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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Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
    Orange-bellied Fruit Dove (AviList 2025)

Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
    Orange-fronted Fruit Dove (AviList 2025)

Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
    Crested Honey Buzzard (AviList 2025)

Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
    Oriental Reed Warbler (AviList 2025)

Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
    Oriental Scops Owl (AviList 2025)

Ostrich Struthio camelus
    Common Ostrich (AviList 2025)

Painted Button-quail Turnix varius
    Painted Buttonquail (AviList 2025)

Pallas’s Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
    Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)

Papuan Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae
    Papuan Spinetail (AviList 2025)

Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor
    Pied Imperial Pigeon (AviList 2025)

Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
    Pin-tailed Snipe (AviList 2025)

Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
    Plumed Whistling Duck (AviList 2025), Plumed Whistling-duck (NZCL 2024)

Polynesian Storm-Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
    Polynesian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

Purple-backed Fairy-wren Malurus assimilis
    Purple-backed Fairywren (AviList 2025)

Purple-backed Starling Agropsar sturninus
    Daurian Starling (AviList 2025)

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus
    Purple-crowned Fairywren (AviList 2025)

Red Turtle-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
    Red Collared Dove (AviList 2025)

Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosus
    Red-backed Buttonquail (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