Species filters – English name order

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Multiple conservation status values for a species may occur (see Note 1).

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Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
Alaskan Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus    (Polytypic)
   Hudsonian Whimbrel (AviList 2025) American Whimbrel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Revised (11 March 2025)
  • Content change Latest: 10 June 2025 R 1.2
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica    (Monotypic)
   Pluvialis dominicus (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
American Kestrel Falco sparverius    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Amsterdam Wigeon Mareca marecula    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis    (Monotypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC) Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Increasing (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Antipodes Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus    (Monotypic)
   Parasitic Jaeger (AviList 2025) Arctic Skua (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus    (Monotypic)
   Asiatic Dowitcher (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Revised (10 June 2025)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 10 June 2025 R 1.2
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Auckland Rail Lewinia muelleri    (Monotypic)
   Auckland Island Rail (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi    (Monotypic)
   Auckland Island Shag (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Auckland Teal Anas aucklandica    (Monotypic)
   Auckland Island Teal (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri    (Polytypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae    (Polytypic)
   Darter Anhinga melanogaster (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae    (Polytypic)
   Eastern Little Grebe (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami    (Polytypic)
   Australian Brushturkey (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa    (Monotypic)
   Australian Tern (AviLIst 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis    (Polytypic)
   Australian King Parrot (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Australian Little Bittern Botaurus dubius    (Monotypic)
   Black-backed Bittern (AviList 2025) Ixobrychus minutus dubius (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023

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Note. 1. Multiple conservation status values for a species may occur:

  • where a species is polytypic, The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 (APAB) and EPBC Act may record the status at the subspecies level. As a result, the species may appear below with several statuses E.g. For Emu, the Tasmanian subspecies is extinct and the mainland subspecies has a status of Least Concern so the APAB status is set to Extinct and Least Concern. As the listings below do not include species of least concern, Emu will only appear under the extinct category below. For Eastern Bristlebird, APAB records the southern subspecies (brachypterus) as Near Threatened and the northern subspecies (monoides) as Critically Endangered. In this case, Eastern Bristlebird will appear under both those ACAP categories (Near Threatened and Critically Endangered)
  • where a species has been split, the Conservation Status of the split species may be recorded under the old species until a separate entry is created. This may also result in multiple conservation statuses being recorded for a species.


BirdLife Australia (2023). Species filters – English name order. [Text before updates sourced from: Marchant, S. et al (eds) 1990-2006 Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds.Volume 1 to 7.] Birdlife Australia. Birdlife Australia. Source: https://hanzab.birdlife.org.au/species-filter-english-name-order/ Accessed: February 17, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00