HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY
AUSTRALIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 158 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 158 |
| # Endemics: | 64 |
| # Near Endemics: | 3 |
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 | Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| 3 | Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides |
| 4 | Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata |
| 5 | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 6 | Gray Teal | Anas gracilis |
| 7 | Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea |
| 8 | Hardhead | Aythya australis |
| 9 | Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis |
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| 10 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 11 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 12 | Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera |
| 13 | Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans |
| 14 | Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes |
| 15 | Wonga Pigeon | Leucosarcia melanoleuca |
| 16 | Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida |
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| 17 | Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis |
| 18 | Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 19 | Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus |
| 20 | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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| 21 | Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides |
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| 22 | /White-throated Needletail/ | Hirundapus caudacutus |
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| 23 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 24 | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
| 25 | <Eurasian Coot> | Fulica atra |
| 26 | Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus |
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| 27 | Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor |
| 28 | Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
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| 29 | Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius |
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| 30 | Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae |
| 31 | <Hoary-headed Grebe> | Poliocephalus poliocephalus |
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| 32 | Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| 33 | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 34 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 35 | Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
| 36 | Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius |
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| 37 | Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca |
| 38 | Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
| 39 | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
| 40 | Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes |
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| 41 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 42 | White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| 43 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 44 | Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica |
| 45 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
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| 46 | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
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| 47 | <Black-shouldered Kite> | Elanus axillaris |
| 48 | Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura |
| 49 | Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides |
| 50 | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| 51 | Collared Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephalus |
| 52 | Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae |
| 53 | Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciatus |
| 54 | Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans |
| 55 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 56 | Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus |
| 57 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
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| 58 | Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua |
| 59 | Australian Boobook | Ninox boobook |
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| 60 | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus |
| 61 | Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| 62 | (Sacred Kingfisher) | Todiramphus sanctus |
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| 63 | <Nankeen Kestrel> | Falco cenchroides |
| 64 | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 65 | Brown Falcon | Falco berigora |
| 66 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 67 | Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Zanda funereus |
| 68 | Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum |
| 69 | Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
| 70 | Little Corella | Cacatua sanguinea |
| 71 | Long-billed Corella | Cacatua tenuirostris |
| 72 | Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
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| 73 | Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| 74 | #Swift Parrot# | Lathamus discolor |
| 75 | Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
| 76 | Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius |
| 77 | <Little Lorikeet> | Psitteuteles pusilla |
| 78 | <Purple-crowned Lorikeet> | Psitteuteles porphyrocephala |
| 79 | <Musk Lorikeet> | Trichoglossus concinna |
| 80 | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
| 81 | Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
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| 82 | Superb Lyrebird | Menura novaehollandiae |
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| 83 | Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
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| 84 | White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
| 85 | Red-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris erythrops |
| 86 | Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus |
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| 87 | Superb Fairywren | Malurus cyaneus |
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| 88 | Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| 89 | Lewin's Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| 90 | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
| 91 | White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis |
| 92 | <Yellow-tufted Honeyeater> | Lichenostomus melanops |
| 93 | Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys |
| 94 | Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| 95 | <Red Wattlebird> | Anthochaera carunculata |
| 96 | Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera |
| 97 | White-plumed Honeyeater | Ptilotula penicillatus |
| 98 | Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| 99 | Crescent Honeyeater | Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus |
| 100 | New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
| 101 | White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| 102 | Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
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| 103 | Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| 104 | Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
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| 105 | Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus |
| 106 | Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus |
| 107 | White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| 108 | Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostra |
| 109 | Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| 110 | Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
| 111 | Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
| 112 | Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| 113 | Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
| 114 | Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
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| 115 | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 116 | Sahul Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
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| 117 | Varied Sittella | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
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| 118 | Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
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| 119 | Eastern Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus |
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| 120 | Gray Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| 121 | Olive Whistler | Pachycephala olivacea |
| 122 | Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| 123 | Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
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| 124 | Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
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| 125 | Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus |
| 126 | Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
| 127 | Gray Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| 128 | Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| 129 | Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| 130 | Gray Currawong | Strepera versicolor |
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| 131 | Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| 132 | Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons |
| 133 | Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
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| 134 | Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| 135 | Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
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| 136 | Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides |
| 137 | <Little Raven> | Corvus mellori |
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| 138 | Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang |
| 139 | Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii |
| 140 | Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea |
| 141 | Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster |
| 142 | Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans |
| 143 | Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
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| 144 | Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis |
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| 145 | Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| 146 | Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel |
| 147 | Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans |
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| 148 | Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
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| 149 | European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| 150 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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| 151 | Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata |
| 152 | Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula |
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| 153 | <Mistletoebird> | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
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| 154 | Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis |
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| 155 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 156 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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| 157 | European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris |
| 158 | European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
*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 | 1 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 11 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 0 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.
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