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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Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus    (Polytypic)
   Malayan Night Heron (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi    (Polytypic)
   Orange-fronted Parakeet (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Mangrove Robin Melanodryas pulverulenta    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Endangered (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Masked Finch Poephila personata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae    (Polytypic)
   Australasian Masked Owl (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Near Threatened (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC) Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae    (Monotypic)
   Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Extinct (APAB), Extinct (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Mew Gull Larus canus    (Polytypic)
   Common Gull (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis    (Monotypic)
   Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola    (Polytypic)
   Mountain Chat (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mourning Sierra-finch Rhopospina fruticeti    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Musk Duck Biziura lobata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Musk Lorikeet Trichoglossus concinnus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Mute Swan Cygnus olor    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus    (Polytypic)
   Nankeen Night Heron (AviList 2025) Rufous Night Heron (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest:  HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Naretha Bluebonnet Northiella narethae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Nazca Booby Sula granti    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
New Caledonian Storm-Petrel Fregetta lineata    (Monotypic)
   New Caledonian Storm Petrel (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Data Deficient (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura    (Polytypic)
   Bellbird (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
New Zealand Bittern Botaurus novaezelandiae    (Monotypic)
   New Zealand Little Bittern Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: Nov 2023 R 1.0
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Endangered (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Increasing (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Extinct (APAB)
    • New Zealand: Not Threatened (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus    (Polytypic)
   Fernbird (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus    (Monotypic)
   New Zealand Dabchick (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Increasing (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis    (Polytypic)
   Kaka (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)

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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