KAKADU NATIONAL PARK
AUSTRALIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 248 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 248 |
| # Endemics: | 32 |
| # Near Endemics: | 26 |
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 | Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | |
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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 | Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | |
| 6 | Radjah Shelduck | Rajah radjah | |
| 7 | Green Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus pulchellus | |
| 8 | Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | |
| 9 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| 10 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| 11 | <Pink-eared Duck> | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | |
| 12 | Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| 13 | Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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| 14 | Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophora | |
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| 15 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
| 16 | <Hoary-headed Grebe> | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | |
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| 17 | Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| 18 | Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | |
| 19 | Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | |
| 20 | Partridge Pigeon | Geophaps smithii | |
| 21 | Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon | Petrophassa rufipennis | |
| 22 | <Diamond Dove> | Geopelia cuneata | |
| 23 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | |
| 24 | Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis | |
| 25 | Black-banded Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus alligator | |
| 26 | <Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove> | Ptilinopus regina | |
| 27 | Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
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| 28 | Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | |
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| 29 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| 30 | (Pheasant Coucal) | Centropus phasianinus | |
| 31 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| 32 | (Channel-billed Cuckoo) | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| 33 | Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | |
| 34 | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| 35 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| 36 | Pallid Cuckoo | Cacomantis pallidus | |
| 37 | (Brush Cuckoo) | Cacomantis variolosus | |
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| 38 | Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | |
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| 39 | Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
| 40 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 41 | Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | |
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| 42 | /Pacific Swift/ | Apus pacificus | |
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| 43 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| 44 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| 45 | <Eurasian Coot> | Fulica atra | |
| 46 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 47 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 48 | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| 49 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| 50 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | |
| 51 | Brolga | Antigone rubicunda | |
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| 52 | Bush Thick-knee | Burhinus grallarius | |
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| 53 | Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
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| 54 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 55 | Black-fronted Dotterel | Charadrius melanops | |
| 56 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| 57 | <Red-kneed Dotterel> | Erythrogonys cinctus | |
| 58 | /Oriental Plover/ | Anarhynchus veredus | |
| 59 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| 60 | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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| 61 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 62 | /Little Curlew/ | Numenius minutus | |
| 63 | /Far Eastern Curlew/ | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| 64 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | |
| 65 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 66 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 67 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | |
| 68 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 69 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 70 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 71 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 72 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| 73 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata | |
| 74 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 75 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | |
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| 76 | <Red-chested Buttonquail> | Turnix pyrrhothorax | |
| 77 | Chestnut-backed Buttonquail | Turnix castanotus | |
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| 78 | Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | |
| 79 | /Oriental Pratincole/ | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| 80 | Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| 81 | Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| 82 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 83 | (Whiskered Tern) | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 84 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 85 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo | |
| 86 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| 87 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| 88 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
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| 89 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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| 90 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| 91 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 92 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
| 93 | Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | |
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| 94 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| 95 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 96 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| 97 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 98 | Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
| 99 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| 100 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 101 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 102 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| 103 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 104 | Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
| 105 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
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| 106 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 107 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | |
| 108 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | |
| 109 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
| 110 | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | |
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| 111 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 112 | <Black-shouldered Kite> | Elanus axillaris | |
| 113 | Black-breasted Kite | Hamirostra melanosternon | |
| 114 | Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | |
| 115 | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| 116 | Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| 117 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| 118 | Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| 119 | <Spotted Harrier> | Circus assimilis | |
| 120 | Gray Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| 121 | Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| 122 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| 123 | Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | |
| 124 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| 125 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 126 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 127 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| 128 | Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
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| 129 | Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
| 130 | Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | |
| 131 | Southern Boobook | Ninox boobook | |
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| 132 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| 133 | Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| 134 | Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii | |
| 135 | <Red-backed Kingfisher> | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius | |
| 136 | Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
| 137 | Torresian Kingfisher | Todiramphus sordidus | |
| 138 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| 139 | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| 140 | (Oriental Dollarbird) | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 141 | <Nankeen Kestrel> | Falco cenchroides | |
| 142 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| 143 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | |
| 144 | <Black Falcon> | Falco subniger | |
| 145 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 146 | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii | |
| 147 | <Cockatiel> | Nymphicus hollandicus | |
| 148 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla | |
| 149 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea | |
| 150 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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| 151 | <Red-winged Parrot> | Aprosmictus erythropterus | |
| 152 | Northern Rosella | Platycercus venustus | |
| 153 | Hooded Parrot | Psephotellus dissimilis | |
| 154 | <Budgerigar> | Melopsittacus undulatus | |
| 155 | <Varied Lorikeet> | Psitteuteles versicolor | |
| 156 | Red-collared Lorikeet | Trichoglossus rubritorquis | |
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| 157 | Rainbow Pitta | Pitta iris | |
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| 158 | Great Bowerbird | Chlamydera nuchalis | |
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| 159 | Black-tailed Treecreeper | Climacteris melanurus | |
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| 160 | Purple-backed Fairywren | Malurus assimilis | |
| 161 | Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus | |
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| 162 | White-lined Honeyeater | Territornis albilineata | |
| 163 | White-gaped Honeyeater | Stomiopera unicolor | |
| 164 | Yellow-tinted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus flavescens | |
| 165 | Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula | |
| 166 | Singing Honeyeater | Gavicalis virescens | |
| 167 | <Bar-breasted Honeyeater> | Ramsayornis fasciatus | |
| 168 | Rufous-banded Honeyeater | Conopophila albogularis | |
| 169 | <Rufous-throated Honeyeater> | Conopophila rufogularis | |
| 170 | Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
| 171 | Red-headed Myzomela | Myzomela erythrocephala | |
| 172 | <Banded Honeyeater> | Cissomela pectoralis | |
| 173 | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta | |
| 174 | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Entomyzon cyanotis | |
| 175 | White-throated Honeyeater | Melithreptus albogularis | |
| 176 | Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis | |
| 177 | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
| 178 | <Silver-crowned Friarbird> | Philemon argenticeps | |
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| 179 | <Red-browed Pardalote> | Pardalotus rubricatus | |
| 180 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus | |
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| 181 | Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris | |
| 182 | Green-backed Gerygone | Gerygone chloronota | |
| 183 | Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
| 184 | White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea | |
| 185 | Mangrove Gerygone | Gerygone levigaster | |
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| 186 | Gray-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | |
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| 187 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| 188 | White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| 189 | White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | |
| 190 | Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
| 191 | Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| 192 | Sandstone Shrikethrush | Colluricincla woodwardi | |
| 193 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica | |
| 194 | Arafura Shrikethrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
| 195 | Black-tailed Whistler | Pachycephala melanura | |
| 196 | Gray Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
| 197 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| 198 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | |
| 199 | Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus | |
| 200 | Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti | |
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| 201 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| 202 | Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | |
| 203 | <White-browed Woodswallow> | Artamus superciliosus | |
| 204 | Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus | |
| 205 | Little Woodswallow | Artamus minor | |
| 206 | Silver-backed Butcherbird | Cracticus argenteus | |
| 207 | Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis | |
| 208 | Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi | |
| 209 | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | |
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| 210 | Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| 211 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| 212 | Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
| 213 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
| 214 | Mangrove Fantail | Rhipidura phasiana | |
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| 215 | Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| 216 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | |
| 217 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | |
| 218 | Broad-billed Flycatcher | Myiagra ruficollis | |
| 219 | Paperbark Flycatcher | Myiagra nana | |
| 220 | Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto | |
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| 221 | Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | |
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| 222 | Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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| 223 | Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | |
| 224 | Lemon-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca flavigaster | |
| 225 | Buff-sided Robin | Poecilodryas cerviniventris | |
| 226 | Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | |
| 227 | Mangrove Robin | Melanodryas pulverulenta | |
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| 228 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
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| 229 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 230 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| 231 | Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| 232 | Rufous Songlark | Cincloramphus mathewsi | |
| 233 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
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| 234 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| 235 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | |
| 236 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| 237 | Australian Yellow White-eye | Zosterops luteus | |
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| 238 | <Mistletoebird> | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | |
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| 239 | Pictorella Munia | Heteromunia pectoralis | |
| 240 | Crimson Finch | Neochmia phaeton | |
| 241 | <Double-barred Finch> | Stizoptera bichenovii | |
| 242 | Masked Finch | Poephila personata | |
| 243 | Long-tailed Finch | Poephila acuticauda | |
| 244 | <Yellow-rumped Munia> | Lonchura flaviprymna | |
| 245 | Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax | |
| 246 | Gouldian Finch | Chloebia gouldiae | |
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| 247 | /Eastern Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 248 | 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 | 23 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 25 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 6 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| 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.