Bird Species Found in Australia
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Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) - Range: Southern Ocean and the North Pacific
Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti) - Range: Subtropical rainforests of Australia, in a small area on the state border between New South Wales and Queensland
Antipodean Albatrosses - Range: Across the South Pacific from Australia to as far as Chile, from the Tropic of Capricorn south. Breed on Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands and Campbell Island.
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) aka Common Koel or Rainbird (in eastern Australia) - Range: Tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to south China and Australasia. May winter in Eastern Australia
Asiatic Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) - Range: Inland northern Asia. Migrate to southeast Asia as far south as northern Australia
Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri) - Range: Wet Tropics of Australia
Apostlebird or Grey Jumper (Struthidea cinerea) - Native to Australia
Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) - Range: Eastern Australia
Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) aka Brown Bittern - Range: South-western and south-eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Ouvea
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) - Range: Southern Australia and New Zealand
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) - Range: Greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) - Range: Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea
Australasian / Australian Treecreepers (Red-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris erythrops; Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa; White-throated Treecreeper, Cormobates leucophaeus) - Range: Australia-New Guinea
Australian Brush-turkey, also frequently called the Scrub Turkey (Alectura lathami) - Range: Eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) aka Bush Turkey - Range: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea
Australian or Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) - Endemic to Australia
Australian Dotterel (Charadrius australis) - also known as theInland Dotterel - Range: southern and central arid zone of mainland Australia
Australian Hobby / Falcon (Falco longipennis) - Range: Australia. Winters in Indonesia and New Guinea
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) - Range: Australia, introduced into New Zealand
Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern New Guinea and the non-desert areas of Australia
Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis) - Range: Rare and endangered in its natural habitat in Australia
Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers (Pomatostomidae) aka pseudo-babblers - Range: Australia-New Guinea
Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) aka Goolayyalibee - Range: Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, parts of Indonesia, vagrant to New Zealand
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) - Range: Eastern Australia and southern Western Australia
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) - Range: Southern Australia and Tasmania
Australian Wood Duck or Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata) - Range: Australia
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) - Range: Australia and Tasmania
Banded Stilts (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) - Range: Australia
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Barking Owls or Winking Owls - Range: Mainland Australia off the Eastern and Northern coast of the continent including areas surrounding Perth (Western Australia); also live in Parts of Papua New Guinea and the Moluccas
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Range: Occur worldwide, on every continent except Antarctica
Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) - Range: Australia
Bar-tailed Godwit / shorebird (Limosa lapponica) - Range: Breeding in arctic Asia and western Alaska. Migrate to coastal western Europe, Africa, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Bassian Thrush (Zoothura lunulata) aka Olive-tailed Thrush - Range: Southeastern Australia and Tasmania
Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus giganteus) aka Beach Thick-knee - Range: Uncommon. Coastal eastern Australia as far south as far eastern Victoria, the northern Australian coast and nearby islands, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Bee-eaters (Meropidae) - Range: Mostly Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea
Bell Miner / Honeyeater (Manorina melanophrys) aka Bellbird - Range: Southeastern Australia
Bicheno Finches / Owl Finches (Poephila bichenovii) - Range: Northern, interior, and eastern Australia
Birds of Paradise (Paradisaeidae) - Range: Eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia
Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Range: Europe and Asia, introduced into Australia
Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) - Range: Tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia
Black-breasted Buzzardor Black-breasted Kite (Hamirostra melanosternon) - Range: Australia - found mainly in the northern and central parts of the continent, living in the deserts, dry grasslands, shrublands, sparse tropical woodlands and tree-lined watercourses
Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), also known as the Black-faced Shag - Range: Southern coast of Australia from eastern Victoria to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, as well as around the coast of Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) - Range: Eastern seaboard of Australia
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) aka large cuckoo-shrike - Range: Indian subcontinent (except Pakistan and NW India), Australia and the Solomon Islands
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) aka Black Jay: Range: Native to Australia. Confined and endemic to temperate forests of Tasmania and two islands in Bass Strait.
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) - Range: North of Australia
Black-fronted Dotterel / Plover (Elseyornis melanops) - Range: Common throughout most of Australia. Self-introduced in New Zealand
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) - Range: Southern Asia and Australasia, from India east to New Guinea and the northern half of Australia
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) - Range: Australia
Black-throated Finches (Poephila cincta cincta) - Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales in Australia.
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)- Range: Australia, Tasmania and recently reintroduced in New Zealand
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) - Range: Europe and Asia. Migrate to western Europe, Africa, south Asia and Australia
Black-throated Finch (Poephila cincta cincta) aka Parson Finch - Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales in Australia
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Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) - Range: Northern and eastern coasts of Australia and in New Guinea.
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) - Range: Southern New Guinea and the moister parts of northern Australia, from southern Queensland across the Top End, and as far down the Western Australian coast as the Shark Bay area
Bowerbirds and Catbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) - Range: Tropical northern part of Australia-New Guinea, some species extend into the central Australian desert and the cold mountainous regions of southeast Australia.
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) - Range: India and southeast Asia and as far south as New South Wales, Australia
Brolga Crane (Grus rubicunda) aka Australian Crane - Range: Tropical and eastern Australia
Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) - Range: Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) - Range: Australia
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) - Range: Australia, Tasmania, Wallacea, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) aka Australian Songlark - Range: Australia
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) - Range: Eastern Australia
Brown Quail aka Swamp Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) - Range: New Guinea and the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as in northern, eastern, south-eastern and south-western Australia and Tasmania. Introduced to Fiji and New Zealand
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus) - Native to the east coast of Australia and northern New Guinea
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) - Range: Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia
Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) - Range: Australia
Butcherbirds (Cracticus) - Range: Australasia
California Quail (Callipepla californica) - Range: California, US; Introduced into Australia
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern Australia, including Kangaroo Island
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Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia formerly Sterna caspia) - Range: North America including the Great Lakes and locally across much of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) - Range: Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; additionally, it is vagrant in New Caledonia and New Zealand
Cherry Finches (Aidemosyne modesta) - Range: Interior Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
Chestnut-breasted Finches (Lonchura castaneothorax) - Range: New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) - Range: Southern Australia
Christmas Island Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) - bird of prey - Range: Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean
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Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) - Range: Central Asia. Migrate south in winter to east Africa. Vagrant in western Europe and Australia
Chowchillas (Orthonyx spaldingii) - Endemic to Australia
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) - Range: Widespread through Australia and New Guinea except for sandy deserts
Comb-crested Jacanas (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the Lotusbird or Lilytrotter, - Range: South-east Borneo, southern Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, New Britain, northern and eastern Australia
Common Myna or Indian or Talking Myna (Acridotheres tristis) - Range: Tropical southern Asia from Afghanistan to India and Sri Lanka. Self-introduced in South Africa, Israel, Hawaii, North America (especially in southern Florida area), Australia and New Zealand
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Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) - Range: India, Pakistan, southeast Asia, south to northern Australia
Cox's Sandpiper (shorebirds which are hybrids between male Pectoral and female Curlew Sandpipers) - Range: Australia
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) - Range: Mainland Australia
Crimson Chats (Epthianura tricolor) - Range: Australia
Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton) - Range: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea
Crows (Corvus) - Range: Central Asia, North America, Africa, Europe and Australia.
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata) - Range: Australia
Diamond Firetail Finch - Range: Central west to southeastern regions of Australia
Dusky Honeyeaters (Myzomela obscura) - Range: New Guinea, the Moluccas, the islands of Torres Strait, and northern Australia, where there are two separated populations, one in the Top End, another from Cape York Peninsula along the east coast as far south as the New South Wales border, though the species is rare south of Rockhampton
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) - Range: Asia, including the oceanic region of India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Polynesia, and in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand
Eastern Spinebills (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) - Range: South-eastern Australia and Tasmania.
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Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) - Range: Tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and northern and eastern Australia
Erect-crested Penguins (Eudyptes sclateri)- Range: Australia; New Zealand; and Bounty, Campbell and Auckland Islands
Fairy Wrens, Emy-wrens & Grasswrens (Maluridae) - Range: Australia
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) - Range: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) - Range: New Guinea and northern Australia
Figbirds (Sphecotheres viridis) - Range: Native to Indonesia, New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia, and the islands nearby.
Flowerpeckers - Range: Tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) - Range: Southern Australia
Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) - Range: Breeding territory is northeastern Asia, including Siberia to Kamchatka, and Mongolia. Most winter in coastal Australia, with a few heading to South Korea, Thailand, and New Zealand
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) - Range: Tasmania and south-eastern Australia
Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtonian) - Range: Rainforests above 700m of Atherton, Queensland in Australia
Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)- Range: Australia
Gould's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx russatus) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines
Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) - Range: Northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa.
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) - Range: Turkey through central Asia. Winters on sandy beaches in east Africa, south Asia and Australasia. Rare vagrant in western Europe.
Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) - Range: South-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea. Also Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. 
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) - Range: Northeast Siberia. Winter in southern Asia through to Australia. A rare vagrant to western Europe.
Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) - Range: Subtropical forest areas along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales
Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) - Range: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) - Range: Australian mangroves
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) - Range: Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor) - Range: Southern Australia and Tasmania
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Grey Falcon (Falco hypoleucos) - Bird of Prey - Range: An Australian endemic, usually confined to the arid inland. Open country: Triodia grassland, Acacia shrubland, and lightly timbered arid woodland
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) - Range: Common in all parts of Australia except western desert areas. Also found in New Zealand (where it is also known by its Maori name, Piwakawaka or Tiwakawaka), New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia
Grey-headed Goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus - Bird of Prey - Endemic to New Guinea and adjacent islands. Has been recorded from Saibai Island, Queensland, Australian territory in north-western Torres Strait.
Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) - Range: Northeast China and Japan. Winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia; or southern Honshū. This species has occurred as a vagrant in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia and New South Wales, Australia
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America - Range: Arctic islands and coastal areas across the northern coasts of Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Migrate to winter in coastal areas nearly throughout the world. In the New World they winter from southwest British Columbia and Massachusetts south to Argentina and Chile, in the western Old World from Britain and southwestern Norway south throughout coastal Africa to South Africa, and in the eastern Old World, from southern Japan south throughout coastal southern Asia and Australia, with a few reaching New Zealand. It makes regular non-stop transcontinental flights over Asia, Europe, and North America
Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes) - Range: Northeast Siberia. Winter in southeast Asia to Australia, as well as western North America and western Europe.
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) - Range: Australia and New Zealand
Gurney’s Eagle (Aquila gurneyi) - Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands westwards to the Moluccas. Recorded from Saibai and Boigu islands in north-western Torres Strait (Australia)
Hall's Babblers (Pomatostomus halli)
Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) - Range: Australia to South-east Asia
Horsfield's Cuckoo or Oriental Cuckoos (Cuculus optatus) - Range: Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western Micronesia, the Solomon Islands and northern and eastern Australia with occasional birds reaching New Zealand. It has occurred as a vagrant in Ukraine, Israel and Alaska
House Sparrows aka English Sparrows (Passer domesticus) - Range: Europe and much of Asia. Introduced to most of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Australia
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) - Range: Tropical southern Asia to Australia
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) - Range: South America and parts of Australia
Koels (Eudynamys) - Range: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Kookaburras / Kingfishers - Range: Australia and New Guinea
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) - Range: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) aka Japanese Snipe - Range: Hokkaidō in northern Japan, with smaller numbers on Honshū, the eastern Russian mainland and, historically, Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. Winters in eastern Australia, where it is the commonest Gallinago snipe. Recorded on migration in Taiwan, the Philippines and New Guinea, and is a rare straggler to New Zealand
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) aka Laughing Jackass - Range: Eastern Australia. Introduced into the south-west corner of Western Australia, Tasmania, Flinders Island, Kangaroo Island.
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis) - Range: Subtropical coastal parts of the world mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific, and Australia, with a significant population on the southern coast of the Mediterranean on islands off the Libyan coast. May winter south to South Africa.
Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) - Range: Australia
Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) - Range: Central Australia
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - Range: Australia and northern New Zealand
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) - the World's smallest cuckoo - Range: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox) - Range: Australia
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti) - Range: Western and central Australia
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Range: Inland wetlands and coastal wetlands in warm temperate parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) - Range: Coastline of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania, and southern Australia.
Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag or Kawaupaka (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) - Range: Coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and around the islands of the south-western Pacific and the sub-Antarctic
Little Raven (Corvus mellori) - Range: Southeastern Australia from southern South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales
Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor) - Range: mainland Australia, avoiding only the driest deserts and the area within about 300 kilometres of the southern coastline. Show a preference for rugged terrain around inland ranges.
Long-tailed Grassfinches (Poephila acuticauda) - Range: Northern Australia west of the Gulf of Carpentaria
Superb Lyrebird or Weringerong (Menura novaehollandiae) - Range: Victoria and New South Wales, and in Tasmania
Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti) - Range: Southern Queensland rainforest
Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) - Range: Lowland rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia
Magpie-goose (Anseranas semipalmata) - Range: Australia and New Guinea
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) - Range: Australia
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - Range: Sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe and Asia. Frequents Central America and the Caribbean. Introduced into Australia and New Zealand
Masked Grassfinches (Poephila personata) - Range: Northern Australia east to northwestern Queensland
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) aka Masked Plover or Plover - Range: Australia
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) - Range: New Guinea and nearby Australasian islands, and also a limited area of north eastern Australia
Nankeen or Australian Kestrels (Falco cenchroides) - Range: A common bird of prey found in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. Irregular visitor to New Zealand
Nankeen Night Heron aka Rufous Night Heron and in Melanesia as Melabaob (Nycticorax caledonicus) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia
Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) - Range: East Asia, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, wintering in southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Borneo. Vagrant from Australia in the south to Alaska in the north
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern Australia
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) aka Leatherhead - Range: New Guinea and eastern and south-eastern Australia, from north-eastern Queensland to north-eastern Victoria
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - Range: Eastern and southern states of Australia. It ranges from northern Queensland along the eastern coast to South Australia and Tasmania
Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) - Range: Northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea
Olive-backed Sunbird aka Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) - Range: Southern China to the Philippines and Malaysia down to northeast Australia
Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus) aka Oriental Dotterel - Range: Mongolia, eastern Russia and Manchuria; migrates through eastern China and South-East Asia to Indonesia and Australia. Rare in New Guinea; straggler to New Zealand
Ospreys (P. h. cristatus) - Range: Along the coastline of, and along some large rivers within, Australia and Tasmania
Owl Finches also known as Bicheno Finches or Double-barred Finches - Range: Northern and eastern Australia
Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk (Aviceda subcristata) - Range: Coastal and subcoastal areas of northern and eastern Australia, Wallacea, New Guinea and adjacent islands.
Pacific Black Duck aka Grey Duck or Parera (Anas superciliosa) - Range: Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east.
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) - Range: Coastal Australia 
Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia) - Range: Australia
Painted Finches (Emblema pictum or Emblema picta) - Range: Northwestern Australia to western Queensland
Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) - Range: Found throughout Australia, Christmas Island, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea
Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) - Range: Endemic to eastern Australia - rainforests of New South Wales and central Queensland
Pardalotes (Pardalotidae) - Range: Australia
Parson Finches (Poephila cincta cincta) - Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales, Australia
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida): Range: Australia and New Guinea - mainly found in the south of the island but also occur at a few sites in the north and on the Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Pictorella Finches (Lonchura pectoralis) - Range: Northern Australia from west coast to east coast
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) - Range: Australia
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) - Range: Coastal Australasia
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) - Native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) - Range: Small islands adjoining the Indian Ocean from the Nicobars in an arc to New Guinea. Northern Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) - Range: Australia
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) - Range: Australia
Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura) aka Pin-tailed Snipe - Range: Northern Russia. Migrates to southern Asia. .Vagrant to north-western and northern Australia
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) - Range: South-eastern and eastern Australia
Radjah Shelduck aka Burdekin Duck (Tadorna radjah) - Range: Coastal tropical northern Australia, from central Queensland through northern Northern Territory (including Kakadu National Park) to the Kimberley in Western Australia
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) - Range: Common in southern Australia and Tasmania. They migrate north during the winter into northern Australia, New Guinea, and some of the southern islands of Indonesia.
Red-browed Finches (Neochmia temporali) - Range: East Australia
Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus) - Range: Australia
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) aka Red-capped Dotterel - Range: Widespread in Australia; straggler to New Zealand
Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) - Range: Rare Australian bird of prey. Found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) - Range: Southern New Guinea and mainland Australia; vagrant to Tasmania and New Zealand
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) - Range: Ffound throughout Australia, except for the northern parts of the Northern Territory
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) - Range: Southern Australia and New Guinea
Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) - Range: Eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales
Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) - Range: Eastern Australia, especially along the inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range
Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) - Range: Australia and Papua New Guinea
Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) - Range: East coast of Australia
Shaft Tail Finches - Range: Australia
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) - Range: Sub-Saharan Africa, SE Iraq and formerly in Egypt. Introduced into France, Italy, Spain and Australia
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) - Range: Mangroves, eucalypt forests, melaleuca forests, woodlands and paperbark forests of Australia
Sanderling (Calidris alba, syn. Crocethia alba or Erolia alba) - Range: Arctic breeder. Winters south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) - Range: Northern India, Nepal, Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) - Range: Eastern Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria
Shaftail Finch - Range: Australia
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus / Chalcites lucidus) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern Australia
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) - Found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga.
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides - Range: Islands around Antarctica such as the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Bouvet Island and Peter I Island. Breeds at several sites along the mainland coast of Antarctica. Small numbers are seen off the coasts of South Africa, southern Australia and New Zealand.
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Swamp Harrier (C. approximans) - Bird of Prey - Range: Australasia
Star Finches (Neochmia ruficauda) - Range: Northern Australia
Stone-curlews or Thick-knees (Burhinidae) - Range: Worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia
Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) - Range: South-east of South Australia (including Kangaroo Island and Adelaide) and the tip of the Eyre Peninsula, through all of Victoria, Tasmania, coastal and sub-coastal New South Wales and Queensland, through the Brisbane area and extending inland - north to the Dawson River and west to Blackall; it is a common bird in the suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
Trumpet Manucodes (Bird of Paradise) - Range: Lowland rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands.
Variegated Fairy-wrens (Malurus lamberti) - Range: Australia
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Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) - aka Duwuduwu - Range: Endemic to the Atherton Tableland region of northeastern Queensland, Australia
Wedge-tailed Eagle or Eaglehawk (Aquila audax) - Range: Wedge-tails are found throughout Australia, including Tasmania, and southern New Guinea
Western Magpie (G. tibicen dorsalis) - Range: South-west corner of Western Australia.
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) - Range: Australia, New Caledonia and much of New Guinea
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Resident from India through southeast Asia to Australia on coasts and major waterways
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White-browed Babblers (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
White-browed Crakes (Porzana cinerea) - Found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vanuatu.
White-browed Scrubwrens (Sericornis frontalis) - Range: Coastal areas of Australia
White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) - Native to Australia
White-plumed Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus penicillatus) - Native to Australia
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) - Native to south-eastern Australia
Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) - Range: New Guinea and northern Australia, including Cape York Peninsula, the Top End and the Kimberley
Yellow-rumped Finches (Lonchura flaviprymna) - Range: Interior, northern and northwestern Australia
Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus melanops) - Endemic to the south-east ranges of Australia
Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata or Poephila guttata) - Range: Australia, except for northwestern, southeastern, and southwestern coasts
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