Expanded HANZAB Taxonomy Part 2

Note: for efficiency reasons, the taxonomy is broken into three parts:

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Part 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
  - Rockhopper Penguin split.
)

King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

Monotypic.

Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Now listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

Monotypic.

Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Subspecies added in AviList but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
    - taeniata, Peale, 1849, breed on southern Indian Ocean islands, Macquarie Island, population on Kerguelen Island
    - poncetii Tyler, Bonfitto, Clucas, Reddy, Younger, 2020, breeds on South Georgia Island
)

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
  - Specific name change: Pygoscelis antarctica in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 20025
  - Subspecies removed in HANZAB 2023 reinstated in AviList – not applied until AviList subspecies decided:
    - iredalei Mathews, 1911, n. NI;
    - variabilis Kinsky & Falla, 1976, s. NI, Cook Str.;
    - albosignata Finsch, 1874, central e. coast, SI;
    - chathamensis Kinsky & Falla, 1976, Chatham Is.
- HANZAB 2023
  - NZCL 2022 only recognises two subspecies in NZ: minor and novaehollandiae. BLI 2022 lists six subspecies including those lists as no longer recognised:
    - iredalei Mathews, 1911, n. NI;
    - variabilis Kinsky & Falla, 1976, s. NI, Cook Str.;
    - albosignata Finsch, 1874, central e. coast, SI;
    - chathamensis Kinsky & Falla, 1976, Chatham Is..
Text below does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli a species in WLAB 4.1 but a subspecies of Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli in NZCL 2022. Royal penguin retained as a separate species here.
)

Monotypic.

Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species Eudyptes schlegeli in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies of Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli in NZCL 2022.
)
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus ssp. schlegeli (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Subspecies filholi of Southern Rockhopper Penguin (also known as Western Rockhopper Penguin) elevated to species Eastern Rockhopper Penguin.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species Eudyptes schlegeli in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies of Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli in NZCL 2022.
)
Western Rockhopper Penguin (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Subspecies filholi of Southern Rockhopper Penguin (also known as Western Rockhopper Penguin) elevated to species Eastern Rockhopper Penguin.
)

Monotypic.

Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies moseleyi elevated to Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi;
    - subspecies chrysocome and filholi become subspecies of Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome (WLAB 4.1). However, Southern Rockhopper Penguin split into Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome and Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi in NZCL 2022.
Northern Rockhopper Penguin listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022.
)

Monotypic.

Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus
Snares Crested Penguin (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi reverted to subspecies steadi of Shy Albatross
  - Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida reverted to subspecies impavida of Black-browed Albatross
- HANZAB 2023
  - Many changes at the species level: Wandering, Shy, Royal, Yellow-nosed and Black-browed split; some genus changes and Laysan Albatross added.
Text does not reflect these changes.)

Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book – vagrant in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022.
)

Monotypic.

Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus changed (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022) – Diomedea nigripes in HANZAB book.
Text updated to reflect this change. References to this species in other species also updated.
)

Monotypic.

Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has been split:
    - subspecies sanfordi elevated to Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi (monotypic)
    - subspecies epomophora elevated to Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora (monotypic)
  - As a result, Royal Albatross is no longer recognised.
)

Monotypic.

Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has been split:
    - subspecies sanfordi elevated to Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi (monotypic)
    - subspecies epomophora elevated to Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora (monotypic)
  - As a result, Royal Albatross is no longer recognised.
The text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name changed from Wandering Albatross to Snowy Albatross. Aust. list retains Wandering Albatross.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022:
    - Ssp. chionoptera now Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (monotypic)
    - Ssp. antipodensis (referred to as a possible subspecies in HANZAB book but not named) elevated to species Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis.
    - birds of Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. (subspecies exulans in HANZAB book) elevated to species Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena.
Amsterdam Albatross, once combined with D.e. exulans, is referred to as separate species (D. amsterdamensis) in text for Wandering Albatross in the HANZAB book but was not otherwise included. Now included in WLAB 4.1.

The text does not reflect these changes.
)
Snowy Albatross (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Tristan Albatross recognised as a result of changes to Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which was split:
  - Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022:
    - Ssp. chionoptera now Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (monotypic)
    - Ssp. antipodensis (referred to as a possible subspecies in HANZAB book but not named) elevated to species Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis.
    - birds of Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. (subspecies exulans in HANZAB book) elevated to species Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena.
)

Monotypic.

Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Antipodean Albatross recognised as a result of changes to Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which was split:
    - Ssp. chionoptera now Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (monotypic)
    - Ssp. antipodensis (referred to as a possible subspecies in HANZAB book but not named) elevated to species Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis.
    - birds of Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. (subspecies exulans in HANZAB book) elevated to species Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena.
)

Polytypic
- antipodensis Robertson, Warham, 1992
- gibsoni Robertson, Warham, 1992.

Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
- - Amsterdam Albatross is mentioned in the Wandering Albatross entry HANZAB book as a separate species (see Original Text below) but not included as an entry. Listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Light-mantled Albatross – not applied. Aust. AviList English name used.
)
Light-mantled Albatross (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca

Monotypic.

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has been split and the genus changed:
    - ssp. chlororhynchos elevated to Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos (monotypic)
    - ssp. bassi elevated to Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri (monotypic)
As a result, Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos is no longer recognised.

Text below does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has been split and the genus changed:
    - ssp. chlororhynchos elevated to Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    - ssp. bassi elevated to Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
As a result, Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos is no longer recognised.
)
Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus changed: Diomedea chrysostoma in HANZAB book.
Text updated to reflect this change. References to this species in other species also updated.
)

Monotypic.

Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Campbell Albatross reverted to subspecies impavida of Black-browed Albatross
  - changed from monotypic to polytypic Text is consistent with this change.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophrys in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has had the genus changed and been split:
    - subspecies melanophrys elevated to Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris (melanophrys is an incorrect spelling [NZCL 2022])
    - subspecies impavida elevated to Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida. Known as Campbell Black-browed Albatross in NZCL 2022.
)

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
  - Genus change: Diomedea bulleri in HANZAB book.
Text updated to reflect this change. References to this species in other species also updated.
)

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 reverted back to subspecies steadi of Shy Albatross
  - changed from monotypic to polytypic
- HANZAB 2023
  - Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) has been split and the genus changed:
    - subspecies eremita elevated to Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita (Chatham Island Albatross in NZCL 2022)
    - subspecies salvini elevated to Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    - subspecies cauta further split into
      - Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
      - White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi but steadi retained as a subspecies of Thalassarche cauta in NZCL 2022 with Thalassarche cauta known as White-capped Albatross.
Text does not reflect these changes.
)
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
  - Salvin’s Albatross recognised from changes to Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which has been split and the genus changed:
    - subspecies eremita elevated to Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita (Chatham Island Albatross in NZCL 2022)
    - subspecies salvini elevated to Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    - subspecies cauta further split into
      - Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
      - White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi but steadi retained as a subspecies of Thalassarche cauta in NZCL 2022 with Thalassarche cauta known as White-capped Albatross.
)

Monotypic.

Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Chatham Albatross recognised from changes to Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which has been split and the genus changed:
    - subspecies eremita elevated to Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita (Chatham Island Albatross in NZCL 2022)
    - subspecies salvini elevated to Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    - subspecies cauta further split into
      - Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
      - White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi but steadi retained as a subspecies of Thalassarche cauta in NZCL 2022 with Thalassarche cauta known as White-capped Albatross.
)
Chatham Island Albatross (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Southern Storm Petrels (Oceanitidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split into Southern Storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) and Northern Storm-petrels Hydrobatidae.
)

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies maorianus elevated to New Zealand Storm-Petrel (NZTCS 2022, WLAB 4.1);
    - other subspecies and a subspecies not in HANZAB book (chilensis BLI 2022) remain in Wilson’s Storm-Petrel.
  - Family change: Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book. Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split:
    - Hydrobatidae now known as Northern Storm-Petrels
    - Oceanitidae known as Southern Storm-Petrels
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Polynesian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Grey-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus changed: Oceanites nereis in HANZAB book.
  - Family change: Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book.
)
Grey-backed Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies albiclunis elevated to Kermadec Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma albiclunis in NZCL 2022 but not in BLI 2022 or other taxonomies. BLI 2022 followed.
  - Subspecies eadesi in HANZAB book now eadesorum.
)
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
  - subspecies guttata not included in AviList but synonym titan is included – guttata removed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies guttata in BLI2022 but not in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies maorianus elevated to New Zealand Storm-Petrel (NZTCS 2022, vagrant in WLAB 4.1).
    - other subspecies and chilensis (BLI 2022) remain in Wilson’s Storm-Petrel.
)
New Zealand Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

New Caledonian Storm-Petrel Fregetta lineata Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant? in WLAB 4.1. Not in BLI 2022.
)
New Caledonian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split into Southern Storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) and Northern Storm-petrels Hydrobatidae.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Band-rumped Storm Petrel (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Tristram’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tristrami Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Tristam’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. In WLAB 4.1.
)
Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus changed: Oceanodroma matsudairae in HANZAB book.
)
Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) genus changed and split:
    - subspecies socorroensis split and elevated to:
      - Townsend’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates socorroensis (extralimital);
      - Ainley’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates cheimomnestes (extralimital);
    - other subspecies remain with Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous but beali considered synonymous with leucorhoa which is now leucorhous.
  - Family Hydrobatidae in HANZAB book split:
    - Hydrobatidae now known as Northern Storm-Petrels
    - Oceanitidae known as Southern Storm-Petrels
Text does not reflect this change.

)
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
  - English name changed from Fulmars, petrels, prions and shearwaters to Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
  - Spectacled Petrel added
- HANZAB 2023
  - Diving petrels (Pelecanoididae in HANZAB book) now included in Procellariidae.
Text below does not reflect this change.
)

Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies change: subspecies confusa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now subspecies major.
)

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
  - extra subspecies auduboni in AviList
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies rodgersii in NZCL 2022.
)

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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Tahiti Petrel Pterdroma rostrata in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies becki now Beck’s Petrel Pseudobulweria becki (not recorded in HANZAB region)
  - Genus change: Pterdroma rostrata in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect these changes.
)

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
  - White-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - aequinoctialis elevated to White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    - conspicillata elevated to Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata (not recorded in HANZAB region).
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - in AviBase list for Antarctic Islands, recorded at sea within HANZAB region in eBird
)

Monotypic.

Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

Monotypic.

Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas

Monotypic.

Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies diomedea now Scopoli’s shearwater Calonectris diomedea;
    - subspecies borealis now Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis (only one in HANZAB region);
    - subspecies edwardsii now Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii.
All the resulting species are are monotypic.

Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - monotypic but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus pacificus in HANZAB book.
  - Monotypic in HANZAB book. Now polytypic: Ardenna pacifica pacifica; Ardenna pacifica chlororhyncha.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)
- pacifica
- chlororhyncha.

Buller’s Shearwater Ardenna bulleri Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Puffinus bulleri in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus tenuirostris in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus griseus in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus gravis in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus carneipes in HANZAB book. Now also recorded in Antarctica (French Southern territories) (BLI).
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Puffinus creatopus in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Polytypic but left as monotypic until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies puffinus elevated to Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus which is monotypic;
    - subspecies newelli elevated to Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli which is monotypic;
    - subspecies auricularis elevated to Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis which is monotypic;
    - other subspecies listed are now species but they do not occur within HANZAB region.
Subspecies newelli not elevated in NZCL 2022 but remains a subspecies of Townsend’s Shearwater.

Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025 with subspecies: puffinus and canariensis)

Heinroth’s Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies heinrothi of Audubon’s Shearwater in HANZAB book elevated to Heinroth’s Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi. Audubon’s Shearwater not recorded in HANZAB region.
)

Monotypic.

Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies elegans elevated to Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans (WLAB 4.1) which is known as Subantarctic Little Shearwater in NZCL 2022. Both Little and Subantarctic Shearwater now recorded in Antarctica (BLI).
)
Subantarctic Little Shearwater (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies elegans elevated to Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans (WLAB 4.1) which is known as Subantarctic Little Shearwater in NZCL 2022. Both Little and Subantarctic Shearwater now recorded in Antarctica (BLI).
    - Extralimital subspecies are no longer recognised as Little Shearwater:
      - subspecies baroli is now a subspecies of Audubon’s shearwater Puffinus lherminieri;
      - subspecies myrtae is now Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - five subspecies with gunax and colstoni added. Subspecies in AviList not confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- bailloni
- nicolae
- dichrous
- (and gunax and colstoni in AviList 2025).

Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies puffinus elevated to Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus which is monotypic;
    - subspecies newelli elevated to Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli which is monotypic
    - subspecies auricularis elevated to Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis which is monotypic;
    - other subspecies listed are now species but they do not occur within HANZAB region.
Subspecies newelli not elevated in NZCL 2022 but is a subspecies of Townsend’s Shearwater.
)

Monotypic
(polytypic in NZCL 2022 with Newell’s Shearwater treated as a subspecies)

Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies puffinus elevated to Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus which is monotypic;
    - subspecies newelli elevated to Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli which is monotypic;
    - subspecies auricularis elevated to Townsend’s Shearwater Puffinus auricularis which is monotypic;
    - other subspecies listed are now species but they do not occur within HANZAB region.
Subspecies newelli not elevated in NZCL 2022 but is a subspecies of Townsend’s Shearwater.

Newell’s Shearwater is listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Puffinus auricularis newelli (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Pelecanoididae in HANZAB book changed to Procellariidae
)
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
  - Whenua Hou Diving Petrel not recognised as a separate species and reverts back to subspecies whenuahouensis of South Georgian Diving Petrel. (NZCL 2024 the same as AviList 2025) Text reflects this change.
- HANZAB 2023
  - South Georgian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split with Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) considered a separate species in WLAB 4.1 but not in NZCL 2022 where it is a subspecies of South Georgian Diving-Petrel.
)
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
  - Polytypic, with subspecies the same as in HANZAB book.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Polytypic in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) with two subspecies.
)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: turtur, subantarctica)

Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - The prion on Iles St Paul and Amsterdam (formerly P. vittata macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) elevated to a species MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi.
)

Monotypic.

Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies macgillivrayi elevated to MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi;
    - subspecies salvini elevated to Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini
As a result of this change, Salvin’s Prion is now monotypic.

Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies macgillivrayi elevated to MacGillivray’s Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi;
    - subspecies salvini elevated to Salvin’s Prion Pachyptila salvini.
)

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 revised: only two subspecies, crassirostris and eatoni, in HANZAB book (see Original Text below).
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Genus change: Kerguelen Petrel Pterodroma brevirostris in HANZAB Book (see Original Text below) now Aphrodroma brevirostris (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022), Lugensa brevirostris (NZCL 2022).
)
Lugensa brevirostris (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Polytypic in HANZAB book (see Original Text below), now monotypic.
Text does not reflect this change
)

Monotypic.

Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae
Chatham Island Taiko (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies gouldi elevated to Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi.
)

Monotypic.

White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii

Monotypic.

Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies gouldi elevated to Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi. Great-winged Petrel now monotypic.
Text does not reflect this change.

)

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
  - Monotypic. However subpecies in AviList have not been confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Extralimital subspecies brevipes of Gould’s Petrel in HANZAB book (see Original text below) now listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022 and elevated to Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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.
Extralimital P. hypoleuca (n. Pacific) may be part of this complex.

Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Polytypic: brevipes, magnificens. However, subspecies in AviList have not been confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies brevipes of Gould’s Petrel in HANZAB book elevated to Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes. Subspecies considered extralimital in HANZAB book but now listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL2022.
)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: brevipes, magnificens.)

Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Chatham Petrel to Chatham Islands Petrel.
)
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
  - Subspecies change: Monotypic in HANZAB book and NZCL 2022 but polytypic in WLAB 4.1. WLAB 4.1 followed.
  - Subspecies occulta listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies arminjoniana elevated to Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana, listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
    - subspecies heraldica elevated to Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica
)

Monotypic.

Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies arminjoniana elevated to Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
    - subspecies heraldica elevated to Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

CICONIIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Families Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae moved to Pelecaniformes (WLAB 4.1)
The text below does not reflect these changes.
)

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
  - Subspecies boyciana elevated to Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
)

Polytypic
- Nominate ciconia, Europe, n. Africa, Middle East
- asiatica Severtzov, 1872, central Asia.

SULIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Order SULIFORMES added from the move to AviList
  - Families Fregatidae, Sulidae, Anhingidae and Phalacrocoracidae moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES
)

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Family moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change in NZCL 2022, BLI 2022 – SULIFORMES. Still PELECANIFORMES in WLAB 4.1. WLAB followed.
)

Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change from Least Frigatebird in HANZAB book to Lesser Frigatebird.
)

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
  - English name Christmas Frigatebird – not changed as no change in Aust. AviList.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Known as Christmas Frigatebird in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Family moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES
  - English name change from Gannets and Boobies to Boobies and Gannets
- HANZAB 2023
  - Masked Booby split and subspecies changed. Genus change: Abbott’s Booby, Australasian Gannet, Cape Gannet.
Text below does not reflect these changes.)

Abbott’s Booby Papasula abbotti Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Sula in HANZAB book.
Text below updated to reflect this change. )

Monotypic.

Cape Gannet Morus capensis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Sula capensis in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Sula serrator in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Subspecies brewsteri and etesiaca removed as they are now subspecies of Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri, which is extralimital.
)

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
- species added based on accepted BARC cases 1335, 1344 and 1377, all in WA.
)

Monotypic.

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Masked Booby Sula dactylatra in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies granti elevated to Nazca Booby Sula granti
  - Subspecies changes: tasmani (not in HANZAB book) includes fullagari (in HANZAB book) as a junior synonym; personata includes bedouti.
)

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
  - Family moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES
  - English name changed from Darters to Anhinga and Darters
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species change. Darter in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies novaehollandiae of Darter in HANZAB book now a subspecies of Australian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae (WLAB 4.1) Not changed in NZCL 2022.
Extralimitally, Anhinga rufa papua now Anhinga novaehollandiae papua. )

Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Darter subspecies Anhinga melanogaster novaehollandiae in HANZAB book now a subspecies of Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae. Not changed in NZCL 2022. Anhinga novaehollandiae is polytypic: novaehollandiae in HANZAB region and papua extralimitally. Subspecies papua from Anhinga rufa papua becoming Anhinga novaehollandiae papua.
Text does not reflect this change
)
Darter Anhinga melanogaster (NZCL 2024)

Polytypic
- Nominate novaehollandiae in HANZAB region
- papua extralimitally.

Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Family moved from PELECANIFORMES to SULIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Significant species changes (see species pages or HANZAB Index+ shags and cormorants).
Text does not reflect these changes. )

Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Phalacrocorax melanoleucos in HANZAB book.
Text below updated to reflect this change. References to this species in other species not yet updated.)

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
  - English name change from Bounty Island Shag to Bounty Shag
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change: Bounty Shag in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change: Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi in HANZAB book.
)
Bounty Island Shag (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Rough-faced Shag to New Zealand King Shag
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Phalacrocorax carunculatus in HANZAB book.
  - Name change: King Shag in HANZAB book. Known as New Zealand King Shag (NZCL 2022) and Rough-faced Shag (BLI 2022). BLI followed.
)

Monotypic.

Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Changed to Polytypic, with subspecies stewarti and chalconotus.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name and genus changed: Stewart Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus in HANZAB book changed to Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus.
  - Split and Genus changed in NZCL 2022: Foveaux shag Leucocarbo stewarti; Otago shag Leucocarbo chalconotus. Not split in BLI 2022. BLI 2022 followed.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - English name change from Chatham Island Shag to Chatham Shag
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change: Chatham Shag in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change: Phalacrocorax onslowi in HANZAB book.
)
Chatham Island Shag (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Phalacrocorax colensoi in HANZAB book.
)
Auckland Island Shag (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Campbell Island Shag to Campbell Shag
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change: Campbell Shag in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change: Phalacrocorax campbelli in HANZAB book.
)
Campbell Island Shag (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Kerguelen Island Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus demoted to subspecies verrucosus of Imperial Shag.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Five species of shag in the HANZAB book are now considered subspecies of Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps in BLI 2022:
    - Heard Shag Phalacrocorax nivalis now subspecies nivalis of Imperial Shag;
    - Macquarie Shag Phalacrocorax purpurascens now subspecies purpurascens of Imperial Shag;
    - Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis now subspecies bransfieldensis of Imperial Shag;
    - South Georgian Shag Phalacrocorax georgianus now subspecies georgianus of Imperial Shag;
    - Crozet Shag Phalacrocorax melanogenis now subspecies melanogenis of Imperial Shag.
NZCL 2024 retains Macquarie Island Shag as species. Text of species in HANZAB book retained until text added for Imperial Shag.)

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
  - Name changed from Pitt Island Shag to Pitt Shag
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change: Pitt Shag in HANZAB book.
)
Pitt Island Shag (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - No change as HANZAB book aligns with BLI2022; listed as monotypic in NZCL 2022.
)

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
  - English name change from Black-faced Shag to Black-faced Cormorant (should have been done for HANZAB 2023)
)

Monotypic.

Great Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Known as Pied Cormorant in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Families Fregatidae, Sulidae, Anhingidae and Phalacrocoracidae moved to SULIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Tropicbirds moved to Phaetontiformes.
  - Families Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae moved from Ciconiiformes to Pelecaniformes (WLAB 4.1)
The text below does not reflect these changes. )

Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book. Now in PELECANIFORMES in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. In BLI list for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
)

Polytypic
- caudatus South America.
- hyperorius South America.

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - speciefic name changed from moluccus to molucca
- HANZAB 2023
  - Specific name change: Threskiornis molucca in HANZAB book. Now Threskiornis moluccus in WLAB 4.1. Still Threskiornis molucca in NZCL 2022.
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: strictipennis no longer recognised as separate from moluccus. Subspecies pygmaeus recognised.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Monotypic.

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - HANZAB 2023Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book. In PELECANIFORMES in WLAB 4.1 and NZCL 2022.
  - Now known as Bitterns and Herons in HANZAB book. Herons, Egrets and Bitterns in WLAB 4.1.
  - Many changes at species level.
Text does not reflect this changes.
)

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus

Monotypic.

Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies flavicollis listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

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
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Schrenck’s Bittern Butorides eurhythmus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Butorides
  - English name Von Schrenck’s Bittern
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Von Schrenck’s Bittern (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Yellow Bittern Butorides sinensis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Butorides
)

Monotypic.

New Zealand Bittern Botaurus novaezelandiae Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus
  - Name change from New Zealand Little Bittern to New Zealand Bittern
)
New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Australian Little Bittern Botaurus dubius Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Ixobrychus to Botaurus
  - English name Black-backed Bittern. Aust. name used.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies dubius elevated to Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus dubius (WLAB 4.1)(monotypic). However, remains as subspecies Ixobrychus minutus dubius in NZCL 2022.
  - Order change: Ciconiiformes in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this split.
)
Black-backed Bittern (AviList 2025) Ixobrychus minutus dubius (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Monotypic – left as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Nycticorax melanolophus in HANZAB book.
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Monotypic in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
Malayan Night Heron (AviList 2025)

Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)
- melanolophus Australia
- minor.

Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Japanese Night Heron (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Pied Heron Egretta picata Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change – Ardea picata in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Monotypic – left as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Ardea novaehollandiae in HANZAB book.
  - Now polytypic in WLAB 4.1 – monotypic in HANZAB book.
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)
- novaehollandiae
- parryi.

Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Name change: Swinhoe’s Egret in HANZAB book.
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Pacific Reef Heron – left as Aust. AviList English name Eastern Reef Egret
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Genus changed – Ardea sacra in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - species added from AviBase list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
)

Polytypic
- brewsteri
- thula

Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Western Reef Heron
  - Subspecies dimorpha treated as subspecies of Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies schistacea listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
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
  - Subspecies dimorpha of Western Reef Egret treated as subspecies dimorpha of Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change – Ardea garzetta in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies garzetta listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  - Extra subspecies in BLI 2022: nigripes split: nigripes; immaculata.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change:
    - subspecies obsurus in HANZAB book split:
      - subspecies falklandicus from Falkland Is.
      - subspecies obsurus
    - subspecies nycticorax in HANZAB book split:
      - nycticorax from Eurasia and Africa
      - hoactli for Americas.
Text does not reflect this change.)

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
  - Name change: Rufous Night Heron in HANZAB book and BLI 2022.
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: hilli now australasiae.
)
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
  - Striated Heron Butorides striata split:
    - monotypic Lava Heron B. sundevalli from Galapagos
    - polytypic Green Heron B. virescens from North America with subspecies:
      - anthonyi
      - frazari
      - virescens
      - bahamensis
    - monotypic Striated Heron B. striata from South America
    - polytypic Little Heron B. atricapilla group
      - 20 subspecies in AviList 2025
      - the two subspecies recorded in HANZAB area are included in this group, thus English and scientific name changed to Little Heron Butorides atricapilla
        
        subspecies macrorhynchus now macrorhyncha
        
        subspecies stagnatilis
      - further splits of this group possible
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Ardea striata in HANZAB book.
  - Extra Australian subspecies in WLAB 4.1 – Butorides striata amurensis.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. In WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies speciosa vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- continentalis
- speciosa Australia.

White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Common Name change: Pacific Heron in HANZAB book.
)
Pacific Heron (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Great Egret Ardea alba Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - English name Medium Egret – Aust. AviList name, Intermediate Egret, used.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Australian subspecies plumifera of Intermediate Egret in HANZAB book elevated to Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera in WLAB 4.1. As a result, Intermediate Egret is now considered a vagrant in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies plumifera of Intermediate Egret remains that in NZCL 2022.
)
Medium Egret (AviList 2025) Plumed Egret (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Australian subspecies plumifera of Intermediate Egret in HANZAB book elevated to Ardea plumifera in WLAB 4.1. As a result, Intermediate Egret is now considered a vagrant in WLAB 4.1. Subspecies plumifera remains that in NZCL 2022.
  - Subspecies brachyrhyncha elevated to Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha.
  - Order change – CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - As most of the entry for Intermediate Egret in HANZAB is about the Plumed Egret, it has been renamed to Plumed Egret and a new entry created for Intermediate Egret.
These changes are not reflected in the text below.
)
Ardea intermedia plumifera (NZCL 2024).

Monotypic.

Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Cattle Egret split;
    - subspecies ibis now Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis, monotypic. Reported in Antarctica. New entry created
    - subspecies coromandus now Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda, monotypic. This is the species in Australia and New Zealand. Cattle Egret entry renamed and scientific name changed to Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromandus.
)

Monotypic.

Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Cattle Egret split;
    - subspecies ibis now Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis, monotypic. Reported in Antarctica. New entry created.
    - subspecies coromandus now Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda, monotypic. This is the species in Australia and New Zealand. Cattle Egret entry renamed and scientific name changed to Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromandus.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – in CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Genus change – Ardea ibis in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies seychellarum now recognised in BLI 2022.
Text below updated to reflect this change. References to this species in other species not yet updated.
)
Bubulcus ibis coromandus (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Monotypic – left as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: monotypic in HANZAB book. Two subspecies, one in HANZAB Region (mathewsae)
)

Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)
- mathewsae Australia
- sumatrana New Guinea, and north to Philippines and Thailand

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- purpurea
- madagascariensis
- manilensis
- bournei.

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: CICONIIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: monotypic in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect that jouyi is now listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- jouyi, vagrant to Australia
- cinerea
- firasa
- monicae.

CAPRIMULGIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Swifts (Apodidae) moved back to Apodiformes
- HANZAB 2023
  - Swifts (Apodidae) moved from Apodiformes into this Order (WLAB 4.1).
  - Family Eurostopodidae split from family Caprimulgidae.
The text below does not reflect this change.
)

Nightjars and Nighthawks (Caprimulgidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved back to Family Caprimulgidae from Eurostopodidae
  - English name change from Nightjars, Goatsuckers and Nighthawks to Nightjars and Nighthawks Text is consistent with this change.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved from Family Caprimulgidae to Eurostopodidae (WLAB 4.1).
)

Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved back to Family Caprimulgidae from Eurostopodidae
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved from Family Caprimulgidae to Eurostopodidae (WLAB 4.1)
)

Monotypic.

White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved back to Family Caprimulgidae from Eurostopodidae
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species in Genus Eurostopodus moved from Family Caprimulgidae to Eurostopodidae (WLAB 4.1)
  - Genus change: Caprimulgus in HANZAB book.
  - species split: subspecies nigripennis in HANZAB book (see Original text below) elevated to Solomons Nightjar Eurostopodus nigripennis. As a result, White-throated Nightjar is now monotypic.
Text below does not reflect this change
)

Monotypic.

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- jotaka
- hazarae.

Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Extralimital subspecies andamanicus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) elevated to Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus.
)

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
  - Subspecies griseatus and mindanensis in HANZAB book now subspecies of extralimital Chirruping Nightjar Caprimulgus griseatus.
  - subspecies undulatus and kasuidori not separated from nominate – not changed until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  - number of subspecies reduced to six with number allied to monticolus reduced from four to three (monticolus, amoyensis, stictomus)
)

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
  - Order PODARGIFORMES added from the move to AviList
  - Family Podargidae moved from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to PODARGIFORMES
)

Frogmouths (Podargidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - moved from order CAPRIMULGIFORMES to PODARGIFORMES
)

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
  - Split: Subspecies inexpectatus of Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) elevated to Solomons Frogmouth Rigidipenna inexpectata.
)

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
  - AEGOTHELIFORMES created for move to AviList
  - family Aeothelidae move from CAPRIMULGIFORMES to AEGOTHELIFORMES
)

Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - moved from order CAPRIMULGIFORMES to AEGOTHELIFORMES
)

Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - subspecies major not separated from subspecies cristatus.
)

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
- - Order reinstated with move to AviList
  - Family Apodidae moved back to APODIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Apodidae moved to CAPRIMULGIFORMES (WLAB 4.1)
The text does not reflect this change.
)

Swifts (Apodidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - moved from order CAPRIMULGIFORMES to APODIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book, Caprimulgiformes in WLAB 4.1. Still in Apodiformes in NZCL 2022.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: APODIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Monotypic – left as polytypic until AviList subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1 (subspecies unidentified).
)

Polytypic
(Monotypic in AviList 2025)
- cochinchinensis
- rupchandi
- formosanus.

Papuan Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Papuan Spinetail
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1 (subspecies unidentified).
)
Papuan Spinetail (AviList 2025)

Polytypic
- novaeguineae
- buergersi.

Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book, Caprimulgiformes in WLAB 4.1. Family Apodidae still in Apodiformes in NZCL 2022.
  - Subspecies kanoi not listed in BLI 2022 but kurodae and salimali added. Known as Pacific Swift in BLI 2022.
  - Subspecies salimali and leuconyx considered full species by some.
Text does not reflect this change
)

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
  - Specific name change: Apus affinis in HANZAB book. This change resulted from subspecies affiis and allied subspecies being moved to Little Swift Apus affinis.
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book, Caprimulgiformes in WLAB 4.1. Family Apodidae still in Apodiformes in NZCL 2022.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book, Caprimulgiformes in WLAB 4.1. Family Apodidae still in Apodiformes in NZCL 2022.
  - Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

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
  - Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta split into eight species:
    - subspecies natalis now Christmas Swiftlet Collocalia natalis (monotypic)
    - subspecies nitens remains as a subspecies of Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta along with esculenta and 15 other subspecies
    - Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis with five subspecies
    - Ridgetop Swiftlet Collocalia isonota with two subspecies
    - Tenggara Swiftlet Collocalia sumbawae with two subspecies
    - Drab Swiftlet Collocalia neglecta with two subspecies
    - Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis with two subspecies
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book.
  - Split: extralimital subspecies allied to subspecies linchi in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi (four subspecies). Glossy Swiftlet has 31 subspecies in BLI 2022.
)
Christmas Swiftlet (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta split into eight species:
    - subspecies natalis now Christmas Island Swiftlet Collocalia natalis (monotypic)
    - subspecies nitens remains as a subspecies of Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta along with esculenta and 15 other subspecies
    - Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis with five subspecies
    - Ridgetop Swiftlet Collocalia isonota with two subspecies
    - Tenggara Swiftlet Collocalia sumbawae with two subspecies
    - Drab Swiftlet Collocalia neglecta with two subspecies
    - Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis with two subspecies
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book.
  - Split: extralimital subspecies allied to subspecies linchi in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi (four subspecies). Glossy Swiftlet has 31 subspecies in BLI 2022.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: Australian subspecies terraereginae and chillagoensis moved to Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae with no extralimital subspecies.
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - subspecies palawanensis and amelis split off into extralimital species Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: Apodiformes in HANZAB book.
  - Additional extralimital subspecies in BLI 2022: lugubris; pallens; palawanensis; and amelis.
)

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 Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change of family Tytonidae from Barn or Masked Owls to Bay Owls and Barn Owls
)

Bay Owls and Barn Owls (Tytonidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Barn or Masked Owls to Bay Owls and Barn Owls
)

Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata merged into Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa as subspecies multipunctata. Text does not reflect this change.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Common name change: Sooty Owl in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - subspecies almae included. Some treat this as a separate species Seram Masked-Owl Tyto almae.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies change: subspecies galei split from subspecies kimberli.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Grass Owl Tyto capensis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies capensis now a separate species African Grass Owl Tyto capensis (not recorded in HANZAB region);
    - subspecies longimembris, papuensis and chinensis in HANZAB book now Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris with five subspecies recognised, four of which are extralimital:
      - Tyto longimembris longimembris (Australia)
      - Tyto longimembris chinensis
      - Tyto longimembris pithecops
      - Tyto longimembris amauronota
      - Tyto longimembris papuensis
)

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 split:
    - American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
    - Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica (Hanzab region)
    - Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
)
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
  - English name change from Typical or Hawk Owls to Owls
)

Rufous Owl Ninox rufa Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies change: aruensis is now considered as humeralis.
)

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
  - subspecies remigialis of Ninox boobook is treated as subspecies remigialis of Ninox connivens
)

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
  - Ninox boobook split into four species with three subspecies (rotiensis, fusca, plesseni) removed from Ninox boobook:
    - Rote Boobook N. rotiensis (monotypic)
    - Timor Boobook N. fusca (monotypic)
    - Alor Boobook N. plesseni (monotypic)
    - Australian Boobook N. boobook (polytypic)
  - subspecies halmaturina added for Kangaroo I. birds
  - subspecies moae added (extralimital)
  - subspecies remigialis of Ninox boobook is treated as subspecies remigialis of Ninox connivens
- HANZAB 2023
  - Ninox novaeseelandiae in HANZAB book split:
    - subspecies ocellata, boobook, lurida and the extralimital subspecies now subspecies in Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
    - subspecies leucopsis elevated to Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis
    - subspecies novaeseelandiae, albaria and undulata now subspecies in Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork in NZCL 2022)
Text below does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Tasmanian Boobook recognised as a result of changes to Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which has been split:
    - subspecies ocellata, boobook, lurida and the extralimital subspecies now subspecies in Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
    - subspecies leucopsis elevated to Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis
    - subspecies novaeseelandiae, albaria and undulata now subspecies in Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork in NZCL 2022)
)

Monotypic.

Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Tasman Morepork recognised as a result of changes to Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) which has been split:
    - subspecies ocellata, boobook, lurida and the extralimital subspecies now subspecies in Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
    - subspecies leucopsis elevated to Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis
    - subspecies novaeseelandiae, albaria and undulata now subspecies in Tasman Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork in NZCL 2022)
)
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
  - Genus change: Sceloglaux albifacies in HANZAB book.
)

Polytypic
- Nominate albifacies, SI and Stewart I., NZ
- rufifacies, Buller, 1904, NI, NZ.

Northern Boobook Ninox japonica Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - See Taxonomic changes in Brown Boobook for comments about the split from Brown Boobook which should have been included in HANZAB 2023.
  - subspecies totogo split from subspecies japonica
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies japonica listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

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
  - Known as Christmas Island Hawk-Owl in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies malayanus is a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Oriental Scops Owl (AviList 2025)

Polytypic
Nine subspecies including malayanus.

Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - subspecies aagaardi not separated from ketupu – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies ketupu listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1. Extra subspecies pageli in BLI 2022.
)
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
  - Not in HANZAB book. Required by the addition of Turkey Vulture to the BLI list of species for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
)

New World Vultures (Cathartidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Required by the addition of Turkey Vulture to the BLI list of species for South Georgia and sandwich island.
)

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Included in the BLI list for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
)

Polytypic
Six subspecies from North and South American.

ACCIPITRIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name of family Accipitridae changed from Eagles, Kites and Goshawks to Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
- HANZAB 2023
  - New Order resulting from the split of FALCONIFORMES. Family Accipitridae (Eagles, Kites and Goshawks) elevated to Order Accipitriformes
)

Osprey (Pandionidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Ospreys moved out of Accipitridae to Pandionidae.
)

Osprey Pandion haliaetus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order changed: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Family changed: Accipitridae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: Australian resident birds in subspecies leucocephalus in HANZAB book now a separate subspecies cristatus (WLAB 4.1, BLI 2022). The remainder of subspecies leucocephalus now included in subpecies haliaetus (BLI 2022).
Text below not revised to reflect these changes.
)

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
  - English name change from Eagles, Kites and Goshawks to Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: family moved from Falconiiformes to Accipitriformes.
  - Osprey moved to Family Pandionidae.
  - Family Accipitridae now known as Vultures, hawks, eagles in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect these changes. )

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change from FALCONIFORMES to ACCIPITRIFORMES
)

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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies orientalis is a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
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
  - Order change – in FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard Henicopernis longicauda Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Little Eagle in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies are now species:
    - morphnoides now Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides;
    - weiskei now Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei.
Distribution described below does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Gurney’s Eagle Aquila gurneyi Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Polytypic
- Nominate audax mainland Aust., s. New Guinea
- fleayi Condon & Amadon, 1954, Tas.

Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Scientific name change from Accipiter cirrocephalus to Tachyspiza cirrocephala
  - subspecies cirrocephalus gender change to cirrocephala
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies rosselianus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now considered a subspecies of Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus. Subspecies quaesitandus now synonym of cirrocephalus. Subspecies cirrhocephalus in HANZAB book now cirrocephalus.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Polytypic
- Nominate cirrocephala Aust.;
- papuanus (Rothschild & Hartert 1913), New Guinea and nearby islands.

Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change, from Accipiter gularis to Tachyspiza gularis
  - subspecies sibiricus changed gender to sibirica
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- sibirica;
- gularis;
- iwasakii.

Chinese Goshawk Tachyspiza soloensis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change, from Accipiter to Tachyspiza
  - English name Chinese Sparrowhawk
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Chinese Sparrowhawk (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - species added. Barc: 1299 Grey-headed Goshawk Accipiter poliocephalus, Lakeland, QLD 26-30/11/2023
)

Monotypic.

Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change, from Accipiter to Tachyspiza
- HANZAB 2023
  - Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: all subspecies except novaehollandiae now Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster. As a result, Grey Goshawk is now monotypic.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Species added. BARC:1295 Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster Boigu Island, Torres Strait QLD 25/02/2020
)

Polytypic
Twenty two subspecies. Most likely subspecies leucosomus in Australia.

Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Scientific name change, from Accipiter fasciatus to Tachyspiza fasciata (updated in this text)
  - subspecies fasciatus change gender to fasciata (updated in this text)
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies dogwa now recorded in WLAB 4.1;
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Monotypic (not changed until subspecies confirmed)
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: Monotypic in HANZAB book. Two subspecies now recognised in BLI 2022: gouldi; approximans. Still monotypic in NZCL 2022.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Polytypic
(monotypic in AviList 2025)
- gouldi, Aust., NZ, and s. New Guinea
- approximans sw. Pacific.

Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies now species:
    - subspecies spilonotus now Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus;
    - subspecies spilothorax now Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic.

Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Specific name change: Haliastur sphenuris in HANZAB book.
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius treated as conspecific, resulting in two extra subspecies:
    - aegyptius, Egypt, southwestern Arabia, and coastal northeastern Africa
    - parasitus, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Cape Verde and Comoro islands
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change: FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
  - Extralimital subspecies aegyptius and parasitus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now subspecies of Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius.
Text does not reflect this change.)

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
  - Genus change, from Haliaeetus to Icthyophaga
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024) Haliaeetus leucogaster (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order change – FALCONIFORMES in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

BUCEROTIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Family Bucerotidae added to HANZAB (R 2.0) with accepted BARC record of Blyth’s Hornbill.
- HANZAB 2023
  - New Order resulting from the addition of Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops to WLAB.
)

Hoopoes (Upupidae) Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family not in HANZAB book. Included from the addition of Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops to WLAB.
)

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Common Hoopoe
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Common Hoopoe (AviList 2025)

Polytypic
- Eight subspecies. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.

Hornbills (Bucerotidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Family added (R 2.0) with the inclusion of Blyth’s Hornbill in AviList 2025.
)

Blyth’s Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - species added from accepted BARC submission 1326
)

Monotypic.

CORACIIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Extralimital family Leptosomidae (Monotypic, Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor, endemic to Comoro Is.) moved to monotypic order LEPTOSOMIFORMES
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family Halcyonidae now subfamily Halcyoninae in family Alcedinidae.
  - Extralimital family Cerylidae now subfamily Cerylinae in family Alcedinidae.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Rollers (Coraciidae)

Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies change: subspecies pulcherrimus in HANZAB book synonym of suahelicus; subspecies rufobuccalis in HANZAB book synonym of afer.
)

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
  - extra subspecies cyanocollis (noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed)
- HANZAB 2023
  - English name change: Dollarbird in HANZAB book, now Oriental Dollarbird (WLAB 4.1), Dollarbird in NZCL 2022.
)
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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- garrulus;
- semenowi.

Bee-eaters (Meropidae)

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

Monotypic.

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Collared Kingfisher split:
    - Torresian Kingfisher
    - Collared Kingfisher
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family Halcyonidae in HANZAB book now included in Alcedinidae as subfamily Halcyoninae.
  - Extralimital family Cerylidae in HANZAB book now subfamily Cerylinae in family ALCEDINIDAE
  - As a result, the Family name has changed from River Kingfishers to Kingfishers (Alcedinidae).
Text does not reflect this change. )

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
Seven subspecies.

Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Scientific name change: Alcedo azurea in HANZAB book. Subspecies azurea now azureus. Subspecies wallaceana in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) synonym of lessonii.
)

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
  - Scientific name change: Alcedo pusilla in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: pusilla now pusillus.
)

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
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Little Paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)
Little Paradise Kingfisher (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Common Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
  - Species not included in WLAB 4.1.
)
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
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book
  - Subspecies leucura and nigriceps in HANZAB book now a separate species, Black-headed Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera nigriceps.
Text modified – see Content updates.

)
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
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - PNG birds ( intermedia) split into two subspecies, superflua and intermedia
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies cliftoni in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) synonym of occidentalis.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies meeki now included in subspecies torotoro.
)

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
  - Specific name change: Todiramphus pyrrhopygia in HANZAB book.
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris split into six species:
    - Collared Kingfisher T. chloris (polytypic) (ssp. chloris a vagrant to Australia)
    - Torresian Kingfisher T. sordidus (polytypic) (northern coastal Australia)
    - Islet Kingfisher T. colonus (monotypic)
    - Pacific Kingfisher T. sacer (polytypic)
    - Mariana Kingfisher T. albicilla (polytypic)
    - Melanesian Kingfisher T. tristrami (polytypic)
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies in HANZAB region changed. Four subspecies now included in WLAB 4.1: chloris (vagrant); colcloughi; pilbara; sordidus. Subspecies palmeri in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) not included in WLAB 4.1.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Norfolk Island birds split from subspecies vagans into norfolkiensis
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Halcyonidae in HANZAB book.
  - Sacred Kingfisher in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies recurvirostris in HANZAB book elevated to Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris.
)

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
  - Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris split into six species:
    - Collared Kingfisher T. chloris (polytypic) (ssp. chloris a vagrant to Australia)
    - Torresian Kingfisher T. sordidus (polytypic) (northern coastal Australia)
    - Islet Kingfisher T. colonus (monotypic)
    - Pacific Kingfisher T. sacer (polytypic)
    - Mariana Kingfisher T. albicilla (polytypic)
    - Melanesian Kingfisher T. tristrami (polytypic)
)

Polytypic
- chloris, vagrant to Australia
- extralimitally, 13 subspecies

FALCONIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Order Falconiformes in HANZAB book (see original text below) split: family Accipitridae (Vultures, hawks, eagles and Osprey) elevated to Order Accipitriformes
The text below does not reflect this change.
)

Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Falcons to Falcons and Caracaras
)

Crested Caracara Caracara plancus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Not in HANZAB book. Included in BLI list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands as Caracara cheriway.
)

Polytypic
- cheriway
- plancus
These subspecies were previously considered separate species.

Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - English name change: Australian Kestrel in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Not in HANZAB book. Included in BLI list for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
)

Polytypic
Seventeen subspecies from North America and South America.

Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Monotypic.

Brown Falcon Falco berigora Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - subspecies occidentalis not recognised – noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies split: subspecies berigora in HANZAB book split into berigora and occidentalis.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - species added from Avibase list for Kerugulan Islands.
)

Monotypic.

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
)

Polytypic
- subbuteo
- streichi.

New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

Monotypic.

Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos

Monotypic.

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies submelanogenys and calidus now recorded in Australia.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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 (
- AviList 2025
  - English name of family Strigopidae changed from Kākāpō, and Kākā and Kea to New Zealand Parrots
  - English name of family Cacatuidae changed from Cockatoos and Cockatiel to Cockatoos
  - English name of family Psittaculidae changed from Parrots, Lorikeets and Rosellas to Old World Parrots
- HANZAB 2023
  - Psittaciformes has been reorganised into three superfamilies with six families (or five if Nestoridae is not recognised a separate family as in NZCL 2022):
- - - Psittacoidea (parrots)
      - Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
      - Psittrichasidae (Indian Ocean island parrots)
      - Psittaculidae (Parrots, Lorikeets and Rosellas)
    - Cacatuoidea (cockatoos)
      - Cacatuidae
    - Strigopoidea (Kākāpō, Kākā, and Kea),
      - Strigopidae (Kākāpō)
      - Nestoridae (Kākā and Kea) (Note – not separated from Strigopidae in NZCL 2022 where it is treated as a subfamily Nestorinae. Retained in Strigopidae here.)
These changes are not reflected in the text below.
)

New Zealand Parrots (Strigopidae) Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name changed from Kākāpō, and Kākā and Kea to New Zealand Parrots
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family recognised after the restructuring of Psittaciformes (q.v.) In the HANZAB book, the species in this family were considered as subfamilies Strigopinae and Nestorinae of Psittacidae. Some elevate Kākā and Kea to a separate family, Nestoridae, but this has not been done in NZCL 2022.
)

Kakapo Strigops habroptilus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - scientific name reverts from Strigops habroptila to Strigops habroptilus
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Specific name change: Strigops habroptilus in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Kea Nestor notabilis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Norfolk Island Kaka Nestor productus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Norfolk Kaka
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)
Norfolk Kaka (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Kaka to New Zealand Kaka.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - English name changed from Cockatoos and Cockatiel to Cockatoos
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus Calyptorhynchus now separated into Calyptorhynchus and Zanda.
Text modified to reflect this change.
)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Specific name change – lathamii in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Subspecies macrorhynchus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) not in WLAB 4.1 where it is merged with banksii. Subspecies macrorhynchus is still in BLI 2022.
  - Subspecies samueli split: samueli; escondidus in inland sw. WA.
Text does not reflect these changes.
)
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
  - Scientific name changed: Calyptorhynchus funereus in HANZAB book now Zanda funerea.
  - Subspecies changed gender to reflect genus change.
  - Subspecies xanthanotus split into xanthanota and whiteae.
Text below does not reflect these changes.
)

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
  - Genus change from Calyptorhynchus to Zanda.
  - Name changed from Short-tailed Black-Cockatoo to Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo. (WLAB 4.1)
)
Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo Zanda baudinii Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change from Calyptorhynchus to Zanda.
  - English name changed from Long-tailed Black-Cockatoo to Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo. (WLAB 4.1)
)
Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)

Monotypic.

Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

Monotypic.

Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Subspecies macgillivrayi, added.
Text below does not reflect this change.

)

Polytypic
- Nominate aterrimus, C. York Pen., w. Papuan and Aru Is, coastal s. New Guinea from Merauke E to Gulf of Papua.
- macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) NE Australia (Cape York Pen.), Lowland SC New Guinea (Trans-Fly region).
- 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;

Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum

Monotypic.

Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Specific name change: Galah Eolophus roseicapillus in HANZAB book (see Original text below) now Eolophus roseicapilla.
  - Subspecies roseicapillus in HANZAB book now roseicapilla.
)

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
  - English name changed from Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo to Pink Cockatoo
)

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
  - Subspecies gymnopis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: gymnopis and westralensis.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - English name changed from Parrots, Lorikeets and Rosellas to Old World Parrots
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family recognised after the restructuring of Psittaciformes (q.v.) In the HANZAB book, the species in this family were considered as part of Psittacidae.
)

Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Subspecies papua not separated from subspecies coccineopterus – not applied until AviLIst subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Eclectus Parrot Eclectus polychloros Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Papuan Eclectus
  - extralimital subspecies aruensis and biaki not recognised as separate from polychloros
- HANZAB 2023
  - Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies macgillivrayi and polychloros now Eclectus Parrot Eclectus polychloros (WLAB 4.1). Extralimital subspecies aruesis, biaki and solomonensis now subspecies of Eclectus polychloros. Extralimital subspecies roratus and vosmaeri in HANZAB book now Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus.
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)
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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies aruensis and maclennani recorded in Australia (WLAB 4.1).
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies wallicus split: subspecies leachi and subspecies wallicus.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Polytypic – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Now monotypic.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: elegans in central southern Australia, carteri in southwestern Australia)

Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Polytypic, restoring the subspecies from the HANZAB book – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Polytypic in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) but now monotypic.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: petrophila, coastal WA; zietzi, coastal SA)

Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Antipodes Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Subspecies subflavescens moved to Norfolk Island Parakeet (not changed in NZCL 2024). Noted but not applied.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Now known as Red-fronted Parakeet in WLAB 4.1 but still Red-crowned in NZCL 2022.
  - Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies cookii elevated to Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii. (NZCL 2022) but retained as subspecies of Red-fronted in WLAB 4.1.
    - subspecies hochstetteri elevated to Reischek’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri. (NZCL 2022)
    - subspecies saisseti elevated to New Caledonian Parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti – elevation noted in NZCL 2022 but retained as a subspecies of Red-crowned Parakeet in BLI 2022
    - remaining subspecies stay in Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (NZCL 2022).
Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.

Text does not reflect these changes.
)

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 Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Red-crowned Parakeet subspecies subflavescens, Salvadori, 1891, Lord Howe I., (extinct) elevated to Norfolk Parakeet in AviList 2025 (not in NZCL 2024). Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies cookii elevated to Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii. (NZCL 2022) but retained as subspecies of Red-fronted in WLAB 4.1.
    - subspecies hochstetteri elevated to Reischek’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri. (NZCL 2022)
    - subspecies saisseti elevated to New Caledonian Parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti – elevation noted in NZCL 2022 but retained as a subspecies of Red-crowned Parakeet in BLI 2022
    - remaining subspecies stay in Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (NZCL 2022).
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic
(Polytypic in AviList 2025: cookii; subflavescens)

Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split (NZCL 2022):
    - ssp. malherbi elevated to Orange-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi (NZCL 2022);
    - ssp. forbesi elevelated to Forbes’ Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi (NZCL 2022);
    - ssp. auriceps elevated to Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps (monotypic).
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - The text in the HANZAB book presented separate accounts for each subspecies in preparation for the elevation to species.
Text below does not reflect the elevation of subspecies to species.
)

Monotypic.

Chatham Islands Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Forbes’ Parakeet to Chatham Islands Parakeet
- HANZAB 2023
  - Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split (NZCL 2022):
    - ssp. malherbi elevated to Orange-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi (NZCL 2022);
    - ssp. forbesi elevelated to Forbes’ Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi (NZCL 2022);
    - ssp. auriceps elevated to Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps (monotypic).
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - The text in the HANZAB book presented separate accounts for each subspecies in preparation for the elevation to species. Original text for Forbes’ Parakeet section of Yellow-crowned Parakeet below.
Text below does not reflect the elevation of subspecies to species.
)
Forbes’ Parakeet (NZCL 2024)

Monotypic.

Malherbe’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name change from Orange-fronted Parakeet to Malherbe’s Parakeet
  - Reischek’s Parakeet demoted to subspecies hochstetteri of Malherbe’s Parakeet
  - Polytypic
- HANZAB 2023
  - Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split (NZCL 2022):
    - ssp. malherbi elevated to Orange-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022);
    - ssp. forbesi elevelated to Forbes’ Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi (NZCL 2022, BLI 2022) Known as Chatham Islands Parakeet in BLI 2022;
    - ssp. auriceps elevated to Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps (monotypic).
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - The text in the HANZAB book presented separate accounts for each subspecies in preparation for the elevation to species.
Original text for Orange-fronted Parakeet section of Yellow-crowned Parakeet below.

Text below does not reflect the elevation of subspecies to species.

)
Orange-fronted Parakeet (NZCL 2024)

Polytypic
- malherbi, northern South Island, New Zealand
- hochstetteri, Antipodes Islands

Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Additional subspecies parkeri.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Monotypic in HANZAB book, now polytypic.
Text does not reflect this change.

)

Polytypic
- brownii, Kuhl 1820, King Island
- caledonicus, Gmelin 1788, Tasmania.

Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - subspecies adelaide reinstated. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies change: subspecies adelaide now considered an intergrade between subspecies fleurieuensis and subadelaidae and no longer recognised as a subspecies; subspecies nigrescens split with filewoodi now recognised; melanoptera in HANZAB book (see original Text below) now melanopterus.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Polytypic
- Nominate icterotis, coastal sw. WA;
- subspecies xanthogenys, Salvadori, 1891, Wheatbelt of WA.

Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

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
  - Subspecies narethae of Bluebonnet elevated to Naretha Bluebonnet
)

Monotypic.

Bluebonnet Northiella haematogaster Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - English name Eastern Bluebonnet (English name should have been changed to Bluebonnet in HANZAB 2023)
  - subspecies narethae, elevated to Naretha Bluebonnet
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
  - Subspecies haematorrhous now haematorrhoa.
)
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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Psephotus varius in HANZAB book.
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Psephotus dissimilis in HANZAB book.
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotellus chrysopterygius Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change: Psephotus chrysopterygius in HANZAB book.
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Paradise Parrot Psephotellus pulcherrimus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Genus change – Psephotus pulcherrimus in HANZAB book.
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Coxen’s Fig-Parrot demoted to subspecies coxeni of Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta. diophthalma Text reflects this change.
  - subspecies coccineifrons not separated from subspecies diophthalma – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
- HANZAB 2023
  - Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies coxeni elevated to Coxen’s Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta coxeni.
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)
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
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Little Lorikeet Psitteuteles pusilla Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Glossopsitta to Parvipsitta
  - AviList 2025 Errata 28 June 2025 – genus changed from Parvipsitta to Psitteuteles (applied HANZAB Release 2.1)
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Purple-crowned Lorikeet Psitteuteles porphyrocephala Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Genus change from Glossopsitta to Parvipsitta
  - AviList 2025 Errata 28 June 2025 – genus changed from Parvipsitta to Psitteuteles (applied HANZAB Release 2.1)
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Musk Lorikeet Trichoglossus concinnus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - Scientific name change from Glossopsitta concinna to Trichoglossus concinnus
  - subspecies concinna gender change to concinnus
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Polytypic
- Nominate concinnus, NSW, Vic. and SA;
- subspecies didimus, Mathews, 1915, Tas.

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Taxonomic changes (
- HANZAB 2023
  - Family change – Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
)

Monotypic.

Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Taxonomic changes (
- AviList 2025
  - subspecies added caeruleiceps
  - subspecies removed intermedius and brooki
- HANZAB 2023
  - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies rubritorquis elevated to Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis.
    - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
    - Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus (subspecies haematodus, deplanchii, massena, flavicans, nesophilus, micropteryx, brooki, nigrogularis)
    - some extralimital subspecies have been elevated to species.
)

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
  - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    - subspecies rubritorquis elevated to Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis.
    - Rainbow Lorikeet scientific name change: Trichoglossus haematodus in HANZAB book, now Trichoglossus moluccanus with two subspecies: Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus; Cape York Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus septentrionalis.
    - Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus (subspecies haematodus, deplanchii, massena, flavicans, nesophilus, micropteryx, brooki, nigrogularis, intermedius)
    - some extralimital subspecies have been elevated to species.
  - Subspecies moluccanus split: Cape York population septentrionalis; moluccanus. Some further split the population from SA and w. Vic. into subspecies eyrei is not included in WLAB 4.1 so is not included here.
  - Family change: Psittacidae in HANZAB book.
Text does not reflect this change.
)

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
  - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
  - subspecies rubritorquis elevated to Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis.
  - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
  - Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus (subspecies haematodus, deplanchii, massena, flavicans, nesophilus, micropteryx, brooki, nigrogularis)
  - some extralimital subspecies have been elevated to species.
)

Monotypic.

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