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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Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
    Malayan Night Heron (AviList 2025)

Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
    Australasian Masked Owl (AviList 2025)

Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
    Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Mew Gull Larus canus
    Common Gull (AviList 2025)

Middendorff’s Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
    Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)

Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola
    Mountain Chat (AviList 2025)

Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
    Nankeen Night Heron (AviList 2025) Rufous Night Heron (NZCL 2024)

New Caledonian Storm-Petrel Fregetta lineata
    New Caledonian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta maoriana
    New Zealand Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
    Noisy Scrubbird (AviList 2025)

Norfolk Island Gerygone Gerygone modesta
    Norfolk Gerygone (AviList 2025)

Norfolk Island Ground-Dove Pampusana norfolkensis
    Norfolk Ground Dove (AviList 2025)

Norfolk Island Kaka Nestor productus
    Norfolk Kaka (AviList 2025)

Norfolk Island Robin Petroica multicolor
    Norfolk Robin (AviList 2025)

Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    Northern Giant Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris
    Northern Scrub Robin (AviList 2025)

Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
    Scaly-breasted Munia (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: February 17, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00