ATHERTON TABLELANDS
AUSTRALIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 296 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 296 |
| # Endemics: | 65 |
| # Near Endemics: | 33 |
| Habitat: Highland forest, wet & dry Eucalpytus forest, wetlands | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Southern Cassowary | Casuarius casuarius | |
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| 2 | Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | |
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| 3 | Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | |
| 4 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| 5 | <Freckled Duck> | Stictonetta naevosa | |
| 6 | Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | |
| 7 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah | |
| 8 | Green Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
| 9 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 10 | Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | |
| 11 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| 12 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| 13 | Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | |
| 14 | <Pink-eared Duck> | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | |
| 15 | Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| 16 | Australian Brushturkey | Alectura lathami | |
| 17 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| 18 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora | |
| 19 | <Blue-breasted Quail> | Synoicus chinensis | |
| 20 | <Stubble Quail> | Coturnix pectoralis | |
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| 21 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
| 22 | <Hoary-headed Grebe> | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | |
| 23 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 24 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 25 | White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela | |
| 26 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 27 | Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella | |
| 28 | Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| 29 | Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | |
| 30 | Squatter Pigeon | Geophaps scripta | |
| 31 | <Diamond Dove> | Geopelia cuneata | |
| 32 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
| 33 | Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis | |
| 34 | Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | |
| 35 | Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| 36 | <Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove> | Ptilinopus regina | |
| 37 | Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
| 38 | Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus | |
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| 39 | Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | |
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| 40 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| 41 | (Pheasant Coucal) | Centropus phasianinus | |
| 42 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| 43 | (Channel-billed Cuckoo) | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 44 | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| 45 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| 46 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| 47 | Pallid Cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | |
| 48 | (Brush Cuckoo) | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| 49 | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| 50 | Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | |
| 51 | Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | |
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| 52 | Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
| 53 | White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | |
| 54 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 55 | Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
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| 56 | /White-throated Needletail/ | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| 57 | Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
| 58 | /Pacific Swift/ | Apus pacificus | |
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| 59 | <Lewin's Rail> | Lewinia pectoralis | |
| 60 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| 61 | <Australian Crake> | Porzana fluminea | |
| 62 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| 63 | <Eurasian Coot> | Fulica atra | |
| 64 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 65 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 66 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| 67 | Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
| 68 | <Spotless Crake> | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| 69 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | |
| 70 | Brolga | Antigone rubicunda | |
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| 71 | Bush Thick-knee | Burhinus grallarius | |
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| 72 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
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| 73 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 74 | Black-fronted Dotterel | Charadrius melanops | |
| 75 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| 76 | <Red-kneed Dotterel> | Erythrogonys cinctus | |
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| 77 | <Australian Painted-Snipe> | Rostratula australis | |
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| 78 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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| 79 | /Little Curlew/ | Numenius minutus | |
| 80 | /Latham's Snipe/ | Gallinago hardwickii | |
| 81 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 82 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 83 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 84 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 85 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 86 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata | |
| 87 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | |
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| 88 | Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
| 89 | Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius | |
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| 90 | Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
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| 91 | Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| 92 | Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| 93 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 94 | (Whiskered Tern) | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| 95 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
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| 96 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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| 97 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| 98 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 99 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
| 100 | Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | |
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| 101 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| 102 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 103 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| 104 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 105 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
| 106 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| 107 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 108 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| 109 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 110 | Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
| 111 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
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| 112 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 113 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | |
| 114 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | |
| 115 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
| 116 | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | |
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| 117 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 118 | <Black-shouldered Kite> | Elanus axillaris | |
| 119 | Black-breasted Kite | Hamirostra melanosternon | |
| 120 | Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | |
| 121 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| 122 | Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| 123 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| 124 | Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| 125 | <Spotted Harrier> | Circus assimilis | |
| 126 | Gray Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| 127 | Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| 128 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| 129 | Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | |
| 130 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| 131 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 132 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 133 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| 134 | Sooty-Owl | Tyto tenebricosa | |
| 135 | Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| 136 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| 137 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 138 | Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
| 139 | Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | |
| 140 | Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
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| 141 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| 142 | Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| 143 | Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | |
| 144 | Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii | |
| 145 | <Red-backed Kingfisher> | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius | |
| 146 | Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
| 147 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| 148 | (Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher) | Tanysiptera sylvia | |
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| 149 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| 150 | (Oriental Dollarbird) | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 151 | <Nankeen Kestrel> | Falco cenchroides | |
| 152 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| 153 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| 154 | <Gray Falcon> | Falco hypoleucos | |
| 155 | <Black Falcon> | Falco subniger | |
| 156 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 157 | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii | |
| 158 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | |
| 159 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| 160 | Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis | |
| 161 | <Red-winged Parrot> | Aprosmictus erythropterus | |
| 162 | Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans | |
| 163 | Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus | |
| 164 | Double-eyed Fig-Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma | |
| 165 | <Little Lorikeet> | Parvipsitta pusilla | |
| 166 | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | |
| 167 | Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| 168 | Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor | |
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| 169 | Spotted Catbird | Ailuroedus maculosus | |
| 170 | Tooth-billed Bowerbird | Scenopoeetes dentirostris | |
| 171 | Golden Bowerbird | Prionodura newtoniana | |
| 172 | Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | |
| 173 | Great Bowerbird | Chlamydera nuchalis | |
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| 174 | White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea | |
| 175 | Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | |
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| 176 | Lovely Fairywren | Malurus amabilis | |
| 177 | Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus | |
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| 178 | Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | |
| 179 | Cryptic Honeyeater | Microptilotis imitatrix | |
| 180 | Yellow-spotted Honeyeater | Meliphaga notata | |
| 181 | Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii | |
| 182 | Yellow Honeyeater | Stomiopera flavus | |
| 183 | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops | |
| 184 | Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | |
| 185 | Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula | |
| 186 | Bridled Honeyeater | Bolemoreus frenatus | |
| 187 | White-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula penicillatus | |
| 188 | Fuscous Honeyeater | Ptilotula fuscus | |
| 189 | Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus | |
| 190 | <Rufous-throated Honeyeater> | Conopophila rufogularis | |
| 191 | Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| 192 | Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta | |
| 193 | <Banded Honeyeater> | Cissomela pectoralis | |
| 194 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| 195 | White-cheeked Honeyeater | Phylidonyris niger | |
| 196 | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | |
| 197 | White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus | |
| 198 | White-throated Honeyeater | Melithreptus albogularis | |
| 199 | <Black-chinned Honeyeater> | Melithreptus gularis | |
| 200 | Macleay's Honeyeater | Xanthotis macleayanus | |
| 201 | Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis | |
| 202 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| 203 | Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | |
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| 204 | Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus | |
| 205 | <Red-browed Pardalote> | Pardalotus rubricatus | |
| 206 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | |
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| 207 | Fernwren | Oreoscopus gutturalis | |
| 208 | Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | |
| 209 | Yellow-throated Scrubwren | Neosericornis citreogularis | |
| 210 | White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | |
| 211 | Atherton Scrubwren | Sericornis keri | |
| 212 | Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra | |
| 213 | Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana | |
| 214 | Mountain Thornbill | Acanthiza katherina | |
| 215 | Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides | |
| 216 | Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki | |
| 217 | Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | |
| 218 | Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
| 219 | White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea | |
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| 220 | Gray-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | |
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| 221 | Chowchilla | Orthonyx spaldingii | |
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| 222 | <Barred Cuckooshrike> | Coracina lineata | |
| 223 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| 224 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| 225 | White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | |
| 226 | Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
| 227 | Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| 228 | Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | |
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| 229 | Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus | |
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| 230 | Northern Shrike-tit | Falcunculus whitei | |
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| 231 | Bower's Shrikethrush | Colluricincla boweri | |
| 232 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| 233 | Rufous Shrikethrush | Colluricincla rufogaster | |
| 234 | Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
| 235 | Gray Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
| 236 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| 237 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | |
| 238 | Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus | |
| 239 | Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti | |
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| 240 | Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
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| 241 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| 242 | Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | |
| 243 | <White-browed Woodswallow> | Artamus superciliosus | |
| 244 | Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | |
| 245 | Little Woodswallow | Artamus minor | |
| 246 | Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus | |
| 247 | Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | |
| 248 | Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi | |
| 249 | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | |
| 250 | Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | |
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| 251 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| 252 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| 253 | Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| 254 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| 255 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| 256 | Victoria's Riflebird | Ptiloris victoriae | |
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| 257 | White-eared Monarch | Carterornis leucotis | |
| 258 | Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | |
| 259 | Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
| 260 | Pied Monarch | Arses kaupi | |
| 261 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | |
| 262 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | |
| 263 | Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
| 264 | Restless Flycatcher | Myiagra inquieta | |
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| 265 | Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | |
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| 266 | Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| 267 | Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| 268 | Lemon-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca flavigaster | |
| 269 | Gray-headed Robin | Heteromyias cinereifrons | |
| 270 | White-browed Robin | Poecilodryas superciliosa | |
| 271 | Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | |
| 272 | Pale-yellow Robin | Eopsaltria capito | |
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| 273 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
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| 274 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| 275 | Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| 276 | Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi | |
| 277 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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| 278 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| 279 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | |
| 280 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| 281 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| 282 | Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| 283 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| 284 | Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata | |
| 285 | Russet-tailed Thrush | Zoothera heinei | |
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| 286 | <Mistletoebird> | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| 287 | Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | |
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| 288 | Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis | |
| 289 | Crimson Finch | Neochmia phaeton | |
| 290 | <Double-barred Finch> | Stizoptera bichenovii | |
| 291 | <Zebra Finch> | Taeniopygia guttata | |
| 292 | Black-throated Finch | Poephila cincta | |
| 293 | Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax | |
| 294 | Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| 295 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 296 | Australian Pipit | Anthus australis | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 12 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 30 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 7 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.