Checklist for New South Wales, AU

eBird Field Checklist

New South Wales, AU

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608 species (+161 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Cassowaries and Emu

Emu

Waterfowl

Magpie Goose

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Wandering Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Graylag Goose

Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Canada Goose

Cape Barren Goose

Freckled Duck

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Radjah Shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck

Australian Shelduck

Paradise Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Green Pygmy-Goose

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Mandarin Duck

Maned Duck

Garganey

Australasian Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Pacific Black Duck

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)

Northern Pintail

Gray Teal

Pacific Black Duck x Gray Teal (hybrid)

Chestnut Teal

Gray x Chestnut Teal (hybrid)

Gray/Chestnut Teal

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Pink-eared Duck

Hardhead

Blue-billed Duck

Musk Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Megapodes

Australian Brushturkey

Malleefowl

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

California Quail

Golden Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Brown Quail

Blue-breasted Quail

Stubble Quail

old world quail sp.

Grebes

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Australasian/Hoary-headed Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

White-headed Pigeon

African Collared-Dove

Eurasian/African Collared-Dove

Spotted Dove

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Namaqua Dove

Pacific Emerald Dove

Common Bronzewing

Brush Bronzewing

Common/Brush Bronzewing

Flock Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Wonga Pigeon

Diamond Dove

Peaceful Dove

Bar-shouldered Dove

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Superb Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

fruit-dove sp.

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon

Topknot Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Bustards

Australian Bustard

Cuckoos

Pheasant Coucal

Pacific Koel

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Black-eared Cuckoo

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Little Bronze-Cuckoo

Shining/Little Bronze-Cuckoo

bronze-cuckoo sp.

Chrysococcyx sp.

Pallid Cuckoo

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis sp.

Oriental Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Frogmouths

Tawny Frogmouth

Marbled Frogmouth

Nightjars

Spotted Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Owlet-nightjars

Australian Owlet-nightjar

Swifts

White-throated Needletail

Pacific Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

large rail sp.

Lewin's Rail

Lord Howe Rail

Buff-banded Rail

Black-tailed Nativehen

Australian Crake

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Australasian Swamphen

swamphen sp.

White-browed Crake

Pale-vented Bush-hen

Baillon's Crake

Spotless Crake

Porzana/Zapornia/Hapalocrex sp.

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Brolga

Shorebirds

Beach Thick-knee

Bush Thick-knee

Pied Stilt

Banded Stilt

Red-necked Avocet

stilt/avocet sp.

Pied Oystercatcher

South Island Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

oystercatcher sp.

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Semipalmated Plover

Hooded Plover

Black-fronted Dotterel

Gray-headed Lapwing

Banded Lapwing

Masked Lapwing

Red-kneed Dotterel

Inland Dotterel

Oriental Plover

Siberian Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Double-banded Plover

Red-capped Plover

Kentish Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Plains-wanderer

Australian Painted-Snipe

Comb-crested Jacana

Whimbrel

Little Curlew

Far Eastern Curlew

Far Eastern/Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

godwit sp.

Asian Dowitcher

Latham's Snipe

snipe sp.

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Gray-tailed Tattler

Wandering Tattler

Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Lesser Yellowlegs

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Knot

Red Knot

Great/Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Little Stint

Red-necked/Little Stint

White-rumped Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)

Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Red-backed Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail

Red-chested Buttonquail

Painted Buttonquail

Black-breasted Buttonquail

buttonquail sp.

Australian Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

Brown Skua

South Polar Skua

jaeger sp.

skua sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull

Silver Gull

Laughing Gull

Pacific Gull

Kelp Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

White Tern

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Brown/Black Noddy

Gray Noddy

Aleutian Tern

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Australian Fairy Tern

Little x Australian Fairy Tern (hybrid)

Little/Australian Fairy Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Australian Tern

Gull-billed/Australian Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black-fronted Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Black-naped Tern

Roseate Tern

White-fronted Tern

Sterna sp.

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

tropicbird sp.

Penguins

Little Penguin

Fiordland Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

Albatrosses

Northern Royal Albatross

Southern Royal Albatross

Northern/Southern Royal Albatross

Snowy Albatross

Tristan Albatross

Antipodean Albatross

Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross

Amsterdam Albatross

large albatross sp.

Sooty Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Gray-headed Albatross

Buller's Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Salvin's Albatross

Chatham Albatross

White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

small albatross sp.

albatross sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Gray-backed Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-bellied Storm-Petrel

New Zealand Storm-Petrel

New Caledonian Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel

Tristram's Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

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

Herald Petrel

Providence Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Barau's Petrel

White-headed Petrel

Mottled Petrel

Juan Fernandez Petrel

White-necked Petrel

Black-winged Petrel

Cook's Petrel

Gould's Petrel

Collared Petrel

Cookilaria petrel sp.

Pterodroma sp.

Blue Petrel

Fairy Prion

Salvin's Prion

Antarctic Prion

Slender-billed Prion

Fulmar Prion

prion sp.

Bulwer's Petrel

Tahiti Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Parkinson's Petrel

Westland Petrel

Procellaria sp.

Streaked Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Hutton's Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater

Little Shearwater

Tropical Shearwater

black-and-white shearwater sp.

shearwater sp.

Common Diving-Petrel

diving-petrel sp.

procellariid sp.

Storks

Black-necked Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Australasian Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

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

small bittern sp.

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/Plumed Egret

Ardea sp.

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Australian Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

ibis sp.

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

harrier sp.

Gray Goshawk

Brown Goshawk

Collared Sparrowhawk

Brown Goshawk/Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Whistling Kite

Brahminy Kite

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Sooty Owl

Australian Masked-Owl

Australasian Grass-Owl

Barn Owl

Powerful Owl

Barking Owl

Southern Boobook

Morepork

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Azure Kingfisher

Laughing Kookaburra

Red-backed Kingfisher

Forest Kingfisher

Torresian Kingfisher

Sacred Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Rainbow Bee-eater

Dollarbird

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

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Glossy Black-Cockatoo

black-cockatoo sp.

Cockatiel

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Galah

Pink Cockatoo

Little Corella

Galah x Little Corella (hybrid)

Long-billed Corella

Little x Long-billed Corella (hybrid)

corella sp.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

corella/white cockatoo sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Superb Parrot

Regent Parrot

Princess Parrot

Australian King-Parrot

Red-winged Parrot

Papuan Eclectus

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet

Ground Parrot

Bourke's Parrot

Blue-winged Parrot

Orange-bellied Parrot

Turquoise Parrot

Scarlet-chested Parrot

Swift Parrot

Norfolk Island Parakeet

Australian Ringneck

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Crimson x Eastern Rosella (hybrid)

Pale-headed Rosella

Eastern x Pale-headed Rosella (hybrid)

Greater Bluebonnet

Red-rumped Parrot

Mulga Parrot

Budgerigar

Little Lorikeet

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Musk Lorikeet

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

Scaly-breasted x Rainbow Lorikeet (hybrid)

Red-collared Lorikeet

rainbow lorikeet sp.

lorikeet sp.

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

Gray Parrot

Black-headed Parrot

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Blue-throated Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Old World Pittas

Noisy Pitta

Lyrebirds

Albert's Lyrebird

Superb Lyrebird

Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds

Rufous Scrub-bird

Green Catbird

Regent Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird

Spotted Bowerbird

Australian Treecreepers

White-throated Treecreeper

White-browed Treecreeper

Red-browed Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

australian treecreeper sp.

Fairywrens

Gray Grasswren

Striated Grasswren

Thick-billed Grasswren

Eyrean Grasswren

Southern Emuwren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Variegated Fairywren

Purple-backed/Variegated Fairywren

Splendid Fairywren

Superb Fairywren

White-winged Fairywren

Red-backed Fairywren

fairywren sp.

Honeyeaters

Eastern Spinebill

Pied Honeyeater

Lewin's Honeyeater

White-fronted Honeyeater

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

Bell Miner

Noisy Miner

Yellow-throated Miner

Black-eared Miner

Yellow-throated x Black-eared Miner (hybrid)

miner sp. (Manorina sp.)

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Little Wattlebird

Regent Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

wattlebird sp.

Mangrove Honeyeater

Singing Honeyeater

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Fuscous Honeyeater

Gray-fronted Honeyeater

Gibber Chat

Crimson Chat

Orange Chat

White-fronted Chat

Black Honeyeater

Dusky Myzomela

Scarlet Myzomela

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

Brown Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

White-cheeked Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater

Blue-faced Honeyeater

White-throated Honeyeater

White-naped Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Black-chinned Honeyeater

Melithreptus sp.

Striped Honeyeater

Painted Honeyeater

Little Friarbird

Noisy Friarbird

friarbird sp.

Meliphagidae sp.

Bristlebirds

Eastern Bristlebird

Pardalotes

Spotted Pardalote

Red-browed Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

pardalote sp.

Thornbills and Allies

Pilotbird

Redthroat

Speckled Warbler

Shy Heathwren

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

Striated Fieldwren

Rufous Fieldwren

Weebill

Yellow-throated Scrubwren

Rockwarbler

White-browed Scrubwren

Large-billed Scrubwren

scrubwren sp.

Southern Whiteface

Banded Whiteface

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow Thornbill

Striated Thornbill

Inland Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Slaty-backed Thornbill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Buff-rumped Thornbill

thornbill sp.

Brown Gerygone

White-throated Gerygone

Mangrove Gerygone

Western Gerygone

gerygone sp.

Pseudo-Babblers

Gray-crowned Babbler

White-browed Babbler

Hall's Babbler

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Logrunners

Australian Logrunner

Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers

Spotted Quail-thrush

Chestnut Quail-thrush

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush

Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Cuckooshrikes

Ground Cuckooshrike

Barred Cuckooshrike

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

White-winged Triller

Varied Triller

Common Cicadabird

cuckooshrike sp.

Sittellas

Varied Sittella

Whipbirds and Wedgebills

Eastern Whipbird

Chirruping Wedgebill

Australo-Papuan Bellbirds

Crested Bellbird

Shrike-tits

Eastern Shrike-tit

Whistlers and Allies

Gray Shrikethrush

Rufous Shrikethrush

Olive Whistler

Red-lored Whistler

Gilbert's Whistler

Golden Whistler

Western Whistler

Golden/Western Whistler

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala sp.

Old World Orioles

Olive-backed Oriole

Australasian Figbird

Woodswallows

White-breasted Woodswallow

Masked Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow

Masked x White-browed Woodswallow (hybrid)

Masked/White-browed Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow

Dusky Woodswallow

Little Woodswallow

woodswallow sp.

Bellmagpies and Allies

Gray Butcherbird

Pied Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Pied Currawong

Gray Currawong

currawong sp.

Fantails

Willie-wagtail

Australian Rufous Fantail

Gray Fantail

fantail sp.

Drongos

Spangled Drongo

Birds-of-Paradise

Paradise Riflebird

Monarch Flycatchers

White-eared Monarch

Black-faced Monarch

Spectacled Monarch

Magpie-lark

Leaden Flycatcher

Satin Flycatcher

Leaden/Satin Flycatcher

Restless Flycatcher

Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra sp.

White-winged Chough and Apostlebird

White-winged Chough

Apostlebird

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Torresian Crow

Little Crow

Australian Raven

Little Raven

Forest Raven

crow sp.

raven sp.

crow/raven sp.

corvid sp.

Australasian Robins

Red-capped Robin

Rose Robin

Pink Robin

Flame Robin

Scarlet Robin

Petroica sp.

Jacky-winter

Southern Scrub-Robin

Hooded Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Pale-yellow Robin

Larks

Singing Bushlark

Eurasian Skylark

lark sp.

Cisticolas and Allies

Golden-headed Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Oriental Reed Warbler

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

Barn Swallow

Fairy Martin

Tree Martin

Fairy/Tree Martin

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Silvereye

Robust White-eye

Treecreepers

treecreeper sp.

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Rosy Starling

Common Myna

Thrushes

Bassian Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush

Bassian/Russet-tailed Thrush

Zoothera sp.

Song Thrush

Eurasian Blackbird

thrush sp.

Flowerpeckers

Mistletoebird

Weavers and Allies

White-winged Widowbird

Estrildids

Diamond Firetail

Beautiful Firetail

Crimson Finch

Red-browed Firetail

Painted Firetail

Plum-headed Finch

Double-barred Finch

Zebra Finch

Double-barred x Zebra Finch (hybrid)

Scaly-breasted Munia

Chestnut-breasted Munia

Gouldian Finch

estrildid finch sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Australian Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

European Greenfinch

Lesser Redpoll

European Goldfinch

finch sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.