See Release notes for date and description of changes for each release. Latest Release: 2.0.1 (28 January 2026)
Birds
Taxa
Taxonomic order
- see Taxonomy below.
- see links at the top of each entry
- start – Ostrich
English name order
- Species
- index including family and notes about taxonomic changes
- revised (whole entry updated).
- with taxonomic or content changes.
- where English name in HANZAB different to AviList English name
- with filters to select by name, distribution and conservation status
- ordered by full name (eg Gang-gang Cockatoo)
- ordered with last name first (eg Cockatoo, Gang-gang)
- by distribution or conservation status
- Subfamilies
- Families
- Orders (no English name)
- Taxa no longer in HANZAB taxonomy – a list of taxa in the HANZAB books but no longer in the HANZAB taxonomy.
- Taxa added since the first online release of HANZAB.
Scientific name alphabetic order
Treatment and Presentation
Description of the information presented in HANZAB.
See Treatment and Presentation.
Supporting information
Related information
- Aboriginal names
- Maori names
- Ectoparasites of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds
- Foreign names
Other information
- Release notes. Latest Release: 2.0.1 (28 January 2026)
- Latest comments. (comments activated in Release 2.0).
- HANZAB book structure.
HANZAB Taxonomy
For sources used to compile the taxonomy below and treatment of conflicts see notes after the taxonomy.
For an expanded version of the taxonomy see Expanded HANZAB Taxonomy.
For previous taxonomy, see Previous taxonomies.
Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens (Maluridae)
Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies(Acanthizidae)
Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills (Monarchidae)
Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies (Locustellidae)
Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies (Estrildidae)
The taxonomy above is derived from the following sources:
- AviList 2025
- orders, families and species and the taxonomic sequence
- English name for species not in WLAB 4.3
- WLAB 4.3 (Birdlife Australia)
- For English names of Australian species
- Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Sixth Edition, 2024 (Ornithological Society of New Zealand) referenced as NZCL 2024
- Rarity committees of Australia (BARC) and New Zealand (NZ RAC), accepted records.
- Birdlife International datazone website for the species recorded in Antarctica, French Southern territories, Heard and MacDonald islands, Bouvet Island, and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Accessed 23 March 2023).
Where the treatment varies between these sources, it may be noted by comments in the text or by presenting each variation with comments. Eg. subspecies cooki of Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae in WLAB 4.1 is elevated to species level (Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii) in NZCL 2022. See Taxonomic changes since HANZAB book published in Red-crowned Parakeet (the NZCL 2022 name for Red-fronted Parakeet) or HANZAB Index+ for the treatment adopted.
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