List of Western Australian birds
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The following is a List of Western Australian birds.
[edit] Casuariidae
[edit] Megapodiidae
[edit] Phasianidae
- Stubble Quail
- Brown Quail
- King Quail
- Common Pheasant (introduced)
- Indian Peafowl (introduced)
[edit] Numididae
- Helmeted Guineafowl (introduced- often free-ranging, but apparently never permanently established)
[edit] Anseranatidae
[edit] Anatidae
- Domestic Goose (introduced)
- Plumed Whistling Duck
- Wandering Whistling Duck
- Blue-billed Duck
- Musk Duck
- Freckled Duck
- Mute Swan (introduced)
- Black Swan
- Cape Barren Goose
- Australian Shelduck
- Radjah Shelduck
- Australian Wood Duck
- Green Pygmy-goose
- Mallard (introduced)
- Pacific Black Duck
- Australasian Shoveler
- Northern Shoveler
- Grey Teal
- Chestnut Teal
- Northern Pintail
- Garganey
- Pink-eared Duck
- Hardhead
[edit] Podicipedidae
[edit] Spheniscidae
- King Penguin
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Fiordland Penguin
- Erect-crested Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
- Little Penguin
[edit] Procellariidae
- Common Diving Petrel
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Southern Fulmar
- Cape Petrel
- Kerguelen Petrel
- Tahiti Petrel
- Great-winged Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Herald Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Barau's Petrel
- Gould's Petrel
- Blue Petrel
- Broad-billed Prion
- Salvin's Prion
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- Fairy Prion
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Jouanin's Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Grey Petrel
- Streaked Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Hutton's Shearwater
- Little Shearwater
[edit] Diomedeidae
- Wandering Albatross
- Royal Albatross
- Black-browed Albatross
- Shy Albatross
- Grey-headed Albatross
- Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
[edit] Hydrobatidae
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
- White-faced Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
[edit] Phaethontidae
[edit] Sulidae
[edit] Anhingidae
[edit] Phalacrocoracidae
[edit] Pelecanidae
[edit] Fregatidae
[edit] Ardeidae
- White-faced Heron
- Little Egret
- Eastern Reef Egret
- White-necked Heron
- Great-billed Heron
- Pied Heron
- Great Egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Striated Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Little Bittern
- Yellow Bittern
- Black Bittern
- Australasian Bittern
[edit] Threskiornithidae
[edit] Ciconiidae
[edit] Accipitridae
- Osprey
- Pacific Baza
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Letter-winged Kite
- Square-tailed Kite
- Black-breasted Buzzard
- Black Kite
- Whistling Kite
- Brahminy Kite
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
- Spotted Harrier
- Swamp Harrier
- Brown Goshawk
- Grey Goshawk
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Red Goshawk
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Little Eagle
[edit] Falconidae
[edit] Gruidae
[edit] Rallidae
- Red-legged Crake
- Buff-banded Rail
- Lewin's Rail
- Bush-hen
- Baillon's Crake
- Australian Spotted Crake
- Spotless Crake
- White-browed Crake
- Chestnut Rail
- Purple Swamphen
- Dusky Moorhen
- Black-tailed Native-hen
- Eurasian Coot
[edit] Otididae
[edit] Turnicidae
- Red-backed Button-quail
- Little Button-quail
- Red-chested Button-quail
- Chestnut-backed Button-quail
- Painted Button-quail
[edit] Scolopacidae
- Latham's Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Little Curlew
- Whimbrel
- Eastern Curlew
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Redshank
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Asian Dowitcher
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Little Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Red-necked Phalarope
[edit] Rostratulidae
[edit] Jacanidae
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana
[edit] Burhinidae
[edit] Haematopodidae
[edit] Recurvirostridae
[edit] Charadriidae
- Pacific Golden Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Red-capped Plover
- Double-banded Plover
- Lesser Sand Plover
- Greater Sand Plover
- Oriental Plover
- Inland Dotterel
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Hooded Plover
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Banded Lapwing
- Masked Lapwing
[edit] Glareolidae
- Oriental Pratincole
- Australian Pratincole
[edit] Laridae
- Great Skua
- South Polar Skua
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Arctic Jaeger
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Pacific Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Silver Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Sabine's Gull
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Crested Tern
- Roseate Tern
- White-fronted Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Common Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Antarctic Tern
- Little Tern
- Fairy Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Sooty Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Black Tern
- Common Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Lesser Noddy
[edit] Columbidae
- Rock Dove (introduced)
- Laughing Turtle-Dove (introduced)
- Spotted Turtle-Dove (introduced)
- Emerald Dove
- Common Bronzewing
- Brush Bronzewing
- Flock Bronzewing
- Crested Pigeon
- Spinifex Pigeon
- Partridge Pigeon
- White-quilled Rock-Pigeon
- Diamond Dove
- Peaceful Dove
- Bar-shouldered Dove
- Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Pied Imperial Pigeon
[edit] Cacatuidae
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Short-billed Black-Cockatoo
- Long-billed Black-Cockatoo
- Galah
- Long-billed Corella (introduced)
- Western Corella
- Little Corella
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Cockatiel
[edit] Psittacidae
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Varied Lorikeet
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet
- Red-winged Parrot
- Regent Parrot
- Princess Parrot
- Northern Rosella
- Western Rosella
- Australian Ringneck
- Red-capped Parrot
- Blue Bonnet
- Mulga Parrot
- Budgerigar
- Bourke's Parrot
- Elegant Parrot
- Rock Parrot
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Ground Parrot
- Night Parrot
[edit] Cuculidae
- Oriental Cuckoo
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Brush Cuckoo
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo
- Common Koel
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
[edit] Centropodidae
- Pheasant Coucal
[edit] Strigidae
- Rufous Owl
- Barking Owl
- Southern Boobook
- Brown Hawk-Owl
[edit] Tytonidae
- Masked Owl
- Barn Owl
- Grass Owl
[edit] Podargidae
[edit] Caprimulgidae
- Spotted Nightjar
[edit] Aegothelidae
[edit] Apodidae
[edit] Alcedinidae
[edit] Halcyonidae
- Laughing Kookaburra (introduced)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Collared Kingfisher
[edit] Meropidae
[edit] Coraciidae
[edit] Passeriformes
[edit] Pittidae
- Blue-winged Pitta
- Rainbow Pitta
[edit] Atrichornithidae
- Noisy Scrub-bird
[edit] Climacteridae
- White-browed Treecreeper
- Black-tailed Treecreeper
- Rufous Treecreeper
[edit] Maluridae
- Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
- Splendid Fairy-wren
- Variegated Fairy-wren
- Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
- Red-winged Fairy-wren
- White-winged Fairy-wren
- Red-backed Fairy-wren
- Southern Emu-wren
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Black Grasswren
- Striated Grasswren
- Thick-billed Grasswren
- Dusky Grasswren
[edit] Pardalotidae
- Spotted Pardalote
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Striated Pardalote
- Western Bristlebird
- Rufous Bristlebird
- White-browed Scrubwren
- Shy Heathwren
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Redthroat
- Weebill
- Dusky Gerygone
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Western Gerygone
- Large-billed Gerygone
- Green-backed Gerygone
- White-throated Gerygone
- Inland Thornbill
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- Slaty-backed Thornbill
- Western Thornbill
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Southern Whiteface
- Banded Whiteface
[edit] Meliphagidae
- Red Wattlebird
- Little Wattlebird
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Silver-crowned Friarbird
- Little Friarbird
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Yellow-throated Miner
- White-lined Honeyeater
- Singing Honeyeater
- White-gaped Honeyeater
- White-eared Honeyeater
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater
- Grey-headed Honeyeater
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Brown-headed Honeyeater
- White-throated Honeyeater
- White-naped Honeyeater
- Brown Honeyeater
- New Holland Honeyeater
- White-cheeked Honeyeater
- White-fronted Honeyeater
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater
- Grey Honeyeater
- Western Spinebill
- Banded Honeyeater
- Black Honeyeater
- Pied Honeyeater
- Dusky Honeyeater
- Red-headed Honeyeater
- Crimson Chat
- Orange Chat
- Yellow Chat
- White-fronted Chat
[edit] Petroicidae
- Jacky Winter
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
- Scarlet Robin
- Red-capped Robin
- Hooded Robin
- Western Yellow Robin
- White-breasted Robin
- Mangrove Robin
- White-browed Robin
- Southern Scrub-robin
[edit] Pomatostomidae
- Grey-crowned Babbler
- White-browed Babbler
[edit] Cinclosomatidae
- Western Whipbird
- Chiming Wedgebill
- Chestnut Quail-thrush
- Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
[edit] Neosittidae
[edit] Pachycephalidae
- Crested Shrike-tit
- Crested Bellbird
- Gilbert's Whistler
- Golden Whistler
- Mangrove Golden Whistler
- Rufous Whistler
- White-breasted Whistler
- Little Shrike-thrush
- Sandstone Shrike-thrush
- Grey Shrike-thrush
[edit] Dicruridae
- Black-faced Monarch
- Broad-billed Flycatcher
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Satin Flycatcher
- Shining Flycatcher
- Restless Flycatcher
- Magpie-lark
- Rufous Fantail
- Grey Fantail
- Mangrove Grey Fantail
- Northern Fantail
- Willie Wagtail
- Spangled Drongo
[edit] Campephagidae
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
- Cicadabird
- Ground Cuckoo-shrike
- White-winged Triller
- Varied Triller
[edit] Oriolidae
[edit] Artamidae
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Masked Woodswallow
- White-browed Woodswallow
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Little Woodswallow
- Black Butcherbird
- Grey Butcherbird
- Pied Butcherbird
- Australian Magpie
- Grey Currawong
[edit] Corvidae
- Australian Raven
- Little Crow
- Torresian Crow
- House Crow (ship assisted)
[edit] Laniidae
- Tiger Shrike (once; probably ship assisted)
[edit] Ptilonorhynchidae
- Western Bowerbird
- Great Bowerbird
[edit] Alaudidae
[edit] Motacillidae
- Richard's Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Yellow Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Black-backed Wagtail
[edit] Passeridae
- House Sparrow (introduced)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (ship-assisted, but establishes periodically)
- Zebra Finch
- Double-barred Finch
- Long-tailed Finch
- Masked Finch
- Crimson Finch
- Star Finch
- Red-browed Finch
- Red-eared Firetail
- Painted Finch
- Yellow-rumped Mannikin
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
- Pale-headed Munia (Ashmore Reef)
- Pictorella Mannikin
- Gouldian Finch
[edit] Dicaeidae
- Mistletoebird
[edit] Hirundinidae
- White-backed Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Welcome Swallow
- Pacific Swallow
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Tree Martin
- Fairy Martin
[edit] Sylviidae
- Clamorous Reed Warbler
- Oriental Reed Warbler
- Arctic Warbler
- Tawny Grassbird
- Little Grassbird
- Spinifexbird
- Rufous Songlark
- Brown Songlark
- Zitting Cisticola
- Golden-headed Cisticola
[edit] Zosteropidae
- Yellow White-eye
- Silvereye
[edit] Muscicapidae
- Dark-sided (Sooty) Flycatcher
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher
- Narcissus Flycatcher
[edit] Sturnidae
- Common Starling (introduced)
[edit] Supplementary list
The following species are reported but there is inadequate documentation to justify their inclusion at the present time:
- Forest Kingfisher
- Gibberbird