List of birds of Western Australia facts for kids

The following is a List of birds sighted in Western Australia.

Common name	Family	Scientific name	Notes
American golden plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis dominica
Antarctic prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila desolata
Antarctic tern	Laridae	Sterna vittata
Arctic jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic tern	Laridae	Sterna paradisaea
Arctic warbler	Phylloscopidae	Phylloscopus borealis
Asian dowitcher	Scolopacidae	Limnodromus semipalmatus
Australasian bittern	Ardeidae	Botaurus poiciloptilus	a.k.a. brown bittern
Australasian darter	Anhingidae	Anhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian figbird	Oriolidae	Sphecotheres vieilloti
Australasian gannet	Sulidae	Morus serrator or Sula bassana	a.k.a. Australian gannet
Australasian grebe	Podicipedidae	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australasian shoveler	Anatidae	Anas rhynchotis
Australasian swamphen	Rallidae	Porphyrio melanotus	a.k.a. purple gallinule
Yellow oriole	Oriolidae	Oriolus flavocinctus
Australian bustard	Otididae	Ardeotis australis	a.k.a. bush turkey
Australian hobby	Falconidae	Falco longipennis
Australian magpie	Artamidae	Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian owlet-nightjar	Aegothelidae	Aegotheles cristatus	a.k.a. moth owl
Australian painted snipe	Rostratulidae	Rostratula australis
Australian pelican	Pelecanidae	Pelecanus conspicillatus
Australian pratincole	Glareolidae	Stiltia isabella
Australian raven	Corvidae	Corvus coronoides	a.k.a. crow
Australian ringneck	Psittaculidae	Barnardius zonarius	a.k.a. twenty-eight
Australian shelduck	Anatidae	Tadorna tadornoides
Australian spotted crake	Rallidae	Porzana fluminea
Australian white ibis	Threskiornithidae	Threskiornis moluccus
Australian wood duck	Anatidae	Chenonetta jubata
Azure kingfisher	Alcedinidae	Ceyx azurea
Baillon's crake	Rallidae	Porzana pusilla
Baird's sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia bairdii
Banded honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Cissomela pectoralis
Banded lapwing	Charadriidae	Vanellus tricolor
Banded stilt	Recurvirostridae	Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Banded whiteface	Pardalotidae	Aphelocephala nigricincta
Barau's petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma baraui
Bar-breasted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ramsayornis fasciatus
Barking owl	Strigidae	Pterodroma baraui
Barn owl	Tytonidae	Tyto alba
Barn swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo rustica
Bar-shouldered dove	Columbidae	Geopelia humeralis
Bar-tailed godwit	Scolopacidae	Limosa lapponica
Beach stone-curlew	Burhinidae	Esacus magnirostris	a.k.a. beach thick-knee
Black bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus flavicollis
Black butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus quoyi
Black falcon	Falconidae	Falco subniger
Black grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis housei
Black honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Certhionyx niger
Black kite	Accipitridae	Milvus migrans
Black noddy	Laridae	Anous minutus
Black swan	Anatidae	Cygnus atratus	The state bird of Western Australia
Black-backed wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla lugens
Black-bellied storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Fregetta tropica
Black-breasted buzzard	Accipitridae	Hamirostra melanosternon	a.k.a. black-breasted kite
Black-browed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche melanophrys
Black-chinned honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus gularis
Black-crowned night heron	Ardeidae	Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-eared cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx osculans
Black-faced cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Black-faced cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina novaehollandiae
Black-faced monarch	Monarchidae	Monarcha melanopsis
Black-faced woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus cinereus
Black-fronted dotterel	Charadriidae	Elseyornis melanops
Black-headed gull	Laridae	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-naped tern	Laridae	Sterna sumatrana
Black-necked stork	Ciconiidae	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Black-shouldered kite	Accipitridae	Elanus axillaris
Black-tailed godwit	Scolopacidae	Limosa limosa
Black-tailed nativehen	Rallidae	Tribonyx ventralis
Black-tailed treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris melanurus
Black-winged stilt	Recurvirostridae	Himantopus himantopus
Bluebonnet	Psittaculidae	Northiella haematogaster
Blue petrel	Procellariidae	Halobaena caerulea
Blue-and-white flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Cyanoptila cyanomelana
Blue-billed duck	Anatidae	Oxyura australis
Blue-breasted fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus pulcherrimus
Blue-faced honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Entomyzon cyanotis	a.k.a. bananabird
Blue-winged kookaburra	Halcyonidae	Dacelo leachii
Blue-winged pitta	Pittidae	Pitta moluccensis
Bourke's parrot	Psittaculidae	Neopsephotus bourkii
Brahminy kite	Accipitridae	Haliastur indus
Bridled tern	Laridae	Onychoprion anaethetus
Broad-billed flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra ruficollis
Broad-billed prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila vittata
Broad-billed sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Limicola falcinellus
Brolga	Gruidae	Grus rubicunda
Brown booby	Sulidae	Sula leucogaster
Brown falcon	Falconidae	Falco berigora
Brown goshawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter fasciatus
Brown hawk-owl	Strigidae	Ninox scutulata
Brown honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichmera indistincta
Brown quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix ypsilophorus
Brown songlark	Locustellidae	Megalurus cruralis
Brown-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus brevirostris
Brush bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps elegans
Brush cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cacomantis variolosus
Budgerigar	Psittaculidae	Melopsittacus undulatus
Buff-banded rail	Rallidae	Gallirallus philippensis
Buff-breasted sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tryngites subruficollis
Bulwer's petrel	Procellariidae	Bulweria bulwerii
Bush stone-curlew	Burhinidae	Burhinus grallarius
Campbell albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche impavida
Cape Barren goose	Anatidae	Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cape petrel	Procellariidae	Daption capense
Caspian tern	Laridae	Hydroprogne caspia
Cattle egret	Ardeidae	Bubulcus ibis
Channel-billed cuckoo	Cuculidae	Scythrops novaehollandiae
Chestnut rail	Rallidae	Eulabeornis castaneoventris
Chestnut teal	Anatidae	Anas castanea
Chestnut-backed buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix castanotus
Chestnut-breasted mannikin	Estrildidae	Lonchura castaneothorax
Chestnut-rumped thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza uropygialis
Chiming wedgebill	Psophodidae	Psophodes occidentalis
Christmas frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata andrewsi
Cicadabird	Campephagidae	Coracina tenuirostris
Clamorous reed warbler	Acrocephalidae	Acrocephalus stentoreus
Cockatiel	Cacatuidae	Nymphicus hollandicus
Collared sparrowhawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter cirrocephalus
Comb-crested jacana	Jacanidae	Irediparra gallinacea
Common bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps chalcoptera
Common diving petrel	Procellariidae	Pelecanoides urinatrix
Common greenshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa nebularia
Common noddy	Laridae	Anous stolidus	a.k.a. brown noddy
Common pheasant	Phasianidae	Phasianus colchicus	introduced
Common redshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa totanus
Common sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Actitis hypoleucos
Common starling	Sturnidae	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced
Common tern	Laridae	Sterna hirundo
Copperback quail-thrush	Psophodidae	Cinclosoma castanotum
Crested bellbird	Oreoicidae	Oreoica gutturalis
Crested pigeon	Columbidae	Ocyphaps lophotes
Crested shrike-tit	Pachycephalidae	Falcunculus frontatus
Crested tern	Laridae	Thalasseus bergii
Crimson chat	Meliphagidae	Image:Crested Tern.jpg
Crimson finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia phaeton
Curlew sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris ferruginea
Dark-sided (sooty) flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Muscicapa sibirica
Diamond dove	Columbidae	Geopelia cuneata
Dollarbird	Coraciidae	Eurystomus orientalis
Domestic goose	Anatidae	Anser anser and Anser cygnoides	introduced
Double-banded plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius bicinctus	a.k.a. banded dotterel
Double-barred finch	Estrildidae	Taeniopygia bichenovii	a.k.a. Bicheno's finch or owl finch
Dunlin	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia alpina
Dusky gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone tenebrosa
Dusky grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis purnelli
Dusky honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Myzomela obscura
Dusky moorhen	Rallidae	Gallinula tenebrosa
Dusky woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus cyanopterus
Eastern curlew	Scolopacidae	Numenius madagascariensis	a.k.a. Far Eastern curlew
Eastern reef egret	Ardeidae	Egretta sacra	a.k.a. Pacific reef egret
Elegant parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema elegans
Emu	Casuariidae	Dromaius novaehollandiae
Erect-crested penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes sclateri
Eurasian coot	Rallidae	Fulica atra
Eurasian tree sparrow	Passeridae	Passer montanus	a.k.a. German sparrow. Ship-assisted, but establishes periodically
Fairy martin	Hirundinidae	Petrochelidon ariel
Fairy prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila turtur
Fairy tern	Laridae	Sternula nereis
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fiordland penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Flesh-footed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna carneipes
Flock bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps histrionica
Fluttering shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus gavia
Franklin's gull	Laridae	Leucophaeus pipixcan
Freckled duck	Anatidae	Stictonetta naevosa
Galah	Cacatuidae	Eolophus roseicapillus	a.k.a. rose-breasted cockatoo or galah cockatoo
Garganey	Anatidae	Anas querquedula
Gilbert's honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus lunatus
Gilbert's whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala inornata
Glossy ibis	Threskiornithidae	Plegadis falcinellus
Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticolidae	Cisticola exilis
Gouldian finch	Estrildidae	Erythrura gouldiae	a.k.a. Lady Gouldian finch or Gould's finch
Gould's petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma leucoptera
Grass owl	Tytonidae	Tyto longimembris
Great bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchidae	Chlamydera nuchalis
Great cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax carbo
Great crested grebe	Podicipedidae	Podiceps cristatus
Great egret	Ardeidae	Ardea alba
Great frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata minor
Great knot	Scolopacidae	Calidris tenuirostris
Great skua	Laridae	Stercorarius skua
Great-billed heron	Ardeidae	Ardea sumatrana
Greater sand plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius leschenaultii
Great-winged petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma macroptera
Green pygmy goose	Anatidae	Nettapus pulchellus
Green-backed gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone chloronotus
Grey butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus torquatus
Grey currawong	Artamidae	Strepera versicolor
Grey falcon	Falconidae	Falco hypoleucos
Grey fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura fuliginosa
Grey goshawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter novaehollandiae
Grey honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Conopophila whitei
Grey petrel	Procellariidae	Procellaria cinerea	a.k.a. puffin gris or pardela gris
Grey plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis squatarola	a.k.a. black-bellied plover
Grey shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla harmonica
Grey teal	Anatidae	Anas gracilis
Grey-backed storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Garrodia nereis
Grey-crowned babbler	Pomatostomidae	Pomatostomus temporalis
Grey-fronted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ptilotula plumulus
Grey-headed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche chrysostoma
Grey-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ptilotula keartlandi
Grey-tailed tattler	Scolopacidae	Tringa brevipes
Ground cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina maxima
Western ground parrot	Psittacidae	Pezoporus flaviventris
Gull-billed tern	Laridae	Gelochelidon nilotica
Hardhead	Anatidae	Aytha australis
Helmeted guineafowl	Numididae	Numida meleagris	introduced, often free-ranging, but apparently never permanently established
Herald petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma arminjoniana
Hoary-headed grebe	Podicipedidae	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Hooded plover	Charadriidae	Thinornis cucullatus
Hooded robin	Petroicidae	Melanodryas cucullata
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx basalis
House crow (ship assisted)	Corvidae	Corvus splendens	a.k.a. Colombo crow
House sparrow	Passeridae	Passer domesticus	introduced
House swift	Apodidae	Apus affinis
Hutton's shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus huttoni
Indian peafowl	Phasianidae	Pavo cristatus	Introduced. a.k.a. common peafowl or blue peafowl
Inland dotterel	Charadriidae	Charadrius australis
Inland thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza apicalis
Intermediate egret	Ardeidae	Ardea intermedia
Jacky winter	Petroicidae	Microeca fascinans
Jouanin's petrel	Procellariidae	Bulweria fallax
Kelp gull	Laridae	Larus dominicanus
Kentish plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius alexandrinus
Kerguelen petrel	Procellariidae	Lugensa brevirostris
King penguin	Spheniscidae	Aptenodytes patagonicus
King quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix chinensis	a.k.a. Chinese painted quail or blue-breasted quail
Large-billed gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone magnirostris
Latham's snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago hardwickii	a.k.a. Japanese snipe
Laughing gull	Laridae	Leucophaeus atricilla
Laughing kookaburra	Halcyonidae	Dacelo novaeguineae	introduced
Laughing dove	Columbidae	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced
Leach's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Leaden flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra rubecula
Lemon-bellied flyrobin	Petroicidae	Microeca flavigaster
Lesser crested tern	Laridae	Thalasseus bengalensis
Lesser frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata ariel
Lesser noddy	Laridae	Anous tenuirostris
Lesser sand plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius mongolus
Letter-winged kite	Accipitridae	Elanus scriptus
Lewin's rail	Rallidae	Lewinia pectoralis
Light-mantled sooty albatross	Diomedeidae	Phoebetria fusca and Phoebetria palpebrata
Australian little bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus dubius
Little black cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx minutillus
Little buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix velox
Little corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua sanguinea
Little crow	Corvidae	Corvus bennetti
Little curlew	Scolopacidae	Numenius minutus
Little eagle	Accipitridae	Hieraaetus morphnoides
Little egret	Ardeidae	Egretta garzetta
Little friarbird	Meliphagidae	Philemon citreogularis
Little grassbird	Locustellidae	Megalurus gramineus
Little penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptula minor	a.k.a. fairy penguin
Little pied cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Microcarbo melanoleucos
Little ringed plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius dubius
Little shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus assimilis
Little shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla megarhyncha
Little stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia minuta
Little tern	Laridae	Sternula albifrons
Western wattlebird	Meliphagidae	Anthochaera lunulata
Little woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus minor
Long-billed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Long-billed corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua tenuirostris	introduced
Long-tailed finch	Estrildidae	Poephila acuticauda
Long-tailed jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius longicaudus	a.k.a. long-tailed skua
Long-toed stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia subminuta
Macaroni penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes chrysolophus
Magpie-goose	Anseranatidae	Anseranas semipalmata
Magpie-lark	Monarchidae	Grallina cyanoleuca
Major Mitchell's cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Lophochroa leadbeateri
Mallard	Anatidae	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced
Malleefowl	Megapodiidae	Leipoa ocellata
Mangrove gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone levigaster
Mangrove golden whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala melanura
Mangrove grey fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura phasiana
Mangrove robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria pulverulenta
Marsh sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tringa stagnatilis
Masked booby	Sulidae	Sula dactylatra
Masked finch	Estrildidae	Poephila personata
Masked lapwing	Charadriidae	Vanellus miles
Masked owl	Tytonidae	Tyto novaehollandiae
Masked woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus personatus
Matsudaira's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma matsudairae
Mistletoebird	Dicaeidae	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Mulga parrot	Psittaculidae	Psephotus varius
Musk duck	Anatidae	Biziura lobata
Mute swan	Anatidae	Cygnus olor	introduced
Nankeen kestrel	Falconidae	Falco cenchroides
Nankeen night heron	Ardeidae	Nycticorax caledonicus
Narcissus flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Ficedula narcissina
New Holland honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Night parrot	Psittaculidae	Pezoporus occidentalis
Noisy scrub-bird	Atrichornithidae	Atrichornis clamosus
Northern fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura rufiventris
Northern giant petrel	Procellariidae	Macronectes giganteus
Northern pintail	Anatidae	Anas acuta
Northern rockhopper penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes moseleyi
Northern rosella	Psittaculidae	Platycercus venustus	a.k.a. Brown's parakeet or smutty rosella
Northern shoveler	Anatidae	Anas clypeata
Nullarbor quail-thrush	Psophodidae	Cinclosoma alisteri
Olive-backed oriole	Oriolidae	Oriolus sagittatus
Orange chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura aurifrons
Orange-footed scrubfowl	Megapodiidae	Megapodius reinwardt
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cuculus optatus
Oriental plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius veredus
Oriental pratincole	Glareolidae	Glareola maldivarum
Oriental reed warbler	Acrocephalidae	Acrocephalus orientalis
Osprey	Accipitridae	Pandion haliaetus
Pacific baza	Accipitridae	Aviceda subcristata	a.k.a. crested hawk
Pacific black duck	Anatidae	Anas superciliosa
Pacific emerald dove	Columbidae	Chalcophaps longirostris
Pacific golden plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis fulva
Pacific gull	Laridae	Larus pacificus
Pacific koel	Cuculidae	Eudynamys orientalis	a.k.a. eastern koel
Pacific swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo tahitica
Pacific swift	Apodidae	Apus pacificus
Painted buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix varius
Painted finch	Estrildidae	Emblema pictum	a.k.a. painted firetail and painted firetail finch
Pale-headed munia	Estrildidae	Lonchura pallida	Ashmore Reef
Pallid cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cuculus pallidus
Partridge pigeon	Columbidae	Geophaps smithii
Peaceful dove	Columbidae	Geopelia placida
Pectoral sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris melanotos
Peregrine falcon	Falconidae	Falco peregrinus
Pheasant coucal	Centropodidae	Centropus phasianinus
Pheasant-tailed jacana	Jacanidae	Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Pictorella mannikin	Estrildidae	Heteromunia pectoralis
Pied butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus nigrogularis
Pied cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax varius
Pied heron	Ardeidae	Ardea picata
Pied honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Certhionyx variegatus
Pied oystercatcher	Haematopodidae	Haematopus longirostris
Pink-eared duck	Anatidae	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Pin-tailed snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago stenura
Plumed whistling duck	Anatidae	Dendrocygna eytoni
Pomarine jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius pomarinus
Princess parrot	Psittaculidae	Polytelis alexandrae	a.k.a. Alexandra's parrott
Purple-crowned fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus coronatus
Purple-crowned lorikeet	Psittacidae	Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Purple-gaped honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus cratitius
Radjah shelduck	Anatidae	Tadorna radjah
Rainbow bee-eater	Meropidae	Merops ornatus
Rainbow lorikeet	Psittaculidae	Trichoglossus haematodus	introduced, declared pest
Rainbow pitta	Pittidae	Pitta iris
Red goshawk	Accipitridae	Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Red knot	Scolopacidae	Calidris canutus
Red wattlebird	Meliphagidae	Anthochaera carunculata
Red-backed buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix maculosus
Red-backed fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus melanocephalus
Red-backed kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Red-browed finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia temporalis
Red-browed pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus rubricatus
Red-capped parrot	Psittaculidae	Purpureicephalus spurius	a.k.a. king parrot
Red-capped plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius ruficapillus
Red-capped robin	Petroicidae	Petroica goodenovii
Red-chested buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix pyrrhothorax
Red-eared firetail	Estrildidae	Stagonopleura oculata
Red-footed booby	Sulidae	Sula sula
Red-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Myzomela erythrocephala
Red-kneed dotterel	Charadriidae	Erythrogonys cinctus
Red-legged crake	Rallidae	Rallina fasciata
Red-necked avocet	Recurvirostridae	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Red-necked phalarope	Scolopacidae	Phalaropus lobatus
Red-necked stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia ruficollis
Red-rumped swallow	Hirundinidae	Cecropis daurica
Red-tailed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus banksii
Red-tailed tropicbird	Phaethontidae	Phaethon rubricauda
Redthroat	Acanthizidae	Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Red-throated pipit	Motacillidae	Anthus cervinus
Red-winged fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus elegans
Red-winged parrot	Psittaculidae	Aprosmictus erythropterus
Regent parrot	Psittaculidae	Polytelis anthopeplus
Restless flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra inquieta
Richard's pipit	Motacillidae	Anthus richardi
Rock dove	Columbidae	Columba livia	Introduced. a.k.a. rock pigeon
Rock parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema petrophila
Roseate tern	Laridae	Sterna dougallii
Rose-crowned fruit dove	Columbidae	Ptilinopus regina
Royal albatross	Diomedeidae	Diomedea epomophora
Royal spoonbill	Threskiornithidae	Platalea regia
Ruddy turnstone	Scolopacidae	Arenaria interpres
Ruff	Scolopacidae	Philomachus pugnax
Rufous bristlebird	Dasyornithidae	Dasyornis broadbenti
Rufous fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura rufifrons
Rufous fieldwren	Acanthizidae	Calamanthus campestris
Rufous owl	Strigidae	Ninox rufa
Rufous songlark	Locustellidae	Megalurus mathewsi
Rufous treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris rufus
Rufous whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala rufiventris
Rufous-crowned emu-wren	Maluridae	Stipiturus ruficeps
Rufous-throated honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Conopophila rufogularis
Sabine's gull	Laridae	Xema sabini
Sacred kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus sanctus
Salvin's albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila salvini	a.k.a. medium-billed prion
Sanderling	Scolopacidae	Calidris alba
Sandstone shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla woodwardi
Sarus crane	Gruidae	Grus antigone
Satin flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra cyanoleuca
Scarlet robin	Petroicidae	Petroica multicolor
Scarlet-chested parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema splendida	a.k.a. scarlet-breasted parrot, orange-throated parrot or splendid parrot
Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris acuminata
Shining bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx lucidus
Shining flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra alecto
Short-billed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Short-tailed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna tenuirostris	a.k.a. yolla
Shy albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche cauta
Shy heathwren	Acanthizidae	Hylacola cauta
Silver gull	Laridae	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Silver-backed butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus argenteus
Silver-crowned friarbird	Meliphagidae	Philemon argenticeps
Silvereye	Zosteropidae	Zosterops lateralis	a.k.a. white-eye or wax-eye
Singing bushlark	Alaudidae	Mirafra cantillans
Singing honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Gavicalis virescens
Slaty-backed thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza robustirostris
Slender-billed prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila belcheri
Slender-billed thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza iredalei
Soft-plumaged petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma mollis
Sooty albatross	Diomedeidae	Phoebetria palpebrata and Phoebetria fusca
Sooty oystercatcher	Haematopodidae	Haematopus fuliginosus
Sooty shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna griseus
Sooty tern	Laridae	Onychoprion fuscatus
South polar skua	Laridae	Stercorarius maccormicki	older name: MacCormick's skua
Southern boobook	Strigidae	Ninox novaeseelandiae	a.k.a. mopoke or morepork
Southern emu-wren	Maluridae	Stipiturus malachurus
Southern fulmar	Procellariidae	Fulmarus glacialoides
Southern giant petrel	Procellariidae	Macronectus giganteus
Southern rockhopper penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes chrysocome
Southern scrub robin	Petroicidae	Drymodes brunneopygia
Southern whiteface	Acanthizidae	Aphelocephala leucopsis
Spangled drongo	Dicruridae	Dicrurus bracteatus
Spinifex pigeon	Columbidae	Geophaps plumifera
Spinifexbird	Locustellidae	Eremiornis carter
Spiny-cheeked honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Acanthagenys rufogalaris
Splendid fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus splendens
Spotless crake	Rallidae	Porzana tabuensis
Spotted harrier	Accipitridae	Circus assimilis
Spotted nightjar	Caprimulgidae	Eurostopodus argus
Spotted pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus punctatus
Spotted redshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa erythropus
Spotted dove	Columbidae	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced
Square-tailed kite	Accipitridae	Lophoictinia isura
Star finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia ruficauda
Straw-necked ibis	Threskiornithidae	Threskiornis spinicollis
Streaked shearwater	Procellariidae	Calonectris leucomelas
Striated grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis striatus
Striated heron	Ardeidae	Butorides striatus
Striated pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus striatus
Stubble quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix pectoralis
Sulphur-crested cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Cacatua galerita
Swamp harrier	Accipitridae	Circus approximans
Swinhoe's snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago megala	a.k.a. forest snipe or Chinese snipe
Swinhoe's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma monorhis
Tahiti petrel	Procellariidae	Pseudobulweria rostrata
Tawny frogmouth	Podargidae	Podargus strigoides
Tawny grassbird	Locustellidae	Megalurus timoriensis
Tawny-crowned honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Gliciphila melanops
Terek sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Xenus cinereus
Thick-billed grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis textilis
Tiger shrike	Laniidae	Lanius tigrinus	sighted once, possibly ship assisted
Torresian crow	Corvidae	Corvus orru	a.k.a. Australian crow or Papuan crow
Torresian imperial pigeon	Columbidae	Ducula spilorrhoa
Torresian kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus sordidus
Tree martin	Hirundinidae	Petrochelidon nigricans
Varied lorikeet	Psittaculidae	Psitteuteles versicolor
Varied sittella	Neosittidae	Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Varied triller	Campephagidae	Lalage leucomela
Variegated fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus lamberti	a.k.a. Lambert wren
Wandering albatross	Diomedeidae	Diomedea exulans
Wandering whistling duck	Anatidae	Dendrocygna arcuata
Wedge-tailed eagle	Accipitridae	Aquila audax
Wedge-tailed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna pacificus
Weebill	Acanthizidae	Smicrornis brevirostris
Welcome swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo neoxena
Western bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchidae	Chlamydera guttata
Western bristlebird	Dasyornithidae	Dasyornis longirostris
Western corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua pastinator
Western gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone fusca
Western quail-thrush	Psophodidae	Cinclosoma marginatum
Western rosella	Psittaculidae	Platycercus icterotis
Western spinebill	Meliphagidae	Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
Western thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza inornata
Western whipbird	Psophodidae	Psophodes nigrogularis
Western whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala occidentalis
Western yellow robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria griseogularis
Whimbrel	Scolopacidae	Numenius phaeopus
Whiskered tern	Laridae	Chlidonias hybrida
Whistling kite	Accipitridae	Haliastur sphenurus	a.k.a. whistling eagle or whistling hawk
White wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla alba
White-backed swallow	Hirundinidae	Cheramoeca leucosternus
White-bellied cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina papuensis
White-bellied sea eagle	Accipitridae	Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-breasted robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria georgiana
White-breasted whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala lanioides
White-breasted woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus leucorynchus
White-browed babbler	Pomatostomidae	Pomatostomus superciliosus
White-browed crake	Rallidae	Porzana cinerea
White-browed robin	Petroicidae	Poecilodryas superciliosa
White-browed scrubwren	Acanthizidae	Sericornis frontalis
White-browed treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris affinis
White-browed woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus superciliosus
White-cheeked honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Phylidonyris nigra
White-chinned petrel	Procellariidae	Procellaria aequinoctialis
White-eared honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Nesoptilotis leucotis
White-faced heron	Ardeidae	Egretta novaehollandiae
White-faced storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Pelagodroma marina	a.k.a. white-faced petrel
White-fronted chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura albifrons
White-fronted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Purnella albifrons
White-fronted tern	Laridae	Sterna striata
White-gaped honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Stomiopera unicolor
White-headed petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma lessonii
White-lined honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Meliphaga albilineata
White-necked heron	Ardeidae	Ardea pacifica	a.k.a. Pacific heron
White-plumed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ptilotula penicillata
White-quilled rock pigeon	Columbidae	Petrophassa albipennis
White-rumped sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia fuscicollis
White-tailed tropicbird	Phaethontidae	Phaethon lepturus
White-throated gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone olivacea
White-throated honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus albogularis
White-throated needletail	Apodidae	Hirundapus caudacutus
White-winged tern	Laridae	Chlidonias leucopterus	a.k.a. white-winged black tern
White-winged fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus leucopterus
White-winged triller	Campephagidae	Lalage tricolor
Willie wagtail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura leucophrys
Wilson's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanites oceanicus	a.k.a. Wilson's petrel
Wood sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tringa glareola
Yellow bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus sinensis
Yellow chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura crocea
Yellow wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla flava	a.k.a. yellow wagtail
Yellow white-eye	Zosteropidae	Zosterops luteus
Yellow-billed spoonbill	Threskiornithidae	Platalea flavipes
Yellow-nosed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche carteri
Yellow-plumed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ptilotula ornata
Yellow-rumped mannikin	Estrildidae	Lonchura flaviprymna	a.k.a. yellow-rumped munia
Yellow-rumped thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow-throated miner	Meliphagidae	Manorina flavigula
Yellow-tinted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ptilotula flavescens
Zebra finch	Estrildidae	Taeniopygia guttata
Zitting cisticola	Cisticolidae	Cisticola juncidis

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Magpie goose
Plumed whistling ducks
Musk duck
Black swan
Pink-eared duck
Pacific black duck
Malleefowl
Brown quail
Australasian grebe
Australasian grebe
Crested pigeon and spinifex pigeon
Channel-billed cuckoo
Tawny frogmouth
Australian owlet-nightjar
Australasian swamphen
Australian crake
Red-necked avocet
Masked lapwing
Double-banded plover non-breeding plumage
Australian painted-snipe
Sanderling
Red knot
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Little tern with Great crested terns
Pacific gull
Red-tailed tropicbird
A wild little penguin returning to its burrow to feed its chicks
White-capped albatross
Short-tailed shearwater
Black necked stork (jabiru) and juvenile pied heron in flight
Great frigatebird
Australasian gannet
Little pied cormorant
Pacific heron
Australian little egret
Pacific reef-heron, dark morph
Royal spoonbill
Gray goshawk
Australian masked-owl
Laughing kookaburra
Rainbow bee-eater
Rainbow lorikeet
New Holland honeyeater
Little friarbird
Spotted pardalote
White-browed scrubwren
Varied sittella
Spangled drongo
Leaden flycatcher
Golden-headed cisticola
Australian reed warbler
Little grassbird
Fairy martin
Silvereye
Double-barred finch
Red-browed firetail
Australasian pipit chicks

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