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    • Albatross
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    • Avocet
    • Babbler
    • Baza
    • Bee-Eater
    • Bellbird (crested)
    • Bittern
    • Blackbird
    • Black-Cockatoo
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    • Brolga
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    • Bronzewing
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    • Budgerigar
    • Bulbul and Bushlark
    • Bustard
    • Butcherbird
    • Button-quail
    • Buzzard
    • Cassowary
    • Catbird
    • Chat
    • Chough
    • Chowchilla
    • Cicadabird
    • Cisticola
    • Cockatiel
    • Cockatoo: Gang-gang
    • Cockatoo: Major Mitchell
    • Cockatoo: Palm
    • Cockatoo: Sulphur-crested
    • Coot
    • Corella
    • Cormorant
    • Coucal, Pheasant
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    • Crane, Sarus
    • Crow, Little
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    • Cuckoo-Dove, Brown
    • Cuckoo Shrike, Barred to Cuckoo Shrike, White-bellied
    • Curlew
    • Currawong
    • Darter
    • Dollarbird
    • Dotterel
    • Dove
    • Drongo, Spangled
    • Duck, Australian Wood
    • Duck, Blue-billed
    • Duck: Freckled
    • Duck: Musk
    • Duck: Pacific Black
    • Duck: Pink-eared
    • Eagle
    • Egret
    • Emu
    • Emu-wren
    • Fairy-wren
    • Falcon
    • Fantail
    • Fieldwren
    • Figbird
    • Fig-parrot, Double-eyed
    • Finch, Black-throated to Gouldian
    • Finch, Long-tailed to Finch, Zebra
    • Firetail
    • Flycatcher
    • Friarbird
    • Frigatebird
    • Frogmouth
    • Fruit-dove
    • Galah
    • Gannet
    • Gerygone
    • Giant-Petrel
    • Gibberbird
    • Goldfinch
    • Goose, Cape Barren
    • Goose-Magpie
    • Goshawk
    • Grassbird
    • Grasswren
    • Grebe
    • Greenfinch, Common
    • Greenshank
    • Gull
    • Hardhead
    • Harrier
    • Heathwren
    • Heron
    • Hobby
    • Honeyeater, Banded to Honeyeater, Crescent
    • Honeyeater, Dusky, to Honeyeater, New Holland
    • Honeyeater, White-naped to Honeyeater, Yellow-tufted
    • Ibis
    • Imperial-Pigeon
    • Jacana
    • Jacky Winter
    • Jaeger
    • Junglefowl
    • Kestrel
    • Kingfisher
    • King-parrot
    • Kite
    • Knot
    • Koel, Eastern
    • Kookaburra
    • Lapwing
    • Logrunner
    • Lorikeet
    • Lyrebird
    • Magpie
    • Malleefowl
    • Mallard
    • Mannikin
    • Manucode
    • Martin
    • Miner
    • Mistletoebird
    • Monarch
    • Moorhen
    • Myna
    • Native-hen
    • Night-heron, Nankeen
    • Nightjar
    • Noddy
    • Oriole
    • Osprey
    • Ostrich
    • Owl
    • Owlet-nightjar
    • Oystercatcher
    • Pardalote
    • Parrot, Blue-winged
    • Parrot, Bourke's
    • Parrot: Eclectus to Princess
    • Parrot: Red-capped to Parrot, Regent
    • Parrot: Rock to Turquoise
    • Peafowl
    • Pelican
    • Penguin
    • Petrel
    • Phalarope
    • Pheasant ring-necked (feral)
    • Pigeon
    • Pipit
    • Pitta
    • Plains Wanderer
    • Plover: Double-banded to Hooded
    • Plover: Oriental to Sand
    • Pratincole
    • Prion
    • Pygmy-goose
    • Quail
    • Rail
    • Quail-thrush
    • Raven
    • Redshank
    • Redthroat
    • Reedwarbler
    • Riflebird
    • Ringneck
    • Robin
    • Rock-pigeon
    • Rock Warbler
    • Rosella
    • Ruff
    • Sanderling
    • Sandpiper
    • Scrubfowl
    • Scrub-robin
    • Scrubwren
    • Sea-Eagle
    • Shearwater
    • Shelduck
    • Shoveler
    • Shrike
    • Shrike-thrush
    • Shrike-tit
    • Silvereye
    • Sittella
    • Skua
    • Snipe
    • Songlark
    • Sparrow
    • Sparrowhawk
    • Spinebill
    • Spoonbill
    • Starling
    • Stilt
    • Stint
    • Stone-curlew
    • Stork (Jabiru)
    • Storm-petrel
    • Sunbird
    • Swallow
    • Swamphen
    • Swan
    • Swift and Swiftlet
    • Tattler
    • Teal
    • Tern: Black-naped to Gull-billed
    • Tern Little to White-winged
    • Thornbill
    • Thrush
    • Treecreeper
    • Triller
    • Tropicbird
    • Turnstone
    • Willie Wagtail
    • Warbler
    • Waterhen
    • Wattlebird
    • Wedgebill
    • Weebill
    • Whimbrel
    • Whipbird
    • Whistler
    • Whistling-Duck
    • White-eye
    • Whiteface
    • Woodswallow
    • Woodhen
  • Birds of the World
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    • Struthionidae (Ostriches)
    • Rheidae (Rheas)
    • Tinamidae (Tinamous)
    • Casuariidae (Cassowaries and Emus)
    • Apterygidae (Kiwis)
    • Megapodiidae
    • Cracidae (Guans Chachalacas Curassows)
    • Numididae (Guineafowls)
    • Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
    • Phasianidae (Pheasants)
    • Anhimidae Screamers
    • Anseranatidae Magpie Goose
    • Anatidae Waterfowl
    • Podicipedidae (Grebes)
    • Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)
    • Columbidae (Doves)
    • Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
    • Steatornithidae (Oilbirds)
    • Nyctibiidae (Potoos)
    • Podargidae (Frogmouths)
    • Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks)
    • Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars)
    • Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)
    • Apodidae Swifts
    • Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
    • Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
    • Musophagidae (Turacos)
    • Otididae (Bustards)
    • Opisthocomidae Hoatzin
    • Heliornithidae (Sungrebes and Finfoots)
    • Sarothruridae Flufftails and African Woodrails
    • Rallidae Rails and Coots
    • Psophiidae Trumpeters
    • Aramidae (Limpkin)
    • Gruidae Cranes
    • Burhinidae (Thickknees and Stone Curlews)
    • Chionidae (Sheathbills)
    • Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover)
    • Pluvianidae Egyptian Plover
    • Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
    • Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill)
    • Recurvirostridae Stilts and Avocets
    • Charadriidae Plovers
    • Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer
    • Thinocoridae Seedsnipes
    • Rostratulidae Painted-snipe
    • Jacanidae Jacanas
    • Scolopacidae Sandpipers
    • Turnicidae Buttonquails
    • Dromadidae Crab-plover
    • Glareolidae Coursers and Pratincoles
    • Laridae Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
    • Stercorariidae Skuas and Jaegers
    • Alcidae Auks
    • Rhynochetidae Kagu
    • Eurypygidae Sunbittern
    • Phaethontiformes Tropicbirds
    • Gaviidae Loons
    • Spheniscidae Penguins
    • Oceanitidae Southern Storm-petrels
    • Diomedeidae Albatrosses
    • Hydrobatidae Northern Storm-petrels
    • Procellariidae Petrels
    • Ciconiidae Storks
    • Fregatidae Frigatebirds
    • Sulidae Boobies and Gannets
    • Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
    • Anhingidae Anhingas
    • Threskiornithidae Ibises and Spoonbills
    • Ardeidae Herons
    • Scopidae Hamerkop
    • Balaenicipitidae Shoebill
    • Pelecanidae Pelicans
    • Cathartidae New World Vultures
    • Sagittariidae Secretarybird
    • Pandionidae Osprey
    • Accipitridae Hawks (1)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (2)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (3)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (4)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (5)
    • Strigidae Owls (1)
    • Strigidae Owls (2 Otus)
    • Strigidae Owls (3)
    • Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
    • Coliidae Mousebirds
    • Leptosomidae Cuckoo-roller
    • Trogonidae Trogons
    • Bucerotidae Hornbills
    • Upupidae Hoopoes
    • Phoeniculidae Woodhoopoes
    • Meropidae Bee-eaters
    • Coraciidae Rollers
    • Brachypteraciidae Ground-rollers
    • Todidae Todies
    • Momotidae Motmots
    • Alcedinidae Kingfishers
    • Galbulidae Jacamars
    • Capitonidae New World Barbets
    • Bucconidae Puffbirds
    • Ramphastidae Toucans
    • Semnornithidae Prong-billed Barbets
    • Lybiidae African Barbets
    • Megalaimidae Asian Barbets
    • Indicatoridae Honeyguides
    • Picidae Woodpeckers
    • Cariamidae Seriemas
    • Falconidae Falcons and Caracaras
    • Strigopidae New Zealand Parrots
    • Cacatuidae Cockatoos
    • Psittacidae Parrots 1
    • Psittacidae Parrots 2
    • Acanthisittidae New Zealand Wrens
    • Pittidae Pittas
    • Philepittidae Asities
    • Eurylamidae Patterned Broadbills
    • Sapayoidae Sapayoa
    • Calyptomenidae Green and African Broadbills
    • Thamnophilidae Antbirds
    • Conopophagidae Gnateaters
    • Melanopareiidae Crescentchests
    • Grallariidae Antpittas
    • Rhinocryptidae Tapaculos
    • Formicariidae Ant-thrushes
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds 1
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds (2 Cinclodes)
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds (3)
    • Pipridae Manakins
    • Cotingidae Cotingas
    • Tityridae Tityras
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 1
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 2 2
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 3
    • Menuridae Lyrebirds
    • Achornithidae scrub-birds
    • Ptilonorhynchidae Bowerbirds
    • Climacteridae Australasian Treecreepers
    • Maluridae Fairywrens
    • Dasyornithidae Bristlebirds
    • Meliphagidae Honeyeaters
    • Pardalotidae Pardalotes
    • Acanthizidae Thornbills
    • Orthonycidae Logrunners and Chowchilla
    • Pomatostomidae Australasian Babblers
    • Mohouidae New Zealand Creepers
    • Eulacestomidae (Wattled Ploughbird)
    • Neosittidae Sitellas
    • Oriolidae Old World Orioles
    • Paramythidae Painted Berrypickers
    • Oreoicidae Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
    • Cinclosomatidae Quail-thrushes
    • Falcunculidae Shrike-tit
    • Pachycephalidae Whistlers
    • Psophodidae Whipbirds
    • Vireonidae Vireos
    • Campephagidae Cuckoo-shrikes
    • Rhagologidae Mottled Whistler
    • Artamidae Woodswallows, Magpies and Butcherbirds
    • Machaerirhynchidae Boatbills
    • Vangidae Vangas and allies
    • Platysteiridae Batises and Wattle-eyes
    • Aegithinidae Ioras
    • Pityriasidae Bristlehead
    • Malaconotidae Bush-shrikes
    • Rhipiduridae Fantails
    • Dicruridae Drongos
    • Ifritidae Ifrita
    • Monarchidae Monarch Flycatchers
    • Platylophidae Shrike-jay
    • Laniidae Shrikes
    • Corvidae Crows and Jays
    • Melampittidae
    • Corcoracidae Australian Mudnesters
    • Paradisaedae Birds-of-Paradise
    • Callaeidae New Zealand Wattlebirds
    • Notiomystidae Stitchbird
    • Melanocharitidae Berrypeckers and Longbills
    • Cnemophilidae Satinbirds
    • Picathartidae Rockfowls
    • Eupetidae Rail-babbler
    • Chaetopidae Rockjumpers
    • Petroicidae Australasian Robins
    • Hyliotidae Hyliotas
    • Stenostiridae Fairy Flycatchers
    • Paridae Tits and Chickadees
    • Remizidae Penduline-tits
    • Alaudidae Larks
    • Panuridae Bearded Reedling
    • Nicatoridae Nicators
    • Macrosphenidae Crombecs and Allies
    • Cisticolidae Cisticolas and Allies
    • Acrocephalidae Reed Warblers and Allies
    • Pnoepygidae Cupwings
    • Locustellidae Grassbird and Allies
    • Donacobiidae Donacobius
    • Bernieridae Malagasy Warblers
    • Hirundinidae Swallows and Martins
    • Pycnonotidae Bulbuls
    • Phylloscopidae Leaf Warblers
    • Scotocercidae Bush Warblers
    • Aegithalidae Long-tailed Tits
    • Sylviidae Sylviid Warblers and Parrotbills
    • Zosteropidae White-eyes and Yuhinas
    • Timaliidae Tree Babblers
    • Pellorneidae Ground Babblers and Allies
    • Leiothrichidae Laughing-thrushes and Allies
    • Certhiidae Treecreepers
    • Sittidae Nuthatches
    • Polioptilidae Gnatcatcher and Gnatwrens
    • Troglodytidae Wrens
    • Cinclidae Dippers
    • Buphagidae Oxpeckers
    • Sturnidae Starlings and Mynas
    • Mimidae Mockingbirds and Thrashers
    • Turdidae Thrushes
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 1
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 2
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 3
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 4
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 5
    • Bombycillidae waxwings
    • Promeropidae Sugarbirds
    • Irenidae Fairy-bluebirds
    • Chloropseidae Leafbirds
    • Dicaeidae Flowerpeckers
    • Nectariniidae Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
    • Prunellidae Accentors
    • Ploceidae Weavers and Allies
    • Estrildidae Waxbills and Allies
    • Viduidae Whydahs and Indigobirds
    • Passeridae Old World Sparrows
    • Motacillidae Pipits and Wagtails
    • Fringillidae Finches and Allies
    • Calcariidae Longspurs
    • Rhodinocichla Thrush-tanager
    • Emberizidae Old World Buntings
    • Passerellidae New World Sparrows
    • Icteridae New World Blackbirds
    • Parulidae New World Warblers
    • Cardinalidae Cardinals and Allies
    • Thraupidae Tanagers and Allies
    • Thraupidae Tanagers and Allies 2
    • Thraupidae Tanagers and Allies 3
    • Thraupidae Tanagers and Allies 4
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Book Reviews

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Andrew Darby Flight Lines, Allen & Unwin, 2020, ISBN 978 1 76029 655 1
Thought shorebirds were grey and boring?  Think again.  How do they navigate and what happens when they meet a major storm cell? Discover pre-historic flyways that still influence current flyways, such as the present-day East Asian-Australasian Flyway our waders follow.  Andrew Darby, a journalist, follows the journey of waders in their astonishing ultramarathon flights from the Southern Hemisphere to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. A key bird he follows is the unassuming Grey Plover, notably two that were radio tracked from here in South Australia.  He looks at the history behind our current knowledge of wader migration, who some major players have been and the challenges they faced in their research.  AOC members will recognise people mentioned in this book, such as Maureen Christie who met us on the beaches near Carpenter Rocks on the 2018 Nelson Spring Outing.  For other AOC members who have been to a Farewell to the Waders course in Roebuck Bay, Broome, some of the photos show familiar scenes. Sadly, many migratory wader populations are diminishing.  Andrew looks at the political, climatic, predatory and commercial threats that may result in the extinction of many shorebird species.
​Marianne Wakelin


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An easy read for troubling times is a book I was given for Christmas (or perhaps birthday) 2018. The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson tells the story of the largest natural history heist of the 20th Century. It's not so much a who-dunnit as an investigation into into why  “one summer evening in 2009, twenty year- old - musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring…..and made off with….. a suitcase full of rare bird specimens." (Taken from the blurb.) It’s a true story and quite an eye-opener. Since we can’t go shopping, its available from Booktopia…..delivered to your door. As well as an absorbing tale to fill some enjoyable moments, it makes an excellent gift for bird-loving friends.
Gill Simons

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George Adams The Complete Guide to Australian Birds Viking, 2018
The architect and bird-lover George Adams, who has earned a reputation for his books on gardening to attract native birds, has combined with a large group of photographers to produce a beautiful guide to Australian birds. Like several of its immediate predecessors, this is probably too bulky to be used in the field, but with the rise of e-guides that can be installed on mobile phones and tablets, that is certainly not a drawback. Where it differs from the 2017 Australian Bird Guide by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke and Jeff Davies, is that the illustrations are all photographs, some of them quite astounding. Following modern trends, the maps, information and illustrations for each bird are all together, making it extremely easy to consult. A lovely touch is that the fore-edges of the pages are colour-coded, with yellow, for example, indicating the honeyeaters, while sea green is devoted to skuas, jaegers, noddies, terns, and gulls. A guide at the front of the book makes using these colours an easy way to turn quickly to particular groups or families. The initial information, on parts of a bird, bill-adaptations, typical nest-types, and the principal vegetation habitats, is concise but useful, and the descriptions of the bird families informative for both beginners and more seasoned birders. For more localised birds such as Gang Gangs or Short-tailed Grasswrens, a binocular symbol leads to localities where they can (with luck) be seen. I confess to a prejudice against photographic guides, because lighting can often be misleading, but this book has won me over. Particularly impressive are the photographs of swifts, for whereas anyone can take a half-decent shot of a kookaburra, to get a swiftlet perfectly focused on the wing is admirable. There are three indices: an index of common names, one of scientific names and a quick index with terms such as “ducks” “eagles” and “robins”.  The last page is devoted to Australian birding hotspots, with a list too concise to be of much use to locals, but no doubt helpful for overseas birders visiting Australia. And just before that, as a symbol of the book’s generous use of illustrations, is a group of very beautiful full-page photos. Other full-page photos are scattered through the text, mainly to introduce each family. The guide covers “all wild birds regularly seen on the mainland, Tasmania and off-shore islands and oceans”. Christmas and Cocos Islands are not covered, nor are Norfolk or Lord Howe, but what Adams has provided is an attractive, useful and highly readable guide that is a pleasure to own.
RL

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Andrew Black and Peter Gower have combined their formidable knowledge and resources to produce this handsome study of one of Australia's most elusive bird groups. For anyone who has spent hours searching in vain for grasswrens at Boodjamulla, Kalkadoon or Gluepot, this book will inspire both envy and awe. The photos are superb and the amount of information, both historical and up-to-date, impressive. There are tempting invitations such as the following: "Short-tailed Grasswrens can be found at many localities in the Flinders Ranges NP and adjacent properties". There is a useful chapter on threats and conservation, and such helpful advice as this: "No matter the size of the long lens you use to photograph grasswrens, it needs to be comfortable to carry for several hours of walking through Spinifex or Saltbush. A small camera is also useful for recording your surroundings." And for those who would rather admire these skulking little birds from the comfort of a couch, the book provides a very pleasant alternative to those long hikes. 
​RL
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This handsome new addition to Australian bird guides is a collaborative effort by seven experienced birders, three of whom, Rohan Clarke, Peter Menkhorst and Danny Rogers,  wrote the text, three more--Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack and Kim Franklin--produced the beautiful art work, while Glenn Ehmke, drawing on a large database, provided the distribution maps. To an experienced birder dipping into it for the first time, it comes as a considerable surprise to find that it opens, not with emus and cassowaries, but with penguins. The team has taken the innovative step, already pioneered by bird guides from other countries, of replacing taxonomic order with a more pragmatic sequence, presenting birds according to the broad habitats in which we might encounter them--marine, freshwater and terrestrial. Within that broad set of categories, there is a taxonomic order, keeping families and genera together. The two reasons given for this change are that understanding of bird systematics is changing rapidly as new molecular genetic techniques are applied, leading to considerable changes in the family tree, and that those not familiar with taxonomic sequence will find it easier to locate the bird group they are looking for. Both reasons have merit, although a good index and the visual quick reference guide provided by many guide books, including this one, are usually enough to allow any reader to locate bird groups and particular species.
The 30 page introduction has much useful information about such varied matters as moult, migration, terminology, binoculars, cameras, sound recording and birding ethics. The information in the introduction is considerably expanded by panels within the body of the guide, focusing on individual families or groups, allowing the reader a useful overview before homing in on individual species. They also provide additional information: the section on swiftlets, for example, includes a panel on other swiftlets sighted in Australian territories, while the passerines are introduced with a panel providing information on characteristics of passerines. Other panels are devoted such topics as Ageing Passerines. The descriptive text for each species is copious, including the usual information on distribution, size, behaviour, voice and so forth as well as notes on aspects such as migration, foraging behaviour, and predation. Each entry is accompanied by a small circle, in which the amount of colour indicates how easy the bird is to find.The illustrations are similarly generous, with the bird depicted in flight, sometimes in its habitat, and at various stages of its development. The distribution maps, though small, are clear.
This is not really a field guide, being too handsome and too heavy for most birders to want to carry with them.  I suspect most of us will want to have either a more compact guide, such as Morcombe's, or a digital guide to carry in the field. Nevertheless, the ABG it is a very useful work of reference, and is a clear improvement on the various guides that have been available until now.
RL
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    • Goshawk
    • Grassbird
    • Grasswren
    • Grebe
    • Greenfinch, Common
    • Greenshank
    • Gull
    • Hardhead
    • Harrier
    • Heathwren
    • Heron
    • Hobby
    • Honeyeater, Banded to Honeyeater, Crescent
    • Honeyeater, Dusky, to Honeyeater, New Holland
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    • Kingfisher
    • King-parrot
    • Kite
    • Knot
    • Koel, Eastern
    • Kookaburra
    • Lapwing
    • Logrunner
    • Lorikeet
    • Lyrebird
    • Magpie
    • Malleefowl
    • Mallard
    • Mannikin
    • Manucode
    • Martin
    • Miner
    • Mistletoebird
    • Monarch
    • Moorhen
    • Myna
    • Native-hen
    • Night-heron, Nankeen
    • Nightjar
    • Noddy
    • Oriole
    • Osprey
    • Ostrich
    • Owl
    • Owlet-nightjar
    • Oystercatcher
    • Pardalote
    • Parrot, Blue-winged
    • Parrot, Bourke's
    • Parrot: Eclectus to Princess
    • Parrot: Red-capped to Parrot, Regent
    • Parrot: Rock to Turquoise
    • Peafowl
    • Pelican
    • Penguin
    • Petrel
    • Phalarope
    • Pheasant ring-necked (feral)
    • Pigeon
    • Pipit
    • Pitta
    • Plains Wanderer
    • Plover: Double-banded to Hooded
    • Plover: Oriental to Sand
    • Pratincole
    • Prion
    • Pygmy-goose
    • Quail
    • Rail
    • Quail-thrush
    • Raven
    • Redshank
    • Redthroat
    • Reedwarbler
    • Riflebird
    • Ringneck
    • Robin
    • Rock-pigeon
    • Rock Warbler
    • Rosella
    • Ruff
    • Sanderling
    • Sandpiper
    • Scrubfowl
    • Scrub-robin
    • Scrubwren
    • Sea-Eagle
    • Shearwater
    • Shelduck
    • Shoveler
    • Shrike
    • Shrike-thrush
    • Shrike-tit
    • Silvereye
    • Sittella
    • Skua
    • Snipe
    • Songlark
    • Sparrow
    • Sparrowhawk
    • Spinebill
    • Spoonbill
    • Starling
    • Stilt
    • Stint
    • Stone-curlew
    • Stork (Jabiru)
    • Storm-petrel
    • Sunbird
    • Swallow
    • Swamphen
    • Swan
    • Swift and Swiftlet
    • Tattler
    • Teal
    • Tern: Black-naped to Gull-billed
    • Tern Little to White-winged
    • Thornbill
    • Thrush
    • Treecreeper
    • Triller
    • Tropicbird
    • Turnstone
    • Willie Wagtail
    • Warbler
    • Waterhen
    • Wattlebird
    • Wedgebill
    • Weebill
    • Whimbrel
    • Whipbird
    • Whistler
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    • White-eye
    • Whiteface
    • Woodswallow
    • Woodhen
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    • Rheidae (Rheas)
    • Tinamidae (Tinamous)
    • Casuariidae (Cassowaries and Emus)
    • Apterygidae (Kiwis)
    • Megapodiidae
    • Cracidae (Guans Chachalacas Curassows)
    • Numididae (Guineafowls)
    • Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
    • Phasianidae (Pheasants)
    • Anhimidae Screamers
    • Anseranatidae Magpie Goose
    • Anatidae Waterfowl
    • Podicipedidae (Grebes)
    • Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)
    • Columbidae (Doves)
    • Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
    • Steatornithidae (Oilbirds)
    • Nyctibiidae (Potoos)
    • Podargidae (Frogmouths)
    • Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks)
    • Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars)
    • Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)
    • Apodidae Swifts
    • Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
    • Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
    • Musophagidae (Turacos)
    • Otididae (Bustards)
    • Opisthocomidae Hoatzin
    • Heliornithidae (Sungrebes and Finfoots)
    • Sarothruridae Flufftails and African Woodrails
    • Rallidae Rails and Coots
    • Psophiidae Trumpeters
    • Aramidae (Limpkin)
    • Gruidae Cranes
    • Burhinidae (Thickknees and Stone Curlews)
    • Chionidae (Sheathbills)
    • Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover)
    • Pluvianidae Egyptian Plover
    • Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
    • Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill)
    • Recurvirostridae Stilts and Avocets
    • Charadriidae Plovers
    • Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer
    • Thinocoridae Seedsnipes
    • Rostratulidae Painted-snipe
    • Jacanidae Jacanas
    • Scolopacidae Sandpipers
    • Turnicidae Buttonquails
    • Dromadidae Crab-plover
    • Glareolidae Coursers and Pratincoles
    • Laridae Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
    • Stercorariidae Skuas and Jaegers
    • Alcidae Auks
    • Rhynochetidae Kagu
    • Eurypygidae Sunbittern
    • Phaethontiformes Tropicbirds
    • Gaviidae Loons
    • Spheniscidae Penguins
    • Oceanitidae Southern Storm-petrels
    • Diomedeidae Albatrosses
    • Hydrobatidae Northern Storm-petrels
    • Procellariidae Petrels
    • Ciconiidae Storks
    • Fregatidae Frigatebirds
    • Sulidae Boobies and Gannets
    • Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
    • Anhingidae Anhingas
    • Threskiornithidae Ibises and Spoonbills
    • Ardeidae Herons
    • Scopidae Hamerkop
    • Balaenicipitidae Shoebill
    • Pelecanidae Pelicans
    • Cathartidae New World Vultures
    • Sagittariidae Secretarybird
    • Pandionidae Osprey
    • Accipitridae Hawks (1)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (2)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (3)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (4)
    • Accipitridae Hawks (5)
    • Strigidae Owls (1)
    • Strigidae Owls (2 Otus)
    • Strigidae Owls (3)
    • Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
    • Coliidae Mousebirds
    • Leptosomidae Cuckoo-roller
    • Trogonidae Trogons
    • Bucerotidae Hornbills
    • Upupidae Hoopoes
    • Phoeniculidae Woodhoopoes
    • Meropidae Bee-eaters
    • Coraciidae Rollers
    • Brachypteraciidae Ground-rollers
    • Todidae Todies
    • Momotidae Motmots
    • Alcedinidae Kingfishers
    • Galbulidae Jacamars
    • Capitonidae New World Barbets
    • Bucconidae Puffbirds
    • Ramphastidae Toucans
    • Semnornithidae Prong-billed Barbets
    • Lybiidae African Barbets
    • Megalaimidae Asian Barbets
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    • Picidae Woodpeckers
    • Cariamidae Seriemas
    • Falconidae Falcons and Caracaras
    • Strigopidae New Zealand Parrots
    • Cacatuidae Cockatoos
    • Psittacidae Parrots 1
    • Psittacidae Parrots 2
    • Acanthisittidae New Zealand Wrens
    • Pittidae Pittas
    • Philepittidae Asities
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    • Sapayoidae Sapayoa
    • Calyptomenidae Green and African Broadbills
    • Thamnophilidae Antbirds
    • Conopophagidae Gnateaters
    • Melanopareiidae Crescentchests
    • Grallariidae Antpittas
    • Rhinocryptidae Tapaculos
    • Formicariidae Ant-thrushes
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds 1
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds (2 Cinclodes)
    • Furnariidae Ovenbirds (3)
    • Pipridae Manakins
    • Cotingidae Cotingas
    • Tityridae Tityras
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 1
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 2 2
    • Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers 3
    • Menuridae Lyrebirds
    • Achornithidae scrub-birds
    • Ptilonorhynchidae Bowerbirds
    • Climacteridae Australasian Treecreepers
    • Maluridae Fairywrens
    • Dasyornithidae Bristlebirds
    • Meliphagidae Honeyeaters
    • Pardalotidae Pardalotes
    • Acanthizidae Thornbills
    • Orthonycidae Logrunners and Chowchilla
    • Pomatostomidae Australasian Babblers
    • Mohouidae New Zealand Creepers
    • Eulacestomidae (Wattled Ploughbird)
    • Neosittidae Sitellas
    • Oriolidae Old World Orioles
    • Paramythidae Painted Berrypickers
    • Oreoicidae Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
    • Cinclosomatidae Quail-thrushes
    • Falcunculidae Shrike-tit
    • Pachycephalidae Whistlers
    • Psophodidae Whipbirds
    • Vireonidae Vireos
    • Campephagidae Cuckoo-shrikes
    • Rhagologidae Mottled Whistler
    • Artamidae Woodswallows, Magpies and Butcherbirds
    • Machaerirhynchidae Boatbills
    • Vangidae Vangas and allies
    • Platysteiridae Batises and Wattle-eyes
    • Aegithinidae Ioras
    • Pityriasidae Bristlehead
    • Malaconotidae Bush-shrikes
    • Rhipiduridae Fantails
    • Dicruridae Drongos
    • Ifritidae Ifrita
    • Monarchidae Monarch Flycatchers
    • Platylophidae Shrike-jay
    • Laniidae Shrikes
    • Corvidae Crows and Jays
    • Melampittidae
    • Corcoracidae Australian Mudnesters
    • Paradisaedae Birds-of-Paradise
    • Callaeidae New Zealand Wattlebirds
    • Notiomystidae Stitchbird
    • Melanocharitidae Berrypeckers and Longbills
    • Cnemophilidae Satinbirds
    • Picathartidae Rockfowls
    • Eupetidae Rail-babbler
    • Chaetopidae Rockjumpers
    • Petroicidae Australasian Robins
    • Hyliotidae Hyliotas
    • Stenostiridae Fairy Flycatchers
    • Paridae Tits and Chickadees
    • Remizidae Penduline-tits
    • Alaudidae Larks
    • Panuridae Bearded Reedling
    • Nicatoridae Nicators
    • Macrosphenidae Crombecs and Allies
    • Cisticolidae Cisticolas and Allies
    • Acrocephalidae Reed Warblers and Allies
    • Pnoepygidae Cupwings
    • Locustellidae Grassbird and Allies
    • Donacobiidae Donacobius
    • Bernieridae Malagasy Warblers
    • Hirundinidae Swallows and Martins
    • Pycnonotidae Bulbuls
    • Phylloscopidae Leaf Warblers
    • Scotocercidae Bush Warblers
    • Aegithalidae Long-tailed Tits
    • Sylviidae Sylviid Warblers and Parrotbills
    • Zosteropidae White-eyes and Yuhinas
    • Timaliidae Tree Babblers
    • Pellorneidae Ground Babblers and Allies
    • Leiothrichidae Laughing-thrushes and Allies
    • Certhiidae Treecreepers
    • Sittidae Nuthatches
    • Polioptilidae Gnatcatcher and Gnatwrens
    • Troglodytidae Wrens
    • Cinclidae Dippers
    • Buphagidae Oxpeckers
    • Sturnidae Starlings and Mynas
    • Mimidae Mockingbirds and Thrashers
    • Turdidae Thrushes
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 1
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 2
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 3
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 4
    • Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers and Chats 5
    • Bombycillidae waxwings
    • Promeropidae Sugarbirds
    • Irenidae Fairy-bluebirds
    • Chloropseidae Leafbirds
    • Dicaeidae Flowerpeckers
    • Nectariniidae Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
    • Prunellidae Accentors
    • Ploceidae Weavers and Allies
    • Estrildidae Waxbills and Allies
    • Viduidae Whydahs and Indigobirds
    • Passeridae Old World Sparrows
    • Motacillidae Pipits and Wagtails
    • Fringillidae Finches and Allies
    • Calcariidae Longspurs
    • Rhodinocichla Thrush-tanager
    • Emberizidae Old World Buntings
    • Passerellidae New World Sparrows
    • Icteridae New World Blackbirds
    • Parulidae New World Warblers
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