List of birds of the Houtman Abrolhos
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The Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, is one of the most important areas in the world for breeding colonies of seabirds.[1] Around 90 species of seabird occur there, as well as three species of shore bird, and six species of land bird.[2]
Common name | Scientific name | Family |
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Little penguin | Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae | Spheniscidae |
Wandering albatross | Diomedea exulans | Diomedeidae |
Grey-headed albatross | Diomedea chrysostyoma | Diomedeidae |
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross | Diomedea clororhychos | Diomedeidae |
Southern giant petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Procellariidae |
Cape petrel | Daption capense | Procellariidae |
Great-winged petrel | Pterodroma macroptera macroptera | Procellariidae |
White-headed petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Procellariidae |
Soft-plumaged petrel | Pterodroma mollis mollis | Procellariidae |
Prion (bird) | Pachyptila spp. | Procellariidae |
White-chinned petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Procellariidae |
Streaked shearwater | Calonectris leucomelaena | Procellariidae |
Flesh-footed shearwater | Puffinus carneipes | Procellariidae |
Wedge-tailed shearwater | Puffinus pacificus | Procellariidae |
Little shearwater | Puffinus assimilis assimilis | Procellariidae |
Wilson's storm petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Hydrobatidae |
White-faced storm petrel | Oceanites marinus dulciae | Hydrobatidae |
Red-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon rubricaeuda | Phaethontidae |
White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae |
Australian pelican | Pelicanus conspicillatus | Pelecanidae |
Australasian gannet | Morus serrator | Sulidae |
Great cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae | Phalacrocoracidae |
Pied cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | Phalacrocoracidae |
Little pied cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | Phalacrocoracidae |
Australasian darter | Anthinga novaehollandiae | Phalacrocoracidae |
White-faced heron | Ardea nobaehollandiae | Ardeidae |
Eastern reef egret | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae |
Black swan | Cygnus atratus | Anatidae |
Australian shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Anatidae |
Grey teal | Anas gibberifrons gracilis | Anatidae |
White-bellied sea eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | Accipitridae |
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus cristatus | Accipitridae |
Nankeen kestrel | Falco cenchroides cenchroides | Falconidae |
Stubble quail | Coturnix novaezelandiae pectoralis | Phasianidae |
Abrolhos painted buttonquail | Turnix varius scintillans | Turnicidae |
Buff-banded rail | Gallirallus philippensis mellori | Rallidae |
Spotted crake | Porzana fluminea | Rallidae |
Spotless crake | Porzana tabuensis | Rallidae |
Pied oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | Haematopodidae |
Sooty oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus | Haematopodidae |
Banded lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Charadriidae |
Grey plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae |
Pacific golden plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae |
Hooded plover | Thinornis cucullatus | Charadriidae |
Red-capped plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | Charadriidae |
Greater sand plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Charadriidae |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus variegatus | Scolopacidae |
Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Scolopacidae |
Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa melanuroides | Scolopacidae |
Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica baueri | Scolopacidae |
Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae |
Terek sandpiper | Tringa terek | Scolopacidae |
Common sandpiper | Tringa hypoleucos | Scolopacidae |
Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae |
Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres interpres | Scolopacidae |
Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Scolopacidae |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae |
Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis | Scolopacidae |
Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Scolopacidae |
Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae |
Black-winged stilt | Himantopus himantopis leucocephalus | Recurvirostridae |
Banded stilt | Cladorhynchus leucocephala | Recurvirostridae |
Red-necked avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | Recurvirostridae |
Oriental pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Glareolidae |
Great skua | Stercorarius skua lonnbergi | Laridae |
Silver gull | Larus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | Laridae |
Pacific gull | Larus pacificus georgii | Laridae |
Common noddy | Anous stolidus pileatus | Laridae |
Lesser noddy | Anous tenuirostris melanops | Laridae |
Caspian tern | Sterna caspia | Laridae |
Crested tern | Sterna bergii | Laridae |
Roseate tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae |
Bridled tern | Sterna anaethetus anaethetus | Laridae |
Sooty tern | Sterna fuscata | Laridae |
Little tern | Sterna sinensis | Laridae |
Fairy tern | Sterna nereis nereis | Laridae |
Brush bronzewing | Phaps elegans | Columbidae |
Galah | Cacatua roseicapilla | Psittacidae |
Little corella | Cacatua sanguinea | Psittacidae |
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo | Chrysococcyx basalis | Cuculidae |
Barn owl | Tyto alba delicula | Strigidae |
White-throated needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Apodidae |
Sacred kingfisher | Halcyon sancta sancta | Alcedinidae |
White-backed swallow | Cheramoeca leucosterna | Hirundinidae |
Welcome swallow | Hirundo neoxena | Hirundinidae |
Richard's pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae australis | Motacillidae |
Black-faced cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Campephagidae |
Red-capped robin | Petroica goodenovii | Pachycephalidae |
Rufous whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris | Pachycephalidae |
Willie wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys | Monarchidae |
White-browed scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis balstoni | Acanthizidae |
Little grassbird | Megalurus gramineus | Sylviidae |
Rufous songlark | Cinclorhamphus mathewsi | Sylviidae |
Brown songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis | Sylviidae |
Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis gouldi | Zosteropidae |
Australian raven | Corvus coronoides perplexus | Corvidae |
References[]
- ^ Fuller, P. J.; Burbidge, A. A.; Owens, R. (1994). "Breeding seabirds of the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia". Corella. 18 (4): 97–113.
- ^ Storr, G. M., Johnstone, R. E. and Griffin, P. (1986). "Birds of the Houtman Abholhos, Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum (Supplement No. 24).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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- Birds of Western Australia
- Lists of birds of Australia
- Lists of fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos