Note: for efficiency reasons, the taxonomy is broken into three parts:
STRUTHIONIFORMES CASUARIIFORMES APTERYGIFORMES ANSERIFORMES GALLIFORMES PHOENICOPTERIFORMES PODICIPEDIFORMES OTIDIFORMES CUCULIFORMES COLUMBIFORMES GRUIFORMES CHARADRIIFORMES PHAETHONTIFORMESPart 2.
SPHENISCIFORMES PROCELLARIIFORMES CICONIIFORMES SULIFORMES PELECANIFORMES CAPRIMULGIFORMES PODARGIFORMES AEGOTHELIFORMES APODIFORMES STRIGIFORMES CATHARTIFORMES ACCIPITRIFORMES BUCEROTIFORMES CORACIIFORMES FALCONIFORMES PSITTACIFORMESPart 3. PASSERIFORMES
For sources used to compile the taxonomy below and treatment of conflicts see notes after the taxonomy on the contents page.
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Penguins (Spheniscidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Monotypic.
- Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
- Monotypic.
- Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- papua Forster, 1781, breed Falkland Is and Tierra del Fuego
- ellsworthii Murphy, 1947, in Antarctic Zone on S. Sandwich, S. Orkney and S. Shetland Is and on Antarctic Pen. to about 65°S.
- see note for AviList 2025 in Taxonomic changes
- Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Taxonomic changes (AviList 2002)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate minor, NZ, Stewart I and Chatham Is ;
- novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826), s. Aust;
- Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
- Monotypic.
- Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
- Monotypic.
-
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Fiordland Crested Penguin (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri
- Monotypic.
- Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus ssp. schlegeli (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Western Rockhopper Penguin (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus
Snares Crested Penguin (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Snowy Albatross (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- antipodensis Robertson, Warham, 1992
- gibsoni Robertson, Warham, 1992.
- Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Light-mantled Albatross (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Monotypic.
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- melanophris, (Temminck, 1828), reeds nes Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Antipodes Is, islands off s. South America, Falkland Is and S. Georgia;
- impavida, Mathews, 1912, breeds Campbell Island group, New Zealand
- Buller’s Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate bulleri breeds Solander and Snares Is;
- platei Reichenow, 1898, on Chatham and Three Kings Is.
-
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
White-capped Albatross (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate cauta, (Gould, 1841), breeds on Tas. islands and Auckland Is, NZ;
- steadi, Falla, 1933, breeds mostly Disappointment (Auckland Islands).
- Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Chatham Island Albatross (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Southern Storm Petrels (Oceanitidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate oceanicus breeds on subantarctic islands
- exasperatus on Antarctic mainland and Scotia Sea islands
- chilensis.
-
Polynesian Storm-Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Polynesian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Grey-backed Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
White-faced Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024). Subspecies albiclunis elevated to Kermadec Storm Petrel Pelagodroma albiclunis in NZCL 2024. -
Polytypic
- Nominate marina (Latham 1790) Tristan da Cunha and South Atlantic;
- subspecies dulciae Mathews 1912, w. and s. Aust., Indian Ocean;
- subspecies maoriana Mathews 1912, NZ area and s. and e. Pacific;
- subspecies albiclunis Murphy & Irving 1951 (doubtfully distinct) possibly Kermadec Is.
- Extralimitally,
- subspecies hypoleuca, Moquin-Tandon 1841, Selvagens and
- subspecies eadesorum Bourne 1953, C. Verde Is.
-
White-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
White-bellied Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate grallaria breeds Admiralty Is (Roach), Lord Howe Grp and Macauley I., Kermadec Grp;
- leucogaster (Gould, 1844) breeds Tristan da Cunha Grp, on Ile St Paul, and perhaps Ile Amsterdam;
- segethi (Philippi & Landerk, 1860) breeds on Juan Fernandez Is
- titan (Murphy, 1928) breeds on Rapa I., Austral Grp in central Pacific Ocean (guttata synonym).
-
New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta maoriana
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
New Zealand Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
New Caledonian Storm-Petrel Fregetta lineata
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
New Caledonian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Black-bellied Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate tropica breeds on islands of Scotia Arc., of s. Indian Ocean and New Zealand;
- melanoleuca Salvadori 1908, said to breed Gough I. though status uncertain (see Geographical Variation).
- Northern Storm Petrels (Hydrobatidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Band-rumped Storm Petrel (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Tristram’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tristrami
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Tristam’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Leach’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate leucorhous, Atlantic and N. Pacific birds;
- one other extralimital subspecies chapmani.
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate nivea breeds Antarctic continent and Peninsula, S. Georgia, islands of Scotia Arc
- major Mathews, 1912, breeds Pointe Géologie Arch., Terre Adélie, Balleny Is, Peterson Is, Ardery I., Proclamation I., S. Sandwich Is, Hallett and C. Hunter.
- Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica
- Monotypic.
-
Cape Petrel Daption capense
Pintado Petrel (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate capense circumpolar and southern oceans
- australe Mathews, 1913, NZ area.
-
Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Southern Giant Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
Northern Giant Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Antarctic Fulmar (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies rodgersii Snares Is.
- Extralimital subspecies glacialis, (and subspecies auduboni in AviList).
- Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Monotypic.
- Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate rostrata breeds Society and Marquesas Is
- trouessarti, Brasil, 1917, breeds New Caledonia.
- Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
- Monotypic.
- Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
- Monotypic.
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
- Monotypic.
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Monotypic.
- Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)- pacifica
- chlororhyncha.
- Buller’s Shearwater Ardenna bulleri Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
Christmas Island Shearwater (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Monotypic.
- Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
- Monotypic.
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025 with subspecies: puffinus and canariensis) - Heinroth’s Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Subantarctic Little Shearwater (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate assimilis breeds Norfolk and Lord Howe Is
- tunneyi (Mathews 1912), offshore islands sw. Aust
- kermadecensis (Murphy 1927), Kermadec Is
- haurakiensis (Fleming & Serventy 1943), islands off ne. NI, NZ.
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- bailloni
- nicolae
- dichrous
- (and gunax and colstoni in AviList 2025).
- Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Monotypic
(polytypic in NZCL 2022 with Newell’s Shearwater treated as a subspecies) -
Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Puffinus auricularis newelli (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Common Diving Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate urinatrix breeds on islands of se. Aust, NI, NZ, and Cook Str.;
- chathamensis Murphy & Harper 1916, on Solander, Snares, Chatham Is, and islets round Stewart I;
- exsul Salvin 1896, on South Georgia, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Auckland and Antipodes Is;
- three extralimital subspecies (dacunhae Ncoll 1906; berard Gaimard 1823 and coppingeri Mathews 1912).
-
South Georgian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
South Georgian Diving Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- georgicus, Murphy, Harper, 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35 p.66
- whenuahouensis, “Fischer, Debski, Miskelly et al.”, 2018. PLoS ONE 13(6), e0197766 (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Monotypic.
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: turtur, subantarctica) - Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
- Monotypic.
-
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
Thin-billed Prion (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Subspecies pyramidalis elevated to full species Pyramid Prion Pachyptila pyramidalis (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate crassirostris breeds Snares and Bounty Is;
- pyramidalis breeds Chatham Islands (elevated to Pyramid Prion Pachyptila pyramidalis in NZCL 2024)
- flemingi breeds Heard and Auckland Is.
-
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Lugensa brevirostris (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae
Chatham Island Taiko (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
- Monotypic.
- Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Stejneger’s Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
- Monotypic.
- Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii
-
Monotypic
(polytypic in NZCL 2024: cookii, orientalis) - Pycroft’s Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti
- Monotypic.
-
Gould’s Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Note Text split into subspecies leucoptera and caledonica except for masthead, References, Bibliography, Original Text and changes -
Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)- Nominate leucoptera (treated separately in this work for practical reasons) breeds only on Cabbage Tree I., NSW
- caledonica de Naurois, 1978, breeds central mountains New Caledonia. Other extralimital populations known to occur in sw. Pacific, for example Vanuatu; but these as yet not properly defined. All of these and P. longirostris from se. Pacific (vagrant to our area; q.v.) and possibly P. pycrofti might best be treated as single superspecies complex.
- Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: brevipes, magnificens.) -
Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Chatham Petrel (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
- Monotypic.
- Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa
- Monotypic.
- Barau’s Petrel Pterodroma baraui
- Monotypic.
-
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
White-naped Petrel (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- cervicalis breeds Kermadec Islands, New Zealand and Phillip Island, off Norfolk Island
- occulta breeds Vanuatu.
- Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
- Monotypic.
- Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
- Monotypic.
- Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba
- Monotypic.
- Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
-
Polytypic
- Nominate neglecta breeds subtropical South Pacific including Lord Howe I., Kermadec Is, Austral Pitcairn Grp
- juana breeds Juan Fernandez, San Ambrosia and San Felix Is.
- Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- CICONIIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
-
Polytypic
- Nominate asiaticus in India and se. Asia
- australis (Shaw 1800) in s. New Guinea and Aust.
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate ciconia, Europe, n. Africa, Middle East
- asiatica Severtzov, 1872, central Asia.
- SULIFORMES Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate ariel, central and e. Indian Ocean, Aust., w. and sw. Pacific Ocean;
- iredalei Mathews, 1914, w. Indian Ocean;
- trinitatis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1919, s. Atlantic Ocean.
-
Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Christmas Frigatebird (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
-
Polytypic
- Nominate minor breeds Christmas, Cocos Keeling and other islands in ne. Indian Ocean
- palmerstoni (Gmelin, 1789) in e. Aust. and w. and central Pacific islands.
- Three subspecies extralimitally:
- ridgwayi Mathews, 1914, in e. Pacific
- aldabrensis Mathews, 1914, in w. Indian Ocean
- nicolli Mathews, 1914, in South Atlantic.
- Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Abbott’s Booby Papasula abbotti Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
-
Polytypic
- nominate sula, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean
- rubripes Gould, 1838, Indian Ocean to central Pacific Ocean
- websteri Rothschild, 1898, Galápagos, Revillagigedo Is, Costa Rica.
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate leucogaster Red Sea, Atlantic and Caribbean
- plotus J.R. Forster, 1844, in e. Pacific from Pitcairn and Bonin Is (Japan), W through Indonesia and Aust. to e. African coast.
- Nazca Booby Sula granti Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate dactylatra, Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
- melanops Heuglin, 1859, w. Indian Ocean
- personata Gould, 1846, central and w. Pacific Ocean, Aust.
- tasmani Australia.
- Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
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Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Darter Anhinga melanogaster (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate novaehollandiae in HANZAB region
- papua extralimitally.
- Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate melanoleucos Aust., Indonesia, New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Is (except Rennell I.), Santa Cruz Is and New Caledonia and Campbell I.
- brevirostris Gould, 1837, NZ including Stewart I.
- brevicauda Mayr, 1931, Rennell I., Solomon Is.
-
Bounty Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Bounty Island Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
-
Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Subspecies chalconotus elevated to Otago Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus (NZCL 2024). Subspecies stewarti elevated to Foveaux Shag Leucocarbo stewarti (NZCL 2024). -
Polytypic
- chalconotus, (Gray, 1845), southeastern coastal South Island, New Zealand
- stewarti, (Ogilvie-Grant, 1898), Foveaux Strait and coastal Stewart Island, New Zealand
-
Chatham Shag Leucocarbo onslowi
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Chatham Island Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Auckland Island Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Campbell Island Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
Eight subspecies with all except atriceps and albiventris in the HANZAB area:- atriceps
- albiventris
- bransfieldensis
- georgianus
- verrucosus
- nivalis
- melanogenis
- purpurascens.
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
-
Polytypic
- Nominate carbo breeds n. Europe south to British Isles, Faeroes and Iceland, in N. America, s. Greenland, Newfoundland, Gulf of St Lawrence, Nova Scotia;
- sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798) breeds Europe in n. France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, coasts of Baltic Sea, Balkan states, coasts of Black Sea and Sea of Azov, in Asia from Turkey to e. Siberia, Tibet, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, China, Korea, se. Asia;
- hanedae (Kuroda, 1925) breeds Hondo, Japan;
- maroccanus (Hartet, 1906) breeds coast of nw. Africa;
- lucidis (Lichenstein, 1828) breeds C. Verde Is, along coast of Africa from Mauritania to South Africa, also central African lakes;
- novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) breeds Aust., NZ and Chatham Is.
-
Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Pitt Island Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
NZ endemic.- Nominate punctatus NI and SI, NZ
- subspecies oliveri from Stewart I. and Westland.
-
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Black Shag (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
-
Great Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Australian Pied Cormorant (AviList 2025) Pied Cormorant (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate varius (Gmelin, 1789) NZ including Stewart I.
- hypoleucos (Brandt, 1837) Aust., vagrant Tas. and Lord Howe I.
- PELECANIFORMES Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- caudatus South America.
- hyperorius South America.
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
White Ibis Threskiornis molucca (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate molucca in Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, Aust. and s. New Guinea
- pygmaeus Solomon Islands.
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Monotypic.
- Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Monotypic.
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate flavicollis Indian subcontinent, se. Asia and n. Indonesia and Aust. vagrant (WLAB 4.1);
- australis (Lesson 1831) Moluccas, Kai and Aru Is, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Aust.;
- woodfordi (Ogilvie & Grant 1888) Solomon Is.
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
-
Schrenck’s Bittern Butorides eurhythmus
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Von Schrenck’s Bittern (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Yellow Bittern Butorides sinensis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
-
New Zealand Bittern Botaurus novaezelandiae
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Australian Little Bittern Botaurus dubius
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Black-backed Bittern (AviList 2025) Ixobrychus minutus dubius (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Malayan Night Heron (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)- melanolophus Australia
- minor.
-
Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Japanese Night Heron (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Pied Heron Egretta picata Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)- novaehollandiae
- parryi.
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Pacific Reef Heron (AviList 2025) Reef Heron (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate sacra occurs throughout the range of the species except New Caledonia and the Loyalty Is where the race albolineata G.R. Gray, 1859, occurs.
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- brewsteri
- thula
-
Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Western Reef Heron (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- schistacea vagrant to Australia.
- Extralimitally:
- gularis.
- (dimorpha treated as subspecies of Little Egret Egretta garzetta in AviLIst 2025)
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate garzetta in s. Europe, Africa, Asia, Japan and Philippines;
- nigripes Temminck, 1840, in Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Is;
- immaculata Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea;
- dimorpha (subspecies moved from Western Reef Egret in AviList 2025).
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate nycticorax widely over Europe, Africa, Asia to Indonesia;
- hoactli, North America and South America to Peru, Chile and ne. Argentina;
- obscurus, s. Argentina and s. Chile;
- falklandicus, Falkland Is.
-
Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Nankeen Night Heron (AviList 2025) Rufous Night Heron (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate caledonicus occurs in New Caledonia;
- manillensis Vigors, 1831, in w. Indonesia and Philippines;
- australasiae Vieillot, 1823, in Wallacea, New Guinea and Aust.;
- crassirostris Vigors, 1839, on Bonin Is (extinct);
- pelewensis Mathews, 1926, in Palau & Caroline Is;
- mandibularis Ogilvie-Grant, 1888, on Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
- Little Heron Butorides atricapilla Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- stagnatilis, coastal mid- and nw. Aust., E to Gulf of Carpentaria;
- macrorhynchus (including littleri), coastal e. Aust. from C. York and perhaps e. Gulf of Carpentaria to Mallacoota, Vic
- Extralimitally, 18 other subspecies
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- continentalis
- speciosa Australia.
-
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Pacific Heron (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Great Egret Ardea alba Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate alba, Europe and temperate Asia;
- modesta J.E. Gray, 1831, s. and se. Asia, Aust., NZ;
- melanorhynchus Wagler, 1827, Africa, S of Sahara;
- egretta Gmelin, 1789, Americas.
-
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Medium Egret (AviList 2025) Plumed Egret (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Ardea intermedia plumifera (NZCL 2024). - Monotypic.
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
-
Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Bubulcus ibis coromandus (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)- mathewsae Australia
- sumatrana New Guinea, and north to Philippines and Thailand
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- purpurea
- madagascariensis
- manilensis
- bournei.
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- jouyi, vagrant to Australia
- cinerea
- firasa
- monicae.
- CAPRIMULGIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Nightjars and Nighthawks (Caprimulgidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- jotaka
- hazarae.
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies schlegelii, Meyer, 1874, n. and ne. Aust., New Guinea and surrounding islands, New Britain, Aru Is, Moluccas, Tanimbar and Lesser Sunda Is, and islands of Flores Sea.
- Extralimitally:
- nominate macrurus, Java and Bali;
- johnsoni, Deignan, 1955, Palawan and probably Calamian Grp;
- salvadorii, Sharpe, 1875, w., n. and se. Borneo;
- bimaculatus, Peale, 1848, Sumatra, Malay Pen., Indochina, Thailand, s. China, Burma and nw. India;
- albonotatus, Tickell, 1833, ne. Pakistan, n. India, s. Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate affinis, Sumatra, Riau and Lingga Archs, Bangka, Java, Bali, Lombok, Nias, Belitung, Borneo and possibly s. Sulawesi
- propinquus, Riley, 1918, n.-central Sulawesi
- undulatus, Mayr, 1944, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores (included in affinis AviList 2025)
- kasuidori, Hachisuka, 1932, Savu and Sumba (included in affinis AviList 2025)
- timorensis, Mayr, 1944, Timor, Alor, Roti and Kisar
- Another three subspecies, allied to monticolus, distributed from Indian Subcontinent to Indochina.
- PODARGIFORMES Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Frogmouths (Podargidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
-
Polytypic
- Nominate strigoides, mainland Aust., E and S of Great Divide from Burdekin R. to se. SA, and Tas.;
- brachypterus, Gould 1841 (1840), Aust., W of Great Divide and S of c. 20°S;
- phalaenoides, Gould 1840 (1839), tropical Aust., N of c. 20°S; lilae, Deignan, 1951, Groote Eylandt, NT.
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies marmoratus, Gould, 1855, e. C. York Pen. S to McIlwraith Ra.;
- plumiferus, Gould, 1845 (1846), se. Qld and ne. NSW, from Many Peaks Ra. in N to Manning R., NSW, in S.
- Extralimitally:
- nominate ocellatus, New Guinea, West Papuan Is, islands in Geelvink Bay and Aru Is;
- intermedius, Hartert, 1895, Trobriand, Fergusson and Goodenough Is;
- meeki,Hartert, 1898, Tagula I., Louisiade Arch.
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Monotypic.
- AEGOTHELIFORMES Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate cristatus, mainland Aust. and offshore islands excluding Tas.;
- subspecies tasmanicus, Mathews, 1918, Tas.
- Extralimitally, subspecies major, Mayr & Rand, 1935, Trans-Fly region, s. New Guinea. (not recognised as separate from cristatus in AviList 2025)
- APODIFORMES Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Swifts (Apodidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate caudacutus, central and e. Siberia, through n. Mongolia, n. China and North Korea to Sakhalin and Japan; migrates to A’asia in non-breeding season.
- Extralimitally, subspecies nudipes (Hodgson, 1837), Himalayas from n. Pakistan to sw. China and Assam.
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)- cochinchinensis
- rupchandi
- formosanus.
-
Papuan Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Papuan Spinetail (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- novaeguineae
- buergersi.
- Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate pacificus, s. Siberia from Altai to Kamchatka, n. Mongolia, n. China and Japan; migrate through se. Asia to Aust.
- Extralimitally,
- kurodae syn. kanoi (kanoi in AviList 2025);
- salimali;
- leuconyx (Blyth, 1845), outer Himalayas and hills of Assam in ne. India;
- cooki (Harrington, 1913), se. Asia (S of Kanoi) from e. Burma to Malay Pen.
- House Swift Apus nipalensis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies subfurcatus (Blyth, 1849), Malay Pen., Borneo, Anamba, Billiton, n. Natuna and Rhio Is, and probably Sumatra; vagrant to Aust.
- Three other subspecies in BLI 2022:
- subspecies furcatus, Brooke, 1971, Java and Bali;
- subspecies nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836), Nepal E to Kiangsu province of China, and S through Assam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia;
- subspecies kuntzi, Deignan, 1958, Taiwan.
- Common Swift Apus apus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate apus,Europe, Central Asia E to L. Baikal, and n. Africa;
- subspecies pekinensis (Swinhoe, 1870), Iran E to Mongolia, n. China and w. Himalayas.
-
Christmas Island Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia natalis
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Christmas Swiftlet (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- subspecies natalis Lister, 1889, Christmas I., Indian Ocean;
- subspecies nitens, Ogilvie-Grant, 1914, occurs lowland New Guinea and a vagrant to n. Aust.
- Extralimitally:
- nominate esculenta, s. Sulawesi to s. Moluccas, Kai and Ambon;
- subspecies cyanoptila, Oberholser, 1906, Malay Pen., e. Sumatra and lowlands of Borneo;
- subspecies neglecta, Mayr, 1944, Timor and Roti;
- also about 31 other subspecies: about 20 subspecies allied to nominate esculenta occurring from Sulawesi and Moluccas through New Guinea to Solomon Is; about seven allied to subspecies cyanoptila occurring Nicobar Is, Sumatra and Philippines.
- Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies terraereginae (Ramsay, 1875), e. coastal Qld, from about Iron Ra., C. York Pen., to Mackay
- chillagoensis, Pecotich, 1982, inland C. York Pen. round Chillagoe and Palmerville.
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies yorki (Mathews, 1916), lowlands of s. and e. New Guinea and Fergusson I., occurring as a vagrant to ne. Aust., where the type-specimen was collected; this subspecies often treated as subspecies granti (see Geographical Variation).
- Extralimitally:
- nominate vanikorensis, Solomon Is, New Hebrides and New Caledonia;
- subspecies aenigma (Riley, 1918), central and se. Sulawesi;
- subspecies heinrichi (Stresemann, 1932), s. Sulawesi;
- subspecies moluccarum (Stresemann, 1914), Banda I.;
- subspecies coultasi (Mayr, 1937), Admiralty Is;
- subspeices lihirensis (Mayr, 1937), Lihir Grp;
- subspecies waigeuensis (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932), Waigeu I.;
- subspecies steini (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932), Numfor I. in Geelvink Bay;
- subspecies tagulae (Mayr, 1937), Louisiade Arch;
- subspecies lugubris;
- subspecies pallens.
- STRIGIFORMES
- Bay Owls and Barn Owls (Tytonidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate tenebricosa, se. Aust., from se. Qld, through NSW and Vic. to SA;
- arfaki (Schlegel, 1879), New Guinea
- multipunctata, Mathews, GM, 1912, northeastern Australia (AviList 2025).
-
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Australasian Masked Owl (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate novaehollandiae, se. Qld, e. NSW, Vic., s. SA and s. WA;
- castanops (Gould, 1837 [1836]) Tas., and introduced to Lord Howe I.;
- kimberli, Mathews, 1912, ne. Qld, n. NT and ne. WA;
- galei C. York Pen.;
- melvillensis, Mathews, 1912, Melville and Bathurst Is.
- Extralimital subspecies:
- calabyi, Mason, 1983, s. New Guinea;
- sororcula (P.L. Sclater, 1883), Tanimbar Is;
- cayelii (Hartert, 1900) Buru I.;
- almae, Jønsson et al. 2013, southern Moluccas (Seram)(AviList 2025)
- manusi, Rothschild & Hartert, 1914, Manus and Admiralty Is;
- the last three subspecies sometimes considered separate species.
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies longimembris (Jerdon, 1839), s. and e. Asia, from ne. India, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Fiji and n. and e. Aust.
- Extralimitally:
- papuensis,Hartert, 1929, New Guinea
- chinensis se. China and Vietnam; pithecops, Taiwan
- amauronota, Philippines.
-
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Barn Owl Tyto alba (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
One subspecies in HANZAB region: delicatula (Gould, 1837). Six extralimital subspecies, occurring From India east through East Indies, Australia to Society Islands. - Owls (Strigidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate rufa, w. and n. Kimberley Div., WA, and n. NT;
- subspecies meesi, Mason & Schodde, 1980, C. York Pen.;
- subspecies queenslandica, Mathews, 1911, ne. Qld S from about Endeavour R. to about Mackay.
- Extralimitally, one subspecies:
- humeralis (Bonaparte, 1850), New Guinea and Waigeu I., Aru Is.
- Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
- Monotypic.
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate connivens sw. Aust. and coastal se. Aust. N to base of C. York Pen.;
- subspecies peninsularis, Salvadori, 1876, coastal and subcoastal n. Aust., including C. York Pen.
- subspecies remigialis (AviList 2025 moved from Ninox boobook)
- Extralimitally:
- assimilis, Salvadori & D’Albertis, 1875, e. New Guinea;
- rufostrigata, G.R. Gray, 1860, n. Moluccas
- remigialis, Kai Is.(AviList 2025 moved from Ninox boobook to Ninox connivens)
-
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Australian Boobook (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate boobook (Latham, 1802), Vic., NSW, s. Qld, e. SA
- ocellata (Bonaparte, 1850), NT, much of Qld, SA, WA and Sawoe I.
- lurida, De Vis, 1887, ne. Qld
- halmaturina Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I. (AviList 2025)
- Extralimitally:
- cinnamomina, Hartert, 1906, Babar
- pusilla, Mayr & Rand, 1935, s. New Guinea
- moae, Mayr, 1943, Moa, Leti, and Romang islands (east of Timor)
- Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Morepork (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate novaeseelandiae, NZ and Tasmania
- albaria, Ramsay,1888, Lord Howe I.
- undulata (Latham, 1802), Norfolk I.
- Laughing Owl Ninox albifacies Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate albifacies, SI and Stewart I., NZ
- rufifacies, Buller, 1904, NI, NZ.
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate scutulata, Malay Pen., Sumatra, Rhio Arch. and Bangka;
- burmanica, Hume, 1876, ne. India, Indochina, Thailand and Malay Pen.;
- lugubris (Tickell, 1833), n., central and ne. India;
- hirsuta (Temminck, 1824), s. India and Sri Lanka;
- javanensis, Stresemann, 1928, w. Java;
- borneensis (Bonaparte, 1850), Borneo and N. Natuna Is;
- isolata, Car Nicobar (Nicobar Is.)
- rexpimenti, Great Nicobar (Nicobar Is.)
- palawanensis, Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- florensis, breeds Siberia, China, and northern Korea
- japonica, breeds southern Korean Peninsula and Japan
- totogo, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Taiwan
-
Christmas Island Boobook Ninox natalis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Christmas Boobook (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Little Owl Athene noctua
-
Polytypic
Thirteen subspecies recognized in AviList 2025, extending throughout Europe, Asia and n. Africa and Middle East. Introduced to NZ. See Distribution, and Geographical Variation for details. -
Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Oriental Scops Owl (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
Nine subspecies including malayanus. -
Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Buffy Fish Owl (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate ketupu, Malay Pen., Indonesia (including Bangka, Belitung, Sumatra, Java and Bali) and Borneo;
- minor,Büttikofer, 1896, Nias I., Indonesia;
- aagaardi (Neumann, 1935), Burma, S and E to Thailand, Cambodia, s. Vietnam and s. Laos (not separated from ketupu in AviList 2025)
- pageli, Northern Borneo.
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
-
Polytypic
Eight subspecies (AviList 2025) from Britain and w. Europe, through Eurasia and nw. Africa, to Korea and Taiwan (Peters; BWP). - CATHARTIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- New World vultures (Cathartidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
Six subspecies from North and South American. - ACCIPITRIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Osprey (Pandionidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate haliaetus, extralimital in Palaearctic including s. China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Is, New Caledonia, vagrant to Australia;
- cristatus, Australia;
- carolinensis Gmelin 1788, extralimital, North and central America;
- ridgwayi Maynard, 1887, Caribbean.
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate subcristata, Aust.
- 12 subspecies extralimitally (AviList 2025) from Moluccas through New Guinea to Solomon Is.
-
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Crested Honey Buzzard (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Subspecies orientalis, vagrant to Aust.
- five other subspecies in AviList 2025.
- Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Long-tailed Honey-buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Gurney’s Eagle Aquila gurneyi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate audax mainland Aust., s. New Guinea
- fleayi Condon & Amadon, 1954, Tas.
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate cirrocephala Aust.;
- papuanus (Rothschild & Hartert 1913), New Guinea and nearby islands.
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- sibirica;
- gularis;
- iwasakii.
-
Chinese Goshawk Tachyspiza soloensis
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Chinese Sparrowhawk (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
Twenty two subspecies. Most likely subspecies leucosomus in Australia. - Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
At least twelve subspecies have been described; most are extralimital, confined to island groups from Lesser Sunda Is through New Guinea to New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Those occurring within our limits:- nominate fasciata, s. Aust. and Rennell and Bellona Is, Solomon Is
- didimus (Mathews, 1912), n. Aust.
- natalis (Lister, 1889), Christmas I. (Ind.)
- dogwa (Rand, 1941).
- Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Monotypic.
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)- gouldi, Aust., NZ, and s. New Guinea
- approximans sw. Pacific.
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate indus s. Asia; intermedius Blyth, 1865, Malay Pen. and Indonesia;
- girrenera (Vieillot, 1822), Aust., PNG and Moluccas;
- flavirostris Condon & Amadon, 1954, Solomon Is including Feni, Nissan, N of Bougainville.
- Black Kite Milvus migrans Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies affinis Gould, 1838, Aust., Indonesia, PNG.
- Extralimitally, four subspecies:
- nominate migrans, Europe to Urals, Levant;
- aegyptius, Egypt, southwestern Arabia, and coastal northeastern Africa
- parasitus, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Cape Verde and Comoro islands
- lineatus (Gray, 1831), Asia (Urals to Japan);
- formosanus Kuroda, 1920, Taiwan and Hainan;
- govinda Sykes, 1832, Pakistan to Malay Pen.
-
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) Haliaeetus leucogaster (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- BUCEROTIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Hoopoes (Upupidae) Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Common Hoopoe (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Eight subspecies. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
- Hornbills (Bucerotidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Blyth’s Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- CORACIIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate glaucurus, breeds Madagascar and winters e. Africa;
- afer (Latham, 1790), Senegal, S to lower Congo, ne. Congo and Uganda;
- aethiopicus, Neumann, 1905, Ethiopia, Sudan and n. Uganda;
- suahelicus, Neumann, 1905, Congo S to s. Zimbabwe, and Zanzibar, Angola.
-
Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Dollarbird (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Subspecies pacificus (Latham, 1802), breeds n. and e. Aust., and Lesser Sunda and Tanimbar Is, W to Timor and Flores; migrant to n. New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Sulawesi, Lombok and Sumbawa and Kangean Is.
- Nine extralimital subspecies recognized here:
- nominate orientalis breeds from s. Himalayas, n. India, Bangladesh, Burma to Indochina, Thailand, Malay Pen., Indonesia, also on Hainan; winters sw. India, Philippines, n. Sulawesi and Moluccas;
- laetior, Sharpe, 1890, s. India;
- irisi, Deraniyagala, 1950, Sri Lanka;
- gigas, Stresemann, 1913, s. Andaman Is;
- calonyx, Sharpe, 1890, breeds se. Russia, Korean Pen., Japan, central and e. China; winters in s. China, Indochina, Thailand, Malay Pen. and Sumatra W to Greater Sunda Is, occurring Taiwan as passage migrant;
- oberholseri, Junge, 1936, Simeulue I. off nw. Sumatra;
- waigiouensis, Elliot, 1871, W. Papuan Is, islands in Geelvink Bay, throughout New Guinea and islands E to D’Entrecasteaux and Louisiade Archs;
- crassirostris, Sclater 1869, Bismarck Arch.;
- solomonensis, Sharpe, 1890, Feni, Buku, Bougainville and Solomons Is
- (cyanocollis, Vieillot, 1819, breeds Himalayas to China, Manchuria, and Korea, in AviList 2025).
- European Roller Coracias garrulus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- garrulus;
- semenowi.
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Monotypic.
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
Seven subspecies. - Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- ruficollaris (Bankier, 1841), n. Aust. from Kimberley Div. to C. York Pen;
- nominate azureus, ne. Qld S to Vic. and coastal SA;
- diemenensis (Gould, 1846), Tas.
- Extralimitally:
- lessonii (Cassin, 1850), Aru Is, W. Papuan Is, Fergusson I. in D’Entrecasteaux Arch., and lowlands of s. New Guinea, Aru Is.;
- ochrogaster (Reichenow, 1903), n. New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay and islands in Geelvink Bay;
- affinis (Gray, 1860), Halmahera and Batjan in n. Moluccas; and
- yamdenae (Rothschild, 1901), Tanimbar Is.
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate pusillus, Kai, Aru and W. Papuan Is, lowlands of s. New Guinea, Fergusson and Goodenough Is, and, in HANZAB region, n. islands of Torres Str. and, possibly, ne. C. York Pen.;
- halli (Mathews, 1912), ne. Qld, N to Endeavour R. and S to Broad Sound and Keppel Bay;
- ramsayi (North, 1912), coastal NT from Victoria R. E to w. Gulf of Carpentaria including Groote Eylandt and Melville and Bathurst Is, and w. C. York Pen.
- Six extralimital subspecies:
- laetior (Rand, 1941), probably all of n. New Guinea, from Geelvink Bay to Astrolabe Bay;
- halmaherae (Salomonsen, 1934), from Halmahera and Batjan, n. Moluccas;
- masauji (Mathews, 1927), New Hanover, New Ireland and New Britain in Bismarck Arch.;
- bougainvillei (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914), Bougainville, Choiseul, Santa Ysabel and Florida Group, w. Solomon Is;
- richardsi (Tristram, 1882), central Solomon Is, between Vella Lavella and Vangunu Is;
- aolae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914), Guadalcanal.
- Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Little Paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Little Paradise Kingfisher (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Common Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Common Paradise Kingfisher (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
Fifteen subspecies in AviList 2025, ranging from Molucca and W Papuan Is to New Guinea, Louisade Arch., and Geelvink Bay. -
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate sylvia, n. Qld, from ne. C. York Pen. S to Mackay district, migrating to sw. and n. New Guinea in winter.
- Extralimital subspecies: salvadoriana, Ramsay, 1878, sw. New Guinea (del Hoyo and Collar 2014).
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate novaeguineae, e. and se. Aust.; introduced to Tas., sw. Aust. and NZ
- minor, Robinson, 1900, C. York Pen. S to about Cooktown in E.
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate leachii, ne. and n. Aust.;
- cervina, Gould, 1838, Melville I. and adjacent coastal areas of NT;
- occidentalis Gould, 1870, Hamersley and Pilbara Regions of WA;
- intermedia Salvadori, 1876, s. PNG (south-central and southeastern New Guinea in AviList 2025)
- superflua Mathews, 1918, southwestern New Guinea (AviList 2025)
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Subspecies flavirostris (Gould, 1850), n. C. York Pen.
- Two extralimital subspecies:
- nominate torotoro, from Aru, W. Papuan and Yapen Is, and lowlands of New Guinea except SE, se. New Guinea, W to Huon Pen. in N and Hall Sound in S;
- subspecies ochracea (Rothschild & Hartert, 1901), D’Entrecasteaux Arch. and extreme se. New Guinea.
- Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate macleayii, Sermata and Aru Is, and Top End of NT, E to w. Gulf of Carpentaria;
- incinctus (Gould, 1838), Kai and Tanimbar Is, s. New Guinea, and e. Aust. from C. York Pen. S to Macleay R., NSW;
- elisabeth (Heine, 1883), e. New Guinea.
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- sordidus (Gould, 1842), n. and ne. Aust., Aru Is and s. New Guinea
- pilbara (Johnstone, 1983), central and n. coast of WA;
- colcloughi
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate sanctus breeds Aust. and e. Solomon Is; in austral winter, Aust. birds migrate to Solomon Is, New Guinea and surrounding islands, Talaud and Sunda Is, Indonesia and Borneo;
- vagans (Lesson, 1826) NZ, Kermadec and Lord Howe Is.
- norfolkiensis, Norfolk I. (AviList 2025)
- Extralimital subspecies:
- canacorum (Brasil, 1916), New Caledonia and Isle of Pines;
- macmillani, Mayr, 1940, Loyalty Is.
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- chloris, vagrant to Australia
- extralimitally, 13 subspecies
- FALCONIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- cheriway
- plancus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate cenchroides, A’asia, Indonesia, Christmas I. (Ind.);
- baru Rand, 1940, Oranje Mts, central New Guinea.
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
Seventeen subspecies from North America and South America. - Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate berigora, Aust. except southwest;
- occidentalis, sw. and cw. Aust. (not recognised in AviList 2025);
- novaeguineae, (A.B. Meyer, 1894), PNG, Dampier and Vulcan Is, coastal northern Aust..
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
-
Polytypic
- Nominate longipennis Tas., coastal Aust., s. New Guinea, e. Indonesia and New Britain;
- murchisonianus Mathews, 1912, inland Aust.;
- hanieli Hellmayr 1914, Lombok, Timor, Lesser Sunda Is.
- Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- subbuteo
- streichi.
- New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
- Monotypic.
- Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos
- Monotypic.
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
About 20 subspecies have been described (18 in AviList 2025); all extralimital except macropus Swainson, 1837, Aust. and submelanogenys. Subspecies calidus is a vagrant to Australia. - Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Monotypic.
- PSITTACIFORMES Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- New Zealand Parrots (Strigopidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Kakapo Strigops habroptilus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Kea Nestor notabilis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Norfolk Island Kaka Nestor productus
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Norfolk Kaka (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Kaka (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- Nominate meridionalis, SI and associated nearshore and offshore islands, including Stewart I., NZ;
- subspecies septentrionalis, Lorenz, 1896, NI and associated nearshore and offshore islands, NZ.
- Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
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Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Glossy Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate lathami, s. Qld to e. Vic.;
- erebus Schodde et al., 1993, central coastal Qld;
- halmaturinus, Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., SA.
-
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate banksii, n. and e. coastal Qld and ne. NSW; NT and nw. Aust.
- samueli, Mathews, 1917, central Aust., including sw. Qld., inland NSW and mid-w.
- escondidus inland sw. WA
- naso, Gould, 1836 (1837), far sw. WA
- graptogyne, Schodde, Saunders & Homberger, 1989, w. Vic. and se. SA.
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate funerea, coastal Qld, NSW and e. Vic.
- xanthanota, Gould, 1838, Tas., islands of Bass Str., se. SA and w. Vic – se. SA
- whiteae w. Vic population
-
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
-
Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo Zanda baudinii
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025) - Monotypic.
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Monotypic.
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate aterrimus, C. York Pen., w. Papuan and Aru Is, coastal s. New Guinea from Merauke E to Gulf of Papua.
- Extralimitally:
- goliath (Kühl, 1820) W. Papuan Is, s. New Guinea from Vogelkop to Milne Bay, except for s. Trans-Fly region;
- stenolophus (van Oort, 1911) n. New Guinea from Mamberano R. to Collingwood Bay, and Geelvink Bay;
- macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) Lowland SC New Guinea (Trans-Fly region), NE Australia (Cape York Pen.)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
- Monotypic.
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate roseicapilla, WA to Eighty Mile Beach and s. fringes of Great Sandy Desert, and E to central Aust. ranges of NT and n. SA;
- subspecies albiceps, Schodde, 1989, se. Aust. W to Eyre Pen. and L. Eyre Basin, and N to 20°S;
- subspecies kuhli (Mathews, 1912), Dampier Pen. and Kimberley Div., through Top End of NT, to s. coast of Gulf of Carpenteria and C. York Pen.
- Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate leadbeateri, s., central and nw. Aust.;
- subspecies mollis (Mathews, 1912) Carnamah District., mid-w. Aust.
- Western Corella Cacatua pastinator
-
Polytypic
- Nominate pastinator, sw. WA, previously extending from about Albany to Perth but now restricted to Lake Muir region in extreme SW;
- subspecies derbyi (Mathews, 1916) n. and central Wheatbelt of sw. Aust.
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate sanguinea, coastal and subcoastal n. Aust., from Dampier Land and Kimberley Div. through Top End of NT to head of Gulf of Carpentaria;
- subspecies gymnopis, Sclater, 1871, most of inland e. Aust., S of Barkly Tablelands, Selwyn Ra. and headwaters of se. Gulf of Carpenteria drainage;
- westralensis coastal and subcoastal WA, S of Great Sandy Desert;
- normantoni (Mathews, 1917), coastal and subcoastal w. Cape York Pen.
- Extralimitally:
- subspecies transfreta, Mees, 1982, lowlands of s. New Guinea.
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Monotypic.
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
-
Polytypic
- Nominate galerita, e. and se. Aust.;
- subspecies fitzroyi (Mathews, 1912) n. Aust.;
- subspecies triton, Temminck 1849, W. Papuan Is, New Guinea and surrounding islands;
- subspecies eleonora, Finsch 1867, Aru Is.
- Old World Parrots (Psittaculidae) Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- minor
- ferrugineus.
-
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
Australian King Parrot (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate scapularis, se. Aust.;
- subspecies minor, Mathews, 1911, Atherton Tableland.
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- Nominate erythropterus, e. Aust. S of C. York Pen.;
- subspecies coccineopterus (Gould, 1865) n. Aust.
- Extralimitally, subspecies papua, Mayr & Rand, 1936, occurs s. New Guinea. (Included in subspecies coccineopterus in AviList 2025)
- Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate anthopeplus, sw. A;
- subspecies monarchoides, Schodde, 1993, sw. NSW, nw. Vic. and central e. SA.
- Princess Parrot Polytelis alexandrae Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus polychloros
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Papuan Eclectus (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- macgillivrayi, Mathews, 1913, C. York Pen.; and
- polychloros, G.R. Gray, 1858, Boigu I., Seram Laut, Banda, Tayandu and Kai Is and New Guinea.
- Extralimitally:
- aruensis G.R. Gray, 1852, Aru Is (not in AviList 2025, included in polychloris)
- biaki, Hartert 1932, Biak Is (not in AviList 2025, included in polychloris)
- solomonensis.
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- maclennani (MacGillivray, 1913), C. York Pen.
- aruensis (G.R. Gray, 1858), non-breeding in Australia, Torres Strait
- Extralimitally:
- nominate geoffroyi, Timor, Samao and Wetar;
- floresianus, Salvadori, 1891, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores and Sumba in Lesser Sunda Is;
- cyanicollis, S. Müller 1841, Morotai, Halmahera and Batjan in n. Moluccas;
- obiensis (Finsch, 1868), Obi Is, central Moluccas;
- rhodops (Schlegal, 1864), Buru, Ceram, Ambon, Sararua, Haruku and Ceramlaut in s. Moluccas;
- explorator, Hartert, 1901, Goram Is;
- keyensis, Finsch, 1858, Kai Is;
- timorloaensis, A.B. Meyer, 1884, Tanimbar Is;
- aruensis (G.R. Gray, 1858), Aru Is and s. New Guinea E of Mimika R. in S and Kumusi R. in N and on Fergusson and Goodenough Is in e. Papuan Is;
- orientalis, A.B. Meyer, 1891, Huon Pen. ne. New Guinea;
- sudestiensis, De Vis, 1890, Misima and Tagula Is in Louisiade Arch.;
- cyanicarpus, Hartert, 1899, Rossel I. in Louisiade Arch.;
- minor, Neumann, 1922, n. New Guinea from Mamberamo R., West Irian E to Astolabe Bay;
- jobiensis (A.B. Meyer, 1874), Japen and Meos Num Is in Geelvink Bay, West Irian;
- mysoriensis (A.B. Meyer, 1874), Biak and Numfoor Is;
- pucherani, Souancé, 1856, w. Papuan Is and nw. New Guinea E to Etna Bay, West Irian.
- Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate wallicus, coastal se. and e. Aust., from se. Qld, through NSW to Vic.
- leachi Tas.; formerly occurred coastal SA
- subspecies flaviventris, North, 1911, coast of sw. Aust.
- Bourke’s Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: elegans in central southern Australia, carteri in southwestern Australia) - Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: petrophila, coastal WA; zietzi, coastal SA) - Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Antipodes Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
Five subspecies, two of which extinct:- nominate novaezelandiae, NI and SI and many offshore islands, Stewart I. and Auckland Is.;
- cyanurus, Salvadori, 1891, Kermadec Is;
- chathamensis, Oliver, 1930, Chatham Is;
- erythrotis (Wagler, 1832), Macquarie I., (extinct);
- subflavescens, Salvadori, 1891, Lord Howe I., (extinct) (moved to Norfolk Island Parakeet in AviList 2025).
-
Norfolk Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens (NZCL 2024) -
Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: cookii; subflavescens) - Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
-
Chatham Islands Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Forbes’ Parakeet (NZCL 2024) - Monotypic.
-
Malherbe’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Orange-fronted Parakeet (NZCL 2024) -
Polytypic
- malherbi, northern South Island, New Zealand
- hochstetteri, Antipodes Islands
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Subspecies macgillivrayi (North, 1900), nw. Qld, mainly in Selwyn Ra. (Cloncurry district), W to e. NT, N to middle Leichardt R. and S to about Boulia;
- barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827), Murray Darling Basin and Bulloo R. Basin to w. edges of Great Divide, S to s. limits of Murray Mallee in Vic. and SA, and W to e. edges of Flinders Ras;
- zonarius, coastal central WA, from n. Swan Coastal Plain to n. edges of Pilbara, through inland Aust. (S edges of Great Sandy Desert S to coastal e. WA and w. SA) to L. Eyre Basin, head of Spencer Gulf, SA, and edges of Barkly Tableland and Simpson Desert; also feral population in e. Melbourne, Vic.;
- semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), sw. Aust., N to about Swan Coastal Plain and E to about King George Sound;
- parkeri (Forshaw & Joseph, 2016), Upper Cooper Creek drainage in far north-eastern South Australia and neighbouring extreme south-western Queensland.
- Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
-
Polytypic
- brownii, Kuhl 1820, King Island
- caledonicus, Gmelin 1788, Tasmania.
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
-
Polytypic
- nigrescens, Ramsay, 1888, n. Qld, from Cairns to S of Bowen, and W to Ravenshoe;
- filewoodi, east central Queensland;
- nominate elegans, e. and s. Aust., from Blackall Ras, s. Qld, through NSW, ACT, e. and s. Vic., W to round Kingston SE, se. SA;
- melanopterus, North, 1906, Kangaroo I.;
- flaveolus, Gould, 1837, riverine inland s. NSW, E to Yass and Gundagai, along Murray R. in n. Vic., and S to Mannum in SA;
- fleurieuensis, Ashby, 1917, Fleurieu Pen., SA, ; and
- subadelaidae, Mathews, 1912, s. Flinders Ras, S to near Gladstone, Mt Lofty Ras.
- (adelaidae reinstated in AviList 2025)
- Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate venustus, n. NT, S to round Katherine, and E to far nw. Qld;
- subspecies hilli, Mathews, 1910, Kimberley Div., WA, and w. NT.
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate eximius, se. Aust. from central NSW, through Vic., and se. SA, N to round Bordertown;
- subspecies elecica, Schodde, 1988, s. Qld from round Toowoomba, S to Hunter R. district of ne. NSW;
- subspecies diemenensis, North, 1911, Tas.
- Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate adscitus, ne. Qld, C. York Pen. S to about Cooktown;
- subspecies palliceps, Lear, 1832, ne. Qld from about Mackay, S to n. NSW.
- Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate icterotis, coastal sw. WA;
- subspecies xanthogenys, Salvadori, 1891, Wheatbelt of WA.
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- Nominate haematonotus, e. Aust., from s. Qld to e. SA;
- subspecies caeruleus, Condon, 1941, ne. interior of SA and sw. Qld.
- Naretha Bluebonnet Northiella narethae Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
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Bluebonnet Northiella haematogaster
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Eastern Bluebonnet (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- Nominate haematogaster,inland w. and s. NSW, nw. Vic. and s. SA;
- subspecies haematorrhoa (Gould, 1865), s. central and w. Qld and nw. NSW;
- subspecies pallescens (Salvadori, 1891), L. Eyre Basin, SA, and Cooper Drainage System, extending into extreme sw. Qld and, perhaps, extreme nw. NSW;
- subspecies narethae (H.L. White, 1921), Nullarbor Plain, sw. SA and se. WA.
- Red-capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotellus chrysopterygius Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Paradise Parrot Psephotellus pulcherrimus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
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Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot (AviList 2025) -
Polytypic
- macleayana, Ramsay, 1874, ne. Qld;
- marshalli, (Iredale, 1947), C. York Pen.
- coxeni, Gould, 1867, se Qld and ne NSW
- Extralimitally:
- nominate diophthalma, West Irian, including w. Papuan Is and w. New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay in N and Etna Bay in S;
- coccineifrons (Sharpe, 1882), e. New Guinea to Astrolabe Bay and Central Highlands (included in subspecies diophthalma in AviList 2025);
- aruensis (Schlegel, 1874), Aru Is and s. New Guinea, between Mimika and Fly Rs;
- virago (Hartert, 1895), Goodenough and Fergusson Is, D’Entrecasteaux Arch.;
- inseparabilis (Hartert, 1898), Tagula I.
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
- Monotypic.
- Musk Lorikeet Trichoglossus concinnus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
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Polytypic
- Nominate concinnus, NSW, Vic. and SA;
- subspecies didimus, Mathews, 1915, Tas.
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Taxonomic changes (AviList 2025)
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Polytypic
- nigrogularis in WLAB 4.1.
- Eight extralimital subspecies (seven in AviList 2025):
- haematodus,
- intermedius (removed AviList 2025)
- deplanchii,
- massena,
- flavicans,
- nesophilus,
- micropteryx,
- brooki (removed AviList 2025)
- caeruleiceps (added AviList 2025)
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
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Polytypic
- subspecies moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788), e. Aust from ne. Queensland to Tas. and W to Kangaroo I. and Eyre Pen;
- septentrionalis Cape York.
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis Taxonomic changes (HANZAB 2023)
- Monotypic.