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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White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
White-faced Robin Eopsaltria leucops    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina    (Polytypic)
   White-faced Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024). Subspecies albiclunis elevated to  Kermadec Storm Petrel Pelagodroma albiclunis in NZCL 2024.
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-lined Honeyeater Meliphaga albilineata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica    (Monotypic)
   Pacific Heron (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis    (Polytypic)
   White-naped Petrel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-quilled Honeyeater Entomyzon albipennis    (Monotypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis    (Polytypic)
   White-quilled Rock Pigeon (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC) Not Listed (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-throated Grasswren Amytornis woodwardi    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus    (Monotypic)
   White-winged Tern (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus    (Polytypic)
   White-winged Fairywren (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Whitehead Mohoua albicilla    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys    (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
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus    (Polytypic)
   Wilson’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Wompoo Fruit-Dove Megaloprepia magnifica    (Polytypic)
   Wompoo Fruit Dove (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • Antarctica: –
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Increasing (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Yellow Bittern Butorides sinensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Critically Endangered (EPBC) Endangered (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer    (Polytypic)
  • 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