown Goshawk

Collared Sparrowhawk

Brown Goshawk/Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter sp.

Red Goshawk

Black Kite

Whistling Kite

Brahminy Kite

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

hawk sp.

Owls

Sooty Owl

Australian Masked-Owl

Australasian Grass-Owl

Barn Owl

Rufous Owl

Powerful Owl

Barking Owl

Southern Boobook

Tasmanian Boobook

Morepork

Kingfishers

Azure Kingfisher

Little Kingfisher

Laughing Kookaburra

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Red-backed Kingfisher

Forest Kingfisher

Torresian Kingfisher

Sacred Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Rainbow Bee-eater

Falcons and Caracaras

Nankeen Kestrel

Australian Hobby

Brown Falcon

Gray Falcon

Black Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Cockatiel

Palm Cockatoo

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Galah

Pink Cockatoo

Western Corella

Little Corella

Long-billed Corella

Little x Long-billed Corella (hybrid)

corella sp.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Superb Parrot

Regent Parrot

Australian King-Parrot

Red-winged Parrot

Papuan Eclectus

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Ground Parrot

Bourke's Parrot

Blue-winged Parrot

Elegant Parrot

Rock Parrot

Orange-bellied Parrot

Turquoise Parrot

Swift Parrot

Australian Ringneck

Green Rosella

Crimson Rosella

Northern Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Crimson x Eastern Rosella (hybrid)

Pale-headed Rosella

Eastern x Pale-headed Rosella (hybrid)

Western Rosella

Greater Bluebonnet

Red-rumped Parrot

Mulga Parrot

Hooded Parrot

Golden-shouldered Parrot

Red-capped Parrot

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot

Budgerigar

Varied Lorikeet

Little Lorikeet

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Musk Lorikeet

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

Musk x Rainbow Lorikeet (hybrid)

Scaly-breasted x Rainbow Lorikeet (hybrid)

Scaly-breasted/Rainbow Lorikeet

Red-collared Lorikeet

lorikeet sp.

parrot sp.

Old World Pittas

Noisy Pitta

Rainbow Pitta

Lyrebirds

Albert's Lyrebird

Superb Lyrebird

Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds

Spotted Catbird

Green Catbird

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Golden Bowerbird

Regent Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird

Spotted Bowerbird

Great Bowerbird

Australian Treecreepers

White-throated Treecreeper

White-browed Treecreeper

Red-browed Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

Black-tailed Treecreeper

Rufous Treecreeper

australian treecreeper sp.

Fairywrens

Rufous Grasswren

Opalton Grasswren

Striated Grasswren

Carpentarian Grasswren

Short-tailed Grasswren

Western Grasswren

Thick-billed Grasswren

Eyrean Grasswren

Dusky Grasswren

Kalkadoon Grasswren

Southern Emuwren

Rufous-crowned Emuwren

Mallee Emuwren

Purple-crowned Fairywren

Red-winged Fairywren

Blue-breasted Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Variegated Fairywren

Purple-backed/Variegated Fairywren

Lovely Fairywren

Splendid Fairywren

Superb Fairywren

White-winged Fairywren

Red-backed Fairywren

Superb x Red-backed Fairywren (hybrid)

fairywren sp.

Honeyeaters

Eastern Spinebill

Western Spinebill

Pied Honeyeater

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

Lewin's Honeyeater

Kimberley Honeyeater

White-lined Honeyeater

Graceful Honeyeater

Cryptic Honeyeater

Yellow Honeyeater

White-gaped Honeyeater

White-fronted Honeyeater

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Bell Miner

Noisy Miner

Yellow-throated Miner

Yellow-throated x Black-eared Miner (hybrid)

miner sp. (Manorina sp.)

Bridled Honeyeater

Eungella Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Little Wattlebird

Western Wattlebird

Regent Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Yellow Wattlebird

wattlebird sp.

Varied Honeyeater

Mangrove Honeyeater

Singing Honeyeater

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater

Fuscous Honeyeater

Gray-headed Honeyeater

Gray-fronted Honeyeater

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Bar-breasted Honeyeater

Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Rufous-throated Honeyeater

Gray Honeyeater

Gibber Chat

Yellow Chat

Crimson Chat

Orange Chat

White-fronted Chat

Black Honeyeater

Dusky Myzomela

Red-headed Myzomela

Scarlet Myzomela

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

Banded Honeyeater

Brown Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

White-cheeked Honeyeater

White-streaked Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater

Yellow-throated Honeyeater

Blue-faced Honeyeater

White-throated Honeyeater

Gilbert's Honeyeater

White-naped Honeyeater

Black-headed Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Black-chinned Honeyeater

Strong-billed Honeyeater

Tawny-breasted Honeyeater

Macleay's Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater

Painted Honeyeater

Little Friarbird

Helmeted Friarbird

Silver-crowned Friarbird

Noisy Friarbird

friarbird sp.

Bristlebirds

Eastern Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird

Pardalotes

Spotted Pardalote

Forty-spotted Pardalote

Red-browed Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

Thornbills and Allies

Fernwren

Pilotbird

Redthroat

Speckled Warbler

Shy Heathwren

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

Striated Fieldwren

Rufous Fieldwren

Western Fieldwren

Weebill

Yellow-throated Scrubwren

Rockwarbler

Tasmanian Scrubwren

White-browed Scrubwren

Spotted Scrubwren

White-browed/Spotted Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren

Large-billed Scrubwren

Scrubtit

Southern Whiteface

Banded Whiteface

Chestnut-breasted Whiteface

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow Thornbill

Striated Thornbill

Inland Thornbill

Tasmanian Thornbill

Mountain Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Tasmanian/Brown Thornbill

Slaty-backed Thornbill

Slender-billed Thornbill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Western Thornbill

Buff-rumped Thornbill

thornbill sp.

Brown Gerygone

Green-backed Gerygone

Fairy Gerygone

Large-billed Gerygone

White-throated Gerygone

Dusky Gerygone

Mangrove Gerygone

Western Gerygone

gerygone sp.

Pseudo-Babblers

Gray-crowned Babbler

White-browed Babbler

Hall's Babbler

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Logrunners

Australian Logrunner

Chowchilla

Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers

Spotted Quail-thrush

Chestnut Quail-thrush

Copperback Quail-thrush

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush

Western Quail-thrush

Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Cuckooshrikes

Ground Cuckooshrike

Barred Cuckooshrike

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

White-winged Triller

Varied Triller

Common Cicadabird

Sittellas

Varied Sittella

Whipbirds and Wedgebills

Eastern Whipbird

Western Whipbird

Chiming Wedgebill

Chirruping Wedgebill

Australo-Papuan Bellbirds

Crested Bellbird

Shrike-tits

Eastern Shrike-tit

Western Shrike-tit

Northern Shrike-tit

Whistlers and Allies

Sandstone Shrikethrush

Bower's Shrikethrush

Gray Shrikethrush

Arafura Shrikethrush

Rufous Shrikethrush

Olive Whistler

Red-lored Whistler

Gilbert's Whistler

Golden Whistler

Western Whistler

Golden/Western Whistler

Black-tailed Whistler

Gray Whistler

Rufous Whistler

White-breasted Whistler

Pachycephala sp.

Old World Orioles

Olive-backed Oriole

Green Oriole

Australasian Figbird

Boatbills

Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Woodswallows

White-breasted Woodswallow

Masked Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow

Dusky Woodswallow

Little Woodswallow

woodswallow sp.

Bellmagpies and Allies

Black-backed Butcherbird

Gray Butcherbird

Silver-backed Butcherbird

Pied Butcherbird

Black Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Pied Currawong

Black Currawong

Gray Currawong

Fantails

Northern Fantail

Willie-wagtail

Arafura Fantail

Australian Rufous Fantail

Gray Fantail

Mangrove Fantail

Drongos

Spangled Drongo

Birds-of-Paradise

Trumpet Manucode

Paradise Riflebird

Victoria's Riflebird

Magnificent Riflebird

Monarch Flycatchers

White-eared Monarch

Black-faced Monarch

Spectacled Monarch

Frill-necked Monarch

Pied Monarch

Magpie-lark

Leaden Flycatcher

Broad-billed Flycatcher

Leaden/Satin Flycatcher

Restless Flycatcher

Paperbark Flycatcher

Shining Flycatcher

White-winged Chough and Apostlebird

White-winged Chough

Apostlebird

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Torresian Crow

Little Crow

Australian Raven

Little Raven

Forest Raven

crow sp.

raven sp.

crow/raven sp.

Australasian Robins

Red-capped Robin

Rose Robin

Pink Robin

Flame Robin

Scarlet Robin

Petroica sp.

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Jacky-winter

Southern Scrub-Robin

Gray-headed Robin

White-browed Robin

Buff-sided Robin

Dusky Robin

Hooded Robin

Mangrove Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Western Yellow Robin

White-breasted Robin

Pale-yellow Robin

Larks

Singing Bushlark

Eurasian Skylark

Cisticolas and Allies

Zitting Cisticola

Golden-headed Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Australian Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Spinifexbird

Little Grassbird

Brown Songlark

Rufous Songlark

Tawny Grassbird

Poodytes/Cincloramphus/Megalurus sp.

Martins and Swallows

White-backed Swallow

Welcome Swallow

Fairy Martin

Tree Martin

Fairy/Tree Martin

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Ashy-bellied White-eye

Australian Yellow White-eye

Silvereye

Starlings and Mynas

Metallic Starling

European Starling

Common Myna

Thrushes

Bassian Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush

Bassian/Russet-tailed Thrush

Song Thrush

Eurasian Blackbird

Flowerpeckers

Mistletoebird

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Sahul Sunbird

Estrildids

Pictorella Munia

Diamond Firetail

Red-eared Firetail

Beautiful Firetail

Crimson Finch

Red-browed Firetail

Painted Firetail

Star Finch

Plum-headed Finch

Double-barred Finch

Zebra Finch

Masked Finch

Long-tailed Finch

Black-throated Finch

Scaly-breasted Munia

Chestnut-breasted Munia

Gouldian Finch

Blue-faced Parrotfinch

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Australian Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

European Greenfinch

European Goldfinch

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.