HANZAB English name different to AviList

The English name in HANZAB is different to that in AviList for 160 species. The differences arise from the use of English names from WLAB 4.3 for species found in Australia. Of the 161 species, 73 are the result of differences in hyphenation. Eg Australian Brush-turkey/Australian Brushturkey, Australian King-Parrot /Australian King Parrot.

For the species listed, differences in the English name and/or scientific name in NZCL 2024 are also shown.

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Indo-Pacific White Tern Gygis candida
    Blue-billed White Tern (AviLIst 2025) White Tern Gygis alba (NZCL 2024)

Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
    Medium Egret (AviList 2025) Plumed Egret (NZCL 2024)

Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
    Tasman Sea Island Thrush (AviList 2025)

Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi
    Japanese Night Heron (AviList 2025)

Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
    Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (AviList 2025)

Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
    Leach’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Lesser Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
    Siberian Sand Plover (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
    Light-mantled Albatross (AviList 2025)

Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
    Little Bronze Cuckoo (AviList 2025)

Little Button-quail Turnix velox
    Little Buttonquail (AviList 2025)

Little Paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
    Little Paradise Kingfisher (AviList 2025)

Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
    Little Shriketrush (AviList 2025)

Long-tailed Cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis
    Long-tailed Koel (AviList 2025) Eudynamys taitensis (NZCL 2024)

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
    Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (AviList 2025)

Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amabilis
    Lovely Fairywren (AviList 2025)

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BirdLife Australia (2023). HANZAB English name different to AviList. [Text before updates sourced from: Marchant, S. et al (eds) 1990-2006 Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds.Volume 1 to 7.] Birdlife Australia. Birdlife Australia. Source: https://hanzab.birdlife.org.au/admin-check-field-2/ Accessed: April 19, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00