Listing of Birds found in Australia ... Photos of Birds found in Australia
Parrots / Psittacines found in Australia
Birds of Inland Waters, Marshes and Wetlands: Ducks, Geese, Shelducks, Shovelers, Moorhens, Crakes, Rails, Grebes, Cormorants, Cranes, Darters, Swans and Storks
Sea and Shorebirds: Birds mostly occurring on the shore or out on the ocean (Seabirds) (Albatrosses, Petrels, Fulmars, Frigatebirds, Godwits, Gannets, Gulls, Sandpipers, Shearwaters, Tattlers, Terns)
Birds found in Australia in or near bodies of water (mostly freshwater and wetlands)
Avocets (Wetland Birds)
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) - Range: Found throughout Australia, except for the northern parts of the Northern Territory
Bird of Prey Hunting in Water (Freshwater Hunters)
- Ospreys (P. h. cristatus) - Range: Along the coastline of, and along some large rivers within, Australia
- White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Resident on coasts and major waterways
Bitterns (Wetland Birds / Waders)
- Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) aka Brown Bittern - Range: South-western and south-eastern Australia
- Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
Curlews (Waders)
- Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) - Range: Winter in coastal Australia
Dowitcher (Waders)
- Asiatic Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) - Northern Australia
Egrets (Shallow Water / Wetland Habitats)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)- Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)
- Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Herons (Waders)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Nankeen Night Heron aka Rufous Night Heron and in Melanesia as Melabaob (Nycticorax caledonicus)
Ibises (Waders)
- Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) - Range: Widespread in eastern, northern and southwestern Australia
- Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) - Range: Introduced into Australia
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
Jacanas (Waders)
- Comb-crested Jacanas (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the Lotusbird or Lilytrotter - Range: Northern and eastern Australia
Knots (Waders)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) - Range: Winter visitor
Lapwings (Waders)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) aka Masked Plover or Plover
- Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) - Range: Vagrant
Oystercatchers (Waders)
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) - Vagrant - Range: Eastern coast of mainland Australia
- Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) - Range: Commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries.
Pelicans (Found in inland and coastal waters)
- Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) aka Goolayyalibee
Penguins (Shore / Sea)
- Erect-crested Penguins (Eudyptes sclateri)
- Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) - Range: Southern Australia.
Plovers (Waders)
- Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) - Range: Vagrant
- Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) - Range: Winter visitor
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America - Seabirds
Sanderlings (Waders)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba, syn. Crocethia alba or Erolia alba) - Range: Winters in Australia
Snipe (Waders)
- Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) aka Japanese Snipe - Range: Winters in eastern Australia, where it is the commonest Gallinago snipe
- Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura) aka Pin-tailed Snipe - Range: Vagrant to north-western and northern Australia
Spoonbills (Waders)
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) also known as the Black-billed Spoonbill - Range: Fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes): Common in south-east Australia
Stilts (Waders)
- Banded Stilts (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
- Pied Stilt or White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus or Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus)
Stints (Waders)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
Stone-curlews (Waders)
- 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
- Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
- Stone-curlews or Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
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