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Pelicans - PELECANIDAE
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 
Darters - ANHINGIDAE
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Cormorants - PHALACROCORACIDAE
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax malanoleucos
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns - ARDEIDAE
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis 
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Pied Heron Ardea picata
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Storks - CICONIIDAE
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus assiaticus
Spoonbills and Ibises - THRESKIORNITHIDAE
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 
Magpie Goose - ANSERANATIDAE
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
Swans, Ducks and Geese - ANATIDAE
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah
Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
Hawks - ACCIPITRIDAE
Black Kite Milvus migrans 
Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Pacific Bazza Aviceda subcristata
Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus 
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Falcons - FALCONIDAE
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Black Falcon Falco subniger
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Mound Builders - MEGAPODIIDAE
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 
Quails and Pheasents - PHASIANIDAE
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
Cranes - GRUIDAE
Brolga Grus rubicunda
Basted Quails - TURNICIDAE
Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa
Stone-curlews - BURHINIDAE
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Plovers and Dotterels - CHARADRIIDAE
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Sandpipers, Snipes and Curlews - SCOLOPACIDAE
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Pranticoles - GLAREOLIDAE
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Pigeons and Doves - COLUMBIDAE
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor
Rock Dove Columba livia
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina
Cockatoos - CACATUIDAE
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
Galah Cacutua roseicapilla
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris 
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banskii
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Parrots - PSITTACIDAE
Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 
Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
True cuckoos and koels - CUCULIDAE
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Cuckoos, ground cuckoos - CENTROPODIDAE
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Owls - STRIGIDAE
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Frogmouths - PODARGIDAE
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Owlet-nightjars - AEGOTHELIDAE
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Swifts - APODIDAE
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
Kingfishers - HALCYONIDAE
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Bee-eaters - MEROPIDAE
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Rollers - CORACIIDAE
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Swallows and Martins - HIRUNDINIDAE
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Cuckoo-shrikes and Trillers - CAMPEPHAGIDAE
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii
Fly-catchers and robins - PETROICIDAE
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster
Whisters & shrike-thrushes - PACHYCEPHALIDAE
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Australian Babblers - POMATOSTOMIDAE
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
Old-World Warblers - SYLVIIDAE
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Wrens - MALURIDAE
Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus
Honeyeaters - MELIPHAGIDAE
Banded Honeyeater Certhionyx pectoralis
Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala
Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
Flowerpecker - DICAEIDAE
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinadeum
Pardalotes - PARDALOTIDAE
Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronotus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Old-World Sparrows - PASSERIDAE
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
Masked Finch Poephila personata
Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna
Orioles and Figbirds - ORIOLIDAE
Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
Drongos and Flycatchers - DICRURIDAE
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Bowerbirds - PTILONORHYNCHIDAE
Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
Woodswallows and Butcherbirds - ARTAMIDAE
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Ravens and Crows - CORVIDAE
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
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