Expanded HANZAB Taxonomy Part 3

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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.

• PASSERIFORMES Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Family Grallariidae added: Thrush-like Antpitta added to NZ list by Avibase.
    • Family Cettiidae added by the inclusion of Asian Stubtail
    • many English name changes for families
      • Tyrannidae changed from Tyrant-flycatchers to Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies
      • Maluridae changed from Australopapuan fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens to Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens
      • Acanthizidae change from Thornbills and Gerygones to Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies
      • Meliphagidae change from Honeyeaters and Australian chats to Honeyeaters
      • Orthonychidae change from Logrunners to Logrunner and Chowchilla
      • Campephagidae change from Cuckoo-shrikes, minivets and trillers to Cuckooshrikes
      • Mohouidae change from New Zealand Creepers to Whiteheads
      • Artamidae from Woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian Magpie to Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies
      • Oreoicidae from Australo-Papuan Bellbirds to Australasian Bellbirds
      • Oriolidae from Orioles and figbirds to Old World Orioles
      • Pachycephalidae from Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes, Pitohuis and Allies to Whistlers and Allies
      • Rhipiduridae from Fantails to Fantails and Silktails
      • Monarchidae from Monarch and Flycatchers to Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills
      • Corcoracidae from Australian mudnesters to White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
      • Corvidae from Crows and Jays to Crows, Jays, and Magpies
      • Cisticolidae from Cisticolas to Cisticolas and Allies
      • Acrocephalidae from Reed-Warblers to Reed-Warblers and Allies
      • Locustellidae from Grassbirds to Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies
      • Hirundinidae from Swallows and Martins to Swallows
      • Phylloscopidae from Leaf-warblers to Leaf Warblers
      • Zosteropidae from White-eyes to White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
      • Sturnidae from Starlings, mynas and oxpeckers to Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas
      • Turdidae from Thrushes to Thrushes and Allies
      • Muscicapidae from Old World flycatchers, Old World Thrushes and Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
      • Ploceidae from Weavers, Widowbirds and Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies to Weavers and Allies
      • Estrildidae from Waxbills to Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies
      • Passeridae from Weaver Finches to Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows
      • Fringillidae from Old World Finches to Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
      • Icteridae from New World Blackbirds to New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies
      • Thraupidae from Tanagers to Tanagers and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family changes:
      • Dasyornithidae – Genus Dasyornis in Dasyornithinae in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book elevated to Dasyornithidae;
      • Pardalotidae split: only genus Pardalotus remains. Subfamily Acanthizinae now elevated to family Acanthizidae which now includes Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus; genus Dasyornis in Dasyornithinae elevated to Dasyornithidae;
      • Oreoicidae – genus Oreoica in Family Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book moved to Oreoicidae;
      • Falcunculidae – genus Falcunculus in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book now family Falcunculidae;
      • Psophodidae – genus Psophodes in Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book now family Psophodidae;
      • Machaerirhynchidae – subfamily Machaerirhynchinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Machaerirhynchidae;
      • Rhipiduridae – subfamily Rhipidurinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Rhipiduridae;
      • Monarchidae – subfamily Monarchinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Monarchidae;
      • Cisticolidae – subfamily Cisticolinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Cisticolidae;
      • Acrocephalidae – subfamily Acrocephalinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Acrocephalidae;
      • Locustellidae – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae;
      • Phylloscopidae – results from the inclusion of Yellow-browed Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Arctic Warbler and Kamchatka Leaf-warbler in WLAB 4.1;
      • Turdidae – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book elevated to Turdidae.

  The taxonomic order of families has also changed (see HANZAB Taxonomic Structure).

  Text does not reflect these changes.

  )
• New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae)
• Lyall’s Wren Traversia lyalli Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Stephens Island Wren to Lyall’s Wren (also Lyall’s Wren in NZCL 2024)
  )
• Monotypic.
• Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chloris, SI of NZ, Stewart I. and outliers
  • granti, Mathews & Iredale, 1913, NI of NZ, Great and Little Barrier Is
• New Zealand Rock Wren Xenicus gilviventris Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Rock Wren to New Zealand Rock Wren (remains Rock Wren in NZCL 2024)
  )
        Rock Wren (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• Bushwren Xenicus longipes Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Bush Wren to Bushwren (remains Bush Wren in NZCL 2024)
  )
        Bush Wren (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  Considered extinct throughout range.

  • Nominate longipes, SI of NZ; stokesii, G.R. Gray, 1862, NI of NZ;
  • variabilis, Stead, 1936, Stewart I. (probably) and outlying sw. islands (NZCL).
• Pittas (Pittidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species split: Red-bellied Pitta.New species: Elegant Pitta; Fairy Pitta; Hooded Pitta.

  Text below does not reflect these change.

  )
• Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Red-bellied Pitta Pitta erythrogaster in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split into ten species and the genus changed. The only one of these species in the HANZAB region is Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii.

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  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies digglesi, Krefft, 1869, C. York Pen. and Fly–Digoel Region, s. New Guinea (possibly only as non-breeding migrant to latter).
  • Extralimitally, five other subspecies:
    • habenichti,
    • macklotii,
    • oblita,
    • loriae and
    • finschii
    • (see Geographical Variation).
• Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
• Monotypic.
• Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1
  )
• Monotypic.
• Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Hooded Pitta Pitta sodida split into five species:
      • Nicobar Hooded Pitta P. abbotti, monotypic
      • Minahasa Hooded Pitta P. forsteni, monotypic
      • Biak Hooded Pitta P. rosenbergii, monotypic
      • Western Hooded Pitta P. sordida, polytypic
      • Eastern Hooded Pitta P. novaeguineae polytypic
      • As a result, subspecies for Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida revised
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida subspecies cucullata listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
        Western Hooded Pitta (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • cucullata (in WLAB 4.1 as vagrant)
  • mulleri
  • bangkana
  • sordida
  • palawanensis
  • sanghirana
• Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies intermedia added – noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies intermedia in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) no longer considered a separate subspecies and is considered a clinal variation between to two remaining subspecies.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate versicolor, se. Qld and e. NSW E of Great Divide, from Dawson–Mackenzie R. Basin S to Hunter R.
  • simillima, Gould, 1868, e. C. York Pen. S to Princess Charlotte Bay–Endeavour R., and islands of Torres Str.; also Fly–Digoel Region, s. New Guinea
  • (intermedia, Cairns area, in AviList 2025)
• Banda Sea Pitta Pitta vigorsii Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans split:
      • Ornate Pitta Pitta concinna, monotypic
      • Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans, polytypic: virginalis, maria, elegans
      • Banda Sea Pitta Pitta vigorsii, monotypic, vagrant to Australia
      • As a result, Elegant Pitta changed to Banda Sea Pitta
    • Pittas have complex relationships
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies vigorsii a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate iris, coastal and subcoastal Arnhem Land, n. NT, from Port Keats E to Groote Eylandt, also Tiwi Is;
  • johnstoneiana, Schodde & Mason, 1998, coastal and subcoastal nw. Kimberley Div., WA, from Prince Regent R. in SW to Napier Broome Bay in NW.
• Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies (Tyrannidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Tyrant-flycatchers to Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies
  )
• Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Included in BLI list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
  )
• Polytypic

  Ten subspecies in the Americas from Mexico south.
• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
• Monotypic.
• Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Muscisaxicola macloviana in HANZAB book (see Original Text below).
    • Subspecies macloviana in HANZAB book now maclovianus.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate maclovianus, endemic to Falkland Is
  • mentalis, d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837, which is accidental to region, breeds s. Chile and Argentina S to Tierra del Fuego, and migrates N to coastal Peru, central Argentina and Uruguay (Peters).
• Fire-eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Xolmis to Pyrope
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Included in BLI list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Genus change in Birds of the World after recent evaluation: Pyrope pyrope.
  )
• Polytypic

  • pyrope Chile and Argentina
  • fortis Chiloé Island (Chile)
• Antpittas (Grallariidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Family added: Thrush-like Antpitta added to NZ list by Avibase.
  )
• Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • species added from Avibase list for New Zealand but is not included in NZCL 2024
  )
• Polytypic

  • Five subspecies
• Lyrebirds (Menuridae)
• Albert’s Lyrebird Menura alberti
• Monotypic.
• Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
• Polytypic

  • Nominate novaehollandiae, se. NSW on and E of Great Divide from Hunter R. S to around NSW–Vic. border E of Monaro Tablelands;
  • victoriae, Gould, 1865, e. Vic. from Dandenong–Strathbogie Ras, E to around NSW border on coast, and NE through Vic. Alps and Snowy Mts, NSW, to Brindabella Ra., ACT, W of Monaro Tablelands; introduced to Tas.;
  • edwardi, Chisholm, 1921, extreme se. Qld (Stanthorpe–Killarney) and ne. NSW on and E of Great Divide S to Hunter R.
• Scrubbirds (Atrichornithidae)
• Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
        Noisy Scrubbird (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Rufous Scrub-bird Atrichornis rufescens
        Rufous Scrubbird (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate rufescens, localized in extreme se. Qld and far ne. NSW E of Great Divide, from Mistake Ra., Qld, S to Gibraltar Ra., NSW;
  • subspecies ferrieri, Schodde & Mason, 1998, central ne. NSW, E of Great Divide from Dorrigo Plateau S to Barrington Tops.
• Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
• White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Cormobates leucophaeus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies changes: leucophaeus in HANZAB book now leucophaea; intermedius now intermedia.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucophaea, se. Aust. from central e. NSW, S and SW to se. SA and inland to upper watersheds of Murray–Darling Basin;
  • grisescens (Mathews, 1912), Mt Lofty Ras, SA;
  • metastasis, Schodde, 1989, ne. NSW and se. Qld, N to Dawson–Mackenzie Basin;
  • intermedia (Boles & Longmore, 1983), Clarke–Connors Ras, central e. Qld;
  • minor (Ramsay, 1891), ne. Qld (Endeavour R.–Paluma Ra.).
• White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: superciliosa in HANZAB book now superciliosus.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate affinis, n. and central Murray–Darling Basin, W to Flinders Ras, SA;
  • superciliosus, North, 1895, central WA E to n. Eyre Pen., SA, and ranges of central Aust. (Macdonald 1969).

  Subspecies intergrade where they abut on w. fringes of Flinders Ras, SA (DAB).

• Red-browed Treecreeper Climacteris erythrops
• Monotypic.
• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate picumnus, central and e. Qld, from lower Burdekin R.–Hughenden, S and W through Murray–Darling Basin (E and S to upper watersheds of Basin), then W to Mt Lofty–Flinders Ras and Cooper Ck–Coongie Ls, SA;
  • melanotus, Gould, 1847, C. York Pen. S to Burdekin R.–Hughenden, Qld;
  • victoriae, Mathews, 1912, coastal watersheds of Gt Divide, W to w. slopes, from Bunya Mts in se. Qld, S through NSW to Vic. and W to The Grampians.
• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Climacteris melanura in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: melanura in HANZAB book now melanurus
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanurus, nw. Aust. from Kimberley Div., E to se. Gulf of Carpentaria, and S inland to eucalypt–Acacia transition zone;
  • wellsi, Ogilvie-Grant, 1909, Pilbara Div., WA.
• Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Climacteris rufa in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis split species:
      • subspecies maculosus Spotted Catbird A. maculosus monotypic in wet northeast Queensland (Townsville to Cooktown); and
      •  Black-eared Catbird A. melanotis polytypic(montane New Guinea, Arafura lowlands, east Cape York Peninsula).
  • HANZAB 2023
    • English name change. Spotted Catbird now Black-eared Catbird.
  )
• Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
• Monotypic.
• Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies minor A.J. Campbell, 1912, humid montane ne. Qld, from Mt Finnegan–Big Tableland S to Paluma Ra.;
  • nominate violaceus, coastal se. and central-e. Aust., from Dawes Ra., se. Qld, S to Otway Ra., Vic., inland to e. scarps and summit ridges of Great Divide.
• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata
• Polytypic

  • Nominate guttata, central-coastal WA, from roughly mulga–eucalypt boundary in S extending N to Pilbara, except North West C., and broadly E between Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts to centralian ranges, then S to Musgrave–Everard Ras, SA, and NE to Jervois Ra., NT;
  • carteri Mathews, 1920, North West C., WA.
• Spotted Bowerbird Chlamydera maculata
• Monotypic.
• Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate nuchalis, n. Aust., from Dampier Land (Lagrange), Kimberley Div., nw. WA, E to Arnhem Land, NT, including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, and central-s. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld, extending inland to headwaters of n. coastal drainages;
  • orientalis (Gould, 1879), C. York Pen. and ne. Qld except ultra-humid e. sectors S to Burdekin R. Drainage Basin and along coast to region of Mackay.
• Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
• Monotypic.
• Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis split species:
      • subspecies maculosus elevated to Spotted Catbird A. maculosus monotypic in wet northeast Queensland (Townsville to Cooktown); and
      • Black-eared Catbird A. melanotis polytypic (montane New Guinea, Arafura lowlands, east Cape York Peninsula).
   )
• Monotypic.
• Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis split species:
      • subspecies maculosus Spotted Catbird A. maculosus monotypic in wet northeast Queensland (Townsville to Cooktown); and
      •  Black-eared Catbird A. melanotis polytypic(montane New Guinea, Arafura lowlands, east Cape York Peninsula).
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Spotted Catbird in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) English name changed after the name Spotted Catbird was reassigned to A. maculosus. In some treatments (eg BW 2023), most extralimital subspecies elevated to species. Species has not been split in BLI 2022.
  )
• Polytypic

  • joanae Mathews, 1941, central-e. C. York Pen., between Iron Ra. and McIlwraith Ra.
  • Extralimitally, seven subspecies in New Guinea and its w. satellite islands, in two subspecies groups:
    • nominate melanotus, Aru Is and central-s. New Guinea (Trans-Fly region)
    • the arfakianus A.B. Meyer, 1874, group comprising seven subspecies ranging through montane New Guinea and on Misool I. Species limits contentious (see Geographical Variation).
• Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
• Monotypic.
• Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris
• Monotypic.
• Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana
• Monotypic.
• Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens (Maluridae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name of family changed from Australopapuan fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens to Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens
    • Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split:
      • Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei, Black, 2020, subspecies parvus and whitei
      • Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni, Mathews, GM, 1911, subspecies oweni and aenigma
      • Striated Grasswren A. striatus, (Gould, 1840), subspecies striatus and howei
      • Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi, Schodde and Mason,  1999, monotypic.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Changes at species level. Variegated Fairy-wren and Thick-billed Grasswren split. New subspecies recognised for Striated Grasswren.
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• Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate barbatus, Caryapundy Swamp and Bulloo R. Overflow on Bulloo R. System, Qld and NSW
  • diamantina, Schodde & Christidis, 1987, lower reaches of Eyre Ck (L. Machattie), Diamantina R. (Goyders Lagoon), and Cooper Ck Systems, Qld and SA.
• Pilbara Grasswren Amytornis whitei Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Pilbara Grasswren added from Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split:
      • Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei
      • Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni
      • Striated Grasswren A. striatus
      • Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi.
  )
• Polytypic

  • parvus, Black, 2020, Cape Range, WA.
  • whitei, Mathews, 1910, Pilbara Region, WA
• Sandhill Grasswren Amytornis oweni Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Sandhill Grasswren added from Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split:
      • Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei, Black, 2020, subspecies parvus and whitei
      • Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni, Mathews, GM, 1911, subspecies oweni and aenigma
      • Striated Grasswren A. striatus, (Gould, 1840), subspecies striatus and howei
      • Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi, Schodde and Mason,  1999, monotypic.
  )
• Polytypic

  • oweni, Mathews,1911, Great Victoria Desert
  • aenigma, Black, 2020, Yellabinna region north of Ceduna and north-eastern Eyre Peninsula
• Opalton Grasswren Amytornis rowleyi Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Opalton Grasswren added from Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split:
      • Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei, Black, 2020, subspecies parvus and whitei
      • Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni, Mathews, GM, 1911, subspecies oweni and aenigma
      • Striated Grasswren A. striatus, (Gould, 1840), subspecies striatus and howei
      • Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi, Schodde and Mason,  1999, monotypic.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus split:
      • Pilbara Grasswren A. whitei, Black, 2020, subspecies parvus and whitei
      • Sandhill Grasswren A. oweni, Mathews, GM, 1911, subspecies oweni and aenigma
      • Striated Grasswren A. striatus, (Gould, 1840), subspecies striatus and howei
      • Opalton Grasswren A. rowleyi, Schodde and Mason,  1999, monotypic.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: additional subspecies in WLAB 4.1: aenigma; howei; oweni; parvus. BLI 2022 only adds oweni. Subspecies striatus in HANZAB book split: striatus; howei. Subspecies rowleyi elevated to Opalton Grasswren Amytornis rowleyi by IOC in 2020.

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  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate striatus, Yathong Nature Reserve, Central NSW
  • howei, Mathews, 1912, sandplains in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria
• White-throated Grasswren Amytornis woodwardi
• Monotypic.
• Carpentarian Grasswren Amytornis dorotheae
• Monotypic.
• Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Monotypic in HANZAB book (see Original Text below), now polytypic (WLAB 4.1)

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  )
• Polytypic

  • pedleri Gawler Ranges SA;
  • merrotsyi, Flinders ranges, SA.
• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies carteri and giganturus not included
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • western subspecies now Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis with 5 subspecies recognised;
      • remaining subspecies Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus with 7 subspecies. (WLAB 4.1)
  )
• Polytypic

  • textilis Shark Bay, WA;
  • carteri, extinct (not in AviList 2025)
  • giganturus, extinct (not in AviList 2025)
  • macrourus, extinct; and
  • myall, n Eyre Peninsula and Gawler ranges, SA.
• Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies myall and western subspecies textilis now Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis with 5 subspecies recognised;
      • remaining subspecies in HANZAB book now Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus with 7 subspecies. (WLAB 4.1)

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  )
• Polytypic

  • modestus, extinct
  • cowarie Sturt Stony Desert, SA
  • curnamona Lake Frome Basin, SA
  • indulkanna, NT and SA
  • inexpectus extinct
  • obscurior, NSW
  • raglessi Flinders Ranges, SA.
• Black Grasswren Amytornis housei
• Monotypic.
• Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi
• Monotypic.
• Dusky Grasswren Amytornis purnelli Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Now monotypic. Undescribed isolate in s.-central Kimberley Div., WA (Margaret R. region) mentioned in HANZAB book is outside the current range for the species.

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  )
• Monotypic.
• Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae
• Monotypic.
• Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate malachurus, coastal se. Aust. from Noosa Plain, S and SW to Otway Pen., Vic.
  • littleri, Mathews, 1912, mainland Tas.
  • polionotum, Schodde & Mason, 1998, w. Vic. and se. SA extending N to The Grampians and Ninety-mile Desert
  • intermedius, Ashby, 1920, s. Mt Lofty Ras, SA
  • halmaturinus, Parsons, 1920, Kangaroo I., SA
  • parimeda, Schodde & Weatherly, 1981, s. tip of Eyre Pen., SA
  • westernensis, A.J. Campbell, 1912, coastal and subcoastal sw. WA, from Ravensthorpe–Hopetoun in SE, NW to Jurien Bay, and locally inland to Broome Hill, Bendering and Newdegate in S
  • hartogi, Carter, 1916, Dirk Hartog I., WA.
• Rufous-crowned Emu-wren Stipiturus ruficeps
• Monotypic.
• Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee
• Monotypic.
• Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus
        Purple-crowned Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate coronatus, Kimberley Div., WA, E to Victoria R. Drainage, NT;
  • macgillivrayi, Mathews, 1913, s. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, NT and Qld, between Roper and Leichhardt Rs.
• Red-winged Fairy-wren Malurus elegans
        Red-winged Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Blue-breasted Fairy-wren Malurus pulcherrimus
        Blue-breasted Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Purple-backed Fairy-wren Malurus assimilis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • All subspecies of Variegated Fairy-wren in the HANZAB book (see Original Text below) except lamberti are now Purple-backed Fairy-Wren Malurus assimilis.
  )
        Purple-backed Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies assimilis, North, 1901, all mainland Aust. except sw. WA, Kimberley Div., Arnhem Land, C. York Pen., coastal e. Aust. E and S of Great Divide, and wet s. SA;
  • rogersi, Mathews, 1912, Kimberley Div., WA, E to Ord R. Drainage;
  • bernieri, Ogilvie-Grant, 1909, Bernier I., WA (intergrading with assimilis on Dorre I.);
  • dulcis, Mathews, 1908, Arnhem Land, NT, E of Daly R.

  Subspecies integrade where they abut (see Geographical Variation).

• Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • All subspecies of Variegated Wren in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) except lamberti now Purple-backed Fairy-Wren Malurus assimilis.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
        Variegated Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amabilis
        Lovely Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic

  Differentiation between C. York Pen. and ne. Qld populations, though possible (Peters), is unresolved (DAB).
• Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens
        Splendid Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate splendens, sw. WA N to s. Pilbara and E to w. fringe Great Victoria and Gibson Deserts;
  • melanotus, Gould, 1841, central and w. Murray–Darling Basin N to Cooper Basin Watershed, Gowan Ra. and round Bollon, Qld;
  • callainus, Gould, 1867 (or musgravi Mathews, 1922 [see Geographical Variation]), central Aust. N to Tanami–Tennant Creek, NT, W to e. fringe Great Sandy, Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts, WA, S to n. Eyre Pen., SA, and E to w. fringe of Flinders Ras, lower L. Eyre Basin and Simpson Desert;
  • emmottorum, Schodde & Mason, 1998, central uplands of upper Cooper–Diamantina Basin (Winton–Longreach–Jundah), Qld.

  Subspecies intergrade where they abut: central-w. deserts for splendens and callainus, Flinders Ras and its w. fringes for callainus and melanotus (See Geographical Variation).

• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
        Superb Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cyaneus, Tas., excluding islands of Bass Str;
  • samueli, Mathews, 1912, Furneaux Grp, Bass Str.;
  • elizabethae, A.J. Campbell, 1901, King I.;
  • ashbyi, Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I.;
  • cyanochlamys, Sharpe, 1881, se. Aust. from se. Qld S and SW to central Murray R. of NSW and Vic., and to w. Bassian Plain, Vic.;
  • leggei, Mathews, 1912, w. Murray R. of Vic. and SA, sw. Vic., and se. SA to Mt Lofty Ras, Adelaide Plains and s. Eyre Pen.
• White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus
        White-winged Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucopterus, Dirk Hartog I., WA;
  • leuconotus, Gould, 1865, across mainland Aust. from inland Qld, NSW and nw. Vic. to mid-coastal WA;
  • edouardi, A.J. Campbell, 1901, Barrow I., WA.
• Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus
        Red-backed Fairywren (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanocephalus, coastal central-e. Aust. E of Great Divide and its inner w. spurs, from Hunter R. N to Burdekin Basin, Qld;
  • cruentatus, Gould, 1840, Kimberley Div., WA; Victoria R. district, Arnhem Land, and s. Gulf of Carpentaria S to n. edge of Barkly Tableland and Selwyn Ra., NT; and C. York Pen. S to Gregory Ra. and Upper Burdekin R. Basin, Qld.

  Subspecies intergrade where they abut in ne. Qld (see Geographical Variation).

• Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • sequence change
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – genus Dasyornis in subfamily Dasyornithinae in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book elevated to family Dasyornithidae.
  )
• Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Genus Dasyornis in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book now in own Family.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Genus Dasyornis in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book now in own Family.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate brachypterus, coastal se. Aust., between Illawarra (Budderoo Plateau) in NSW and Mallacoota–C. Conran in East Gippsland, Vic.; formerly N to upper Nepean R. and Port Jackson (Sydney);
  • monoides Schodde & Mason, 1998, coastal and subcoastal ne. NSW and se. Qld, E of Great Divide, between Dorrigo Plateau and Conondale Ra.
• Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Genus Dasyornis in Pardalotidae in HANZAB book now in own Family.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate broadbenti, coastal w. Vic. and se. SA, between Portland Bay and The Coorong;
  • caryochrous Schodde & Mason, 1998, Otway Pen., Vic., W to Peterborough on coast;
  • litoralis (Milligan, 1902), coastal sw. WA, between C. Mentelle–Margaret R. and C. Naturaliste, extinct.
• Pardalotes (Pardalotidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus Dasyornis elevated to Family Dasyornithidae.
    • Subfamily Acanthizinae elevated to Family Acanthizidae. Pycnoptilus Pilotbird also moved to Acanthizidae.
    • Family name changed to reflect these changes: Pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills and allies in HANZAB book.

  Text below does not reflect these changes.

  )
• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate punctatus, coastal and subcoastal e. Aust. from Clarke Ra., Qld, S and SW to Tas., se. SA, Mt Lofty Ras and Kangaroo I., inland to outer-w. slopes of Great Divide; and an isolated population in sw. WA, between Dongara and Hopetoun–Ravensthorpe
  • xanthopyge McCoy, 1866, mallee of s. Aust., from e. Riverina of NSW and Bendigo, Vic., W through Murray–Mallee and gulfs of SA to Wheatbelt of s. WA (Bremer Bay)
  • millitaris Mathews, 1912, Atherton–Windsor Uplands, ne. Qld, S to Seaview Ra.

  Widespread intergradation between nominate punctatus and xanthopyge in se. Aust. and, possibly, sw. Aust. (see Geographical Variation).

• Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus
• Monotypic.
• Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate rubricatus, n. Aust. excluding C. York Pen., from s. and e. Kimberley Div., s. Arnhem Land, Barkly Tableland and se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, E as far as w. watershed of Great Divide with outliers E in central coastal Qld, and extending S to Pilbara Div., central Aust. ranges, L. Eyre (Eromanga) Basin and nw. NSW;
  • yorki Mathews, 1913, C. York Pen., intergrading with nominate rubricatus through base of Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage.
  • Identity of populations in central-coastal Qld unresolved, possibly differentiated.
• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate striatus, Tas. and Bass Str. islands, migrating to mainland e. Aust. in non-breeding period;
  • ornatus Temminck, 1826, coastal and subcoastal e. and se. Aust. (inland to summit ridges and inner w. watershed of Great Divide), from se. Qld S and SW to w. Bassian Plain and The Grampians, Vic.;
  • substriatus Mathews, 1912, much of central and w. Aust., extending from upper se. Gulf of Carpentaria and outer-w. slopes of Great Divide in Qld and inner-w. slopes in NSW, W and SW to Murray–Mallee of Vic., throughout SA, to the Barkly Tableland and central Aust. ranges in NT, and Pilbara Region of WA;
  • uropygialis Gould, 1840, n. Aust. from Kimberley Div., WA, to C. York Pen., Qld, and S to drainages of Fitzroy and central Victoria Rs, n. Barkly Tableland, Selwyn Ra. and se. Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld;
  • melvillensis Mathews, 1912, Tiwi Is;
  • melanocephalus Gould, 1838, ne. Aust., from foot of C. York Pen. S to ne. NSW E of Great Divide and Charleville–Roma Region, Qld, occurring inland to Upper Bulloo, Murray–Darling and se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin, Qld.

  On mainland, subspecies intergrade where they abut (see Geographical Variation).

• Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies(Acanthizidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Rusty-tailed Gerygone removed
    • English name change from Thornbills and Gerygones to Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subfamily Acanthizinae of Pardalotidae in HANZAB book elevated to Family Acanthizidae. Genus Pycnoptilus Pilotbird also moved to Acanthizidae.
  )
• Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate mouki, ne. Qld from Big Tableland, Mt Amos, S to Paluma;
  • amalia Meise, 1931, Clarke to Connors Ras, central-e. Qld;
  • richmondi (Mathews, 1915), coastal and subcoastal e. Aust., from Dawes Ra., se. Qld, S through e. NSW to w. Gippsland, Vic., inland to e. scarps of Great Divide.
• Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies cinereiceps, (Sharpe, 1886), New Guinea and aruensis Büttikofer, 1893, Aru Is not separated from subspecies chloronata. Not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Gerygone chloronotus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: chloronotus in HANZAB book now chloronota.
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chloronota, Arnhem Land S to Lower Victoria and Roper R. Drainages, and Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, NT;
  • darwini Mathews, 1912, nw. Kimberley Div., WA, from King Sound to Cambridge Gulf, possibly intergrading with chloronota E to Victoria R.
  • Extralimitally:
    • cinereiceps (Sharpe, 1886), New Guinea (included in subspecies chloronata in AviList 2025)
    • aruensis Büttikofer, 1893, Aru Is (included in subspecies chloronata in AviList 2025).
• Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies inconspica not separated from subspecies palpebrosa – not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • personata Gould, 1866, C. York Pen., Qld, S to about Cooktown and Upper Mitchell R., Qld;
  • flavida E.P. Ramsay, 1877, coastal central-e. Qld, from about Ingham, S to Gin Gin, intergrading with personata in N, through the drainages of the Burdekin–Einasleigh–Mitchell Rs.
  • Extralimitally, up to four subspecies:
    • nominate palpebrosa, W. Papua and Aru Is;
    • wahnesi (Meyer, 1899), Japen I. and n. New Guinea;
    • inconspica Ramsay, 1879, se. PNG, W to Upper Fly R. (not separated from palpebrosa in AviList 2025)
    • tarara Rand, 1941, s. PNG between Morehead and Fly Rs.
• Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Only three extralimital subspecies with:
      • cobana and occasa included in conspicillata,
      • proxima, onerosa and tagulana in rosseliana.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate magnirostris, coasts of nw. Kimberley Div., WA (Collier Bay to Napier Broome Bay), and Arnhem Land, NT (Daly R. to Roper R.), including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt;
  • cairnsensis Mathews, 1912, islands of s. Torres Str., C. York Pen., S to Mitchell R. Drainage in W, and to Mackay in E;
  • brunneipectus (Sharpe, 1879), s. New Guinea and probably n. Torres Str. islands (including Boigu and Saibai Is).
  • Extralimitally, up to another ten subspecies (three in AviList 2025) occur in New Guinea and its satellite archipelagos, though not all appear to be valid (see Geographical Variation). Eight are listed in BLI 2022. Avilist 2025 extralimital suspecies are:
    • conspicillata (includes cobana and occasa)
    • affinis
    • rosseliana (includes proxima and onerosa)
• White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate olivacea, e. Aust., from base of C. York Pen., Qld, S and W to w. slopes Great Divide and se. and s.-central Vic.;
  • cinerascens Sharpe, 1878, n. and central C. York Pen., S to Princess Charlotte Bay and Lower Mitchell R., Qld;
  • extralimitally in se. New Guinea; rogersi Mathews, 1911, n. Aust., N of eucalypt line, from sw. Kimberley Div., WA (Roebuck Bay), E to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld.
• Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate tenebrosa, coastal sw. Kimberley Div., WA, from Brunswick Bay, S to La Grange;
  • christophori Mathews, 1912, coast of Pilbara Div, central-w. WA, from C. Keraudren, S to n. Shark Bay.
• Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies pallida in WLAB 4.1 so no longer extralimital.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate levigaster, coastal n. Aust., from sw. Kimberley Div. (Roebuck Bay) at nw. edge of Great Sandy Desert, WA, E through NT to C. York Pen. (Princess Charlotte Bay);
  • cantator (Weatherill, 1908), coastal e. Aust. from Cleveland Bay, ne. Qld, S to Sydney region;
  • pallida Finsch, 1898, coastal s. New Guinea and ? in Australia.
• Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fusca, sw. WA (N to about Leeman) and extending N in non-breeding season to Pilbara and s. Kimberley Div., WA, and also on s. Eyre Pen., SA;
  • mungi Mathews, 1912, inland central-w. to nw. Aust., within area roughly bounded by Pilbara Div., WA in W, s. Kimberley Div. and central NT (Barkly Tableland) in N, Qld border and Simpson Desert, NT, in E, and to centralian ranges in nw. SA and to Wiluna region, WA in S;
  • exsul Mathews, 1912, inland central-e. Aust. from base of C. York Pen. and w. slopes of Great Divide, S to central Vic. and w. Murray–Darling and Upper Eromanga (Cooper) Basins.
• Lord Howe Gerygone Gerygone insularis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Norfolk Island Gerygone Gerygone modesta Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name Norfolk Gerygone
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Norfolk Gerygone (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Grey Warbler to Grey Gerygone (still Grey Warbler in NZCL 2024)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Grey Warbler (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• Chatham Islands Gerygone Gerygone albofrontata Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Chatham Island Warbler to Chatham Islands Gerygone (Chatham Island Warbler in NZCL 2024)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Chatham Island Warbler (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• Scrubtit Acanthornis magna Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
    • Specific name change: Acanthornis magnus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: magnus in HANZAB book now magna; greenianus now greeniana.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate magna, Tas.;
  • subspecies greeniana, Schodde & Mason, 1998, King I., Bass Str.
• Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucopsis, inland se. and s.-central Aust., from w. slopes of Great Divide of s. Qld–Vic. and s. coast of w. Vic., SA and se. WA, W and N to sw. Qld and centralian ranges;
  • castaneiventris (Milligan, 1903), s.-central WA, from w. Nullarbor Plain and w. edge of Great Victoria Desert W and N to Shark Bay and Pilbara.
• Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Aphelocephala pectoralis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chrysorrhoa, sw. and central-w. WA, E to edge of Nullarbor Plain;
  • leighi Ogilvie-Grant, 1909, se. Aust., from NSW–Qld border region S and SW to Vic. and Flinders Ras and Yorke and e. Eyre Pens, SA;
  • leachi Mathews, 1912, n. and e. Tas.;
  • normantoni (Mathews, 1913), central and inland-ne. Aust., extending from base of C. York Pen. SW to centralian ranges.
• Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate nana, coastal and subcoastal se. Aust., from Moreton Bay, inland to e. slopes of Great Divide and S to Narooma–Eden, NSW;
  • modesta De Vis, 1905, inland e. Aust. W of Great Divide, from coastal central-e. Qld, W to Darling R. and s. Flinders Ras, and S to central Vic. and Murray–Mallee, SA, with outlier in S. and E. Gippsland through Port Phillip Bay, Vic.;
  • flava H.L. White, 1922, Atherton–Evelyn Uplands, ne. Qld, between Herberton and Ravenshoe.
• Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate lineata, se. Aust., from ne. NSW (Clarence R. Drainage), W to inner w. slopes of Great Divide, and S and SW to Vic., W to The Grampians
  • clelandi Mathews, 1912, sw. Vic. and se. SA, W to Mt Lofty Ras
  • whitei Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., SA
  • alberti Mathews, 1920, se. Qld, from mountains of Lower Dawson–Mackenzie Basin, W to Great Divide, and S to NSW–Qld border.

  The status of slightly larger and darker populations in the Strzelecki and Otway Ras, s. Vic., unresolved (see Geographical Variation).

• Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate apicalis, s. coastal and subcoastal Aust., from Vic. and s. Murray–Mallee of SA, W to central and n. gulfs, and Eyre and Yorke Pens of SA, across s. Nullarbor Plain to Balladonia and Mandurah in s. WA;
  • albiventris North, 1904, inland central-e. and se. Aust., from drainages of Bulloo and Upper Suttor Rs, Qld, E to w. slopes of Great Divide, S to central Vic. and n. Murray–Mallee, SA, and W to e. fringes of L. Eyre Basin;
  • cinerascens Schodde & Mason, 1999, central-w. Qld, around nw. rim of upper L. Eyre Basin, between Selwyn Ra. and upper drainages of Diamantina and Thomson Rs;
  • whitlocki North, 1909, central and w. Aust., in area bounded by centralian ranges of NT, w. rims of Simpson Desert and L. Eyre Basin, SA, S to n. Eyre Pen. (n. Gawler Ras), n. rim of Nullarbor Plain and sw. WA at 30–33°S, and W to central-w. Aust. coast, Pilbara Region and NW to Tanami Desert.
• Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate ewingii, mainland Tas. and Furneaux Grp, Bass Str.;
  • rufifrons A.J. Campbell, 1903, King I., Bass Str.
• Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies change: samueli added (should have been included in HANZAB 2023)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: archibaldi in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now magnirostris.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate pusilla, coastal se. mainland Aust., from NSW–Qld border, W to inner w. slopes of Great Divide and SW to se. SA and s. Mt Lofty Ras;
  • diemenensis Gould, 1838, central and e. Tas. and Kent Grp, Bass Str. (absent from Furneaux Grp);
  • zietzi North, 1904, Kangaroo I., SA;
  • magnirostris Mathews, 1910, King I., Bass Str. (probably extinct);
  • dawsonensis A.G. Campbell, 1922, coastal central-e. Qld ranges, from Clarke–Connors Ras S to Dawes Ra.–Monto, intergrading with pusilla S to NSW–Qld border region
  • samueli Mathews, 1913, Mt Lofty Ra.
• Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate iredalei, central Aust., from central-w. WA across Nullarbor Plain to ne. Spencer Gulf and sw. Olary Spur, SA;
  • hedleyi Mathews, 1912, Ninety Mile, Big and Little Deserts, S to Naracoorte, se. SA and central-w. Vic.;
  • rosinae Mathews, 1913, n. Gulf St Vincent, SA and isolated population at Port Broughton, central-e. Spencer Gulf, SA.
• Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate reguloides, se. Aust., from near NSW–Qld border S and SW to The Grampians, Vic. and W to inner w. slopes Great Divide
  • squamata De Vis, 1889, n. central-e. Qld from Atherton Tablelands S to Broad Sound, E of Great Divide
  • nesa (Mathews, 1920), se. Qld, from Blackdown Tableland S to near NSW–Qld border and W to e. slopes of Great Divide
  • australis (North, 1904), sw. Vic. through se. SA to Mt Lofty Ras.
• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate brevirostris, e. Aust., from Burdekin R. Drainage, Qld, S to central Vic. and se. SA, W to e. fringes of se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage–Grey Ra. System and e. Murray–Mallee (Ivanhoe–Balranald–Warracknabeal);
  • flavescens Gould, 1843, n. Aust., from Kimberley Div., WA, to C. York Pen., including Tiwi Is, and S to n. Great Sandy–Tanami Deserts, Central Aust. ranges, n. Simpson Desert, central Thomson R. Drainage and se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage;
  • occidentalis Bonaparte, 1850, sw. WA, N to lower Murchison R. and Kalgoorlie region, E round s. rim of Nullarbor Plain to SA gulfs, central Flinders Ras, s. L. Frome Basin and Murray–Mallee;
  • ochrogaster Schodde & Mason, 1998, Pilbara and central WA. All subspecies intergrade where they abut.
• Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate floccosus, Snowy Mts, NSW, from Brindabella Ra., ACT, S to Murray R., NSW–Vic., above c. 600 m asl;
  • subspecies sandlandi Mathews, 1912, se. NSW, from Blue Mts S and SW to Strathbogie and Dandenong Ras, e. Vic., below c. 600 m asl.
• Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Chthonicola sagittata in HANZAB book.
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name reverted back to Hylacola pyrrhopygia
    • Gender change of subspecies pyrrhopygius to pyrrhopygia
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change and specific name gender change: Hylacola pyrrhopygia in HANZAB book to Calamanthus pyrrhopygia.
    • Subspecies change: pyrrhopygia in HANZAB book now pyrrhopygius.
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate pyrrhopygia, coastal se. Aust. from granite belt of se. Qld, SW to se. SA inland to w. slopes of Great Divide;
  • parkeri (Schodde & Mason, 1998), Mt Lofty Ras, SA;
  • pedleri (Schodde & Mason, 1998), s. Flinders Ra., SA.
• Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name change: reverted back to Hylacola cauta
    • subspecies gender change from cautus to cauta, macrorhynchus to macrorhyncha, halmaturinus to halmaturina
  • HANAB 2023
    • Genus change: Hylacola cauta in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: cauta in HANZAB book now cautus; macrorhyncha now macrorhynchus; halmaturina now halmaturinus.
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cauta, sw. Murray–Mallee, from n. Bendigo district and Hattah–Ouyen, Vic., W to n. Flinders Ras, and Yorke and Eyre Pens;
  • macrorhyncha (Schodde & Mason, 1998), central NSW mallee between West Wyalong, Nymagee, Roto and Griffith;
  • halmaturina Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., SA;
  • whitlocki, Mathews, 1912, sw. WA (s. Wheatbelt), from w. Great Australian Bight to Esperance–Norseman and Stirling Ra.–Wagin.
• Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Order change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fuliginosus, e. Tas.;
  • diemenensis North, 1904, w. Tas.;
  • albiloris North, 1902, coastal se. mainland Aust., from Illawarra Region of NSW, S and SW to central Bassian Plain of Vic.;
  • bourneorum Schodde & Mason, 1998, w. Bassian Plain, Vic., and se. SA.
• Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Order change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
    • Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies montanellus of elevated to Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus (WLAB 4.1);
      • other subspecies remain in Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate campestris, SA from s. L. Frome Basin and w. Murray–Mallee in E, S to 35°S, W to s. Flinders Ras, s. Yorke and coastal Eyre Pens, and then W across Nullarbor Plain to Balladonia–Israelite Bay in WA;
  • winiam  A.J. & A.G. Campbell, 1927, Big and Little Deserts of Vic., Ninety-mile Desert, SA, W to The Coorong and Meningie, SA;
  • isabellinus  North, 1896, sw. rim of L. Eyre Basin, SA, N to Lower Finke R., W to Coober Pedy, and E to n. L. Frome Basin;
  • rubiginosus  A.J. Campbell, 1899, central-w. coast of mainland WA, from Exmouth Gulf to near Geraldton;
  • wayensis  Mathews, 1912, saltlakes of central WA between Sandstone–Meekatharra and Great Sandy Desert;
  • dorrie  Mathews, 1912, Dorre I., Shark Bay, WA;
  • hartogi  Carter, 1916, Dirk Hartog I., Shark Bay, WA (DAB).
• Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies montanellus of elevated to Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus (WLAB 4.1);
      • other subspecies remain in Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris.
    • Order change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Rockwarbler Origma solitaria Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus changed from Sericornis to Neosericornis
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate citreogularis, coastal NSW, E of Great Divide, from Clarence R. S to Mt Dromedary;
  • intermedius, Mathews, 1912, se. Qld and ne. NSW, E of Great Divide, from Cooroy, Jimna Ra. and Bunya Mts, Qld, S to Clarence R., NSW, where intergrades with nominate citreogularis;
  • cairnsi, Mathews, 1912, Atherton–Windsor Uplands, ne. Qld (DAB).

  Provenance of intermedius uncertain (see Geographical Variation).

• Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate humilis, Tas. and inshore islands;
  • tregellasi (Mathews, 1914), King I., Bass Str.

  Taxonomy unsettled; taxon on Furneaux Grp of Bass Str. here considered subspecies of White-browed Scrubwren S. frontalis; see Geographical Variation for full discussion.

• White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • White-browed Scrubwren split:
      • Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus, subspecies maculatus, ashbyi, mellori, balstoni
      • White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis, subspecies frontalis, laevigaster, tweedi, harterti, rosinae, flindersi
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate frontalis, coastal and subcoastal se. Aust. from Hunter R., NSW, SW to se. SA and W to inland slopes of Great Divide
  • laevigaster, Gould, 1847, coastal and subcoastal e. Qld, from Atherton Uplands S to Brisbane and w. slopes of Great Divide
  • tweedi, Mathews, 1922, coastal and subcoastal ne. NSW from NSW–Qld border, S to Hunter R. and inland to w. slopes of Great Divide
  • flindersi, S.A. White & Mellor, 1913, Furneaux, Kent and Hogan Grps, e. Bass Str.
  • harterti, Mathews, 1912, Otway Pen. and Strzelecki Ra.–Wilsons Prom., s. Vic.
  • rosinae, Mathews, 1912, Mt Lofty Ras, SA
• Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • White-browed Scrubwren split:
      • Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus, subspecies maculatus, ashbyi, mellori, balstoni
      • White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis, subspecies frontalis, laevigaster, tweedi, harterti, rosinae, flindersi
  )
• Polytypic

  • maculatus, Gould, 1847, sw. WA, from Bremer Bay–Hopetoun NW to Jurien Bay–Dongara
  • ashbyi, Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., SA
  • mellori, Mathews, 1912, coastal Gulf St Vincent and s. Yorke and s. Eyre Pens in SA, and se. coastal WA W to Hopetoun–Bremer Bay and extending patchily N to inner Wheatbelt
  • balstoni, Ogilvie-Grant, 1909, coastal w. WA between Jurien Bay–Dongara and Shark Bay, including Houtman Abrolhos and islands in Shark Bay
• Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Tropical Scrubwren Sericornis beccarii Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Extra subspecies, from north-western New Guinea:
      • wondiwoi
      • cyclopum
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies minimus Gould, 1875, n. C. York Pen., S to Watson and Pascoe–Lockhart Rs
  • dubius Mayr, 1937, e. C. York Pen. from Lockhart–Pascoe Rs S to Princess Charlotte Bay and around coast to Endeavour R. (Cooktown–Helenvale)
  • Extralimitally:
    • nominate beccari occurs on Aru Is
    • randi in lowland s. New Guinea (see Geographical Variation for full discussion)
    • in AviList 2025, two other subspecies from north-western New Guinea:
      • wondiwoi
      • cyclopum

  In Aust., subspecies minimus and dubius intergrade in Iron Ra. region. Further, subspecies dubius apparently intergrades extensively with Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra viridior, Mathews, in Cooktown–Helenvale region (DAB).

• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pardalotidae in HANZAB book.
    • Specific name change: Sericornis magnirostris in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: magnirostris in HANZAB book now magnirostra.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate magnirostra, coastal and subcoastal e. Aust. E of Great Divide, from Clarke Ra., central-e. Qld, S to E. Gippsland, Vic.;
  • viridior, Mathews, 1912, humid ne. Qld, from Mt Amos–Big Tableland S to Paluma Ra.;
  • howei, Mathews, 1912, W. Gippsland and Strzelecki Ra, Vic.

  Differentiation of nominate magnirostris and howei in Central Gippsland (LaTrobe) Basin is unresolved.
• Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Honeyeaters and Australian chats to Honeyeaters
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Meliphagidae no longer considered closely related to Petroicidae.
    • Many changes at the species level.

  Text below updated to reflect this – reference required.

  )
• Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
• Monotypic.
• Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate tenuirostris, coastal and subcoastal central-e. and se. Aust., from Clarke Ra., Qld, S and SW to Vic. and se. SA;
  • cairnsensis, Mathews, 1912, Atherton–Carbine–Windsor uplands, ne. Qld;
  • dubius, Gould, 1837, Tas. and islands of Bass Str.;
  • halmaturinus, A.G. Campbell, 1906, Mt Lofty and s. Flinders Ras, urban Adelaide and Kangaroo I., SA.
• Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies claudi (Mathews, 1914), endemic to e. C. York Pen. S as far as Princess Charlotte Bay.
  • Extralimitally, at least two subspecies (including nominate fallax), in Aru Is, lowland New Guinea and associated offshore islands.
• Gibberbird Ashbyia lovensis
• Monotypic.
• Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea
• Polytypic

  • Nominate crocea, interior n. Aust., W to Kimberley Div. and Cambridge Gulf, E to se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, S to Eromanga–Lake Eyre Basin, Qld, SA;
  • tunneyi, Mathews, 1912, coastal plains, w. Arnhem Land, NT;
  • macgregori, Keast, 1958, lower Dawson–Mackenzie Basin, central-e. Qld [extinct?] (Keast 1958; Ford & Parker 1974; DAB).
• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor
• Monotypic.
• Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons
• Monotypic.
• White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
• Monotypic.
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
• Monotypic.
• Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
• Monotypic.
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
• Monotypic.
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis
• Monotypic.
• Grey Honeyeater Conopophila whitei
• Monotypic.
• Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Phylidonyris melanops in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanops, coastal and subcoastal s. Aust. from ne. NSW, S then W as far as sw. WA, then N to Geraldton–Kalbarri, and including e. Tas.
  • chelidonia (Schodde & Mason, 1999), w. Tas.
• Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
• Polytypic

  • Nominate novaeseelandiae, NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ, and many offshore island groups, including Auckland and Kermadec;
  • chathamensis, Hartert, 1928, Chatham Is, NZ.
• Chatham Islands Bellbird Anthornis melanocephala Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Chatham Island Bellbird to Chatham Islands Bellbird
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Bellbird Anthornis melanura in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies melanocephala elevated to Chatham Island Bellbird Anthornis melanocephala.
  )
        Chatham Island Bellbird (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Bellbird to New Zealand Bellbird
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Bellbird Anthornis melanura in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies melanocephala elevated to Chatham Island Bellbird Anthornis melanocephala.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
        Bellbird (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanura, NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ, and many offshore islands, including Auckland Grp;
  • obscura, Falla, 1948, Three Kings Is, NZ;
  • oneho, Bartle & Sagar, 1987, Poor Knights Is, NZ.
• Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus
• Monotypic.
• Black Honeyeater Sugomel nigrum Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Certhionyx niger in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura split:
      • Dusky Myzomela M. obscura (polytypic – fumata, harterti, obsura)
      • Moluccan Myzomela M. simplex (polytypic – mortyana, simplex)
      • Red-tinged Myzomela M. rubrotincta (monotypic)
      • Biak Myzomela M. rubrobrunnea (monotypic).
  )
        Dusky Myzomela (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • • Nominate obscura, coastal and subcoastal Arnhem Land, NT, including Tiwi Is;

  • • fumata (Bonaparte, 1850), n. Torres Str. and, extralimitally, s. New Guinea;

  • • harterti, Mathews, 1911, coastal and subcoastal Qld, from C. York Pen. and islands of s. and central Torres Str. S to Moreton Bay.
• Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: extralimital subspecies dammermani in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) elevated to Sumba Myzomela Myzomela dammermani.
  )
        Red-headed Myzomela (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate erythrocephala, coastal n. Aust., from w. Kimberley Div. (Dampier Land), E to e. C. York Pen. (Princess Charlotte Bay), and N through s. and central Torres Str.;
  • infuscata, Forbes 1879, n. Torres Str. and, extralimitally, coastal s. New Guinea, intergrading with erythrocephala through central and s. Torres Str.
• Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: extralimital subspecies caledonia in HANZAB book (see Orginal Text below) elevated to New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica making Scarlet Honeyeater monotypic.
  )
        Scarlet Myzomela (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
• Monotypic.
• Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
• Monotypic.
• Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Eight subspecies recognised. Subspecies giulianettii, now included in subspecies visi, and tararae, now in saturatior, not recognised. Subspecies spilogaster and visi in south-eastern New Guinea.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: Only four subspecies listed in HANZAB book but number of subspecies now considered to be nine (BLI) to 13 (Birds of the World), including the two listed in HANZAB book that occur in the HANZAB region. Subspecies filgera in HANZAB book now filiger.
  )
• Polytypic

  • filiger (Gould, 1851), n. and e. C. York Pen. S to Princess Charlotte Bay;
  • saturatior (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903), n. Torres Str. (Saibai, Boigu), Aru Is and s. New Guinea from Mimika R. to Fly R.
  • Extralimitally,
    • giulianettii, Mayr, 1931, s. New Guinea; (not recognised in AviList 2025)
    • tararae (Salomonsen, 1966), s. New Guinea and up to nine others. (not recognised in AviList 2025)
    • Subspecies spilogaster and visi in south-eastern New Guinea.(AviList 2025)
• Macleay’s Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Xanthotis macleayana in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate citreogularis, from Murray–Darling Basin of far central-e. SA, Vic. and NSW, throughout Qld E of Diamantina Drainage Basin and N to C. York Pen. (where intergrades with sordidus);
  • sordidus (Gould, 1848), n. Aust. from Kimberley Div., WA, to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria and Selwyn Ra., Qld, extending S to eucalypt–acacia transition zone (n. rim of Barkly Tableland).
  • Extralimitally: papuensis, Mayr & Rand, 1935, Fly–Digoel Region of s. New Guinea.
• Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Ten subspecies listed but state that further research required to determine species limits. No change to HANZAB region subspecies. Only two subspecies in Lesser Sundas and five in New Guinea and associated offshore islands.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: ammitophila in HANZAB book now ammitophilus.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies gordoni, Mathews, 1912, coastal Arnhem Land and Tiwi Is;
  • ammitophilus, Schodde, Mason & McKean, 1979, subcoastal Arnhem Land (on sandstone plateaux);
  • yorki, Mathews, 1912, coastal ne. Qld, from w. C. York Pen. from Weipa N to C. York thence S to Broad Sound.
  • extralimitally, seven subspecies in AviList 2025.

  Subspecies gordoni and ammitophilus occur in differing habitat, and appear to be allopatric. Number of extralimital forms not certain. Here we include New Guinean populations often separated specifically under P. novaeguineae (S. Müller, 1843), so that we recognize three to five subspecies in Lesser Sundas, including nominate buceroides, and another five or so in New Guinea and associated offshore islands; see Geographical Variation for further discussion. See Taxonomic changes for AviList 2025 treatment.
• Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps
• Polytypic

  • Nominate argenticeps, nw. Aust., from Kimberley Div., WA, to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria and n. Selwyn Ra., nw. Qld, S to eucalypt–acacia transition zone (n. rim of Barkly Tableland);
  • subspecies kempi, Mathews, 1912, C. York Pen.
• Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate corniculatus, ne. Qld, from C. York Pen. S to Mackay;
  • subspecies monachus (Latham, 1802), coastal and subcoastal central-e. and se. Aust., from central-e. Qld (Broad Sound–Mackay) S to Gippsland and central-s. Vic., and inland to outer-w. footslopes of the Great Divide (DAB).
  • Extralimitally, occur in Fly–Digoel region of s. New Guinea, probably nominate corniculatus (see Geographical Variation).
• White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli
• Monotypic.
• Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change:
      • pyrrhoptera in HANZAB book now pyrrhopterus;
      • halmaturina in HANZAB book now halmaturinus;
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate pyrrhopterus, central-e. NSW S to Vic., on and S of Great Divide, W as far as The Grampians and se. SA, Bass Str. and Tas.;
  • halmaturinus (A.G. Campbell, 1906), Mt Lofty Ras and Kangaroo I., SA.
• New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies caudata in HANZAB book now caudatus.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate novaehollandiae, coastal and subcoastal se. mainland Aust., from montane se. Qld, through e. NSW and s. Vic. to SA gulfs (Eyre Pen.);
  • canescens (Latham, 1790), Tas.;
  • caudatus, Salomonsen, 1966, Bass Str. islands;
  • campbelli (Mathews, 1923), Kangaroo I., SA;
  • longirostris (Gould, 1846), coastal and subcoastal sw. WA between Geraldton and Esperance–Israelite Bay.
• White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Phylidonyris nigra in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies nigra in HANZAB book now niger.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate niger, coastal and subcoastal e. Aust., E of Great Divide, from Illawarra–Shoalhaven District, s. NSW, N to Atherton uplands, Qld, where isolated N of Burdekin Drainage but not differentiated (Peters; DAB);
  • gouldii (Schlegel, 1872), coastal and subcoastal sw. WA, between Geraldton and Esperance–Israelite Bay.
• Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change, Certhionyx pectoralis in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
• Polytypic

  • Nominate indistincta, w. and nw. Aust., from sw. WA N and E to fringes of w. deserts (Great Victoria, Gibson and Great Sandy), Pilbara region, Kimberley Div., Arnhem Land and s. Gulf of Carpentaria and extending S to central Aust. ranges of NT and Selwyn Ra. in nw. Qld;
  • ocularis (Gould, 1838), s. New Guinea and ne. Aust., from C. York Pen. and Torres Str. to ne. NSW and upper Murray–Darling Basinand inland to upper Thomson–Barcoo and Paroo R. Drainages, intergrading with nominate indistincta through se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage;
  • melvillensis (Mathews, 1912), Tiwi Is (Stresemann 1912; DAB).
  • Extralimitally, two further subspecies:
    • limbata (S. Müller, 1843) through Lesser Sundas
    • nupta (Stresemann, 1912) in Aru Is (Stresemann 1912; Peters; DAB).
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater Nesoptilotis flavicollis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus flavicollis in HANZAB book.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus leucotis in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: following a review by Black (2019), two extra subspecies recognised in WLAB 4.1: depauperata; and schoddei. Subspecies novaenorciae in the HANZAB book now applies to only the populations from sw. WA with schoddei found on the Eyre Peninsula to the Gawler Ranges and the Yellabinna region, SA, and depauperata in west of the Great Divide.

  Text does not reflect the subspecies change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucotis, coastal se. Aust. and Great Divide, from se. Qld (Bunya Mts) S and SW to Vic. and se. SA
  • depauperta (Milligan, 1904), from Burra Ra., E of Hughenden, Qld, S along w. watershed of Great Divide, through e. Murray–Darling Basin and Murray–Mallee
  • novaenorciae (Milligan, 1904) sw. WA (but not far sw. corner)
  • thomasi (Mathews, 1912), Kangaroo I., SA. Subspecies intergrade where they abut (Ford 1971; DAB)
  • schoddei, Black, 2019 Eyre Peninsula to the Gawler Ranges and the Yellabinna region, SA
• Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • White-quilled Honeyeater merged back into Blue-faced Honeyeater, subspecies albipennis

  Text reflects this change

  • HANZAB 2023
    • Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies albipennis elevated to White-quilled Honeyeater Entomyzon albipennis
      • remaining subspecies remain as Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cyanotis, from base of C. York Pen. S through Qld E of Thomson–Barcoo Drainage Basin to ne. coast of NSW, SW through Murray–Darling Basin to n.-central w. Vic. and se. SA;
  • griseigularis van Oort, 1909, Fly–Digoel region, s. New Guinea, and C. York Pen.
  • albipennis Gould, 1841, coastal and subcoastal nw. Aust., from Kimberley Div., WA, to s. Gulf of Carpentaria (Nicholson-Leichhardt Rs)
• White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: birds in New Guinea now included under subspecies albogularis.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate albogularis, coastal and subcoastal n. Aust. (Kimberley Div., Arnhem Land, and C. York Pen.) and offshore islands, savanna woodlands of s. and se. New Guinea;
  • inopinatus, Schodde, 1989, coastal and subcoastal central-e. Aust., from Cairns–Cooktown area, Qld, S to ne. NSW, and inland to summit ridges of Great Divide.
• Gilbert’s Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies chloropsis elevated to Gilbert’s Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis (monotypic);
      • subspecies lunatus elevated to White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus (monotypic).
  )
• Monotypic.
• White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies chloropsis elevated to Gilbert’s Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis (monotypic);
      • subspecies lunatus elevated to White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus (monotypic).

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis
• Monotypic.
• Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate brevirostris, coastal se. Aust. and Great Divide, from NSW–Qld border region, SW to w. Bassian Plains of Vic. and se. SA, and W to e. fringes of Murray–Darling Basin
  • pallidiceps, Mathews, 1912, central and e. Murray–Darling Basin from head of Dawson R. Drainage, Qld, to The Coorong, SA, and gulfs of e. SA
  • wombeyi, Schodde & Mason, 1999, Otway Pen. and Strzelecki Ra. to Wilsons Prom., s. Vic.
  • magnirostris, North, 1905, Kangaroo I., SA
  • leucogenys, Milligan, 1903, Eyre Pen., SA, and sw. WA.
• Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Golden-backed Honeyeater merged back into Black-chinned Honeyeater, subspecies laetior, making Black-chinned Honeyeater polytypic. Text reflects this change.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies laetior elevated to Golden-backed Honeyeater Melithreptus laetior (WLAB 4.1)
      • subspecies gularis remains as Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis which is now monotypic.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate gularis, from coastal central Qld through e. Murray-Darling Basin SW to central-w. Vic., se. SA and Mt Lofty-s. Flinders Ras;
  • laetior, Gould, 1875, subcoastal and inland nw. Aust., from Pilbara and Kimberley Div., WA, to central and s. NT (Centralian Ranges) and s. Gulf of Carpentaria, intergrading with gularis through drainage of e. Gulf of Carpentaria to Bulloo R., Qld (Ford 1986; DAB).
• Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris
• Monotypic.
• White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus unicolor in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Lichenostomus flavus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies gender change: flavus now flava, addendus not addenda.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flava, C. York Pen. and coastal and subcoastal ne. Qld S to Burdekin R. Drainage;
  • addenda (Mathews, 1912), coastal and subcoastal central e. Qld from Burdekin R. Drainage S to Broad Sound (see Geographical Variation).
• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata
• Polytypic

  • Nominate notata, s. and central Torres Str. islands, and coastal and subcoastal C. York Pen., S to Archer–Mitchell Rs on w. coast and Princess Charlotte Bay on e. coast, with outliers S to around Cooktown;
  • mixta (Mathews, 1912), coastal ne. Qld, from Cooktown S to Halifax Bay and Mt Elliot (Rand 1936; DAB).
• Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
• Polytypic

  • Nominate lewinii, coastal se. Aust., from w. Gippsland and Dandenong Ra., Vic., N to Dawson–MacKenzie Basin (Dawes Ra.), Qld, and inland to summit ridges of Great Divide, including Liverpool and Nandewar Ras;
  • mab (Mathews, 1912), coastal central-e. and ne. Qld, from Dawson–Mackenzie Basin N to Cooktown (uplands), and inland to summit ridges of Great Divide;
  • amphochlora, Schodde, 1989, McIlwraith Ra., e. C. York Pen., with outliers S to Cooktown.
• Kimberley Honeyeater Meliphaga fordiana Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name changed from Microptilotis fordianus to Meliphaga fordiana
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White lined Honeyeater Meliphaga albilineata in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split and genus changed:
      • subspecies fordiana elevated to Kimberley Honeyeater Microptilotis fordianus.
      • subspecies albilineata elevated to White-lined Honeyeater Microptilotis albilineatus
  )
• Monotypic.
• White-lined Honeyeater Meliphaga albilineata Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name changed from Microptilotis albilineatus to Meliphaga albilineata
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-lined Honeyeater Meliphaga albilineata in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split and genus changed:
      • subspecies fordiana elevated to Kimberley Honeyeater Microptilotis fordianus. (monotypic)
      • subspecies albilineata elevated to White-lined Honeyeater Microptilotis albilineatus. (monotypic)

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus changed from Microptilotis to Meliphaga
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change and split:
      • Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
        • subspecies imitatrix elevated to Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix (monotypic)
        • subspecies gracilis elevated to Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis (monotypic).

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Cryptic Honeyeater Meliphaga imitatrix Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • genus change from Microptilotis to Meliphaga
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies imitatrix elevated to Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix (monotypic)
      • subspecies gracilis elevated to Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis (monotypic).
  )
• Monotypic.
• White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Phylidonyris albifrons in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cratitius, Kangaroo I., SA;
  • subspecies occidentalis, Cabanis, 1851, wet mallee of s. mainland Aust., from WA Wheatbelt to Kalgoorlie and Esperance, thence s. and central Eyre Pen., Yorke Pen., sw. Murray–Mallee E to Ouyen–Robinvale and n. Bendigo, and extreme sw. NSW.
• Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies gippslandicus added (should have been added in HANZAB 2023)
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanops, coastal NSW E of Great Divide from Qld border region, S to Vic. border region;
  • meltoni (Mathews, 1912), w. watershed of Great Divide and w. Vic. from se. Qld, reaching Carnarvon and Dawes Ras–Blackdown Tableland, to central and n. Vic.;
  • cassidix (Gould, 1867), Yellingbo, w. Gippsland, Vic.; intergrades with nominate melanops E to NSW border region
  • gippslandicus Wakefield, 1958, Gippsland, Vic.
• Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus versicolor in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate versicolor, coastal ne. Qld from C. York Pen. to Townsville, all Torres Str., and throughout coastal s. New Guinea.
  • Extralimitally, one more subspecies, sonoroides (G.R. Gray, 1861), which resembles Singing Honeyeater and occurs throughout coastal n. New Guinea and its offshore islands; other subspecies separated there by Peters appear to be of intergrading populations.
• Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus fasciogularis in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus virescens in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate virescens, coastal and subcoastal sw. WA (inland to Wheatbelt), from Shark Bay–Carnarvon on w. coast and extending E along s. coast to w. Eyre Pen., SA;
  • sonorus (Gould, 1841), centred on Murray–Darling Basin, extending SW to coastal w. Vic., se. SA as far W as e. Eyre Pen.; W to Grey and Central Flinders Ras and se. drainage of Gulf of Carpentaria; N to subcoastal central Qld, locally N from Dawson–Mackenzie Basin to drainages of Burdekin–Flinders Rs; and E to far w. outliers of Great Divide;
  • cooperi (Mathews, 1912), Arnhem Land to sw. drainage of Gulf of Carpentaria in NT, and on Tiwi Is;
  • forresti (Ingram, 1906), central arid zone: W to Kimberley Div., Pilbara and Wheatbelt of WA; S to Nullarbor Plain of WA and SA, and n. Eyre Pen. and n. Flinders Ras, SA; E to Grey Ra. and s.-central drainage of Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld; and N to Barkly Tableland and Upper Victoria R. in NT (Mees 1961; DAB).

  Subspecies intergrade where they abut.

• Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus ornatus in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Scientific name change: from Lichenostomus penicillatus in HANZAB book to Ptilotula penicillata.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies penicillatus now penicillata.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate penicillata, Greater Murray–Darling Basin, W to gulfs of SA and E locally to coastal s. and se. Aust.;
  • leilavalensis (North, 1899), Greater L. Eyre (Eromanga) Basin, S to n. Flinders Ras in SA, E to Barrier–Grey Ras in NSW–Qld, N to c. 20°S, and W to e. fringes of W. Deserts (Gibson, Great Sandy);
  • carteri (A.J. Campbell, 1899), Pilbara Div., WA, from Geraldton N to Fortescue R., and E to W. Deserts (Gibson, Great Sandy);
  • calconi (Mathews, 1912), extreme s. Kimberley Div., WA (s. Fitzroy R. Drainage Basin).
• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus flavescens in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flavescens, coastal and subcoastal n. Aust. from Kimberley Div., WA, to w. and s.-central C. York Pen., Qld (Great Divide E of Laura) but excluding coastal Arnhem Land; also extralimitally in se. New Guinea;
  • melvillensis (Mathews, 1912), Tiwi Is.
• Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus fuscus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies fuscus in HANZAB book now fusca.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fusca, coastal se. Aust. and Great Divide from se. SA N to Dawson–Mackenzie Basin, Qld;
  • subgermana (Mathews, 1912), coastal ne. Aust. and Great Divide from region of Big and Windsor Tablelands SE of Cooktown, Qld, S to Dawson–Mackenzie Basin.
• Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus keartlandi in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus plumulus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies plumulus now plumula.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate plumula, inland sw. and central Aust., from near WA coast between Geraldton and Pilbara, S to Nullarbor Plain, E to Gawler Ras and w. rim of L. Eyre Basin, SA, and N to centralian ranges, NT;
  • graingeri (Mathews, 1912), inland e. Aust., from Flinders Ras, SA, through Murray–Darling Basin and along outer w. fringes of Great Divide N to Suttor–Barcoo Rs Divide, Qld (c. 20–21°S);
  • planasi (Campbell, 1910), inland n. Aust., from s. and e. Kimberley Div., WA, E to Selwyn Ra. and inland ne. Qld.
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus chrysops in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chrysops, e. and se. Aust., from Dawson–Mackenzie Basin, Qld, S to w. Vic. and se. of SA, inland to w. slopes of Great Divide; vagrant to Tas. and, possibly, NZ;
  • barroni (Mathews, 1912), mountains of ne. Qld from near Cooktown (Shiptons Flat, Mt Finnigan) S to Clarke–Connors Ras;
  • samueli (Mathews, 1912), Mt Lofty to s. Flinders Ras, SA.
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
• Monotypic.
• Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chrysoptera, coastal se. Aust., from Dawes Ra., se. Qld in N, S and SW to Adelaide, SA;
  • tasmanica (Mathews, 1912), n. and e. Tas.;
  • halmaturina (Mathews, 1912), Kangaroo I., SA.
• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata
• Monotypic.
• Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Xanthomyza phrygia in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
• Polytypic

  • Nominate carunculata, coastal and subcoastal e. mainland Aust., from far se. Qld, on w. Great Divide, W to central Vic.; vagrant to NZ;
  • woodwardi Mathews, 1912, s. and sw. Aust., E to Mt Lofty Ras, SA;
  • clelandi (Mathews, 1923), Kangaroo I., SA.

  Ranges of nominate and woodwardi linked by broad zone of intergradation across w. Vic. and se. SA.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
• Polytypic

  • Nominate paradoxa, central and e. Tas.;
  • subspecies kingi (Mathews, 1925), King I.
• Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus frenatus in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Eungella Honeyeater Bolemoreus hindwoodi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Lichenostomus hindwoodi in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
• Monotypic.
• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies titaniota split from melanocephala added and range of subspecies melanocephala adjusted. Change noted but awaiting AviList subspecies confirmation.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanocephala, mainland e. Aust., from e. foot of C. York Pen. S and SW through e. and se. Aust. to Mt Lofty Ra.–Adelaide Plains and inland to Murray–Darling Basin as far as Darling–Warrego Rs (range se Australia in AviList)
  • leachi (Mathews, 1912), e. Tas
  • titaniota Schodde and Mason, 1999, ne Australia (AviList 2025).
• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flavigula, from Gulf of Carpentaria, foot of C. York Pen. and central coastal Qld, SW through Murray–Darling Basin to Flinders Ra. and Adelaide Plains, and Grey Ra. System, bordering L. Eyre Basin;
  • lutea (Gould, 1840), Kimberley Div., WA to w. Arnhem Land, NT, S to eucalypt–acacia transition zone;
  • obscura (Gould, 1841), sw. WA, from n. Swan Coastal Plain, SE to Esperance area, through inner Wheatbelt, but mainly absent from wet sw. corner W and S of Lancelin–Stirling Ra.;
  • wayensis (Mathews, 1912), inland Aust. N and W of Flinders–Grey Ras and e. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, S of Arnhem Land and Kimberley Div., and NW of inner sw. WA Wheatbelt;
  • melvillensis (Mathews, 1912), Tiwi Is.

  Subspecies intergrade where they abut.

• Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis
• Monotypic.
• Logrunner and Chowchilla (Orthonychidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Logrunners to Logrunner and Chowchilla
  )
• Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • English Name change: Logrunner in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii
• Polytypic

  • Nominate spaldingii, coastal ne. Qld, from Atherton Tableland and Black Mt Ra., S to Paluma Ra.;
  • melasmenus Schodde & Mason, 1999, ne. Qld, from Big Tableland (Mt Amos), S to Thornton Peak.
• Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)
• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate temporalis, e. Aust., from C. York Pen. to ne. NSW, then S and W through central-e. NSW, central and w. Vic. to se. SA, from inland slopes of Great Divide W to drainages of central Murray–Darling, Bulloo and Upper Thomson–Barcoo Rs; also occurs Trans-Fly Region of s.-central New Guinea;
  • rubeculus (Gould, 1840), central-w., nw. and n. Aust., from round L. Way, through Pilbara and Kimberley Div. in WA, to Arnhem Land and s. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage in NT, to Selwyn Ra., Qld, extending S to c. 23°S, though extending farther S through centralian ranges to nw. SA.
• White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate superciliosus, s.-central to central-w. Aust., from w. Murray–Darling Basin, NSW, S to w. Vic., W through Flinders Ras and Olary Spur, SA, Great Victoria Desert, and entire s. coast to Hopetoun–Ravensthorpe, s. WA, and Shark Bay–Geraldton–Pilbara in central-w. WA;
  • ashbyi Mathews, 1911, sw. WA, from Albany–Bremer Bay W and N to Darling Ra. and Northam;
  • gilgandra (Mathews, 1912), inland se. Aust., from se. Qld and central and e. Murray–Darling Basin, S to central Vic., and W to central Murray–Darling Basin and E to slopes of Great Divide;
  • centralis Schodde & Mason, 1999, centralian ranges, NT, E to Simpson Desert, NT–SA, S to Great Victoria Desert, SA–WA, and W to Gibson Desert, WA.
• Hall’s Babbler Pomatostomus halli
• Monotypic.
• Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps
• Monotypic.
• Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes (Cinclosomatidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Whipbirds and wedgebills moved to Psophodidae.

  Text below does not reflect this change.

  )
• Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum
• Polytypic

  • Nominate punctatum, coastal se. Aust., N along Great Divide to Expedition and Chesterton Ras, central-e. Qld, W to inner w. watershed of Great Divide, S and SW to s. Vic., The Grampians, and extreme South-East of SA;
  • dovei Mathews, 1912, e. Tas.;
  • anachoreta Schodde & Mason, 1999, Mt Lofty Ras, SA (DAB 1999).

  Subspecific differentiation unsettled, the faintly russet-backed and more richly cinnamon-rufous-flanked populations N of Hunter R. of uncertain status.

• Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotum Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotum split:
      • Copperback Quail-thrush (polytypic)
      • Chestnut Quail-thrush (montypic)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Cinclosoma castanotus in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: castanotus in HANZAB book now castanotum.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Copperback Quail-thrush Cinclosoma clarum Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotum split:
      • Copperback Quail-thrush (polytypic)
      • Chestnut Quail-thrush (montypic)
  )
• Polytypic

  • clarum Morgan, 1926, central and central-w. Aust., in area bounded by Shark Bay, N to central WA and s. Gibson Desert, and centralian ranges, NT, E to w. fringes of Simpson Desert and L. Eyre Basin, SA, and S to n. Eyre Pen. (n. Gawler Ras), n. fringes of Nullarbor Plain and n. Goldfields region, WA;
  • fordianum Schodde & Mason, 1999, s. edge of Nullarbor Plain to far sw. of SA, W to s. Wheatbelt of sw. WA, W to about L. Moore–Broome Hill, E to Esperance–Southern Cross
  • morgani Condon, HT, 1951, Eyre Peninsula and Gawler Ranges, intergrading to the west
• Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castaneothorax Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castaneothorax in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies marginatum elevated to Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum (WLAB 4.1). As a result, Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush is now monotypic.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies marginatum elevated to Western Quail-thrush Cinclosoma marginatum (WLAB 4.1).
  )
• Monotypic.
• Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies alisteri elevated to Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma alisteri (WLAB 4.1)
      • subspecies cinnamomeum and tirariensis (now tirariense) remain as Cinnamon Quail-Thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum.

  Text does not reflect these changes.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cinnamomeum, L. Eyre Basin, N to upper Finke R. Drainage, Simpson–Strzelecki Deserts and Birdsville–Bedourie, NT, SW to n. Gawler Ras and nw. Eyre Pen. (Tarcoola), SA, E to w. and e. fringes of central and n. Flinders Ras, and L. Frome Basin, SA, and NE through nw. NSW (Barrier–Grey Ras) to far sw. Qld (Naryilco);
  • tirariense; see Geographical Variation for details.
• Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma alisteri Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies alisteri elevated to Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma alisteri (WLAB 4.1)
      • subspecies cinnamomeum and tirariensis remain as Cinnamon Quail-Thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Cuckoo-shrikes, minivets and trillers to Cuckooshrikes
  )
• Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima
        Ground Cuckooshrike (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Barred Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata
        Barred Cuckooshrike (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate lineata, coastal ne. Aust., from e. C. York Pen. (and erratically on islands of Torres Str.), S to Wollomba R., ne. NSW, and inland to coastal watershed of Great Divide.
  • Extralimitally, up to nine or more subspecies in New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is (Mayr 1955; Keast 1958; Peters).
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
        Black-faced Cuckooshrike (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate novaehollandiae, Tas. and islands of Bass Str. (King I., Furneaux Grp), migrating after breeding at least to se. mainland Aust., and possibly farther N, in autumn–winter;
  • melanops (Latham, 1802 [1801]), all mainland Aust. and main offshore islands, except treeless deserts, n. C. York Pen., Qld, and Pilbara, WA; disperse N after breeding to Lesser Sundas, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and w. Solomons in autumn–winter;
  • subpallida Mathews, 1912, Pilbara Region, central-w. WA. Species limits contentious and here circumscribed to Aust. breeding populations and excluding related extralimital forms (see Geographical Variation).
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
        White-bellied Cuckooshrike (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • hypoleuca (Gould, 1848), coastal central-n. Aust., from w. Kimberley Div., WA, E to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, nw. Qld, and inland to Fitzroy R. Drainage, s. Kimberley Div., WA, Victoria R. and Gulf of Carpentaria Drainages, NT, and Selwyn Ra., nw. Qld;
  • apsleyi Mathews, 1912, Tiwi Is and shores of Van Diemen Gulf and Cobourg Pen., NT;
  • oriomo Mayr & Rand, 1936, C. York Pen. and islands of Torres Str., n. Qld, S to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria in W and Endeavour–Annan Rs in E; extralimitally, in Trans-Fly region of s.-central New Guinea;
  • artamoides Schodde & Mason, 1999, central-e. Aust., from Burdekin and Upper Flinders R. Drainages, central-e. Qld, W to head of Diamantina, Thomson, Barcoo, Bulloo and Warrego R. Drainages, central and central-s. Qld, and S to upper Darling–Barwon Rs and Richmond–n. Clarence R. Drainages, n. NSW;
  • robusta (Latham, 1802 [1801]), se. Aust., in region from Hunter R. and central Darling R., NSW, S and W to Hay Plains of w. NSW, Vic. and se. SA; in non-breeding season, recorded N to n. NSW and s. Qld (DAB; cf. Keast 1958; Peters et al. 1960; Galbraith 1969).
  • Extralimitally, up to nine further subspecies from Moluccas, Tanimbar Is, New Guinea and its satellite islands, to Bismarck and Louisiade Archs and Solomon Is (if C. ingens of Admiralty Is excluded; see Geographical Variation).

  Within Aust., subspecies intergrade where they abut.

• Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucopyga, Norfolk I., now extinct.
  • Extralimitally, another five subspecies on islands of sw. Pacific ocean:
    • montrosieri Verreaux & des Murs, 1860, New Caledonia;
    • simillima (F. Sarasin, 1913), Loyalty Is, s. Vanuatu;
    • albiloris Mayr & Ripley, 1941, central and n. Vanuatu;
    • deficiens Mayr & Ripley, 1941, Banks and Santa Cruz Is;
    • affinis (Tristram, 1879), se. Solomon Is.
• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies  tricolor elevated to White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor (monotypic)
      • subspecies sueurii now White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) (Extralimital)
  )
• Monotypic.
• Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
• Polytypic

  • macrura Schodde, 1989, coastal nw. Kimberley Div., WA, from Collier Bay NE to Admiralty Gulf;
  • rufiventris (G.R. Gray, 1846), coastal n. Arnhem Land (including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt), NT, from Port Keats, E to Blue Mud Bay, and S inland to Katherine and Upper South and East Alligator R. Drainages;
  • yorki Mathews, 1912, coastal C. York Pen. and Torres Str. islands, ne. Qld, to Lower Mitchell R. in W and Endeavor R. in E; also coastal Trans-Fly region of s.-central New Guinea;
  • nominate leucomela, coastal central-e. Aust., from Repulse Bay and Clarke Ra., central-e. Qld, S to near Port Stephens, central-e. NSW, extending inland to e. footslopes of Great Divide.
  • Extralimitally, another 12 subspecies (10 in AviList 2025) from Kai Is and s. and e. New Guinea to Bismarck Arch. (see Geographical Variation).
• Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre split with only the two HANZAB subspecies and four extralimital subspecies remaining in Edolisoma tenuirostre: nehrkorni, aruense, muellerii, tagulanum. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
    • English name change from Common Cicadabird to Sahul Cicadabird.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Name and genus change – Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris in HANZAB book. Subspecies changes: tenuirostris in HANZAB book now tenuirostre; melvillensis in HANZAB book now melvillense . Known as Slender-billed Cicadabird in BLI 2022.

  Geographical Variation does not reflect this change.

  )
        Sahul Cicadabird (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate tenuirostre, e. Aust., from ne. Qld (Upper Mitchell R.–Atherton Tableland), S to Gippsland, e. Vic., inland to Great Divide; migrate N in winter to New Guinea region;
  • melvillense Mathews, 1912, coastal n. Aust., in nw. Kimberley Div. (Collier Bay to Napier Broome Bay), WA, n. Arnhem Land (Lower Daly R. to Lower McArthur R., including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt), and n. C. York Pen., n. Qld, S to Lower Mitchell R. in W and to Endeavour–Proserpine in E.
  • Extralimitally, a further 9 subspecies (four in AviList 2025, all from New Guinea because of the split – see Taxonomic Changes) from Sulawesi and islands in Flores Sea to Timor, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Caroline I. and Solomon Is, but species limits in flux, and some groups of subspecies separated allospecifically (see Geographical Variation).
• Whiteheads (Mohouidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from New Zealand Creepers to Whiteheads
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Species were in family Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
  )
    Whiteheads (AviList 2025)
• Whitehead Mohoua albicilla Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Brown Creeper (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• Boatbills (Machaerirhynchidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Subfamily Machaerirhynchinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Machaerirhynchidae.
  )
• Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flaviventer, n. C. York Pen., n. Qld, S to Albatross Bay in W, and McIlwraith Ra.–Stewart R. in E;
  • secundus Mathews, 1912, ne. Qld, from Big Tableland–Annan R., S to Paluma Ra., inland to Herbert R. uplands and Atherton Tableland.
  • Extralimitally, at least four other subspecies in lowland New Guinea and associated islands.
• Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies (Artamidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Family split with monotypic Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala, from Borneo, moved to Pityriasidae
    • English name change from Woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian Magpie to Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies
  )
• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
• Polytypic

  • leucopygialis Gould, 1842, n. and e. mainland Aust., including Tiwi Is, Groote Eylandt and islands of Torres Str., from coastal and subcoastal Gascoyne and Pilbara Regions and throughout Kimberley Div. of WA, through n. NT and Gulf of Carpentaria drainage, then throughout much of e. half of Aust., extending W to L. Eyre and Murray–Darling Drainage, but largely avoiding se. and s. coasts and Great Divide S of about Hunter R. in NSW; also occur New Guinea and its satellite islands, Kai Is and Moluccas.
  • Extralimitally, species and subspecies limits unsettled; 8–10 further subspecies (eight in AviList 2025) range from Andaman Is to Palau, Philippines, Greater Sundas, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Banks Is, New Caledonia and Fiji (see Geographical Variation).
• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
• Monotypic.
• White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
• Monotypic.
• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies dealbatus now considered a junior synonym of inkermani (should have been changed for HANZAB 2023)
  )
• Polytypic

  • melanops Gould, 1865, nw., n., central and inland e. Aust., E to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria and outer w. slopes of Great Divide of Qld–NSW, and S to central Murray R. Drainage Basin, Murray–Mallee, Flinders Ras and upper Eyre Pen. of Vic.–SA and mulga–eucalypt line of s. WA;
  • normani (Mathews, 1923), s. C. York Pen., mostly W of Great Divide to w. coast between Albatross Bay and se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, ne. Qld; also Trans-Fly region of central-s. New Guinea;
  • inkermani Keast, 1958, coastal and subcoastal central-e. Qld, from Halifax Bay S to Keppel Bay–Dawson R. Drainage and inland to Great Divide;
  • nominate cinereus, sw. Aust. from Geographe Bay and Albany (but excluding far SW), N and NE to mulga–eucalypt line.
  • Extralimitally, perspicillatus Bonaparte, 1850, on Timor, Leti and Sermata, Lesser Sundas.

  In Aust., subspecies intergrade where they abut (see Geographical Variation).

• Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cyanopterus, e. and se. Aust., from Atherton Tablelands S to se. Qld, thence S to e. Vic., Tas. and islands of Bass Str. and W and SW to Murray–Darling Drainage and gulfs of SA (intergrading with ensuing subspecies through broad zone SA gulfs and Flinders Ras region to e. Eyre Pen.); cyanopterus partly migratory in SE, moving N in autumn, but wintering range poorly known (see Movements);
  • perthi (Mathews, 1915), s.-central and sw. Aust., W from w. Eyre Pen., SA, and N to mulga–eucalypt boundary.
• Little Woodswallow Artamus minor
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies derbyi Mathews, 1912, localized throughout n. and ne. mainland Aust., S to s. fringes of Kimberley Div., WA, Arnhem Land, NT, and Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, nw. Qld, at mulga–eucalypt boundary, thence S to Upper L. Eyre and mid-Murray–Darling R. drainages (to c. 31°S), in central-e. Aust.;
  • nominate minor, localized in central-w. and central Aust.: in Pilbara Region (between Eighty Mile Beach and Murchison R. SE to mulga–eucalypt boundary), E to central Aust. ranges, extending to Davenport Ra., NT, in N, Jervois Ra., NT, in E and Musgrave–Everard Ras, SA, in S; with outliers (possibly separate subspecies) in Gawler and n. Flinders Ras, SA.

  Separation of subspecies contentious (see Geographical Variation).

• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies nebulosa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • riordani in the Otway ranges
      • the remainer merge into ashbyi

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  Subspecies:

  • magnirostris H.L. White, 1923, coastal and subcoastal e. C. York Pen., between C. York and mid-Normanby R. Drainage Basin;
  • robinsoni Mathews, 1912, Einasleigh–Mareeba Uplands, ne. Qld, from round Mt Carbine S to round Lynd R., wandering to se. Gulf of Carpentaria in winter;
  • nominate graculina, coastal and subcoastal central-e. Aust., from Burdekin R. Drainage Basin S to round Sydney, and inland to inner w. slopes of Great Divide, wintering N to base of C. York Pen.;
  • riordani Otway Ranges;
  • ashbyi Mathews, 1913, sw. Vic., including The Grampians and adjacent spurs of Great Divide, vagrant to se. SA, coastal se. mainland Aust. and adjacent Great Divide from Illawarra and Central Tablelands Regions of NSW, SW to central reaches of Murray R., Ballarat and e. Otway Ra., Vic., wintering to Riverina, NSW;
  • crissalis Sharpe, 1877, Lord Howe I.
• Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fuliginosa, mainland Tas.;
  • colei Mathews, 1916, King I., Bass Str.;
  • parvior Schodde & Mason, 1999, Flinders I., Bass Str.
• Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
• Polytypic

  • Nominate versicolor, mainland se. Aust., from near Hunter R., NSW, SW to Port Phillip Bay and The Grampians, Vic., and inland to w. slopes of Great Divide;
  • arguta Gould, 1846, e. Tas.;
  • melanoptera Gould, 1846, lower Murray–Mallee of NSW, Vic. and SA, and se. SA to Mt Lofty Ras and s. Flinders Ras, SA;
  • halmaturina Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., SA;
  • intermedia Sharpe, 1877, Yorke and Eyre Pens N and NW to Gawler Ras, Barton Sandhills and e. Great Aust. Bight;
  • plumbea Gould, 1846, sw. and w.-central Aust, S of c. 25°S and W of w. centralian ranges and head of Great Aust. Bight, but absent from Nullarbor Plain.
• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Cracticus quoyi in HANZAB book, now Melloria quoyi (WLAB 4.1)
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies spaldingi E.P. Ramsay, 1878, coastal n. Aust. from Cambridge Gulf, ne. WA, E through Arnhem Land and Tiwi Is to Blue Mud Bay, NT;
  • jardini Mathews, 1912, coastal C. York Pen. S to lower Mitchell R. in W and round Cooktown in E;
  • rufescens De Vis, 1883, coastal ne. Qld between n. Broad Sound and Mossman–Daintree, disjunct round mouth of Burdekin R.;
  • alecto Schodde & Mason, 1999, n. Torres Str. (Boigu, Saibai Is), central-s. New Guinea (Trans-Fly Region), and Aru Is.
  • Extralimitally, nominate quoyi, throughout New Guinea, W. Papuan Is and Japen I. (Geelvink Bay).
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • terraereginae not recognised. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  )
• Polytypic

  Subspeciation complex, with broad but poorly understood zones of intergradation between most forms on mainland Aust.(see Geographical Variation). Subspecies:

  • Nominate tibicen, coastal and subcoastal se. Aust., from Moreton Bay, se. Qld, to Batemans Bay–Moruya, se. NSW, extending inland to Great Divide; introduced to NI, NZ where localized and abundant in Hawkes Bay, Central Plateau and parts of Taranaki (Morgan et al 2020) and SI, NZ between Ashley and Conway Rivers on the east coast (Morgan et al 2020);
  • terraereginae (Mathews, 1912), ne. and central-e. Aust., S from central C. York. Pen. and se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin E of Norman R. to coastal Qld between Mary R. and Halifax Bay, thence throughout Murray–Darling and e. L. Eyre Drainage Basins (not included in AviList 2025)
  • tyrannica Schodde & Mason, 1999, from Twofold Bay, se. NSW, W through s. Vic., from s. slopes of Great Divide, through se. SA to Ninety-Mile Desert and The Coorong, SA; introduced on King I., Bass Str., and to NI and SI of NZ; possibly this subspecies introduced to Fiji;
  • hypoleuca (Gould, 1837), Furneaux Grp in Bass Str., and e. Tas., also thought to be introduced to NI and SI NZ (Morgan 2020);
  • telonocua Schodde & Mason, 1999, Yorke and Eyre Pens, SA, N to Cowell, sw. Gawler Ras, and W to head of Great Aust. Bight;
  • dorsalis A.J. Campbell, 1895, sw. Aust., W from mid-Great Aust. Bight, and N to Gantheaume Bay and mulga–eucalypt line;
  • longirostris Milligan, 1903, Pilbara Region, WA, from Shark Bay, N along coast to Dampier Land, and inland to Gregory, Robertson and Carnarvon Ras and L. Carnegie;
  • eylandtensis H.L. White, 1922, s. and central Kimberley Div., n. WA, E to s. Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt and s. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin in ne. NT and nw. Qld, and S to upper reaches of Victoria R. and n. Barkly Tableland.
  • Extralimitally, subspecies papuana Bangs & Peters, 1926, Trans-Fly Region of s. New Guinea. In Aust., subspecies intergrade broadly where they abut (see Geographical Variation).
• Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies kempi Mathews, 1912, C. York Pen., S to near Cooktown and middle and lower Mitchell R., ne. Qld.
  • Extralimitally, nominate mentalis in se. New Guinea.
• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Split: subspecies argenteus and colletti of Grey Butcherbird in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now subspecies of Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus (WLAB 4.1).

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate torquatus, coastal mainland se. Aust. inland to Great Divide, from round Clarence–Richmond Rs, n. NSW, SW to Otway Pen., Vic.;
  • cinereus (Gould, 1837), n. and e. Tas.;
  • leucopterus Gould, 1848, most of e., s. and inland Aust., in Lynd–Einasleigh Uplands of ne. Qld and W from Qld coast between lower Burdekin Drainage Basin and Fraser I. and inland slopes of Great Divide S of there, to WA coast, including Centralian Ranges of s. NT, and Pilbara Region, WA, but absent from mid- and lower L. Eyre Drainage Basin, Mt Lofty Ras and Kangaroo I.
• Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Grey Butcherbird split: subspecies argenteus and colletti in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now subspecies of Silver-backed Butcherbird Cracticus argenteus (WLAB 4.1).
  )
• Polytypic

  • argenteus Gould, 1841, coastal and subcoastal Kimberley Div. and far-sw. Top End, from lower reaches of Fitzroy R., WA, E to lower reaches of Victoria R., NT
  • colletti Mathews, 1912, n. NT, from Port Keats E to C. Arnhem
• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate nigrogularis, coastal to inland e. Aust., from mid-C. York Pen. S to Hunter R., NSW, and inland to s. Murray–Darling Drainage Basin (downstream along Murray R. to Morgan, SA), and also w. parts of Murray–Darling Drainage Basin and ne. L. Eyre Drainage Basin;
  • picatus Gould, 1848, w., nw. and n. Aust. (including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt), from w. coast E to w. fringes of Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert, all centralian ranges, and Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin (E to sw. C. York Pen.), but absent from much of Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts.
• Sittellas (Neosittidae)
• Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: Extralimital subspecies in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now subspecies in Papuan Sittella Daphoenositta papuensis.

  Banding information does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate chrysoptera, se. Aust., from ne. NSW inland to upper Warrego R. Drainage of s.-central Qld, S and SW to e. and central Vic., Riverina of NSW, and middle Darling R. Drainage of NSW–Qld
  • pileata (Gould, 1838), central and w. Aust., from w. and s. rims of Simpson–Strzelecki Deserts, SA–NT, Lower Grey Ra., Qld–NSW, e. Murray–Mallee, NSW–Vic., and w. Vic., W through s. centralian ranges, NT, and s. rim of Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts of WA, to all wooded habitats of SA and s. half of WA
  • leucoptera (Gould, 1840), central-n. Aust., from Kimberley Div., WA, E to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld, extending S to n. edge of Great Sandy Desert, WA, s. Victoria R. Drainage, n. Sandover Desert and s. Barkly Tableland, NT, and central drainage of Gulf of Carpentaria and Selwyn Ra., Qld
  • striata (Gould, 1869), C. York Pen., Qld, S to se. Gulf of Carpentaria in W and n. Burdekin R. Drainage in E
  • leucocephala (Gould, 1838), central-e. Aust., from s. Burdekin R. Drainage, Qld, S to NSW–Qld border, and inland to Great Divide.

  In Aust., subspecies intergrade broadly wherever they abut (see Geographical Variation).
• Whipbirds and Wedgebills (Psophodidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • In Family Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book. Species in the Genus Psophodes moved to Psophodidae.
  )
• Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate olivaceus, coastal central-e. to se. Aust., from Clarke Ra., central-e. Qld, S to Dandenong and Strzelecki Ras, Vic. and inland to Great Divide;
  • lateralis North, 1897, humid ne. Qld, from Big Tableland (Mt Amos), S to Paluma Ra., and inland to Atherton Tableland—Cardwell Ra. (Keast 1958; DAB).
• Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate nigrogularis, region of Two Peoples Bay, sw. WA, formerly sw. WA coast between Perth and Albany;
  • leucogaster Howe & Ross, 1933, mallee heaths of s. Eyre and Yorke Pens, SA, Ninety-Mile Desert, se. SA, and Big Desert, w. Vic.;
  • lashmari Schodde & Mason, 1991, Kangaroo I., SA;
  • oberon Schodde & Mason, 1991, mallee heaths in se. of sw. WA, between L. Grace–Pingrup–Stirling Ra. and Hopetoun, formerly NW to Wongan Hills (Schodde & Mason 1991; DAB).

    Identity of Eyre Pen. population is presumed in absence of adult specimens. The subspecies leucogaster Howe & Ross, lashmari Schodde & Mason and oberon Schodde & Mason were separated specifically under P. leucogaster by DAB; the issue, which centres on interaction between oberon and nigrogularis, remains unresolved.
• Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Cinclosomatidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Australasian Bellbirds (Oreoicidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Australo-Papuan Bellbirds to Australasian Bellbirds
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book – Genus Oreoica in Family Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book moved to Oreoicidae.
  )
• Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book, moved to Oreoicidae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate gutturalis, s. WA, s. SA, nw. and central Vic., inland areas of NSW and s.-central Qld;
  • pallescens Mathews, 1912, mid- and n. WA, inland NT, n. SA and w. Qld.
• Shrike-tits (Falcunculidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Genus Falcunculus in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book now family Falcunculidae.
  )
    Shriketits (AviList 2025)
• Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
    • Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus in HANZAB book (see Orginal Text below) split into:
      • subspecies whitei elevated to Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus whitei;
      • subspecies leucogaster elevated to Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus leucogaster;
      • subspecies frontatus elevated to Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
        Eastern Shriketit (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus leucogaster Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
    • Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus in HANZAB book (see Orginal Text below) split into:
      • subspecies whitei elevated to Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus whitei;
      • subspecies leucogaster elevated to Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus leucogaster;
      • subspecies frontatus elevated to Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus.
  )
        Western Shriketit (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus whitei Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – in Pachycephalidae in HANZAB book.
    • Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus in HANZAB book (see Orginal Text below) split into:
      • subspecies whitei elevated to Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus whitei;
      • subspecies leucogaster elevated to Western Shrike-tit Falcunculus leucogaster;
      • subspecies frontatus elevated to Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Old World Orioles (Oriolidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Orioles and figbirds to Old World Orioles
  )
• North Island Piopio Turnagra tanagra Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Piopio Turnagra capensis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies tanagra elevated to North Island Piopio Turnagra tanagra
      • subspecies capensis elevated to South Island Piopio Turnagra capensis
  )
• Monotypic.
• South Island Piopio Turnagra capensis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • South Island Piopio subspecies capensis and minor (should have been changed for HANZAB 2023)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Piopio Turnagra capensis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies tanagra elevated to North Island Piopio Turnagra tanagra
      • subspecies capensis elevated to South Island Piopio Turnagra capensis

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate capensis, SI NZ;
  • minor Fleming, 1915, Stephens I., NZ
• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Figbird Sphecotheres viridis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split: subspecies ashbyi, flaviventris, vieilloti, cucullatus and salvadorii are now subspecies of Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti (WLAB 4.1). Sphecotheres viridis not recorded in HANZAB region.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies ashbyi Mathews, 1912, disjunct in coastal and subcoastal n. Aust., from King Sound to Napier Broome Bay in nw Kimberley Div., WA, and from Port Keats to Blue Mud Bay in Arnhem Land, NT, including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt;
  • flaviventris Gould, 1850, C. York Pen., S to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria in W and to Rockingham Bay–Upper Burdekin R. in E;
  • vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, coastal and near coastal central-e. Aust. E of Great Divide, from Bowen–Clarke Ras, n. Qld, S to Illawarra, NSW, intergrading with flaviventris N to region of Rockingham Bay.
  • Extralimitally:
    • cucullatus (Rosenberg, 1867), Kai Is (doubtfully distinct from ashbyi Mathews, and senior);
    • salvadorii Sharpe, 1877, se. New Guinea.

  Species limits within complex unsettled (see Geographical Variation).

• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies affinis Gould, 1848, coastal and subcoastal Aust., from sw. Kimberley Div., n. WA, E to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, nw. Qld, and inland to upper drainages of Fitzroy, Victoria and Roper Rs and s. Gulf of Carpentaria, and Selwyn Ra., nw. Qld; also outlier on Luang I., e. Lesser Sundas;
  • grisescens Schodde & Mason, 1999, C. York Pen. and s. Torres Str. islands, ne. Qld, S to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria in W and Endeavour R. in E;
  • nominate sagittatus, e. Aust., from se. Gulf of Carpentaria and base of C. York Pen., ne. Qld, S to Vic. and se. SA, and inland to upper drainages of L. Eyre and Murray–Darling Basins of central Qld–central NSW, and with erratic outlier in Mt Lofty Ras, SA.
  • Extralimitally, magnirostris van Oort, 1910, in Trans-Fly Region, s.-central New Guinea.
• Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Name change: Yellow Oriole in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flavocinctus, coastal nw. Aust. from King Sound, w. Kimberley Div., n. WA, E through Arnhem Land to Blue Mud Bay and w. Gulf of Carpentaria, including Groote Eylandt;
  • tiwi Schodde & Mason, 1999, Tiwi Is, NT;
  • flavotinctus Schodde & Mason, 1999, coastal and subcoastal C. York Pen. and islands of Torres Str., ne. Qld, S to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria in W and Endeavour R. in E;
  • kingi Mathews, 1912, coastal ne. Qld, from Trinity Bay–Mt Carbine, S to Halifax Bay, and inland to upper drainages of Burdekin and Mitchell Rs.
  • Extralimitally (in AviList 2025)
    • migrator
    • muelleri

  Taxonomic status of extralimital populations uncertain (see Geographical Variation).

• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • species added from accepted BARC record
  )
• Polytypic

  Twenty subspecies. Subspecies diffusus was considered most likely by BARC.
• Whistlers and Allies (Pachycephalidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes, Pitohuis and Allies to Whistlers and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus Oreoica moved to Oreoicidae.
    • Genus Falcunculus moved to Falcunculidae.

  Text below does not reflect these changes.

  )
• Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi
        Sandstone Shrikethrush (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Bower’s Shrike-thrush Colluricincla boweri
        Bower’s Shrikethrush (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
        Grey Shrikethrush (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate harmonica, e. and se. Aust., from Atherton Tableland and Gregory Ra., Qld, S and SW to coastal Vic. and se. SA (including Kangaroo I.), extending W to Yorke Pen. and Mt Lofty–s. Flinders Ras and lower L. Eyre Basin;
  • strigata Swainson, 1837, Tas. and islands of Bass Str.;
  • rufiventris Gould, 1841, s. and central Aust., extending from Eyre Pen. and Flinders Ras, SA, W to s. and w. coastal WA, and N to Pilbara region, WA, and Davenport Ra. and w. fringes of Simpson Desert, NT, and lower L. Eyre Basin, SA;
  • brunnea Gould, 1841, central-n. Aust., from Kimberley Div., n. WA, E to se. Gulf of Carpentaria (Lower Leichhardt R.), nw. Qld, extending S to n. fringe of Great Sandy Desert, WA, n. Barkly Tableland and Victoria R. Drainage, NT, and Selwyn Ra., Qld;
  • superciliosa Masters, 1876, n. C. York Pen., Qld, S to Archer R. in W and w. Princess Charlotte Bay in E; extralimitally, also in lowland e. New Guinea.
• Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies griseata, normani, rufogaster, parvula included with range within HANZAB region but synaptica, gouldii and aelptes not recognised – noted but not applied until AviList suspecies confirmed
    • total of 16 subspecies
  )
        Little Shriketrush (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • parvula Gould, 1845, coastal central-n. Aust., from Admiralty Gulf, n. Kimberley Div., WA, E to lower Roper R., e. Arnhem Land, NT, and including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt;
  • aelptes Schodde & Mason, 1976, coastal s. Gulf of Carpentaria, between Roper and Nicholson Rs, NT–Qld (subspecies not in AviList 2025)
  • normani (Mathews, 1914), coastal C. York Pen. and s. Torres Str. islands, ne. Qld, S to se. Gulf of Carpentaria in W, and to Endeavour–Annan Rs in E;
  • griseata (G.R. Gray, 1858), coastal ne. Qld, from Annan R., S to n. Halifax Bay, and inland to Atherton and Herbert R. Tablelands;
  • synaptica Schodde & Mason, 1999, coastal central-e. Qld, from s. Halifax Bay S to n. Connors Ra. and Sarina (subspecies not in AviList 2025)
  • gouldii (G.R. Gray, 1858), coastal central-e. Qld, from s. Connors Ra. and n. Broad Sound, S to Bustard Bay–Bundaberg (subspecies not in AviLIst 2025)
  • rufogaster Gould, 1845, central-e. Aust., from Gympie–Hervey Bay, se. Qld, S to Bellinger–Macleay Rs, ne. NSW.
  • Extralimitally, up to 23 further subspecies (nine in AviList 2025) in New Guinea and its satellite islands, including nominate megarhyncha, but a number may represent intergradient populations.
• Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea
• Polytypic

  • Nominate olivacea, se. NSW and se. and central Vic., on wetter e. and s. slopes of Great Divide from Hunter R., NSW, S and SW to about Daylesford, central Vic., extending inland to Brindabella Ras–Vic. Alps;
  • macphersoniana H.L. White, 1920, se. Qld and ne. NSW, along Great Divide, from Border Ras, NSW–Qld, S to Hunter R.;
  • bathychroa Schodde & Mason, 1999, Strzelecki and Otway Ras and Wilsons Prom., s. Vic.;
  • apatetes Schodde & Mason, 1999, Tas., Furneaux Grp and King I.;
  • hesperus Schodde & Mason, 1999, sw. Vic. and se. SA, from Portland Bay, w. Vic., NW to s. Coorong.
• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis
• Monotypic.
• Gilbert’s Whistler Pachycephala inornata
• Monotypic.
• Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • no extralimital subspecies after restructure of Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
    • subspecies occidentalis split from subspecies fuliginosa (occidentalis should have been added for HANZAB 2023)
  )
        Australian Golden Whistler (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate pectoralis, e. Qld and ne. NSW, from Big Tableland (Mt Amos), ne. Qld, S to Hunter R. Region, central-e. NSW, and W inland to Great Divide;
  • youngi Mathews, 1912, s. NSW and most of Vic., from Hunter R., NSW, SW to The Grampians, w. Vic., and inland to inner w. slopes of Great Divide;
  • glaucura Gould, 1845, Tas. and Flinders I.;
  • fuliginosa Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, sw. NSW, w. and nw. Vic., s. SA,and s. WA, NW to lower Murchison R. Drainage, sw. WA;
  • occidentalis Ramsay, 1878, sw. WA, Shark Bay to Eucla
  • xanthoprocta Gould, 1838, Norfolk I.;
  • contempta Hartert, 1898, Lord Howe I.
• Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies violetae split from robusta – noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed
    • extra extralimital subspecies dammeriana
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: spinicauda in HANZAB book now spinicaudus. Only one extralimital subspecies in BLI 2022: dahli.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanura, coastal mangroves of n. WA, SW to North-West Cape, Pilbara Region, and NE to Admiralty Gulf in Kimberley Div.; absent from Eighty Mile Beach;
  • robusta Masters, 1876, coastal mangroves of n. Aust., W to e. Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, NT, E to s. Torres Str. islands and e. C. York Pen., n. Qld, with outlier S from Whitsunday coast to Shoalwater Bay, central-e. Qld;
  • (violetae Mathews, 1912, northeastern Kimberley region to Gulf of Carpentaria [AviList 2025])
  • spinicaudus (Pucheran, 1853), n. Torres Str. islands, n. Qld; also s. New Guinea.
  • Extralimitally, dahli and dammeriana.
• Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Grey-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps conspecific with Grey Whistler, changing Grey Whistler from monotypic to polytypic
    • English name Grey Whistler is consistent with the unsplit species in the HANZAB books and recommendations from English Names Committee for WLAB v.3, January 2019.
    • five extralimital subspecies – noted but not applied

  Text is consistent with this treatment.

  • HANZAB 2023
    • Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
    • subspecies peninsulae now subspecies peninsulae of Grey-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps in WLAB 4.1, but Pachycephala griseiceps is known as Brown Whistler in BLI 2022 with 10 subspecies;
    • Grey Whistler now known as Brown Whistler Pachycephala simplex in WLAB 4.1 but still Grey Whistler in BLI 2022 with no subspecies.

  WLAB followed.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate simplex, coastal n. NT (n. Arnhem Land, including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt)
  • peninsulae Hartert, 1899, coastal C. York Pen., from W coast on Watson R. to ne. Qld (possibly absent round head of Prince Charlotte Bay) S to Halifax Bay, ne. Qld.
  • Extralimitally, up to nine or more other subspecies (five in AviList 2025) in lowland New Guinea and satellite islands, and Kai Is.

  Circumscription of species unsettled, centering on whether citrinoid e. Qld and New Guinean populations should be separated as a group (cf. DAB).

• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate rufiventris, woodlands of mainland Australia S of c. 20°S (excluding treeless deserts), N to s. Kimberley Div., WA, central NT, Selwyn Ra., w. Qld, and foot of C. York Pen. N to Atherton Tableland, ne. Qld;
  • falcata Gould, 1843, nw. and n.-central Aust, W to Kimberley Div. and Dampier Land, WA, E through Arnhem Land to sw. head of Gulf of Carpentaria, NT, including Groote Eylandt;
  • pallida E.P. Ramsay, 1878, C. York Pen., n. Qld, SW to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria (lower Norman–Flinders Rs) and SE to region of Endeavour R.;
  • minor Zeitz, 1914, Tiwi Is, NT
  • extralimitally, xanthetraea in New Caledonia.

  Nominate rufiventris intergrades on the other two mainland subspecies where it abuts on them, from s. Kimberley Div., n. WA to the foot of C. York Pen., ne. Qld, all three possibly forming a three-way zone of intergradation in s. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage (DAB). Shifts from deeper-toned coastal populations to paler inland populations of nominate rufiventris have been interpreted as ecophenotypic and clinal (see Geographical Variation).

• White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides
• Polytypic

  • Nominate lanioides, coastal Kimberley Div. from just N of Eighty Mile Beach in the S, N to St George Basin;
  • carnarvoni (Mathews, 1913), coastal mid-w. WA from about Carnarvon in the S, N to about Port Hedland;
  • fretorum De Vis, 1889, coastal n. WA, NT and nw. Qld, from about Wyndham in W, to about Norman R. in E.
• Fantails and Silktails (Rhipiduridae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Fantails to Fantails and Silktails
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Subfamily Rhipidurinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Rhipiduridae.
  )
• Northern Fantail Rhipidura isura Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Total of 20 subspecies but suggested that splits potentially possible – IUCN status changed from Least Concern to Not Evaluated as a result
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris in HANZAB book split: Timor Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris (subspecies pallidiceps and rufiventris) and Northern Fantail Rhipidura isura (subspecies isura and gularis in Australia)
    • Number of extralimital subspecies attributed to Northern Fantail reduced to eight in BLI 2022 after some split off into other species.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies isura, Gould, 1841, coastal n. Aust., from sw. Kimberley Div., WA, E to ne. Qld, including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, and extending S to Fitzroy R., Kimberley Div., Victoria and Roper Rs and s. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainages, NT, Qld;
  • gularis S. Müller, 1843, widespread in New Guinea and probable on n. islands of Torres Str. (Boigu).
  • Extralimitally, about eight further subspecies (18 in AviList 2025) from Lesser Sundas and Moluccas to New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate leucophrys, mainland Aust. S of c. 20°S, including Fraser I. off se. Qld and Kangaroo I. off SA;
  • picata Gould, 1848, n. Aust. N of c. 20°S, from sw. Kimberley Div, WA, E to C. York Pen., Qld, including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt;
  • melaleuca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), n. Torres Str. islands, and Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
• Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Rufous Fantail complex (Rhipidura rufifrons and Rhipidura dryas) divided into eight species, with three recorded in HANZAB region:
      • Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas with two subspecies, dryas and streptophora
      • Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons with two subspecies, intermedia and rufifrons
      • Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris with nine subspecies
  )
• Polytypic

  Nine subspecies. Subspecies semicollaris a vagrant to Australia.
• Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Rufous Fantail complex (Rhipidura rufifrons and Rhipidura dryas) divided into eight species, with three recorded in HANZAB region:
      • Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas with two subspecies, dryas and streptophora (HANZAB 2023 subspecies semicollaris now Supertramp Fantail)
      • Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons with two subspecies, intermedia and rufifrons
      • Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris with nine subspecies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas (subspecies dryas and a number of extralimital subspecies)
      • Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons (intermedia, rufifrons and a number of extralimital subspecies)
      • extralimitally, Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra (subspecies semirubra ).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies dryas Gould, 1843, coastal n. Aust., from Yampi Pen., n. WA, E to Watson R., w. Cape York Pen.;
  • Extralimitally, streptophora, southern New Guinea
• Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Rufous Fantail complex (Rhipidura rufifrons and Rhipidura dryas) divided into eight species, with three recorded in HANZAB region:
      • Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas with two subspecies, dryas and streptophora (HANZAB 2023 subspecies semicollaris now Supertramp Fantail)
      • Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons with two subspecies, intermedia and rufifrons (no extralimital subspecies)
      • Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris with nine subspecies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas (subspecies dryas and a number of extralimital subspecies)
      • Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons (intermedia, rufifrons and a number of extralimital subspecies)
      • extralimitally, Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra (subspecies semirubra ).
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
        Australian Rufous Fantail (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies intermedia North, 1902, e. Qld, from Endeavour–Annan Rs S to NSW–Qld border, inland to Great Divide, extending N to e. C. York Pen., Torres Str. islands and Trans-Fly of s.-central New Guinea on winter migration;
  • nominate rufifrons, coastal e. Aust., from Clarence R. Drainage, ne. NSW, S and SW to s. and sw. Vic., extending inland to Great Divide; on winter migration extends N to Torres Str. islands and Trans-Fly of s.-central New Guinea.
• Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa (subspecies albicauda, albiscapa, alisteri, keasti, pelzelni, preissi, bulgeri and brenchleyi)
      • New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa (subspecies fuliginosa, placabilis, penita and cervina).

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • keasti Ford, 1981, ne. Qld;
  • alisteri Mathews, 1911, se. Qld, NSW, Vic. and se. SA;
  • albiscapa Gould, 1840, Tas., and Flinders and King Is;
  • preissi Cabanis, 1850, sw. WA;
  • albicauda North, 1895, central WA, s. NT and nw. SA;
  • pelzelni G.R. Gray, 1862, Norfolk I.;
  • Extralimitally:
    • bulgeri Layard, 1877, New Caledonia, including Loyalty Is; and
    • brenchleyi Sharpe, 1879, Solomon Is, and Vanuatu, including Banks Is.
• Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • English Name change: Mangrove Grey Fantail in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa (subspecies albicauda, albiscapa, alisteri, keasti, pelzelni and preissi)
      • New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa (subspecies fuliginosa, placabilis, penita and cervina).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies placabilis Bangs, 1921, NI, NZ and adjacent islands;
  • nominate fuliginosa, SI and Stewart I. and adjacent islands, NZ;
  • penita Bangs, 1911, Chatham Is;
  • cervina Ramsay, 1879, Lord Howe I. (extinct).
• Drongos (Dicruridae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family Dicruridae in HANZAB book (see Original text below) split:
      • Subfamily Rhipidurinae elevated to Rhipiduridae.
      • Subfamily Monarchinae elevated to Monarchidae.
      • Subfamily Machaerirhynchinae elevated to Machaerirhynchidae.

  This only leaves drongos in family Dicruridae.

  Text below does not reflect this change.

  )
• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies baileyi Mathews, 1912, coastal nw. Kimberley Div. from King Sound to NT border, n. WA, and in n. Arnhem Land, NT (including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt);
  • carbonarius Bonaparte, 1850, n. islands of Torres Str. (Boigu, Dauan, Saibai), and lowland New Guinea and satellite islands;
  • atrabectus Schodde & Mason, 1999, C. York Pen., ne. Qld, S to se. head of Gulf of Carpentaria in W, and to Halifax Bay in E;
  • nominate bracteatus, coastal central-e. Aust., from Clarke Ra.–Upstart Bay, central-e. Qld, S to Illawarra Region and s. coast of NSW and extending inland to Great Divide.
  • Extralimitally, up to another ten subspecies (seven in AviList 2025) from s. Philippines and Moluccas to New Britain and se. Solomon Is (see Geographical Variation).

  In winter, e. Aust. populations migrate N through C. York Pen. and islands of Torres Str. to Trans-Fly Region of s.-central New Guinea (see Movements for discussion).

• Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills (Monarchidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Monarch and Flycatchers to Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Monarchinae in Dicruridae in HANZAB book elevated to Monarchidae.
  )
• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cyanoleuca, all s. Aust. S of c. 20°S, extending N along Great Divide to Atherton Tableland, ne. Qld;
  • neglecta Mathews, 1912, n. Aust., including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, from sw. Kimberley Div. (Roebuck Bay), n. WA, E to C. York Pen., ne. Qld, S to n. Great Sandy Desert, WA, Upper Victoria R. Drainage and Barkly Tableland in NT, and central Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, nw. Qld.
  • Extralimitally, populations of uncertain taxonomy occur Trans-Fly Region of s.-central New Guinea (possibly neglecta) and East Timor (DAB; also see Distribution)(not separated from neglecta in AviList 2025).
• Frill-necked Monarch Arses lorealis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies lorealis of elevated to Frill-necked Monarch Arses lorealis. With this change, Frilled Monarch no longer on WLAB 4.1 list.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Pied Monarch Arses kaupi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate kaupi, coastal ne. Qld, from Mossman–Carbine Plateau, ne. Qld, S to Paluma Ra. (Mt Spec);
  • terraereginae A.J. Campbell, 1895, ne. Qld, from Big Tableland (Mt Amos), S to Thornton Peak–Daintree R.
• Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate rubecula, se. Aust., from Clarence R. Drainage Basin, inland to w. slopes of Great Divide, and S and SW to central-w. Vic.; in winter, extend N to ne. Qld and occasionally s.-central New Guinea;
  • concinna Gould, 1848, n. Aust., from Kimberley Div., n. WA, E through Arnhem Land, NT, to s. Gulf of Carpentaria (Lower Leichhardt R.), nw. Qld, and S to Fitzroy R. Drainage, WA, Victoria and Roper R. Drainages, NT, and Gulf of Carpentaria Drainages, nw. Qld;
  • okyri Schodde & Mason, 1999, C. York Pen., ne. Qld;
  • yorki Mathews, 1912, ne. and central-e. Aust., from Burdekin R. Drainage, ne. Qld, S to NSW–Qld border and inland to Great Divide; in winter extend N to C. York Pen., n. Qld;
  • papuana Rothschild & Hartert, 1918, savannas of s. New Guinea and probably on Boigu I., n. Torres Str.
  • Extralimitally, sciurorum Rothschild & Hartert, 1918, in archipelagos of e. New Guinea.
• Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies mimikae Ogilvie-Grant, 1911, coastal mangroves of n. Aust., from sw. Kimberley Div., WA (Roebuck Bay, Frazier Downs), E to e. C. York Pen., ne. Qld (Princess Charlotte Bay), and patchily SE to Shoalwater Bay, central-e. Qld; also on Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt in NT, and islands of Torres Str. in ne. Qld, Aru Is and s. New Guinea.
  • Extralimitally,
    • nominate ruficollis occurs from islands in Flores Sea through the Lesser Sundas, and
    • subspecies fulviventris P.L. Sclater, 1883, from Tanimbar.
• Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies nana elevated to Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana (monotypic);
      • subspecies inquieta now Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta (monotypic)

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies nana elevated to Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana (monotypic);
      • subspecies inquieta now Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta (monotypic)
  )
• Monotypic.
• Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies melvillensis (Mathews, 1912), coastal and subcoastal n. Aust., from King Sound, w. Kimberley Div. of WA, E to s. Gulf of Carpentaria (Lower Nicholson–Leichhardt Rs), nw. Qld, and including Arnhem Land, Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, NT;
  • wardelli (Mathews, 1911), coastal e. Qld, from islands of Torres Str. and n. C. York Pen., S to Moreton Bay and, formerly, far-ne. NSW.
  • Extralimitally, up to seven further subspecies (six in AviList 2025) in Moluccas (nominate alecto), Tanimbar, New Guinea and its satellite islands, and Bismarck Arch. (see Geographical Variation).
• Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus split:
      • Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus, polytypic (nigrimentum, bimaculatus, diadematus) extralimital
      • Louisiade Monarch Symposiachrus melanopterus, monotypic
      • Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus, polytypic (trivirgatus, albiventris, gouldii – melanorrhoa not recognised)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Monarcha trivirgatus in HANZAB book.
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
    • Extralimital subspecies: six in BLI 2022.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies albiventris Gould, 1866, ne. C. York Pen., ne. Qld, S to McIlwraith Ra.–Stewart R., and islands of s. Torres Str.;
  • melanorrhoa Schodde & Mason, 1999, coastal central-e. Qld, from Endeavour R. region S to Halifax Bay (not recognised in AviList 2025)
  • gouldii G.R. Gray, 1860, coastal central-e. Aust., from Lower Burdekin R., central-e. Qld, S to Hunter R. region, central-e. NSW, and migrating N to C. York Pen., islands of Torres Str. and s.-central New Guinea in non-breeding period.
  • Extralimitally, one more subspecies in AviList 2025 in Lesser Sundas.
• White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Monarcha leucotis in HANZAB book.
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies cinerascens a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • cinerascens, Wallacea, vagrant to NW Aus.
  • extralimitally, eleven other subspecies listed in BLI 2022 (nine in AviList).
• Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Dicruridae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies canescens Salvadori, 1876, e. C. York Pen., occurring on passage or in non-breeding season on islands of Torres Str. and New Guinea, probably in central s. New Guinea.
  • Extralimitally,
    • nominate frater, Vogelkop, and n. slopes of Snow Mts (Irian Jaya);
    • kunupi Hartert & Paludan, 1934, Weyland Mts, Irian Jaya;
    • periophthalmicus Sharpe, 1882, highlands of e. and central New Guinea, W to Nassau Ra., Irian Jaya, and Victor Emanuel Ra., central-w. PNG.
• White-winged Chough and Apostlebird (Corcoracidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Australian mudnesters to White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
  )
• White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
• Polytypic

  • Nominate melanorhamphos, subcoastal and inland e. Aust., from Burdekin R. Drainage Basin, Qld S and SW to s. Vic. and se. SA, reaching e. coast between Hunter R., NSW, and E. Gippsland, Vic., but not generally reaching coast elsewhere in s. Vic., and W to central Murray–Darling Drainage Basin N to headwaters of e. L. Eyre Drainage Basin;
  • whiteae Mathews, 1912, Mt Lofty Ras and s. Flinders Ras, W to Gawler Ras and Eyre Pen., SA.
• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
• Polytypic

  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies dalyi Mathews, 1923, inland n. Aust., in narrow band along upper drainages of s. Gulf of Carpentaria from Lower Victoria R. in W to mid-reaches of Flinders R. and Upper Burdekin R. and uplands of Lynd–Einasleigh–Mareeba;
    • nominate cinerea, inland and subcoastal e. Aust., in area bounded by, in N, lower Suttor R. and middle reaches of Barcoo–Thomson Rs, Qld, extending E to near-coastal Qld and w. slopes of Great Divide in NSW, S to Murray R., and W to Mt Lofty Ras, Olary Spur, w. limits of Murray–Darling Basin and mid-e. L. Eyre Basin.

   

  Limits of subspecies and zones of intergradation not settled (see Geographical Variation).

• Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change for all HANZAB species.

  These changes are not reflected in the text below.

  )
• Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Manucodia keraudrenii  in HANZAB book.
    • Number of subspecies in New Guinea has been reduced but not yet stable. Extralimital subspecies reduced from seven to four in BLI 2022.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies gouldii G.R. Gray, 1859, n. C. York Pen., Qld, S to Albatross Bay and McIlwraith Ra.;
  • jamesii (Sharpe, 1877), n. Torres Str. (Saibai, Boigu Is), and lowland s. New Guinea between se. neck of Cendrawasi and e. Gulf of Papua.
  • Extralimitally, up to four other subspecies replacing one another in mountains and hill forests of New Guinea, and on Aru Is and D’Entrecasteaux Arch.
• Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientifc name change from Lophorina paradisea to Ptiloris paradiseus (as it was in HANZAB book)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Ptiloris paradiseus in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientifc name change from Lophorina victoriae to Ptiloris victoriae (as it was in HANZAB book)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Ptiloris victoriae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientifc name change from Lophorina magnifica to Ptiloris magnificus (as it was in HANZAB book).
    • Subspecies magnifica changed back to magnificus.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Ptiloris magnificus in HANZAB book, now Lophorina magnifica.
    • Subspecies change:
      • subspecies intercedens in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) elevated to Growling Riflebird Lophorina intercedens.
      • Subspecies magnificus now magnifica.

  Text does not reflect the change to subspecies intercedens.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies alberti Elliot, 1871, n. C. York Pen., ne. Qld, from C. York S to Albatross Bay in W and McIlwraith Ra. in E.
  • Extralimitally, nominate magnificus, w. foothills New Guinea, E to Astrolabe Bay and Gulf of Papua.
• Shrikes (Laniidae)
• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Polytypic in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) but now monotypic.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cristatus, breeds central Siberia and Kamchatka, Russia, S to Altai, n. Mongolia, and Upper Amur and Zeya R. Basins; and winters Indian Subcontinent, Nepal, s. Burma, se. China, Thailand and se. Asia, including Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo;
  • superciliosus Latham, 1802, breeds far-e. Russia, in s. Sakhalin, Kuril Is and Japan; and winters S through se. China, Vietnam and Laos to Malay Pen., occasionally to Greater and Lesser Sundas;
  • confusus Stegmann 1929, breeds se. Russia, Manchuria (ne. China) and e. Mongolia; and winters in SE Asia from central and s. Thailand to Malay Pen. and possibly Greater Sundas;
  • lucionensis Linnaeus, 1766, breeds Korea and se. China; and winters either on or near breeding grounds in se. China and s. Korea, or S to Taiwan, Hainan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Sumatra and the Moluccas, with occasional records from Andaman and Nicobar Is, and one record as far S as New Guinea.

  Subspecies occurring HANZAB region not known, but superciliosus and confusus most likely.

• Crows, Jays and Magpies (Corvidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Crows and Jays to Crows, Jays, and Magpies
  )
• Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Eurasian Magpie Pica pica split:
      • Eurasian Magpie Pica pica, polytypic with six subspecies.
      • Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis, monotypic, eastern Himalayas to southeastern Tibet and western China
      • Oriental Magpie Pica serica, polytypic with subspecies serica and anderssoni, southern Russia to Northern Indonesia
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  Six subspecies in AviList 2025. As subspecies of vagrant to Australia unknown, the species may now be one of the split species (see Taxonomic changes).
• Rook Corvus frugilegus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate frugilegus, introduced to e. NI and SI, NZ; indigenous to w. Eurasia from British Isles and Iberian Pen. E to central Siberia, nw. Mongolia, Tien Shan and Iran; winter S to n. Africa, Saudi Arabia and nw. India;
  • pastinator Gould, 1845, central-e. Asia, from central-e. Siberia and central Mongolia to central China (e. Xinjiang to Yangtze R.) and Korean Pen.; winter in Japan S to se. China.
• House Crow Corvus splendens Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • birds from Laccadive and Maldive Is split from protegatus and now ssp. maledivicus
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Extralimital subspecies maledivicus in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) not included in BLI 2022 and now considered to be subspecies protegatus.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate splendens, India S of Himalayas except NW;
  • zugmayeri Laubmann, 1913, nw. India and Pakistan;
  • protegatus Madarász, 1904, Sri Lanka and sw. India, ; and
  • insolens Hume, 1874, Burma, s. Yunnan and sw. Thailand.
  • maledivicus Laccadive and Maldive Is

  Identity of ship-borne vagrants in Aust. not known (see below) No valid records for Aust. or NZ, with all birds assumed to have been ship-assisted (Christidis & Boles 1994; see Distribution).
• Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
• Polytypic

  • Nominate coronoides, most of e. half of Aust., from central-s. Gulf of Carpentaria and foot of C. York Pen., NT–Qld, S to s. Vic. (Bassian Plain) and s. SA (Upper SE, Yorke Pen. and Kangaroo I.), extending E to Great Divide in Qld–n. NSW (but reaching e. coast through n. Burdekin R. Valley, ne. Qld) and E to e. and se. coast between Manning R., NSW, and Port Phillip Bay, Vic., and extending inland to e. centralian ranges of NT, e. Simpson Desert and Flinders Ra., SA; absent from Mt Lofty Ras region;
  • perplexus Mathews, 1912, from head of Great Aust. Bight, SA, across s. WA, to sw. Aust. and N to mulga–eucalypt boundary line and Shark Bay, WA. The two subspecies intergrade in broad zone from lower-w. L. Eyre Basin to Gawler Ras and Eyre Pen., SA.
• Little Raven Corvus mellori
• Monotypic.
• Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate tasmanicus, coastal s. Vic. and se. SA, islands of Bass Str., and Tas.;
  • boreus Rowley, 1970, central-e. and ne. NSW (sometimes erroneously referred to as novaanglica)
• Little Crow Corvus bennetti
• Monotypic.
• Torresian Crow Corvus orru Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Extralimital subspecies insularis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) elevated to Bismarck Crow Corvus insularis.
  )
• Polytypic

  • subspecies cecilae Mathews, 1912, w., n. and e. Aust., from Murchison R., w. rim of Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert, N to Pilbara Region and Kimberley Div., WA (though largely absent Great Sandy Desert), and NE through centralian ranges, Tanami Desert, Barkly Tableland and lower Georgina R., Qld, to all Top End, NT, and central-s. Gulf of Carpentaria, NT–Qld; and coastal and subcoastal e. Qld–NSW from C. York Pen. S to about Hunter R., central coastal NSW, extending inland to w. drainages of Great Divide
  • nominate orru, islands of n. Torres Str. (Boigu, Dauan, Saibai), and all lowland New Guinea and its satellite islands, and Moluccas
  • extralimitally, latirostris A.B. Meyer, 1884, Tanimbar, Babar I., e. Lesser Sundas.
• Stitchbird (Notiomystidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Species were included in Meliphagidae.
  )
• Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Polytypic: subspecies hautura and cincta
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: in Meliphagidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic

  (Polytypic in AviList 2025: subspecies hautura, Little Barrier island, and cincta, extinct)
• New Zealand Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)
• South Island Kokako Callaeas cinereus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Kokako Callaeas cinerea in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • North Island Kokako | Kōkako Callaeas wilsoni;
      • South Island Kokako | Kōkā Callaeas cinereus (NZCL 2022).

  Text does not reflect this change.

  The HANZAB entry for Kokako has been changed to South Island Kokako and includes both species until the text is revised.

  )
• Monotypic.
• North Island Kokako Callaeas wilsoni Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Kokako Callaeas cinerea in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • North Island Kokako | Kōkako Callaeas wilsoni;
      • South Island Kokako | Kōkā Callaeas cinereus (NZCL 2022).
  )
• Monotypic.
• Huia Heteralocha acutirostris
• Monotypic.
• South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus in HANZAB book(see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies carunculatus elevated to South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus;
      • subspecies rufusater elevated to North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus in HANZAB book(see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies carunculatus elevated to South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus;
      • subspecies rufusater elevated to North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Australasian Robins (Petroicidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Species changes:
      • Kimberley Flycatcher returned to Lemon-bellied Flycatcher as subspecies tormemti
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Changes at species level. Grey-headed Robin, New Zealand Robin, Scarlet Robin and White-browed Robin split. Genus change for White-breasted Robin and Mangrove Robin.
  These changes are not reflected in the text below.  )
• Tomtit Petroica macrocephala Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name changed from New Zealand Tomtit to Tomtit (consistent with NZCL 2024)
    • subspecies dannefaerdi shown as an additional subspecies in AviList (from merging Snares Tomtit and New Zealand Tomtit which were not separated in HANZAB) was already included in New Zealand Tomtit in HANZAB but are separated in IUCN assessment so IUCN status changed to Not Evaluated.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate macrocephala, SI and Stewart I. and its offshore islands, NZ;
  • toitoi (Lesson, 1828), NI and larger offshore islands, NZ;
  • chathamensis, Fleming, 1950, Chatham Is;
  • dannefaerdi (Rothschild, 1894), Snares Is;
  • marrineri (Mathews and Iredale, 1913), Auckland Is.
• Black Robin Petroica traversi
• Monotypic.
• North Island Robin Petroica longipes Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • New Zealand Robin Petroica australis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies longipes elevated to North Island Robin Petroica longipes.
      • subspecies australis and rakiura now South Island Robin Petroica australis.
  )
• Monotypic.
• South Island Robin Petroica australis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • New Zealand Robin Petroica australis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies longipes elevated to North Island Robin Petroica longipes.
      • subspecies australis and rakiura now South Island Robin Petroica australis.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate australis, SI, NZ;
  • rakiura, Fleming, 1950, Stewart I. and associated outlying islands, NZ.
• Norfolk Island Robin Petroica multicolor Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies multicolor elevated to Norfolk Island Robin Petroica multicolor;
      • subspecies boodang, leggii and campbelli now Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang (no extralimital subspecies);
      • extralimital subspecies now Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla.
  )
        Norfolk Robin (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
• Monotypic.
• Rose Robin Petroica rosea
• Monotypic.
• Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster
• Polytypic

  • Nominate rodinogaster, Tas. and islands of Bass Str., including King I. and Furneaux Grp;
  • inexpectata Mathews, 1912, Otway, Strzelecki and e. Gippsland Ras of s. and e. Vic. to s. Snowy Mts, NSW. In non-breeding season, extend N to Blue Mts, NSW, inland to central Vic., and W to Mt Lofty Ras, SA (see Distribution, Movements).
• Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
• Monotypic.
• Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies multicolor elevated to Norfolk Island Robin Petroica multicolor;
      • subspecies boodang, leggii and campbelli now Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang (no extralimital subspecies);
      • extralimital subspecies now Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate boodang (Lesson, 1838), se. Aust.;
  • leggii Sharpe, 1879, Tas.;
  • campbelli Sharpe, 1898, sw. Aust.
• Yellow-legged Flycatcher Kempiella griseoceps Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Microeca griseoceps in HANZAB book.

  Text does not fully reflect this change: genus of Yellow-legged Flycatcher changed but text comparing this species to Microeca flycatchers not updated.

  )
        Yellow-legged Flyrobin (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies kempi (Mathews 1913), ne. C. York Pen., Qld; and possibly in Trans-Fly of s.-central New Guinea.
  • Two or three extralimital subspecies (two in AviList 2025), including nominate griseoceps, in mountains of se. New Guinea, Herzog Mts and lowlands of s. New Guinea.
• Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Kimberley Flycatcher treated as subspecies tormenti of Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, as it was in HANZAB book. Text reflects this change.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Lemon-bellied Flycatcher in HANZAB book (see Original text below) split:
      • subspecies tormenti elevated to Kimberley Flycatcher Microeca tormenti;
      • other subspecies remain Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster (known as Lemon-bellied Flyrobin in BLI 2022).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate flavigaster, n. NT (Arnhem Land), including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt, SW to lower Victoria R., NT, and coastal sw. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage, NT
  • flavissima, Schodde & Mason, 1999, islands of s. Torres Str., C. York Pen., Qld, SW to lower Mitchell R. Drainage and SE to Cooktown; also extralimitally in se. PNG
  • laetissima, Rothschild, 1916, ne. Qld, from Halifax Bay–Hinchinbrook I., S to n. Broad Sound
  • tormenti Mathews, 1916, coastal nw. WA, from Roebuck Bay NE to Napier Broome Bay, with isolated population intergradient with flavigaster at head of Cambridge Gulf, WA
  • extralimitally:
    • tarara, Rand, 1940, in Trans-Fly Region of s.-central coast of New Guinea, with scattered inland populations
    • laeta, Salvadori, 1878, n. New Guinea, scattered from Geelvink Bay in W to Astrolabe Bay in E.
• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fascinans, e. Aust., from Atherton Tableland, Qld, S to Vic. and SW to se. SA, extending inland to drainages of Barcoo–Thomson Rs of Qld, central Murray–Darling Basin of NSW, but not to mallee of nw. Vic., and with outlier in Mt Lofty–s. Flinders Ras, SA;
  • assimilis, Gould, 1841, s. Aust., from Murray–Mallee of SA–Vic. W to sw. Aust., and N to central Flinders Ras, centralian ranges of NT, and Shark Bay in WA;
  • pallida, De Vis, 1884, n. WA (from sw. Kimberley Div.), n. NT S to upper Victoria R. and Gulf of Carpentaria Drainages, and n. and w. Qld E to Grey Ra. and drainages of Thomson and Barcoo Rs and lower C. York Pen., and S to lower Diamantina R. and Cooper Ck drainages, and extending into far ne. SA.
  • Extralimitally, one subspecies, zimmeri, Mayr & Rand, 1935, se. New Guinea.
• Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia
        Southern Scrub Robin (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies superciliaris now Northern Scrub-robin Drymodes superciliaris (monotypic);
      • extralimital subspecies now Papuan Scrub-robin Drymodes beccarii.
  )
        Northern Scrub Robin (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies cinereifrons elevated to Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons;
      • other subspecies (all extralimital) now Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis.

  Text modified to reflect this change (Release 2.1). See Content Updates.

  )
• Monotypic.
• White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies cerviniventris elevated to Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris;
      • subspecies superciliosa elevated to White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies cerviniventris elevated to Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris;
      • subspecies superciliosa elevated to White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies chrysorrhoa in HANZAB book now chrysorrhous.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate australis, se. Aust., from uppermost reaches of Murray–Darling Basin W of Great Divide in s.-central Qld, through e. half of NSW (except NE, N of Hunter R. and on and E of Great Divide), and e. and s. Vic. and se. SA;
  • chrysorrhous Gould, 1869, ne. Aust., from Atherton Tableland, ne. Qld, S to Bunya Mts, Qld, and Clarence R. Drainage, ne. NSW, extending inland to w. slopes of Great Divide.
• Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate griseogularis, coastal sw. WA, N to about Lancelin, inland E to Northam and SE to King George Sound;
  • rosinae (Mathews, 1912), inland sw. WA, through Wheatbelt NW to w. coast between Jurien Bay and Tamala, inland E to Goldfields, and SE round s. coast to head of Great Aust. Bight and central and n. Eyre Pen., SA.
• White-breasted Robin Eopsaltria georgiana Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name change from Quoyornis georgianus to Eopsaltria georgiana
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Eopsaltria georgiana in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Pale-yellow Robin Eopsaltria capito Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Tregellasia to Eopsaltria
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate capito, central-e. Aust. E of Great Divide, from Blackall–Conondale Ras and Bunya Mts, se. Qld, S to Hunter R., NSW;
  • nana (E.P. Ramsay, 1878), ne. Qld E of Great Divide, from Big Tableland–Mt Amos, S to Paluma Ra.
• White-faced Robin Eopsaltria leucops Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Tregellasia to Eopsaltria
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies albigularis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1907), ne. C. York Pen.
  • Extralimitally:
    • Nominate leucops, mountains of Vogelkop, New Guinea;
    • subspecies mayri (Hartert, 1930), Wandammen Mts and w. part of Weyland Mts, New Guinea;
    • nigroorbitalis (Rothschild and Hartert, 1913), s. slopes of Nassau and Oranje Mts, New Guinea;
    • heurni (Hartert, 1932), e. part of Weyland Mts and mountains of upper Mamberano R., New Guinea;
    • nigriceps (Neumann, 1922), Victor Emanuel Mts and s. slopes of Oranje Mts, New Guinea;
    • melanogenys (Meyer, 1894), hills of n. New Guinea from Cyclops Mts to Aicora R.;
    • wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952, Kubor and Wahgi Mts and Aroa R. area, e. New Guinea;
    • albifacies (Sharpe, 1882), mountains of se. New Guinea;
    • auricularis (Mayr & Rand, 1935), Oriomo R., s. New Guinea.
• Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata
• Polytypic

  • Nominate vittata, Tas. and Furneaux Grp, Bass Str.;
  • kingi (Mathews, 1914), King I., Bass Str.
• Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
• Polytypic

  • nominate cucullata, se. Aust. (excluding wetter forests), from Expedition–Chesterton Ras, se. Qld, S along Great Divide and extending E to coast S of Clarence R. Drainage, NSW, and inland to e. Darling R. Drainage, Murray–Mallee and Mt Lofty–s. Flinders Ras and Yorke Pen., SA;
  • westralensis (Mathews, 1912), central-w. WA to sw. NT and nw. SA, from Goldfields Region, Pilbara, Shark Bay and WA Wheatbelt, E to Gibson and s. Tanami Deserts, NT, w. fringes of Simpson Desert and L. Eyre Basin, SA, and Eyre Pen. and Nullarbor Plain, SA;
  • picata Gould, 1865, nw. and central-e. Aust., from s. and e. Kimberley Div., WA, and central Arnhem Land, NT, S and E through central and e. NT to e. fringe of Simpson–Strzelecki Deserts, central Qld (to w. Great Divide), and sw. Qld and ne. NSW;
  • melvillensis (Zietz, 1914), Tiwi Is, NT.
• Mangrove Robin Melanodryas pulverulenta Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus changed from Peneoenanthe to Melanodryas
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Eopsaltria pulverulenta in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies cinereiceps (Hartert, 1905), coastal central-w. to nw. WA, from Exmouth Gulf, NE to Napier Broome Bay and Cambridge Gulf, ne. Kimberley Div. but excluding Eighty Mile Beach;
  • alligator (Mathews, 1912), coastal NT, from Victoria R. E to sw. Gulf of Carpentaria, and including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt;
  • leucura Gould, 1869, coastal n. Qld, from se. Gulf of Carpentaria (Burketown), N to islands of s. Torres Str., then SE to Mackay; also Aru Is.
  • Extralimitally, nominate pulverulenta (Bonaparte, 1850), s. New Guinea from near East C. to Utanata R., also Gellvink Bay and Humboldt Bay E to middle Sepik.
• Larks (Alaudidae)
• Horsfield’s Bushlark Mirafra javanica Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Singing Bushlark in HANZAB book now known as Horsfield’s Bushlark.
  )
        Singing Bush Lark (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • woodwardi Milligan, 1901, Shark Bay N to n. Pilbara Region, WA, inland to drainage of Ashburton R.;
  • halli Bianchi, 1906, coastal and subcoastal plains of n. Eighty Mile Beach and w. Dampier Land, between Wallal Downs Stn and C. Baskerville, WA;
  • forresti Mayr & McEvey, 1960, throughout Kimberley Div., WA, N of Fitzroy and upper reaches of Ord R. Drainage Basins;
  • melvillensis Mathews, 1912, Tiwi Is;
  • soderbergi Mathews, 1921, Arnhem Land, NT;
  • rufescens Ingram, 1906, se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin and e. L. Eyre Drainage Basin, from Nicholson R. and se. coast of Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld, E to Flinders R. (round Richmond) and divide between Thomson and Diamantina Rs, Qld, S to Nappamerry and Goyder Lagoon, SA, and W to e. fringes of Simpson and Sandover Deserts and Barkly Tableland, NT;
  • athertonensis Schodde & Mason, 1999, Atherton–Mareeba Uplands to Lynd–Einasleigh Uplands, ne. Qld;
  • horsfieldii Gould, 1847, e. Aust., avoiding higher ranges and much of wetter coast, from sw. C. York Pen., Qld, S to coast between central Gippsland, Vic., and L. Alexandrina, SA, and from coast between Halifax Bay, Qld, and NSW border and between Hunter R. and Sydney region, W to e. Murray–Mallee, w. Darling R. Drainage Basin, Bulloo R. Drainage Basin, and upper reaches of Barcoo, Thomson and Flinders R. Drainage Basins, Qld;
  • secunda Sharpe, 1890, round gulfs of SA, on plains and low ranges between lower reaches of Murray R. and s. Flinders Ras to Spencer Gulf, and throughout Eyre Pen. N to Gawler Ras; vagrant to Kangaroo I. Aust. subspecies intergrade where they abut (though not known between secunda and horsfieldii in se. SA); see Geographical Variation for details.
  • Extralimitally, eight or nine subspecies from central Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam patchily through Philippines and Greater and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea; and another four subspecies (cantillans Blyth, 1844, group) from central and n. peninsular India through s. and w. Saudi Arabia to n. and central Africa; see Geographical Variation.
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Skylark Alauda arvensis in HANZAB book now known as Eurasian Skylark (WLAB 4.1, NZCL 2022)
  )
• Polytypic

  • Introduced populations in Aust. (in SE, from Hunter R., NSW, S to Tas. and W to Eyre Pen., including Kangaroo I.), Lord Howe I., and NZ (NI, SI and Chatham Is, and vagrant to Kermadec, Antipodes, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Is) comprise nominate arvensis (s. England and n. Europe E to Urals, Russia), scotica Tschusi, 1903 (n. England, Scotland, Ireland) and a blend of both (DAB).
  • Extralimitally, nine or ten other subspecies, from s. Europe and n. Africa E across central and n. Asia to ne. Siberia, Manchuria and Japan, wintering S to n. Africa, the Middle East, nw. India, n. China and Japan.
• Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Cisticolas to Cisticolas and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Cisticolinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Cisticolidae.
  )
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Cisticolinae of Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies leanyeri Givens & Hitchcock, 1953, scattered on n. coastal plains between Cambridge Gulf, e. Kimberley Div., WA, and McArthur R. Region, sw. Gulf of Carpentaria, NT;
  • normani Mathews, 1914, coastal se. Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld;
  • laveryi Schodde & Mason, 1979, scattered on coastal plains of C. York Pen. and e. Qld, between Albatross Bay and Bundaberg.
  • Extralimitally, 14–15 further subspecies between s. Europe, Africa and s. Asia to central China, Korea and Japan, and Philippines, Taiwan, Palawan and Indonesian Arch. to Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book (see Original Text below): subfamily Cisticolinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Cisticolidae.
    • Subspecies diminuta in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) now diminutus (WLAB 4.1)
  )
• Polytypic

  • diminutus Mathews, 1922, coastal and subcoastal ne. and central-e. Qld, S from C. York. Pen. and islands of Torres Str., to w. drainages of Great Divide between sw. C. York. Pen., Middle Burdekin R. and Keppel Bay; extralimitally in New Guinea;
  • nominate exilis, se. mainland Aust., from headwaters of Dawson R. Drainage and Keppel Bay–Broad Sound inland to w. drainages of Great Divide and S and W to middle and lower Murray R. and se. SA, and also on King I., Bass Str.;
  • alexandrae Mathews, 1912, n. Aust. between n. Pilbara, Eighty-Mile Beach and Dampier Land, WA, through s. Kimberley Div. to Victoria and s. Roper R. Drainages and s. Gulf of Carpentaria S to Barkly Tableland and then E to w. drainages of Great Divide, central Qld;
  • lineocapilla (Gould, 1847), nw. Kimberley Div., WA, and n. Arnhem Land, NT, N of Roper R., including Tiwi Is; also extralimitally in Lesser Sundas, Bali and Java.
  • Extralimitally, another eight subspecies between India, central China, se. Asia, Philippines, Sulawesi and Moluccas.
• Reed-Warblers and Allies (Acrocephalidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Reed-Warblers to Reed-Warblers and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Acrocephalinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Acrocephalidae.
  )
• Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Oriental Reed Warbler (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Extralimital subspecies sumbae recognised
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies carterae now included in WLAB 4.1.
  )
        Australian Reed Warbler (AviList 2025) Australian Reed-warbler (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  • nominate australis (Gould, 1838), breeding throughout se. Aust., including Tas. and Furneaux Grp, W to Eyre Pen. and w. L. Eyre Basin and N at least to central Qld and possibly coastal ne. Qld and se. Gulf of Carpentaria; winter N to subcoastal Kimberley Div., WA, Top End, NT, and Gulf of Carpentaria and C. York. Pen., Qld, and possibly s. New Guinea;
  • gouldi Dubois, 1901, coastal and subcoastal w. Aust, from s. coast of WA, between Esperance and C. Lewin, N to w. and central Pilbara and possibly subcoastal Kimberley Div., WA, and sw. Arnhem Land, NT, though subspecific identity of n. WA and n. NT breeding populations not clear (see Geographical Variation); sw. populations possibly also winter n. WA and n. NT;
  • carterae, Kimberley Div., WA (not recognised in AviList 2025)
  • sumbae (recognised in AviList 2025).
• Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies (Locustellidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Grassbirds to Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae
  )
• Gray’s Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in WLAB 4.1.
    • Gray’s Grasshopper-warbler Locustella fasciolata in HANZAB book split and genus changed:
      • subspecies fasciolata elevated to Gray’s Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus (monotypic)
      • subspecies amnicola elevated to Sakhalin Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes amnicola (monotypic)
    • Family change – in Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
  )
        Gray’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Middendorff’s Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
        Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Pallas’s Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
        Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  Five subspecies in AviList 2025, breed in n. Asia, non-breeding in SE. Asia.
• Spinifexbird Poodytes carteri Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
    • Genus change: Eremiornis carteri in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Megalurus gramineus in HANZAB book.
    • Family change – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae
  )
• Polytypic

  • goulburni Mathews, 1912, se. and central-e. mainland Aust., from s. Gulf of Carpentaria and foot of C. York Pen. S and W to central Aust. and w. L. Eyre Basin, Kangaroo I. and Eyre Pen., SA, with outlier NW. to e. Kimberley Div., WA (Cambridge Gulf);
  • nominate gramineus, Tas. and islands of Bass Str.;
  • thomasi Mathews, 1912, sw. Aust., from round Esperance NW to ne. and e. Wheatbelt and then N to lower Gascoyne R., WA.
  • Extralimitally, papuensis Junge, 1952, montane West Papua.
• New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies gender change from stewartiana to stewartianus
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
    • Genus change: Bowdleria punctata in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies punctata in HANZAB book now punctatus; caudata is now caudatus in NZCL 2022 but elevated to Snares Fernbird Poodytes caudatus. NZCL 2022 followed.
  )
        Fernbird (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate punctatus, SI, NZ;
  • vealeae Kemp, 1912, NI, NZ;
  • stewartiana Oliver, 1930, Stewart I., NZ;
  • wilsoni Stead, 1936, Codfish I., NZ;
  • caudatus (Buller, 1894), Snares Is, NZ.
• Chatham Islands Fernbird Poodytes rufescens Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
    • Genus and specific name change: Bowdleria rufescens in HANZAB book.
  )
        Chatham Island Fernbird (NZCL 2024)
• Monotypic.
• Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae
  )
• Monotypic.
• Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae
  )
• Monotypic.
• Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis in HANZAB book (see original Text below) genus change and split:
      • Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis, ten subspecies with only alisteri in HANZAB area;
      • Papuan Grassbird Cincloramphus macrurus, seven subspecies, all extralimital to HANZAB area.
    • Family change – subfamily Megalurinae in Sylviidae in HANZAB book elevated to Locustellidae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • alisteri Mathews, 1812, coastal and subcoastal nw. to ne. and central-e. Aust., between King Sound, WA, and Illawarra Region, se. NSW, including Tiwi and s. Torres Str. islands.
  • extralimitally, nine further subspecies between Philippines (mindorensis, tweeddalei, alopex and crex), Sulawesi (celebensis), Sumba (inquirendus), Timor (nominate timoriensis), n. Moluccas (amboinensis) and S. New Guinea (muscalis).
• Swallows (Hirundinidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Swallows and Martins to Swallows
  )
• White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change – Cheramoeca leucosternus in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies taczanowskii recognised as separate from ijimae (noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Name change: Sand Martin in HANZAB book.
    • Subspecies change: subspecies taczanowskii in HANZAB book (see original Text below) merged with subspecies ijimae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate riparia, temperate to subarctic N. America and Eurasia, wintering S to middle S. America and Africa;
  • innominata Zarudny, 1916, se. Kazakhstan, wintering S and SW from middle Africa to s. Asia;
  • ijimae (Lonnberg, 1908), Trans-Baikalia and central Mongolia to Sea of Okhotsk, wintering S to se. Asia, Sakhalin, Kuril Is and Japan, wintering S to se. Asia and Philippines; (subspecies taczanowskii split from ijimae in AviList 2025)
  • shelleyi (Sharpe, 1885), Egypt, wintering S to Sudan and ne. Ethiopia;
  • eilata Shirihai & Colston, 1992, sw. Asia?, wintering in ne. Africa?
• Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Specific name change from meyeni to leucopyga
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Specific name change: Tachycineta leucopyga in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
• Polytypic

  • Nominate neoxena, se. Aust., Tas. and islands in Bass Str., W to head of Great Aust. Bight and N to s. L. Eyre and n. Murray–Darling R. Drainage Basins, and along e. coast to Rockingham Bay, Qld, Lord Howe and Norfolk Is, and NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ, straggler to Kermadec and Chatham Is, wintering throughout e. Aust. N to C. York Pen. and Torres Str. islands;
  • carteri (Mathews, 1912), sw. Aust., N to North West C., WA, NE to upper reaches of Murchison R. Drainage Basin, WA, and E to round head of Great Aust. Bight, wintering N through all Pilbara, WA, to sw. Great Sandy Desert.
• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from House Swallow to Pacific Swallow
    • subspecies tahitica and domicola elevevated to separate species. As a result, only six subspecies in AviList 2025.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies tahitica elevated to Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica (monotypic)
      • other subspecies now House Swallow Hirundo javanica.
  )
• Polytypic

  • albescens Schodde & Mason, 1999, s. and e. New Guinea
  • javanica Sparrman, 1789, se. Asia to Philippines, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
  • Extralimitally, four further subspecies from Taiwan, Ryukyu Is, w. and n. New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., e. Melanesia and Polynesia.
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Polytypic

  • gutturalis Scopoli, 1786, wintering along coastal n. Aust. between lower Gascoyne R., WA, and lower reaches of Mary R., Qld, Ashmore Reef, and Cocos-Keeling and Christmas I, also s. New Guinea and through Indonesian arch. to se. Asia, breeding from e. Himalayas through s., central and e. China to Korea, Japan, s. Amur R. Drainage Basin, Kuril Is and sometimes Kamchatka.
  • Extralimitally, six or seven further subspecies (seven in AviList 2025) breeding between temperate Eurasia and N. America S to sw. China, central Himalayas, Middle East, Egypt and central Mexico, wintering S to s. Asia (including India), Africa and s. S. America.
    • rustica, Linnaeus, 1758, recorded as non-breeding vagrant on Iles de Crozet; breeds in Eurasia and n. Africa.
    • erythrogaster, Boddaert, 1783, recorded on S. Georgia as non-breeding visitor; breeds N. America. Populations from shores of Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka, e. Russia, are intergradient between nominate, tytleri and gutturalis (C.S. Roselaar & H. Shirihai); birds from these areas, and possibly other subspecies from e. Asia (see Geographical Variation) could potentially winter in Aust.; more data needed to establish origins of birds wintering in HANZAB region.
• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies cashmeriensis named cashmeriense (not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies dasypus included as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.

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  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate dasypus, s.-central Siberia to ne. China, Korea and Japan, wintering S to se. Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines, vagrant to Australia (WLAB 4.1);
  • nigrimentalis (Hartert, 1910), s. and e. China and Taiwan, wintering range not understood;
  • cashmeriensis (Gould, 1858), Kashmir, Himalayas to central China, wintering through central India to se. Asia. (cashmeriense in AviList 2025)
• Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica split into five species
    • English name change for Cecropis daurica from Red-rumped Swallow to Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (not applied)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Hirundo daurica in HANZAB book.
  )
        Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845), se. to ne. China, Amurland, Korea and Japan, wintering S from se. Asia through Indonesian Arch. to New Guinea and coastal n. Aust. between Dampier Land (w. Kimberley Div.) and Rockingham Bay (ne. Qld).
  • Extralimitally, nine to eleven further subspecies (eight in AviList 2025) breeding from s. Europe and n. and central Africa to Sri Lanka, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, central and sw. China and n. Burma, including Himalayas, wintering through Africa and from sw. to se. Asia. Other subspecies, especially daurica, may also stray to n. Aust. and nw. territories in boreal winter, but this unconfirmed.
• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Hirundo nigricans in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate nigricans, Tas. and islands in Bass Str., wintering N throughout e. Aust. to Arnhem Land and Tiwi Is, NT, C. York Pen. and islands in Torres Str., Qld, and New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is, vagrant to NZ;
  • neglecta (Mathews, 1912), throughout Aust. except central sandy deserts, breeding mainly S of 20°S, wintering mainly N of 30°S to New Guinea region;
  • timoriensis (Sharpe, 1885), Lesser Sundas.
• Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Hirundo ariel in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Bush Warblers and Allies (Cettiidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Family added by the inclusion of Asian Stubtail
  )
• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Species added from BARC submission: 1281
  )
• Monotypic.
• Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Leaf-warblers to Leaf Warblers
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Species from this family included in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • fuscatus
  • robustus.
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change: Sylviidae in HANZAB book. Not recorded in checklists for Australia (WLAB 4.1), New Zealand (NZCL 2022) or Antarctica (BLI).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate trochilus, s. Britain and s. Sweden to n. Spain, The Alps and Carpathian Mts, wintering S to w. Africa;
  • acredula (Linnaeus, 1758), Scandinavia, central and e. Europe to w. Siberia, wintering S to e., central and s. Africa;
  • yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935, n. and ne. Siberia, wintering S to e. and s. Africa.
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • species added from BARC submission 1381
  )
• Monotypic.
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – family Sylviidae in HANZAB book.
    • Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis in HANZAB book split (see Original Text below) with three subspecies raised to species and other subspecies not longer recognised:
      • Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (monotypic)
      • Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus (monotypic)
      • Japanese Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas (monotypic).
    • status of previously accepted BARC submissions changed where the species could not be determined or allocated to Arctic Warbler complex – see submissions for details.

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  )
• Monotypic.
• Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split with two subspecies raised to species and other subspecies not longer recognised:
      • Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (monotypic)
      • Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus (monotypic)
      • Japanese Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas (monotypic).

  Kamchatka Leaf-warbler in WLAB 4.1 as a vagrant.

  )
        Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate jocosus, se. China and n. Vietnam, introduced and established in Aust. on e. coast between Sydney area and Coffs Harbour, and locally in Melbourne.
  • Extralimitally, seven to eight further subspecies (eight in AviList 2025) from India, Himalayas and s.-central China (Yunnan) to Burma, Thailand, Malay Pen., Cambodia and s. Vietnam.
• White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies (Zosteropidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from White-eyes to White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
  )
• Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies unicus added
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Pale White-eye Zosterops citrinellus in HANZAB book now known as Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella.
    • Subspecies citrinellus now citrinella.
  )
• Polytypic

  • albiventris Reichenbach, 1852, islands of s. Torres Str. and n. Great Barrier Reef S to round Cooktown; also Tanimbar and islands in s. Banda Sea;
  • nominate citrinella, s. and se. Lesser Sundas (Sumba to Timor)
  • harterti Stresemann, 1912, central Lesser Sundas (Alor)
  • unicus Hartert, 1897, western Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa and Flores)(AviList 2025)
• Australian Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Name change: Yellow White-eye in HANZAB book.
  )
        Canary White-eye (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies balstoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1909, coastal nw. Aust., between Shark and Collier Bays;
  • nominate luteus, coastal n. Aust. from n. Kimberley Div. (Admiralty Gulf) to se. Gulf of Carpentaria (mouth of Mitchell R.) with isolated populations at Princess Charlotte Bay and Ayr, ne. Qld.
• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
• Polytypic

  • nominate lateralis, Tas., e. Bass Str. islands (Furneaux Grp), wintering in coastal and subcoastal se. Aust. N to central-e. Qld (Shoalwater Bay), colonized and established on Norfolk I. and throughout NZ, reaching Kermadec, Chatham, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, Campbell and Macquarie Is;
  • ochrochrous Schodde & Mason, 1999, King I., Bass Str., wintering on adjacent se. Aust. mainland;
  • pinarochrous Schodde & Mason, 1999, South-East of SA, Murray–Mallee and Murray Riverland region W to SA gulfs, Flinders Ra. and e. and central Eyre Pen., intergrading with westernensis (Quoy & Gaimard) through w. and central Vic. to s.-central NSW, and with ensuing subspecies on Kangaroo I. and along w. coast of Eyre Pen. to head of Great Aust. Bight;
  • chloronotus Gould, 1841, sw. Aust., N on w. coast to L. Macleod and islands off Shark Bay, E to head of Great Aust. Bight, and inland to e. and ne. Wheatbelt and mulga–eucalypt boundary;
  • tephropleurus Gould, 1855, Lord Howe I.;
  • westernensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), coastal to near-inland se. Aust., W to Port Phillip Bay and central Murray R., inland to outer-w. slopes of Great Divide and Riverina, NSW, and N to Southern Tablelands and upper reaches of Lachlan R. Drainage Basin, NSW, intergrading with ensuing subspecies N along Great Divide and e. coast to Hunter R. Drainage Basin, NSW;
  • cornwalli Mathews, 1912, coastal and subcoastal central-e. Aust., S to n. Hunter R. Drainage Basin, N to s. Burdekin R. Drainage Basin, Qld, and inland to inner-w. drainage basins of Great Divide, intergrading with ensuing subspecies through n. Burdekin R. Drainage Basin, Qld;
  • vegetus Hartert, 1899, coastal and subcoastal ne. Qld between n. Burdekin R. Drainage Basin and Temple Bay, C. York Pen.;
  • chlorocephalus A.J. Campbell & S.A. White, 1910, cays of s. Great Barrier Reef between Capricorn Grp and cays off Repulse Bay.
  • Extralimitally, up to eight further subspecies (seven in AviList) in New Caledonia, Loyalty I., Vanuatu, Banks I., and Fiji.
• Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis
        Christmas White-eye (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• White-chested White-eye Zosterops albogularis
• Monotypic.
• Robust White-eye Zosterops strenuus
• Monotypic.
• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris
• Monotypic.
• Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Added because species in the family included in BLI list for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
  )
• Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Included in BLI list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas (Sturnidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Starlings, mynas and oxpeckers to Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas
  )
• Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies circumscripta reinstated as a subspecies of Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • extralimital subspecies circumscripta in HANZAB book elevated to Purple-chinned Starling Aplonis circumscripta.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate metallica, coastal ne. Qld, N to Torres Str. islands, S to around Repulse Bay, also New Guinea and satellite islands, Aru Is and Moluccas.
  • Extralimitally,
    • inornata (Salvadori, 1880), Numfor and Biak Is, New Guinea
    • nitida (G.R. Gray, 1858), New Britain, New Ireland and Solomon Is
    • purpureiceps (Salvadori, 1878), Admiralty I., Bismarck Arch
    • circumscripta (Meyer, 1884), Tanimbar Islands (Larat and Kirimoen) and Damar Island (AviList 2025)
• Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
• Monotypic.
• Tasman Starling Aplonis fusca
• Polytypic

  • Nominate fusca, Norfolk I;
  • hulliana Mathews, 1912, Lord Howe I.
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Polytypic

  • Nominate vulgaris introduced to se. Aust. and NZ, and widespread in NZ and se. Aust., including Tas. and islands in Bass Str., W to Eyre Pen. and head of Great Aust. Bight, and N to central Flinders Ra., SA, central Murray–Darling Drainage Basin, NSW, and se. Qld to Dawson R. Drainage Basin and Keppel Bay, central-e. Qld, also Norfolk, Lord Howe, Kermadec, Chatham, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, Campbell and Macquarie Is; indigenous to all Europe (including British Isles) except south, E to Ural Mts, wintering S to n. Africa and Middle East.
  • Extralimitally, 10–12 subspecies (12 in AviList 2025) from Faeroe Is, Outer Hebrides and Azores E through central and s. Asia to Mongolia and mid-Lena R., Russia, and S to Asia Minor, n. Iraq, Pakistan and n. India to Nepal.
• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • English name and Genus change – Rose-backed Starling Sturnus roseus in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Purple-backed Starling Agropsar sturninus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Sturnus sturninus in HANZAB book.
  )
        Daurian Starling (AviList 2025)
• Monotypic.
• Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1
  )
• Monotypic.
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Polytypic

  • Nominate tristis introduced to urban mainland e. Aust., from Cairns, Qld, S to metropolitan Melbourne and Geelong, Vic., with outliers N to e. C. York Pen. and islands in s. Torres Str.; indigenous to area from e. Iran and s. Kazakhstan, E through India to IndoChina, and (naturally?) S to w. Malaysia.
  • Extralimitally, subspecies melanosternus Legge, 1879, Sri Lanka.
• Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Thrushes to Thrushes and Allies
    • Christmas Island Thrush added after split of Island Thrush
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family not in HANZAB book. Subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book elevated to Turdidae.
  )
• Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book now family Turdidae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies cuneata (De Vis, 1890), montane ne. Qld, between Windsor–Big Tablelands and Paluma Ra;
  • nominate lunulata, mainland se. Aust. from se. Qld (Bunya Mts), S and W along coast and Great Divide to w. Vic. (intergrading with halmaturina into se. SA), and Tas. and islands in Bass Str.;
  • halmaturina (A.G. Campbell, 1906), Kangaroo I. and Mt Lofty Ras N to s. Flinders Ras, SA.
• Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book now family Turdidae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate heinei, wet coastal central-e. Aust., from Clarke Ra., central-e. Qld S to Hunter R. Drainage Basin and Gosford, NSW, with outlying population in Herbert R. Drainage Basin, ne. Qld.
  • Extralimitally,
    • subspecies papuensis (Seebohm, 1881), lower altitudes of central cordillera, New Guinea;
    • eichhorni (Rothschild & Hartert, 1924), Mussau, Bismarck Arch.;
    • choiseuli (Hartert, 1924), Choiseul, n. Solomon Is. (see Geographical Variation; also see DAB).
• Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies davidsoni listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • sibirica;
  • davisoni (vagrant in WLAB 4.1).
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book now family Turdidae.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies clarkei Hartert, 1909, introduced and established around urban Melbourne and throughout NZ, and on Norfolk, Lord Howe, Kermadec, Chatham, Snares, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Is; otherwise, indigenous to British Isles and w. Europe, wintering in sw. Europe and nw. Africa.
  • Extralimitally,
    • nominate philomelos throughout all Europe except W, and E through Asia Minor to Caucasus and n. Iran, wintering in s. and w. Europe, n. Africa and sw. Asia;
    • hebridensis W.E. Clarke, 1913, Outer Hebrides and Isle of Skye, wintering in British Isles;
    • nataliae Buturlin, 1929, w. and central Siberia, wintering in ne. Africa and sw. Asia.
• Common Blackbird Turdus merula Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book.
    • Common Blackbird Turdus merula in HANZAB book split with seven of the extralimital subspecies now three different species. BLI 2022 lists six extralimital subspecies.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
        Eurasian Blackbird (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate merula introduced and established in se. mainland Aust., from New England Tableland and riverlands of Murray–Darling Rs, NSW, S and W to Yorke and lower Eyre Pens and Kangaroo I., SA; islands of Bass Str. and Tas.; Lord Howe and Norfolk Is; and NZ, and Kermadec, Chatham, Snares, Auckland, Campbell Is, with accidentals to Antipodes and Macquarie Is. Extralimitally, nominate indigenous to n., w. and central Europe, including British Isles, wintering in w. and s. Europe.
  • Extralimitally, c. 6 other subspecies from the Azores, Madeira and Canary Is, se. Europe through Asia Minor and sw. and central Asia to central and e. China.
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Christmas Island Thrush Turdus erythropleurus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Species added after Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus complex split into 18 species
  )
• Monotypic.
• Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus complex split into 18 species. Of the three subspecies from the HANZAB region, subspecies erythropleurus elevated to Christmas Island Thrush
    • Only two subspecies, both from HANZAB Region, remain in Turdus poliocephalus after the split (Geographical Variation revised)
    • English name change from Island Thrush to Tasman Sea Island Thrush
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family change – subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book.

  Text does not reflect these changes.

  )
        Tasman Sea Island Thrush (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate poliocephalus, Norfolk I., extinct;
  • vinitinctus (Gould, 1855), Lord Howe I., extinct;
• Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Siberian Rubythroat added
    • English name change from Old World flycatchers, Old World Thrushes and Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subfamily Turdinae  in Muscicapidae in HANZAB book elevated to Turdidae.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Name change: known as Sooty Flycatcher in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate sibirica, e. Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, japan, Kurile and Bering Is;
  • gulmergi (Stuart Baker, 1923), w. Himalayas from e. Afghanistan to Kashmir;
  • cacabata Penard, 1919, central and e. Himalayas from w. Nepal, through Darjeeling, sw. Tibet, Bhutan to nw. India; possibly winters in Assam, Bangladesh, sw. Burma and s. Thailand;
  • rothschildi (Stuart Baker, 1923), w. China and w. Yunnan to n . Burma; possibly winters in s. China, se. Asia and Malay Pen.
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica split:
      • Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni, polytypic (williamsoni, umbrosa), Myanmar to Borneo
      • Sulawesi Streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa sodhii (monotypic), Sulawawesi
      • Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica, polytypic (dauurica, poonensis, siamensis)
    • As subspecies of birds recorded in Australia have not been identified, it is unknown which of the split species has been recorded. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica used.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • dauurica
  • poonensis
  • siamensis
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana with subspecies cyanomelana split: cyanomelana; intermedia;
      • subspecies cumatilis elevated to Zappey’s Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cyanomelana, Japan, S. Korea and s. Kurile Is, wintering S to se. China, Indochina, Philippines and e. Greater Sundas, and accidental to nw. Aust.;
  • intermedia ne. China, s. Russian Far East and Korea; non-breeding in Taiwan, Hainan, SE Asia, Philippines and Greater Sundas..
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Species added. BARC:1283 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope Calliope Christmas Island, IOT 19/04/2023
  )
• Polytypic

  • calliope
  • camtschatkensis
  • beicki
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Subspecies bochaiensis vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • bochaiensis
  • cyane
  • nechaevi
• Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina Taxonomic changes (
  •  HANZAB 2023
    • Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina in HANZAB book (see Original text below) split:
      • subspecies elisae elevated to Green-backed Flycatcher (F. elisae); and
      • subspecies owstoni elevated to Ryuku Flycatcher (F. owstoni).

  As a result, Narcissus Flycatcher is now monotypic.

  )
• Monotypic.
• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
        Blue Rock Thrush (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies philippinensis (P.L.S. Müller, 1776), far e. Russia, Sakhalin, Kurile Is, Japan, Ryukyu I., ne. China and Korea; wintering S to se. China, Philippines and Indonesian Arch., and vagrant to New Guinea and se. Qld.
  • Extralimitally,
    • subspecies pandoo (Sykes, 1832), central Himalayas to central and e. China and nw. Vietnam; wintering S through e. India and se. Asia to Greater Sundas;
    • nominate solitarius, nw. Africa, central Europe to Italy and n. Balkans, n. Turkey and Transcaucasia; wintering S to n. Africa and Saudi Arabia;
    • longirostris (Blyth, 1847), Greece through s. Turkey and sw. Asia to Tien Shan and nw. Himalayas; wintering S from ne. Africa to n. India;
    • madoci Chasen, 1940, Malay Pen. and n. Sumatra.
• Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Oenanthe monticola in HANZAB book (see Original Text below).
  )
        Mountain Chat (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Nominate monticola, s. Namibia and Cape Province to Swaziland and central Transvaal, Africa; apparent vagrant to Prince Edward Is;
  • albipileata (Bocage, 1867), coastal central Angola;
  • nigricauda Traylor, 1961, inland central Angola;
  • atmorii Tristram, 1869, w. Namibia.
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Species added from BARC submission 1380
  )
• Polytypic

  • leucorhoa
  • oenanthe
  • libanotica
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Monotypic.
• Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Mistletoebird split, now monotypic.

  Text below does not reflect this change.

  )
• Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies albopunctatum d’Albertis & Salvadori, 1879, n. Torres Str. islands (Saibai, Boigu), also central-s. New Guinea (s. Trans-Fly region) and Daru I.
  • Extralimitally, about ten further subspecies (eight in AviList) in New Guinea, islands in Geelvink Bay and D’Entrecasteaux Arch., but excluding Vogelkop.
• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Aru Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignicolle demoted to subspecies ignicolle of Mistletoebird, making Mistletoebird polytypic (noted but not applied)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies ignicolle elevated to Aru Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignicolle;
      • subspecies keiense and fulgidum now subspecies of Pink-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum keiense;
      • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum now monotypic
  )
• Monotypic

  (Polytypic in AviList 2025: hirundinaceum and ignicolle)
• Spiderhunters and Sunbirds (Nectariniidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Nectariniidae only two genera in BLI, both Sunbirds: Cinnyris and Aethopyga.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis split into eight species:
      • Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus, polytypic (frenatus and three extralimital subspecies). HANZAB species changed to this species.
      • seven extralimital species
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Yellow-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) changed name and genus: Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis. Subspecies frenata in HANZAB book now frenatus.
  )
        Sahul Sunbird (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies frenatus S. Müller, 1843, coastal w. and e. C. York Pen., islands in Torres Str., and ne. Qld S to round Broad Sound–Keppel Bay; also n. Moluccas, Aru Is and New Guinea except Mamberamo basin.
  • Extralimitally, three subspecies from Sulawesi, Sangihe, Talaud, Salayar, and adjacent smaller islands, Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi), Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands

  Subspecific limits in Aust. and e. Papuasia unsettled (DAB, p. 726).

• Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Weavers, Widowbirds and Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies to Weavers and Allies
  )
• Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies (Estrildidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name changed from Waxbills to Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies
    • Crimson Finch split reversed
  )
• Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis
• Monotypic.
• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
• Monotypic.
• Red-eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata
• Monotypic.
• Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Polytypic (bella, interposita and samueli). Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies interposita and samueli in HANZAB book (see Original text below) no longer recognised. As a result, Beautiful Firetail is now monotypic.
  )
• Monotypic

  (Polytypic in AviList 2025: bella, interposita and samueli)
• Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Split of Crimson Finch, described below, reversed. Text reflects this change.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton of HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies phaeton now Black-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton (monotypic);
      • subspecies evangelinae now White-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia evangelinae (monotypic).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate phaeton, nw. Aust. , from King Sound, WA, E to lower reaches of Nicholson R. in se. Gulf of Carpentaria, nw. Qld, including Kimberley Div. and Arnhem Land, and extending S to n. Fitzroy and upper reaches of Ord and Victoria R. Drainage Basins, WA-NT, and n. Barkly Tableland in NT- nw. Qld, with isolated outlier along ne. Qld coast between Princess Charlotte Bay and Broad Sound to drainage basins of Lower Dawson and Mackenzie Rs;
  • evangelinae d’Albertis & Salvadori, 1879, middle C. York Pen., from Iron Ra. and Albatross Bay S to Princess Charlotte Bay and lower Mitchell R.; and extralimitally in Trans-Fly region, central-so New Guinea.
• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies minor (A.J. Campbell, 1901), coastal and subcoastal C. York Pen., n. Qld, S to around C. Melville and C. Flattery (and Cooktown?) in E and to around lower reaches of Mitchell R. in W;
  • nominate temporalis, coastal and subcoastal e. Aust., patchily from Atherton region, ne. Qld, S and SW to Mt Lofty Ras and Kangaroo I., SA, and inland to w. slopes of Great Divide; introduced to metropolitan Perth.
• Painted Finch Emblema pictum
• Monotypic.
• Star Finch Emblema ruficauda Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Neochmia to Emblema
  )
• Polytypic

  • subclarescens (Mathews, 1912), in three disjunct populations in coastal and near-inland drainages of nw. Aust.:
    1. in nw. Pilbara between Shark Bay and De Grey R., WA;
    2. lower reaches of Fitzroy R. Drainage Basin, w. Kimberley Div., WA; and
    3. coastal plains of Cambridge and Joseph Bonaparte Gulfs, e. Kimberley Div., WA, through n. NT, to sw. Gulf of Carpentaria, round Roper R. and lower reaches of McArthur R.;
  • clarescens (Hartert, 1899), central C. York Pen., Qld, from n. Princess Charlotte Bay and Archer R., S to se. Gulf of Carpentaria in W, and round Cooktown–Mossman in E
  • nominate ruficauda, central-e. Qld, from Burdekin R. Drainage, E to coast between Halifax Bay and Pt Curtis, and S along w. watershed of Great Divide, formerly S to upper reaches of Darling R. Drainage Basin, NSW, Liverpool Plains, and W to upper e. L. Eyre Drainage Basin.
• Plum-headed Finch Emblema modestum Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Scientific name change from Neochmia modesta to Emblema modestum
  )
• Monotypic.
• Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Taeniopygia to Stizoptera
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate bichenovii, e. Aust., from n. C. York Pen., Qld, S to E. Gippsland and w. slopes of Snowy Mts in Vic. and NSW, extending W to se. Gulf of Carpentaria and middle reaches of Barcoo–Upper Diamantina R. Drainage Basin in Qld, and mid-Darling R. Drainage Basin and w. Riverina in NSW;
  • annulosa (Gould, 1840), coastal and subcoastal nw. and n. Aust., from Dampier Land, WA, E to Calvert R. in s. Gulf of Carpentaria, and extending S to upper Fitzroy, Ord and Victoria R. Drainage Basins in WA and NT, and n. Barkly Tableland, NT.
• Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Split descibed below reversed – subspecies guttata returned to Zebra Finch making it polytypic and changing the specific name to guttata
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • subspecies castanotis elevated to Zebra Finch Taeniopygia castanotis (WLAB 4.1)(known as Australian Zebra Finch in BLI 2022)
      • subspecies guttata elevated to Timor Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata (extralimital).
  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies castanotis (Gould, 1837), throughout inland Aust., from s. C. York Pen. and Kimberley Div., S to central Vic., Murray-Mallee, Adelaide Plains and upper Yorke and Eyre Pens, SA, Nullarbor Plain and s. Wheatbelt of WA, and from w. slopes of Great Divide and upper Dawson-Mackenzie Rs Drainage Basins, central-e. Qld, W to coast from round Bunbury N to King Sound, sw. Kimberley Div.
  • Extralimitally, nominate guttata, w. and e. Lesser Sundas.
• Masked Finch Poephila personata
• Polytypic

  • Nominate personata, nw. Aust., between King Sound, WA, and se. Gulf of Carpentaria (lower reaches of Nicholson R.), nw. Qld, S to middle reaches of Fitzroy, Ord and Victoria R. Drainage Basins in WA–NT, and n. Barkly Tableland, NT–nw. Qld;
  • leucotis Gould, 1847, C. York Pen., n. Qld., S to se. Gulf of Carpentaria (lower reaches of Norman R.) in W and to Lynd–Einasleigh Uplands and round C. Melville and C. Flattery in E.
• Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
• Polytypic

  • Nominate acuticauda, Kimberley Div., WA, between Dampier Land and Ord R. Drainage Basin, S to Fitzroy R. Drainage Basin;
  • hecki Heinroth, 1900, from middle reaches of Daly and upper reaches of Roper R. Drainage Basins in Arnhem Land, E to round Leichhardt R., in se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Basin, nw. Qld.
• Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cincta, central-e. Aust., from Upper Burdekin–Flinders R. Drainage Basins, Qld, S to about NSW–Qld border, and from coast between Halifax and Moreton Bays, Qld, inland to upper reaches of Darling R. Drainage Basin (formerly to upper reaches of Hunter R. and e.-central NSW), and w. slopes of Great Divide
  • atropygialis Diggles, 1876, s. and central C. York Pen., from Princess Charlotte and Albatross Bays, S and SW to upper reaches of Mitchell R. Drainage Basin and se. Gulf of Carpentaria, n. Qld.
• Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Genus change from Lonchura to Padda
  )
• Monotypic.
• Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
        Scaly-breasted Munia (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies topela (Swinhoe, 1863), indigenous to se. Asia, from s. and se. China, Taiwan and Hainan S through Laos, n. Vietnam, se. Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand to Malay Pen.; introduced to coastal e. Aust., occurring from C. York Pen. S to round Sydney.
  • Extralimitally, c. 11 other subspecies (10 in AviList 2025), from Pakistan, Assam, Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and s.-central China, E through central and n. Burma, to Greater Sundas, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Also introduced elsewhere (see Distribution and Population).
• Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies subcastanea in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) no longer recognised. As a result, Pale-headed Munia is now monotypic.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna
• Monotypic.
• Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
• Polytypic

  • Nominate castaneothorax, coastal and subcoastal nw., ne. and central-e. Aust., from King Sound, WA, through Tiwi islands, NT, and s. Torres Str., and thence S to Illawarra Region, se. NSW; also introduced to New Caledonia, Society Is, and sw. Pacific islands.
  • Extralimitally,
    • ramsayi Delacour, 1943, coastal Papuan Pen., se. New Guinea
    • sharpii (Madarász, 1894), lowland n. New Guinea between e. Geelvink Bay and Huon Gulf
    • boschmai Junge, 1952, Wissel L. region, nw. New Guinea
    • uropygialis Stresemann & Paludan, 1934, head of Geelvink Bay, w. New Guinea.
• Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change – Erythrura gouldiae in HANZAB book.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura trichroa Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies macgillivrayi in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) is no longer considered distinct from sigillifera, which is now sigillifer.
  )
        Blue-faced Parrotfinch (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies sigillifer (De Vis, 1897) e. coastal C. York Pen., S to Cairns and Atherton–Evelyn Tablelands, ne. Qld, mountains of New Guinea, ne. and se. New Guinea Archs, and mountains of New Britain and New Ireland.
  • Extralimitally, nine other subspecies (10 in AviList 2025) from Sulawesi and n. and s. Moluccas to Palau, Caroline Is, Mussau, se. Solomon Is (Guadalcanal), Banks Is, Vanuatu and Loyalty Is.
• Accentors (Prunellidae)
• Dunnock Prunella modularis
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies occidentalis (Hartert, 1910), indigenous to Scotland (except Hebrides), England and w. France; introduced and established throughout NZ, including Stewart I., and several outlying island groups (see below).
  • Extralimitally, five to seven subspecies (six in AviList 2025) from Ireland and Hebrides (Scotland), and Europe E through Ukraine to n. Middle East and n. Iran; nominate modularis migrates from n. and central Europe to s. Europe and n. Africa, and others to s. Middle East.
• Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name change from Weaver Finches to Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Family now known as Old World sparrows in HANZAB book.
  )
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• Polytypic

  • Introduced Aust. populations occur from central Murray R. and Riverina, NSW, S along w. slopes of Great Divide to w. Gippsland and Port Phillip Bay, Vic.; subspecific identity not certain, but appear to be introgressant between nominate montanus and saturatus (see Geographical Variation).
  • Nominate montanus from w. Europe and Middle East to n. Kazakhstan, Altai, ne. Mongolia and nw. Manchuria; subspecies saturatus Stejneger, 1885, central-e. and e. China, s. Korea, s. Kuril Is, Ryukyu Is, Sakhalin, Japan, Taiwan and Philippines.
  • Extralimitally, a number of subspecies from Asia Minor to se. Manchuria, Amurland and n. Korea S to e. Iran, s. Himalayan foothills, s. Assam and s. China to Philippines, Sulawesi, Greater and Lesser Sundas (see Geographical Variation).
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Polytypic

  • Nominate domesticus, w. and n. Europe and w. Russia through Kazakhstan and central and e. Siberia to nw. Manchuria, Amurland, n. Sakhalin and n. Hokkaido, Japan; introduced and established throughout e. Aust., from C. York Pen. and s. islands of Torres Str., S and W through w. L. Eyre Basin to Eyre Pen. and Great Aust. Bight; throughout NZ, including Stewart I.; and on Norfolk I. Also introduced N. and S. America, Caribbean islands, Hawaiian islands, Falkland Is, and S. Africa.
  • Extralimitally, another 10–11 subspecies (11 in AviList 2025) from s. Europe through Middle East, n. Africa and Saudi Arabia to n. Iran, s. Kazakhstan, nw. Xinjiang, China, Himalayas and s. Asia to Laos.
• Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae split:
      • New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae, polytypic
      • Australian pipit Anthus australis, polytypic
    • English name changed from Pipits and wagtails to Wagtails and Pipits
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species split: Yellow Wagtail.
  Text does not reflect this change.)
• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: six subspecies recognised in BLI 2022 but number of subspecies not clear.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate cinerea, throughout much of Palaearctic: in Britain and Europe, nw. Africa and Canary Is, Iran and Afghanistan E to Himalayas, central and e. China, and through much of Siberia E to Kamchatka Pen., Korea, Japan and Taiwan; winter s. and w. Europe, w., n and e. Africa, Middle East and Arabia, s. and se. Asia, Philippines, Indonesian Arch., w. New Guinea and n. and e. Aust.;
  • patriciae Vaurie, 1957, Azores;
  • schmitzi Tschusi, 1900, Madeira.
  • Extra subspecies in BLI 2022: melanope; robusta;  and canariensis (these extra subspecies not included in AviList 2025)
• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis (six subspecies in BLI 2022), subspecies tschutschensis and taivana in HANZAB region (WLAB 4.1);
      • Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava (11 subspecies in BLI 2022) vagrant Antarctica, subspecies recorded at Marion I. in HANZAB book entry for Yellow Wagtail not known, but presumably one of those wintering in s. Africa.
  )
• Polytypic

  Eleven subspecies in BLI 2022 (ten in AviList 2025).
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies werae (Buturlin, 1907) not recognised (noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed)
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate citreola breeds ne. Europe to central Siberia, Mongolia and nw. Manchuria, wintering S to Baluchistan, India, n. Thailand, n. Vietnam and se. China;
  • werae (Buturlin, 1907), e. Europe and Ukraine to Kazakhstan and nw. Xinjiang, China, wintering S to sw. and s. Asia (not recognised in AviList 2025)
  • calcarata Hodgson, 1836, e. Iran, mountains of central Asia and Himalayas to central China, wintering s. Asia, from Afghanistan, through Pakistan, n. India and Nepal to Burma.
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in HANZAB book (see Original Text below) split:
      • Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis (six subspecies in BLI 2022), subspecies tschutschensis and taivana in HANZAB region (WLAB 4.1);
      • Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava (11 subspecies in BLI 2022) vagrant Antarctica.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  Subspeciation complex; with 6 subspecies recognized in BLI 2022 (four in AviList 2025) (see Geographical Variation), breeding from north and central Asia to ne. Siberia and Alaska; subspecies overlap geographically with variable introgression. All subspecies are migratory, wintering mainly in se. Asia and Indonesian Arch. (Vaurie et al. 1960; Alström & Mild 2003; Dickinson 2003; see Distribution, Geographical Variation). Two subspecies recorded HANZAB region:

  • taivana (Swinhoe, 1863), which breeds Lena R. and Vilyuy region, Russia, S and SE through Amur region to around Sea of Okhostk, and Sakhalin and n. Hokkaido; winters from se. Asia and Philippines through Indonesia and in Aust. and its territories as for simillima;
  • subspecies tschutschensis Gmelin, 1789, breeds from n. Kamchatka and Chukotskiy Pens to Alaska and is likely to winter in Aust. occasionally; Alström & Mild (2003) combine simillima with tschutschensis under the latter name.
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Black-backed Wagtail Motacilla lugens now considered subspecies lugens of White Wagtail. Text for Back-backed Wagtail retained until merged with White Wagtail.

  Text does not reflect this change.

  )
• Polytypic

  • leucopsis Gould, 1838, breeds middle Amur Basin, se. Russia, S through Ussuriland, n.-central, ne. and e. China and Korea to sw. Japan and Taiwan; winters S to e. and se. Asia, including s. China, most of Indochina S to central Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, n. and ne. India and Nepal, occasionally Japan, Indonesian Arch. and Aust.;
  • ocularis Swinhoe, 1860, breeds n.-central and e. Siberia E to n. coasts of Sea of Okhotsk, n. Kamchatka Pen., Chukotskiy Pen. and across Bering Str. to w. Alaska; winters S to e. and se. Asia, including s. China, S from Huang He R., through Indochina, Thailand, Burma, ne. India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Philippines, and occasionally Indonesian Arch. and Aust., and with vagrants in w. N. America;
  • lugens (in WLAB 4.1) breeds e. Siberia and n. Japan, winters in Japan and eastern Asia;
  • baicalensis Swinhoe, 1871, breeds s.-central and s. Siberia, E to Stanovoy Ra., S to central Mongolia and far-ne. China; winters S to s. and se. Asia, from n. India, Bangladesh, n. Burma, n. Thailand and s. China, possibly W to Iran and Afghanistan, and occasionally to Indonesian Arch. and possibly Aust., Japan and Pakistan. These subspecies possibly intergrade where their breeding ranges abut.
  • Extralimitally, another 5–7 subspecies (five in AviList 2025) breeding from Europe and nw. Africa through w. Russia and Middle East to central Siberia, s. China, Iran, Himalayas, n. India and Burma, and wintering in n. and central Africa and sw. and s. Asia. For full details of breeding and wintering distribution of subspecies, see Alström & Mild (2003).
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Now monotypic (BLI 2022). Not included in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Monotypic.
• New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae split:
      • New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae, polytypic
      • Australian pipit Anthus australis, polytypic
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae retained in WLAB 4.1 but split in NZCL 2022 and IOC 14.2:
      • Australian pipit Anthus australis
      • subspecies novaeseelandiae, chathamensis, aucklandensis and steindachneri to New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae.
  )
• Polytypic

  Species and subspecies limits subject to much debate; here we treat A’asian populations as a distinct species, Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae (cf. Christidis & Boles [1994]; see Geographical Variation). Subspecies:

  • nominate novaeseelandiae, NI and SI, NZ, including Stewart I. and offshore islands; possibly vagrant to Lord Howe I.
  • chathamensis Lorenz-Liburnau, 1902, Chatham Is
  • aucklandicus G.R. Gray, 1862, Auckland and Campbell Is
  • steindachneri Reischek, 1889, Antipodes Is
• Australian Pipit Anthus australis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae split:
      • New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae, polytypic
      • Australian pipit Anthus australis, polytypic
  )
• Polytypic

  • bistriatus (Swainson, 1837), Tas. and islands of Bass Str.
  • bilbali Mathews, 1912, Kangaroo I., s. Yorke Pen. and w. and s. Eyre Pen., SA, and sw. Aust., S of Irwin R. and mulga–eucalypt boundary W from about Pt Culver
  • australis Vieillot, 1818, all mainland Aust. except range of preceding subspecies, N to central Kimberley Div., WA, Victoria R. Drainage and Barkly Tableland, NT, and middle se. Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage and central C. York Pen. and region of Cooktown, Qld
  • rogersi Mathews, 1913, coastal n. Aust., from Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, E to nw. Cape York Pen., and on ne. coast of C. York Pen. between Portland Roads and C. Melville
  • extralimitally, exiguus Greenway, 1935, central montane New Guinea.
• South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
• Monotypic.
• Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies stejnegeri not recognised as separate from subspecies gustavi. Noted but not applied until AviList subspecies confirmed.
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies change: subspecies stejnegeri split from gustavi in BLI 2022.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate gustavi, n. Russia, from Pechora Region through central-n. and ne. Siberia, S to c. 64°N, to Chukotskiy and Kamchatka Pens and Komandorskiye Is, Bering Sea; wintering S through e. Asia and Philippines to Borneo and Wallacea
  • stejnegeri Commander Is (Komandorskiye Is) ; probably migrates to E Asia (not recognised as separate from subspecies gustavi in AviList 2025)
  • menzbieri Shulpin, 1928, s. Ussuriland (Amur R.) and far ne. China; wintering grounds not known. .
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies schlueteri not recognised (noted but not applied)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Species not in HANZAB book. Unidentified subspecies listed as a vagrant in WLAB 4.1.
  )
• Polytypic

  • trivialis
  • schlueteri (not recognised in AviList 2025)
  • haringtoni.
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Monotypic.
• Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name changed from Old World Finches to Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
  )
• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Fringilla coelebs complex split into five species:
      • African Chaffinch F. spodiogenys (polytypic, including africana and harterti)
      • Azores Chaffinch F. moreletti (monotypic)
      • Madeira Chaffinch F. maderensis (monotypic)
      • Canary Islands Chaffinch F. canariensis (polytypic, including palmae, ombriosa and bakeri)
      • Eurasian Chaffinch F. coelebs (polytypic, all remaining subspecies)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Now included in WLAB 4.1 after New Zealand birds have reached Macquarie I., Norfolk I. and Lord Howe I.

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  )
        Eurasian Chaffinch (AviList 2025) Chaffinch (NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  • gengleri Kleinschmidt, 1909, introduced and established throughout NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ (Niethammer 1971), also Chatham, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Is. New Zealand birds have reached Macquarie I., Norfolk I. and Lord Howe I. Indigenous to British Isles.
  • Extralimitally, five further subspecies in AviList 2025 after species split.
• Common Greenfinch Chloris chloris Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name reverted to European Greenfinch
  • HANZAB 2023
    • English name change – European Greenfinch in HANZAB book and in NZCL 2022.
    • Genus changed: Carduelis chloris in HANZAB book.
  )
        European Greenfinch (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
• Polytypic

  Source forms of Aust. populations probably either nominate chloris (occurring naturally across n. Europe E to w. Siberia), or harrisoni (Clancey, 1940) (from British Isles), or both of these subspecies with intergradation (DAB, p. 777). Now occur in coastal urban se. Aust. between Sydney and Adelaide, also Tas. and Bass Str. islands. Source forms of NZ populations unclear, but possibly subspecies aurantiiventris (Cabanis, 1851), introduced and established throughout NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ (Niethammer 1971), also Chatham and Norfolk Is, indigenous to s. Europe from s. France and central Spain to Croatia and w. Greece. Extralimitally, up to seven further subspecies throughout Europe and Mediterranean Sea S to n. Africa and Middle East, E through Russia and Asia Minor to n. Iran and sw. Asia including Turkmenistan, central Tadzhikistan and Kyrgystan.
• Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Carduelis flammea  in HANZAB book.
  )
        Redpoll (AviList 2025)
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies cabaret (P.L.S. Müller, 1776), birds probably of this subspecies introduced to NI and SI, and now established throughout NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ, also on Macquarie, Lord Howe, Kermadec, Chatham, Snares, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Is, indigenous from central and nw. Europe to British Isles, wintering in w. and s. Europe.
  • Extralimitally,
    • nominate flammea, n. Europe, Siberia, n. America, wintering in s. Europe, central and e. Asia and mid-N. America
    • rostrata (Coues, 1862), e. Canada, Greenland and Iceland, wintering in ne. USA and nw. Europe.

  Identity of subspecies in HANZAB region contentious (DAB, p. 781).

• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • Carduelis carduelis split:
      • Grey-crowned Goldfinch Carduelis caniceps, polytypic (paropanisi, subulata, caniceps, ultima)
      • European Goldfinch, polytypic, rest of the subspecies
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Subspecies introduced to Australia not identified in WLAB 4.1. NZCL 2022 identifies the subspecies introduced as britannica.

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  )
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies britannica (Hartert, 1903), introduced and established throughout se. Aust., from round Brisbane, SW along Great Divide to Riverina, NSW, Murray–Mallee and SA gulfs and Kangaroo I., and S through Vic. to Tas., including islands in Bass Str.; also Norfolk I.; and NI, SI, Stewart, Chatham, Snares and Auckland Is, NZ (Niethammer 1971); indigenous to British Isles, w. Netherlands and nw. France, wintering in sw. Europe.
  • Extralimitally, 9 subspecies from all Europe E through w. Russia and Asia Minor to sw. Siberia.
• Old World Buntings (Emberizidae)
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • species added from accepted BARC record 1366. Subspecies not identified.
  )
• Polytypic

  • aureola
  • ornata

  Both subspecies winter in southeastern Asia.
• Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
• Monotypic.
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Polytypic

  • Subspecies caliginosa Clancey, 1914, introduced and established on NI, SI and Stewart I., NZ, spreading to Chatham and Kermadec Is and straying to Lord Howe, Campbell and Snares Is; indigenous to n. and w. British Isles.
  • Extralimitally
    • nominate citrinella from w. Europe to w. Russia, w. Balkans and Greece, wintering in n. Africa
    • erythrogenys Brehm, 1855, e. Balkans, Ukraine and e. European Russia to Trans-Baikalia, wintering in sw. and w.-central Asia and Mongolia.
• New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies (Icteridae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name changed from New World Blackbirds to New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies
  )
• Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • subspecies gender changes
      • catamarcana to catamarcanus
      • obscura to obscurus
      • falklandica to falklandicus
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Genus change: Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca in HANZAB book.
  )
• Polytypic

  • Nominate loyca, s. Chile and s. Argentina;
  • catamarcanus (Zotta, 1937), nw. Argentina;
  • obscurus Nores & Yzurieta, 1979, n.-central Argentina;
  • falklandicus (Leverkühn, 1889), Falkland Is.

  Nominate and falklandicus are the subspecies likely to stray to S. Georgia.

• Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae) Taxonomic changes (
  • AviList 2025
    • English name changed from Tanagers to Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Added because Mourning Sierra-finch included in the BLI list for South Georgia and Sandwich Island.
  )
• Mourning Sierra-finch Rhopospina fruticeti Taxonomic changes (
  • HANZAB 2023
    • Not in HANZAB book. Included in the BLI list for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
  )
• Polytypic

  Three subspecies in South America.

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