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Endangered Birds of Australia
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| Common Name |
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| Abbott's Booby | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Albert's Lyrebird | Australia | | Antipodean Albatross | Australia, Chile, Indian Ocean (Norfolk Islands), New Zealand | | Antipodes Green Parakeet | New Zealand | | Archbold's Bowerbird | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Asian Dowitcher | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East | | Atiu Swiftlet | Cook Islands | | Atoll Starling | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Auckland Island Rail | New Zealand | | Auckland Islands Shag | New Zealand | | Auckland Islands Teal | New Zealand | | Australasian Bittern | Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand | | Australian Bustard | Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Banded White-eye | Solomon Islands | | Beach Thick-knee | Australia, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu | | Beck's Petrel | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Bismarck Kingfisher | Papua New Guinea | | Bismarck Masked-owl | Papua New Guinea | | Bismarck Melidectes | Papua New Guinea | | Bismarck Thicketbird | Papua New Guinea | | Black Honey-buzzard | Papua New Guinea | | Black Munia | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Black Sicklebill | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Black Stilt | New Zealand | | Black-and-white Monarch | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Black-billed Gull | New Zealand | | Black-breasted Buttonquail | Australia | | Black-browed Albatross | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, Oceanic, South America | | Black-eared Miner | Australia | | Black-faced Pitta | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Black-footed Albatross | Asia, Canada, New Zealand, United States and Minor Outlying Islands (including Hawaii) | | Black-fronted Tern | New Zealand | | Black-necked Stork | Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka | | Black-tailed Godwit | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic | | Black-throated Finch | Australia | | Blue Bird-of-paradise | Papua New Guinea | | Blue Duck | New Zealand | | Blue Lorikeet | Cook Islands, French Polynesia | | Blue-billed Duck | Australia | | Blue-eyed Cockatoo | Papua New Guinea | | Bougainville Bush-warbler | Papua New Guinea | | Bougainville Thicketbird | Papua New Guinea | | Bounty Islands Shag | New Zealand | | Bristle-thighed Curlew | American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America | | Brown Teal | New Zealand | | Buff-breasted Buttonquail | Australia | | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America | | Buller's Albatross | Antarctica, Australia, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), New Zealand, Peru, South Africa | | Buller's Shearwater | American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Bush Thick-knee | Australia, Indonesia | | Campbell Albatross | Antarctica, Australia and Norfolk Island, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Tonga | | Campbell Island Teal | New Zealand (Campbell Island) | | Cape Gannet | Africa, Australia | | Carpentarian Grasswren | Australia | | Chatham Albatross | American Samoa, Australia, Chile, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Niue, Peru, Wallis and Futuna | | Chatham Island Black Robin | New Zealand | | Chatham Island Pied Oystercatcher | New Zealand | | Chatham Island Pigeon | New Zealand | | Chatham Island Snipe | New Zealand | | Chatham Islands Shag | New Zealand | | Chatham Parakeet | New Zealand | | Chatham Petrel | New Zealand | | Chestnut-backed Buttonquail | Australia | | Chestnut-bellied Imperial-pigeon | Solomon Islands | | Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher | Vanuatu | | Chestnut-breasted Whiteface | Australia | | Christmas Hawk-owl | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Christmas Island Goshawk | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Christmas Island White-eye | Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) | | Cloven-feathered Dove | Southwest Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia) | | Collared Petrel | Australia, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Cook Islands Fruit-dove | Cook Islands | | Cook Islands Reed-warbler | Cook Islands | | Cook's Petrel | American Samoa, Australia (Norfolk Island), Chile, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn, United States and Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna | | Crested Cuckoo-dove | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Crow Honeyeater | New Caledonia | | Diamond Firetail | Australia | | Doria's Goshawk | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Duchess Lorikeet | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Dusky Fantail | Solomon Islands | | Dwarf Cassowary | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Eastern Bristlebird | Australia | | Emperor Bird-of-paradise | Papua New Guinea | | Erect-crested Penguin | Antarctic, Argentina, Australia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), New Zealand | | Eurasian Curlew | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic | | Eyrean Grasswren | Australia | | Fairy Tern | Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand | | Fearful Owl | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Finsch's Imperial-pigeon | Papua New Guinea | | Fiordland Crested Penguin | Australia, New Zealand | | Fire-maned Bowerbird | Papua New Guinea | | Flame Robin | Australia | | Fly River Grassbird | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Forest Bittern | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Forty-spotted Pardalote | Australia | | Gentoo Penguin | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Golden-shouldered Parakeet | Australia | | Goldie's Bird-of-paradise | Papua New Guinea | | Gould's Petrel | American Samoa, Antarctica, Australia, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Peru, Pitcairn, Wallis and Futuna | | Gouldian Finch | Australia | | Gray Petrel | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Gray-headed Albatross | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Great Spotted Kiwi | New Zealand | | Green-fronted Hanging-parrot | Papua New Guinea | | Grey Falcon | Australia | | Ground Parrot | Australia | | Guadalcanal Thicketbird | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | | Guadalcanal Thrush | Solomon Islands | | Gurney's Eagle | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Heinroth's Shearwater | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Helmeted Honeyeater | Australia | | Hooded Plover | Australia | | Horned Parakeet | New Caledonia | | Hutton's Shearwater | Australia, New Zealand | | Imitator Sparrowhawk | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Africa, Antarctic, Australia, Oceanic | | Juan Fernandez Petrel | Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guam, Japan, Kiribati, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Pitcairn, United States | | Kagu | South Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia) | | Kakapo | New Zealand | | Kea | New Zealand | | Kokako | New Zealand | | Kolombangara Monarch | Solomon Islands | | Laysan Albatross | Alaska, Australia (Norfolk Island), California, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Hawaii, Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Washington | | Letter-winged Kite | Australia | | Light-mantled Albatross | Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Mauritius, New Zealand, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | | Little Spotted Kiwi | New Zealand | | Long-bearded Melidectes | Papua New Guinea | | Long-billed Black Cockatoo | Australia | | Lord Howe Wood Rail | Australia (Lord Howe Island) | | Magellanic Penguin | Antarctica, Australia, South America | | Magenta Petrel | New Zealand | | Makira Flycatcher | Solomon Islands | | Makira Moorhen | Solomon Islands | | Makira Thrush | Solomon Islands | | Malaita Fantail | Solomon Islands | | Malherbe's Parakeet | New Zealand | | Mallee Emuwren | Australia | | Malleefowl | Australia | | Mangaia Kingfisher | Cook Islands | | Manus Fantail | Papua New Guinea | | Manus Masked-owl | Papua New Guinea | | Manus Monarch | Papua New Guinea | | Matthias Fantail | Papua New Guinea | | Meek's Lorikeet | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Mottled Petrel | Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Moustached Kingfisher | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | New Britain Bronzewing | Papua New Guinea | | New Britain Goshawk | Papua New Guinea | | New Britain Kingfisher | Papua New Guinea | | New Britain Rail | Papua New Guinea | | New Britain Sparrowhawk | Papua New Guinea | | New Britain Thrush | Papua New Guinea | | New Caledonian Grassbird | New Caledonia | | New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon | New Caledonia | | New Caledonian Lorikeet | New Caledonia | | New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar | New Caledonia | | New Caledonian Parakeet | New Caledonia | | New Caledonian Wood Rail | New Caledonia | | New Guinea Eagle | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | New Guinea Flightless Rail | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | New Zealand Bushwren | New Zealand | | New Zealand Falcon | New Zealand | | New Zealand Grebe | New Zealand | | New Zealand Kaka | New Zealand | | New Zealand King Shag | New Zealand | | New Zealand Pigeon | New Zealand | | New Zealand Shore Plover | New Zealand | | New Zealand Snipe | New Zealand | | New Zealand Storm-petrel | New Zealand | | New Zealand Thrush | New Zealand | | Newell's Shearwater | American Samoa, Australia, Kiribati, United States Minor Outlying Islands (Hawaii) | | Nicobar Pigeon | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam | | Night Parrot | Australia | | Noisy Scrub-bird | Australia | | Norfolk Island Gerygone | Australia (Norfolk Island) | | Norfolk Island Parakeet | Australia (Norfolk Island) | | Norfolk Island White-eye | Indian Ocean (Norfolk Islands) | | North Island Brown Kiwi | New Zealand | | Northern Cassowary | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Northern Giant-petrel | Africa, Antarctic, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Northern Royal Albatross | Africa, Australia, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Oceans, South America, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | | Ochre-winged Honeyeater | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Olive-yellow Robin | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Orange-bellied Parakeet | Australia | | Painted Honeyeater | Australia | | Pale-billed Sicklebill | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Palm Lorikeet | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | | Paradise Parakeet | Australia | | Parkinson's Petrel | Australia, Central America, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Partridge Pigeon | Australia | | Pesquet's Parrot | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Pied Cuckoo-dove | Papua New Guinea | | Pink-footed Shearwater | Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, United States | | Pitt Island Shag | New Zealand | | Plain Wanderer | Australia | | Plains-wanderer | Australia | | Princess Parrot | Australia | | Providence Petrel | Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic | | Pycroft's Petrel | Japan, New Zealand, United States and Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna | | Ranongga White-eye | Solomon Islands | | Rarotonga Monarch | Cook Islands | | Rarotonga Starling | Cook Islands | | Red Goshawk | Australia | | Red-bellied Myzomela | Solomon Islands | | Red-breasted Plover | New Zealand | | Red-fronted Parakeet | New Zealand | | Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Red-lored Whistler | Australia | | Regent Honeyeater | Australia | | Ribbon-tailed Astrapia | Papua New Guinea | | Roviana Rail | Solomon Islands | | Royal Parrotfinch | Vanuatu | | Royal Penguin | Australia | | Rufous Scrub-bird | Australia | | Russet Hawk-owl | Papua New Guinea | | Rusty-winged Starling | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | | Saddleback | New Zealand | | Salvadori's Teal | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Salvin's Albatross | Australia, Chile, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa | | Sanford's Sea-eagle | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Sanford's White-eye | Solomon Islands | | Santa Cruz Ground Dove | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | | Santa Cruz Shrikebill | Solomon Islands | | Santo Starling | Vanuatu | | Sarus Crane | Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam | | Scarlet-breasted Robin | Australia (Norfolk Island) | | Scarlet-chested Parakeet | Australia | | Short-billed Black Cockatoo | Australia | | Shy Albatross | Australia, New Zealand, South Africa | | Slaty-mantled Sparrowhawk | Papua New Guinea | | Slender-billed White-eye | Indian Ocean (Norfolk Islands) | | Snares Crested Penguin | Australia, New Zealand | | Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Sombre Leaf-warbler | Solomon Islands | | Sooty Albatross | Antarctica, New Zealand, Oceanic, South Africa, South America | | Sooty Shearwater | Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America | | South Island Wren | New Zealand | | Southern Brown Kiwi | New Zealand | | Southern Cassowary | Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Southern Crowned-pigeon | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Southern Giant-petrel | Africa, Antarctic, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Heard Island and McDonald Islands, New Zealand, Southern Africa, Uruguay | | Southern Royal Albatross | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Spectacled Petrel | Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, St. Helena, Uruguay | | Splendid White-eye | Solomon Islands | | Star Finch | Australia | | Stejneger's Petrel | Chile, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands | | Stewart Island Shag | New Zealand | | Stitchbird | New Zealand | | Striated Lorikeet | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Superb Parrot | Australia | | Superb Pitta | Papua New Guinea | | Swift Parrot | Australia | | Tahiti Petrel | American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands | | Takahe | New Zealand | | Tanna Fruit-dove | Vanuatu | | Turquoise Parakeet | Australia | | Uvea Parakeet | New Caledonia | | Vanikoro Monarch | Solomon Islands | | Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon | Vanuatu | | Vanuatu Megapode | Vanuatu | | Victoria Crowned-pigeon | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Violaceous Coucal | Papua New Guinea | | Wahnes's Parotia | Papua New Guinea | | Wandering Albatross | Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | Weka | New Zealand | | Western Bristlebird | Australia | | Western Rufous Bristlebird | Australia | | Western Whipbird | Australia | | Westland Black Petrel | Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand | | White-bellied Goshawk | New Caledonia | | White-bellied Pitohui | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | White-breasted Monarch | Papua New Guinea | | White-capped Albatross | Australia, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa | | White-chinned Petrel | Africa, Antarctic, Australia, Oceanic, South America | | White-eyed Starling | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | White-headed Fruit-dove | Solomon Islands | | White-naped Lory | Papua New Guinea | | White-necked Petrel | Asia, Australia, North America (including United States), Oceanic | | White-throated Grasswren | Australia | | White-throated Storm-petrel | New Caledonia, Vanuatu | | White-winged Fantail | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Woodford's Rail | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Wrybill | New Zealand | | Yellow-breasted Bird-of-paradise | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Yellow-crowned Parakeet | New Zealand | | Yellow-eyed Penguin | New Zealand | | Yellow-eyed Starling | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | | Yellow-legged Pigeon | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands | | Yellowhead | New Zealand | | Yellowish Imperial-pigeon | Papua New Guinea |
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 ***What birds are listed here?:The Australia section of this site lists the folllowing birds appearing on select endangered species lists:- Birds that dwell in or migrate to any region found on the Australian continent and any nearby islands.
- Birds that dwell in or travel to New Zealand and any nearby islands.
- Birds that dwell in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands (east of Indonesia).
In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional
areas noted in the range column.
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