List of birds of Western Australia

The following is a List of birds sighted in Western Australia.

Common name	Family	Scientific name	Notes	Image
American golden plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis dominica
Antarctic prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila desolata		100px
Antarctic tern	Laridae	Sterna vittata		100px
Arctic jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic tern	Laridae	Sterna paradisaea
Arctic warbler	Phylloscopidae	Phylloscopus borealis		100px
Asian dowitcher	Scolopacidae	Limnodromus semipalmatus
Australasian bittern	Ardeidae	Botaurus poiciloptilus	aka 'brown bittern'
Australasian darter	Anhingidae	Anhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian figbird	Oriolidae	Sphecotheres vieilloti		100px
Australasian gannet	Sulidae	Morus serrator or Sula bassana	aka 'Australian gannet'
Australasian grebe	Podicipedidae	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae		100px
Australasian shoveler	Anatidae	Anas rhynchotis
Australasian swamphen	Rallidae	Porphyrio melanotus	aka 'purple gallinule'
Yellow oriole	Oriolidae	Oriolus flavocinctus		100px
Australian bustard	Otididae	Ardeotis australis	aka 'bush turkey'
Australian hobby	Falconidae	Falco longipennis		100px
Australian magpie	Artamidae	Gymnorhina tibicen		100px
Australian owlet-nightjar	Aegothelidae	Aegotheles cristatus	aka 'moth owl'	100px
Australian painted snipe	Rostratulidae	Rostratula australis		100px
Australian pelican	Pelecanidae	Pelecanus conspicillatus		100px
Australian pratincole	Glareolidae	Stiltia isabella		100px
Australian raven	Corvidae	Corvus coronoides	aka 'crow'
Australian ringneck	Psittaculidae	Barnardius zonarius	aka "twenty-eight"	100px
Australian shelduck	Anatidae	Tadorna tadornoides		100px
Australian spotted crake	Rallidae	Porzana fluminea		100px
Australian white ibis	Threskiornithidae	Threskiornis molucca
Australian wood duck	Anatidae	Chenonetta jubata		100px
Azure kingfisher	Alcedinidae	Ceyx azurea		100px
Baillon's crake	Rallidae	Porzana pusilla
Baird's sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia bairdii		100px
Banded honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Cissomela pectoralis		100px
Banded lapwing	Charadriidae	Vanellus tricolor		100px
Banded stilt	Recurvirostridae	Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Banded whiteface	Pardalotidae	Aphelocephala nigricincta		100px
Barau's petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma baraui		100px
Bar-breasted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Ramsayornis fasciatus		100px
Barking owl	Strigidae	Pterodroma baraui
Barn owl	Tytonidae	Tyto alba
Barn swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo rustica
Bar-shouldered dove	Columbidae	Geopelia humeralis		100px
Bar-tailed godwit	Scolopacidae	Limosa lapponica		100px
Beach stone-curlew	Burhinidae	Esacus giganteus	aka 'beach thick-knee'	100px
Black bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus flavicollis		100px
Black butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus quoyi		100px
Black falcon	Falconidae	Falco subniger		100px
Black grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis housei
Black honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Certhionyx niger
Black kite	Accipitridae	Milvus migrans
Black noddy	Laridae	Anous minutus		100px
Black swan	Anatidae	Cygnus atratus	The state bird of Western Australia
Black-backed wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla lugens
Black-bellied storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Fregetta tropica
Black-breasted buzzard	Accipitridae	Hamirostra melanosternon	aka 'black-breasted kite'	100px
Black-browed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche melanophrys		100px
Black-chinned honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus gularis		100px
Black-crowned night heron	Ardeidae	Nycticorax nycticorax		100px
Black-eared cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx osculans		100px
Black-faced cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax fuscescens		100px
Black-faced cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina novaehollandiae
Black-faced monarch	Monarchidae	Monarcha melanopsis		100px
Black-faced woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus cinereus
Black-fronted dotterel	Charadriidae	Elseyornis melanops		100px
Black-headed gull	Laridae	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-naped tern	Laridae	Sterna sumatrana		100px
Black-necked stork	Ciconiidae	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus		100px
Black-shouldered kite	Accipitridae	Elanus axillaris
Black-tailed godwit	Scolopacidae	Limosa limosa		100px
Black-tailed native-hen	Rallidae	Gallinula ventralis		100px
Black-tailed treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris melanurus
Black-winged stilt	Recurvirostridae	Himantopus himantopus
Bluebonnet	Psittaculidae	Northiella haematogaster		100px
Blue petrel	Procellariidae	Halobaena caerulea		100px
Blue-and-white flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Cyanoptila cyanomelana		100px
Blue-billed duck	Anatidae	Oxyura australis
Blue-breasted fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus pulcherrimus
Blue-faced honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Entomyzon cyanotis	aka 'bananabird'	99px
Blue-winged kookaburra	Halcyonidae	Dacelo leachii		100px
Blue-winged pitta	Pittidae	Pitta moluccensis		100px
Bourke's parrot	Psittaculidae	Neopsephotus bourkii		100px
Brahminy kite	Accipitridae	Haliastur indus		100px
Bridled tern	Laridae	Onychoprion anaethetus		100px
Broad-billed flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra ruficollis		100px
Broad-billed prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila vittata
Broad-billed sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Limicola falcinellus		100px
Brolga	Gruidae	Grus rubicunda
Brown booby	Sulidae	Sula leucogaster
Brown falcon	Falconidae	Falco berigora		100px
Brown goshawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter fasciatus		100px
Brown hawk-owl	Strigidae	Ninox scutulata
Brown honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichmera indistincta		100px
Brown quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix ypsilophorus
Brown songlark	Locustellidae	Cincloramphus cruralis		100px
Brown-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus brevirostris
Brush bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps elegans
Brush cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cacomantis variolosus
Budgerigar	Psittaculidae	Melopsittacus undulatus		100px
Buff-banded rail	Rallidae	Gallirallus philippensis		100px
Buff-breasted sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tryngites subruficollis
Bulwer's petrel	Procellariidae	Bulweria bulwerii
Bush stone-curlew	Burhinidae	Burhinus grallarius
Plain bush-hen	Rallidae	Amaurornis olivacea
Cape Barren goose	Anatidae	Cereopsis novaehollandiae		100px
Cape petrel	Procellariidae	Daption capense
Caspian tern	Laridae	Hydroprogne caspia
Cattle egret	Ardeidae	Bubulcus ibis		100px
Channel-billed cuckoo	Cuculidae	Scythrops novaehollandiae		100px
Chestnut quail-thrush	Cinclosomatidae	Cinclosoma castanotum		100px
Chestnut rail	Rallidae	Eulabeornis castaneoventris
Chestnut teal	Anatidae	Anas castanea
Chestnut-backed buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix castanotus
Chestnut-breasted mannikin	Estrildidae	Lonchura castaneothorax
Chestnut-breasted quail-thrush	Cinclosomatidae	Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Chestnut-rumped thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza uropygialis
Chiming wedgebill	Cinclosomatidae	Psophodes occidentalis
Christmas frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata andrewsi
Cicadabird	Campephagidae	Coracina tenuirostris
Cinnamon quail-thrush	Cinclosomatidae	Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Clamorous reed warbler	Acrocephalidae	Acrocephalus stentoreus		100px
Cockatiel	Cacatuidae	Nymphicus hollandicus
Collared sparrowhawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter cirrocephalus
Comb-crested jacana	Jacanidae	Irediparra gallinacea		100px
Common bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps chalcoptera		100px
Common diving petrel	Procellariidae	Pelecanoides urinatrix
Common greenshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa nebularia
Pacific koel	Cuculidae	Eudynamys orientalis	aka 'eastern koel'	100px
Common noddy	Laridae	Anous stolidus	aka 'brown noddy'
Common pheasant	Phasianidae	Phasianus colchicus	introduced
Common redshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa totanus		100px
Common sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Actitis hypoleucos
Common starling	Sturnidae	Sturnus vulgaris	introduced	100px
Common tern	Laridae	Sterna hirundo		100px
Crested bellbird	Pachycephalidae	Oreoica gutturalis		100px
Crested pigeon	Columbidae	Ocyphaps lophotes		100px
Crested shrike-tit	Pachycephalidae	Falcunculus frontatus
Crested tern	Laridae	Thalasseus bergii
Crimson chat	Meliphagidae	Image:Crested Tern.jpg
Crimson finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia phaeton
Curlew sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris ferruginea		100px
Dark-sided (sooty) flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Muscicapa sibirica
Diamond dove	Columbidae	Geopelia cuneata		100px
Dollarbird	Coraciidae	Eurystomus orientalis		100px
Domestic goose	Anatidae	Anser anser and Anser cygnoides	introduced
Double-banded plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius bicinctus	aka 'banded dotterel'	100px
Double-barred finch	Estrildidae	Taeniopygia bichenovii	aka 'Bicheno's finch' and 'owl finch'	100px
Dunlin	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia alpina
Dusky gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone tenebrosa
Dusky grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis purnelli
Dusky honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Myzomela obscura		100px
Dusky moorhen	Rallidae	Gallinula tenebrosa		100px
Dusky woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus cyanopterus		100px
Eastern curlew	Scolopacidae	Numenius madagascariensis	aka 'Far Eastern curlew'	100px
Eastern reef egret	Ardeidae	Egretta sacra	aka 'Pacific reef egret'	100px
Elegant parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema elegans
Emerald dove	Columbidae	Chalcophaps indica		100px
Emu	Casuariidae	Dromaius novaehollandiae		100px
Erect-crested penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes sclateri
Eurasian coot	Rallidae	Fulica atra		100px
Eurasian tree sparrow	Passeridae	Passer montanus	aka 'Eurasian tree sparrow' or 'German sparrow'. Ship-assisted, but establishes periodically	100px
Fairy martin	Hirundinidae	Petrochelidon ariel		100px
Fairy prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila turtur		100px
Fairy tern	Laridae	Sternula nereis
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fiordland penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus		100px
Flesh-footed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna carneipes		100px
Flock bronzewing	Columbidae	Phaps histrionica
Fluttering shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus gavia		100px
Fork-tailed swift	Apodidae	Apus pacificus	aka 'Pacific swift'
Franklin's gull	Laridae	Leucophaeus pipixcan
Freckled duck	Anatidae	Stictonetta naevosa		100px
Galah	Cacatuidae	Eolophus roseicapillus	aka 'rose-breasted cockatoo' or 'galah cockatoo'	100px
Garganey	Anatidae	Anas querquedula		100px
Gilbert's honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus lunatus		100px
Gilbert's whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala inornata		100px
Glossy ibis	Threskiornithidae	Plegadis falcinellus
Golden whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala pectoralis
Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticolidae	Cisticola exilis		100px
Gouldian finch	Estrildidae	Erythrura gouldiae	aka 'Lady Gouldian finch' or 'Gould's finch'
Gould's petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma leucoptera
Grass owl	Tytonidae	Tyto longimembris
Great bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchidae	Chlamydera nuchalis		100px
Great cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax carbo
Great crested grebe	Podicipedidae	Podiceps cristatus		100px
Great egret	Ardeidae	Ardea alba		100px
Great frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata minor		100px
Great knot	Scolopacidae	Calidris tenuirostris
Great skua	Laridae	Stercorarius skua
Great-billed heron	Ardeidae	Ardea sumatrana		100px
Greater sand plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius leschenaultii
Great-winged petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma macroptera		100px
Green pygmy goose	Anatidae	Nettapus pulchellus		100px
Green-backed gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone chloronotus
Grey butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus torquatus		100px
Grey currawong	Artamidae	Strepera versicolor		100px
Grey falcon	Falconidae	Falco hypoleucos
Grey fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura fuliginosa
Grey goshawk	Accipitridae	Accipiter novaehollandiae
Grey honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Conopophila whitei
Grey petrel	Procellariidae	Procellaria cinerea	aka 'puffin gris' or 'pardela gris'	100px
Grey plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis squatarola	aka 'black-bellied plover'	100px
Grey shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla harmonica		100px
Grey teal	Anatidae	Anas gracilis		100px
Grey-backed storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Garrodia nereis
Grey-crowned babbler	Pomatostomidae	Pomatostomus temporalis
Grey-fronted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus plumulus
Grey-headed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche chrysostoma		100px
Grey-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus keartlandi
Grey-tailed tattler	Scolopacidae	Tringa brevipes
Ground cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina maxima
Western ground parrot	Psittacidae	Pezoporus flaviventris
Gull-billed tern	Laridae	Gelochelidon nilotica
Hardhead	Anatidae	Aytha australis		100px
Helmeted guineafowl	Numididae	Numida meleagris	introduced, often free-ranging, but apparently never permanently established	100px
Herald petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma arminjoniana
Hoary-headed grebe	Podicipedidae	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Hooded plover	Charadriidae	Thinornis rubricollis
Hooded robin	Petroicidae	Melanodryas cucullata		100px
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx basalis		100px
House crow (ship assisted)	Corvidae	Corvus splendens	aka 'Colombo crow'	100px
House sparrow	Passeridae	Passer domesticus	introduced	100px
House swift	Apodidae	Apus affinis	aka 'house swift'
Hutton's shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus huttoni
Indian peafowl	Phasianidae	Pavo cristatus	Introduced. aka the 'common peafowl' or the 'blue peafowl'	100px
Inland dotterel	Charadriidae	Charadrius australis
Inland thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza apicalis
Intermediate egret	Ardeidae	Ardea intermedia		100px
Jacky winter	Petroicidae	Microeca fascinans
Jouanin's petrel	Procellariidae	Bulweria fallax
Kelp gull	Laridae	Larus dominicanus
Kentish plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius alexandrinus		100px
Kerguelen petrel	Procellariidae	Lugensa brevirostris
King penguin	Spheniscidae	Aptenodytes patagonicus		100px
King quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix chinensis	aka 'Chinese painted quail', 'king quail' or 'blue-breasted quail'
Large-billed gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone magnirostris
Latham's snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago hardwickii	aka 'Japanese snipe'
Laughing gull	Laridae	Leucophaeus atricilla
Laughing kookaburra	Halcyonidae	Dacelo novaeguineae	introduced	100px
Laughing dove	Columbidae	Spilopelia senegalensis	introduced	100px
Leach's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Leaden flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra rubecula
Lemon-bellied flyrobin	Petroicidae	Microeca flavigaster
Lesser crested tern	Laridae	Thalasseus bengalensis		100px
Lesser frigatebird	Fregatidae	Fregata ariel
Lesser noddy	Laridae	Anous tenuirostris		100px
Lesser sand plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius mongolus
Letter-winged kite	Accipitridae	Elanus scriptus
Lewin's rail	Rallidae	Lewinia pectoralis
Light-mantled sooty albatross	Diomedeidae	Phoebetria fusca and Phoebetria palpebrata		100px
Australian little bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus dubius		100px
Little black cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx minutillus
Little buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix velox
Little corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua sanguinea		100px
Little crow	Corvidae	Corvus bennetti		100px
Little curlew	Scolopacidae	Numenius minutus
Little eagle	Accipitridae	Hieraaetus morphnoides
Little egret	Ardeidae	Egretta garzetta
Little friarbird	Meliphagidae	Philemon citreogularis		100px
Little grassbird	Locustellidae	Megalurus gramineus
Little penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptula minor	aka 'fairy penguin'	100px
Little pied cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos		100px
Little ringed plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius dubius		100px
Little shearwater	Procellariidae	Puffinus assimilis
Little shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla megarhyncha		100px
Little stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia minuta		100px
Little tern	Laridae	Sternula albifrons		100px
Western wattlebird	Meliphagidae	Anthochaera lunulata		100px
Little woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus minor
Long-billed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Long-billed corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua tenuirostris	introduced	100px
Long-tailed finch	Estrildidae	Poephila acuticauda
Long-tailed jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius longicaudus	aka 'long-tailed skua'	100px
Long-toed stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia subminuta
Macaroni penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes chrysolophus		100px
Magpie-goose	Anseranatidae	Anseranas semipalmata		100px
Magpie-lark	Monarchidae	Grallina cyanoleuca		100px
Major Mitchell's cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Lophochroa leadbeateri
Mallard	Anatidae	Anas platyrhynchos	introduced	100px
Malleefowl	Megapodiidae	Leipoa ocellata
Mangrove gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone levigaster
Mangrove golden whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala melanura
Mangrove grey fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura phasiana
Mangrove robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria pulverulenta
Marsh sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tringa stagnatilis
Masked booby	Sulidae	Sula dactylatra
Masked finch	Estrildidae	Poephila personata
Masked lapwing	Charadriidae	Vanellus miles		100px
Masked owl	Tytonidae	Tyto novaehollandiae		100px
Masked woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus personatus
Matsudaira's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma matsudairae
Mistletoebird	Dicaeidae	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Mulga parrot	Psittaculidae	Psephotus varius		100px
Musk duck	Anatidae	Biziura lobata		100px
Mute swan	Anatidae	Cygnus olor	introduced
Nankeen kestrel	Falconidae	Falco cenchroides		100px
Nankeen night heron	Ardeidae	Nycticorax caledonicus		100px
Narcissus flycatcher	Muscicapidae	Ficedula narcissina
New Holland honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Night parrot	Psittaculidae	Pezoporus occidentalis
Noisy scrub-bird	Atrichornithidae	Atrichornis clamosus
Northern fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura rufiventris
Northern giant petrel	Procellariidae	Macronectes giganteus
Northern pintail	Anatidae	Anas acuta		100px
Northern rosella	Psittaculidae	Platycercus venustus	aka 'Brown's parakeet' or 'smutty rosella'	100px
Northern shoveler	Anatidae	Anas clypeata
Olive-backed oriole	Oriolidae	Oriolus sagittatus
Orange chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura aurifrons
Orange-footed scrubfowl	Megapodiidae	Megapodius reinwardt
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cuculus optatus
Oriental plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius veredus
Oriental pratincole	Glareolidae	Glareola maldivarum
Oriental reed warbler	Acrocephalidae	Acrocephalus orientalis
Osprey	Accipitridae	Pandion haliaetus
Pacific baza	Accipitridae	Aviceda subcristata	aka 'crested hawk'	100px
Pacific black duck	Anatidae	Anas superciliosa
Pacific golden plover	Charadriidae	Pluvialis fulva
Pacific gull	Laridae	Larus pacificus		100px
Pacific swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo tahitica		100px
Painted buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix varius
Painted finch	Estrildidae	Emblema pictum	aka 'painted firetail' and 'painted firetail finch'
Pale-headed munia	Estrildidae	Lonchura pallida	Ashmore Reef
Pallid cuckoo	Cuculidae	Cuculus pallidus		100px
Partridge pigeon	Columbidae	Geophaps smithii
Peaceful dove	Columbidae	Geopelia placida		100px
Pectoral sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris melanotos
Peregrine falcon	Falconidae	Falco peregrinus
Pheasant coucal	Centropodidae	Centropus phasianinus
Pheasant-tailed jacana	Jacanidae	Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Pictorella mannikin	Estrildidae	Heteromunia pectoralis
Pied butcherbird	Artamidae	Cracticus nigrogularis		100px
Pied cormorant	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax varius
Pied heron	Ardeidae	Ardea picata
Pied honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Certhionyx variegatus
Pied oystercatcher	Haematopodidae	Haematopus longirostris
Pink-eared duck	Anatidae	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Pin-tailed snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago stenura	aka 'pin-tailed snipe'
Plumed whistling duck	Anatidae	Dendrocygna eytoni
Pomarine jaeger	Laridae	Stercorarius pomarinus	aka 'pomarine jaeger'
Princess parrot	Psittaculidae	Polytelis alexandrae	aka 'Alexandra's parrott'	100px
Purple-crowned fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus coronatus
Purple-crowned lorikeet	Psittacidae	Glossopsitta porphyrocephala		100px
Purple-gaped honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus cratitius		100px
Radjah shelduck	Anatidae	Tadorna radjah		100px
Rainbow bee-eater	Meropidae	Merops ornatus		100px
Rainbow lorikeet	Psittaculidae	Trichoglossus haematodus	introduced, declared pest	100px
Rainbow pitta	Pittidae	Pitta iris
Red goshawk	Accipitridae	Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Red knot	Scolopacidae	Calidris canutus
Red wattlebird	Meliphagidae	Anthochaera carunculata		100px
Red-backed buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix maculosus
Red-backed fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus melanocephalus
Red-backed kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Red-browed finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia temporalis
Red-browed pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus rubricatus
Red-capped parrot	Psittaculidae	Purpureicephalus spurius	aka 'king parrott'	100px
Red-capped plover	Charadriidae	Charadrius ruficapillus		100px
Red-capped robin	Petroicidae	Petroica goodenovii
Red-chested buttonquail	Turnicidae	Turnix pyrrhothorax
Red-eared firetail	Estrildidae	Stagonopleura oculata
Red-footed booby	Sulidae	Sula sula
Red-headed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Myzomela erythrocephala
Red-kneed dotterel	Charadriidae	Erythrogonys cinctus
Red-legged crake	Rallidae	Rallina fasciata
Red-necked avocet	Recurvirostridae	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae		100px
Red-necked phalarope	Scolopacidae	Phalaropus lobatus
Red-necked stint	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia ruficollis		100px
Red-rumped swallow	Hirundinidae	Cecropis daurica
Red-tailed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus banksii		100px
Red-tailed tropicbird	Phaethontidae	Phaethon rubricauda		100px
Redthroat	Acanthizidae	Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Red-throated pipit	Motacillidae	Anthus cervinus		100px
Red-winged fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus elegans
Red-winged parrot	Psittaculidae	Aprosmictus erythropterus		100px
Regent parrot	Psittaculidae	Polytelis anthopeplus		100px
Restless flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra inquieta		100px
Richard's pipit	Motacillidae	Anthus richardi		100px
Rock dove	Columbidae	Columba livia	aka 'rock pigeon'. introduced.	100px
Rock parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema petrophila		100px
Rockhopper penguin	Spheniscidae	Eudyptes chrysocome		100px
Roseate tern	Laridae	Sterna dougallii		100px
Rose-crowned fruit dove	Columbidae	Ptilinopus regina
Royal albatross	Diomedeidae	Diomedea epomophora	aka 'southern royal albatross'
Royal spoonbill	Threskiornithidae	Platalea regia		100px
Ruddy turnstone	Scolopacidae	Arenaria interpres		100px
Ruff	Scolopacidae	Philomachus pugnax		100px
Rufous bristlebird	Dasyornithidae	Dasyornis broadbenti
Rufous fantail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura rufifrons		100px
Rufous fieldwren	Acanthizidae	Calamanthus campestris
Rufous owl	Strigidae	Ninox rufa
Rufous songlark	Locustellidae	Cincloramphus mathewsi
Rufous treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris rufus
Rufous whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala rufiventris
Rufous-crowned emu-wren	Maluridae	Stipiturus ruficeps
Rufous-throated honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Conopophila rufogularis
Sabine's gull	Laridae	Xema sabini		100px
Sacred kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus sanctus		100px
Salvin's prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila salvini	aka 'medium-billed prion'
Sanderling	Scolopacidae	Calidris alba		100px
Sandstone shrike-thrush	Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla woodwardi
Sarus crane	Gruidae	Grus antigone
Satin flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra cyanoleuca		100px
Scarlet robin	Petroicidae	Petroica multicolor		100px
Scarlet-chested parrot	Psittaculidae	Neophema splendida	aka 'scarlet-breasted parrot', 'orange-throated parrot' or 'splendid parrot'	100px
Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris acuminata
Shining bronze cuckoo	Cuculidae	Chrysococcyx lucidus		100px
Shining flycatcher	Monarchidae	Myiagra alecto
Short-billed black cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Calyptorhynchus latirostris		100px
Short-tailed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna tenuirostris	aka 'yolla'
Shy albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche cauta		100px
Shy heathwren	Acanthizidae	Hylacola cauta
Silver gull	Laridae	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae		100px
Silver-crowned friarbird	Meliphagidae	Philemon argenticeps
Silvereye	Zosteropidae	Zosterops lateralis	aka 'white-eye' or 'wax-eye'
Singing bushlark	Alaudidae	Mirafra cantillans
Singing honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus virescens		100px
Slaty-backed thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza robustirostris
Slender-billed prion	Procellariidae	Pachyptila belcheri
Slender-billed thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza iredalei
Soft-plumaged petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma mollis
Sooty albatross	Diomedeidae	Phoebetria palpebrata and Phoebetria fusca		100px
Sooty oystercatcher	Haematopodidae	Haematopus fuliginosus		100px
Sooty shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna griseus
Sooty tern	Laridae	Onychoprion fuscatus
South polar skua	Laridae	Stercorarius maccormicki	older name: 'MacCormick’s skua'	100px
Southern boobook	Strigidae	Ninox novaeseelandiae	aka 'mopoke' or 'morepork'	100px
Southern emu-wren	Maluridae	Stipiturus malachurus
Southern fulmar	Procellariidae	Fulmarus glacialoides		100px
Southern giant petrel	Procellariidae	Macronectus giganteus
Southern scrub robin	Petroicidae	Drymodes brunneopygia
Southern whiteface	Acanthizidae	Aphelocephala leucopsis
Spangled drongo	Dicruridae	Dicrurus bracteatus		100px
Spinifex pigeon	Columbidae	Geophaps plumifera		100px
Spinifexbird	Locustellidae	Eremiornis carter
Spiny-cheeked honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Acanthagenys rufogalaris
Splendid fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus splendens		100px
Spotless crake	Rallidae	Porzana tabuensis
Spotted harrier	Accipitridae	Circus assimilis
Spotted nightjar	Caprimulgidae	Eurostopodus argus
Spotted pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus punctatus		100px
Spotted redshank	Scolopacidae	Tringa erythropus		100px
Spotted dove	Columbidae	Spilopelia chinensis	introduced	100px
Square-tailed kite	Accipitridae	Lophoictinia isura
Star finch	Estrildidae	Neochmia ruficauda
Straw-necked ibis	Threskiornithidae	Threskiornis spinicollis		100px
Streaked shearwater	Procellariidae	Calonectris leucomelas
Striated grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis striatus
Striated heron	Ardeidae	Butorides striatus
Striated pardalote	Pardalotidae	Pardalotus striatus
Stubble quail	Phasianidae	Coturnix pectoralis
Sulphur-crested cockatoo	Cacatuidae	Cacatua galerita		100px
Swamp harrier	Accipitridae	Circus approximans		100px
Swinhoe's snipe	Scolopacidae	Gallinago megala	aka 'forest snipe' or 'Chinese snipe'
Swinhoe's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanodroma monorhis
Tahiti petrel	Procellariidae	Pseudobulweria rostrata
Tawny frogmouth	Podargidae	Podargus strigoides		100px
Tawny grassbird	Locustellidae	Megalurus timoriensis
Tawny-crowned honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Phylidonyris melanops
Terek sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Xenus cinereus		100px
Thick-billed grasswren	Maluridae	Amytornis textilis
Tiger shrike	Laniidae	Lanius tigrinus	sighted once, possibly ship assisted	100px
Torresian crow	Corvidae	Corvus orru	aka 'Australian crow' or 'Papuan crow'	100px
Torresian imperial pigeon	Columbidae	Ducula spilorrhoa		100px
Torresian kingfisher	Halcyonidae	Todiramphus sordidus
Tree martin	Hirundinidae	Petrochelidon nigricans		100px
Varied lorikeet	Psittaculidae	Psitteuteles versicolor		100px
Varied sittella	Neosittidae	Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Varied triller	Campephagidae	Lalage leucomela		100px
Variegated fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus lamberti)	aka 'Lambert wren'
Wandering albatross	Diomedeidae	Diomedea exulans		100px
Wandering whistling duck	Anatidae	Dendrocygna arcuata		100px
Wedge-tailed eagle	Accipitridae	Aquila audax
Wedge-tailed shearwater	Procellariidae	Ardenna pacificus		100px
Weebill	Acanthizidae	Smicrornis brevirostris
Welcome swallow	Hirundinidae	Hirundo neoxena		100px
Western bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchidae	Chlamydera guttata
Western bristlebird	Dasyornithidae	Dasyornis longirostris
Western corella	Cacatuidae	Cacatua pastinator
Western gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone fusca
Western rosella	Psittaculidae	Platycercus icterotis		100px
Western spinebill	Meliphagidae	Acanthorhynchus superciliosus		100px
Western thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza inornata
Western whipbird	Cinclosomatidae	Psophodes nigrogularis
Western yellow robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria griseogularis		100px
Whimbrel	Scolopacidae	Numenius phaeopus		100px
Whiskered tern	Laridae	Chlidonias hybrida
Whistling kite	Accipitridae	Haliastur sphenurus	aka 'whistling eagle' or 'whistling hawk'	100px
White wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla alba
White-backed swallow	Hirundinidae	Cheramoeca leucosternus
White-bellied cuckooshrike	Campephagidae	Coracina papuensis		100px
White-bellied sea eagle	Accipitridae	Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-breasted robin	Petroicidae	Eopsaltria georgiana		100px
White-breasted whistler	Pachycephalidae	Pachycephala lanioides
White-breasted woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus leucorynchus		100px
White-browed babbler	Pomatostomidae	Pomatostomus superciliosus
White-browed crake	Rallidae	Porzana cinerea		100px
White-browed robin	Petroicidae	Poecilodryas superciliosa		100px
White-browed scrubwren	Acanthizidae	Sericornis frontalis		100px
White-browed treecreeper	Climacteridae	Climacteris affinis
White-browed woodswallow	Artamidae	Artamus superciliosus
White-cheeked honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Phylidonyris nigra		100px
White-chinned petrel	Procellariidae	Procellaria aequinoctialis		100px
White-eared honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus leucotis		100px
White-faced heron	Ardeidae	Egretta novaehollandiae		100px
White-faced storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Pelagodroma marina	aka 'white-faced petrel'	100px
White-fronted chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura albifrons		100px
White-fronted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Purnella albifrons
White-fronted tern	Laridae	Sterna striata		100px
White-gaped honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus unicolor
White-headed petrel	Procellariidae	Pterodroma lessonii		100px
White-lined honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Meliphaga albilineata
White-necked heron	Ardeidae	Ardea pacifica	aka 'Pacific heron'	100px
White-plumed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus penicillatus		100px
White-quilled rock pigeon	Columbidae	Petrophassa albipennis
White-rumped sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Calidris or Erolia fuscicollis
White-tailed tropicbird	Phaethontidae	Phaethon lepturus
White-throated gerygone	Acanthizidae	Gerygone olivacea		100px
White-throated honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Melithreptus albogularis		100px
White-throated needletail	Apodidae	Hirundapus caudacutus
White-winged tern	Laridae	Chlidonias leucopterus	aka 'white-winged black tern'	100px
White-winged fairy-wren	Maluridae	Malurus leucopterus
White-winged triller	Campephagidae	Lalage tricolor
Willie wagtail	Rhipiduridae	Rhipidura leucophrys		100px
Wilson's storm petrel	Hydrobatidae	Oceanites oceanicus	aka 'Wilson's petrel'
Wood sandpiper	Scolopacidae	Tringa glareola		100px
Yellow bittern	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus sinensis		100px
Yellow chat	Meliphagidae	Epthianura crocea
Yellow wagtail	Motacillidae	Motacilla flava	aka 'yellow wagtail'
Yellow white-eye	Zosteropidae	Zosterops luteus
Yellow-billed spoonbill	Threskiornithidae	Platalea flavipes		100px
Yellow-nosed albatross	Diomedeidae	Thalassarche chlororhynchos	aka 'Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross'
Yellow-plumed honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus ornatus
Yellow-rumped mannikin	Estrildidae	Lonchura flaviprymna	aka 'yellow-rumped munia'
Yellow-rumped thornbill	Acanthizidae	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa		100px
Yellow-throated miner	Meliphagidae	Manorina flavigula		100px
Yellow-tinted honeyeater	Meliphagidae	Lichenostomus flavescens		100px
Zebra finch	Estrildidae	Taeniopygia guttata		100px
Zitting cisticola	Cisticolidae	Cisticola juncidis		100px

See also

• List of Australian birds