Content update (19 January 2026 R 2.0 )

Species filters

To display the list of species including the image of the species see Species filters with images.

Use the search to limit the species displayed. The English name filter only uses the English name in the title of the entry for the species and does not include those in Other English names. To search the English name, enter the name (eg ‘Tristan Albatross’, without the quotes, not ‘Albatross, Tristan’) or part of the name (eg. ‘Tristan’ or ‘Albatross’, without the quotes) in the search box. To filter on a category, select the category from the list and then press filter. To both to filter on English name and a category (eg. ‘Albatross’ in the search box and Category ‘New Zealand’ to display albatross found in New Zealand).

To find text anywhere on the current page, use your browser functionality (Ctrl+F or CMD+F).

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

Species filter criteria and species selected

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Albatross, Amsterdam 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
Albatross, Antipodean 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)
Albatross, Atlantic Yellow-nosed 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
Albatross, Black-browed Thalassarche melanophris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Albatross, Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Albatross, Buller's Thalassarche bulleri    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Campbell Thalassarche impavida    (Monotypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
   Campbell Black-browed Albatross (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Chatham Thalassarche eremita    (Monotypic)
   Chatham Island Albatross (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Grey-headed Thalassarche chrysostoma    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Indian Yellow-nosed Thalassarche carteri    (Monotypic)
   Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Phoebetria palpebrata    (Monotypic)
   Light-mantled Albatross (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Near Threatened (APAB)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Northern Royal Diomedea sanfordi    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Salvin's Thalassarche salvini    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Shy Thalassarche cauta    (Polytypic)
   White-capped Albatross (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Albatross, Sooty Phoebetria fusca    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Albatross, Southern Royal Diomedea epomophora    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Least Concern (APAB), Endangered (EPBC) Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, Tristan Diomedea dabbenena    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Albatross, Wandering Diomedea exulans    (Monotypic)
   Snowy Albatross (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Albatross, White-capped Thalassarche steadi    (Monotypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Antpitta, Thrush-like Myrmothera campanisona    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Avocet, Red-necked Recurvirostra novaehollandiae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Babbler, Chestnut-crowned Pomatostomus ruficeps    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Babbler, Grey-crowned Pomatostomus temporalis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Babbler, Hall's Pomatostomus halli    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Babbler, White-browed Pomatostomus superciliosus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Baza, Pacific Aviceda subcristata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Bee-eater, Rainbow Merops ornatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bellbird, Chatham Islands Anthornis melanocephala    (Monotypic)
   Chatham Island Bellbird (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bellbird, Crested Oreoica gutturalis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Bellbird, New Zealand Anthornis melanura    (Polytypic)
   Bellbird (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Bittern, Australasian 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)
Bittern, Australian Little 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
Bittern, Black Botaurus flavicollis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Bittern, Cinnamon Botaurus cinnamomeus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Bittern, New Zealand 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
Bittern, Schrenck's Butorides eurhythmus    (Monotypic)
   Von Schrenck’s Bittern (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bittern, Yellow Butorides sinensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Black-Cockatoo, Baudin's Zanda baudinii    (Monotypic)
   Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Black-Cockatoo, Carnaby's Zanda latirostris    (Monotypic)
   Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Black-Cockatoo, Glossy Calyptorhynchus lathami    (Polytypic)
   Glossy Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC) Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed Calyptorhynchus banksii    (Polytypic)
   Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Zanda funerea    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Blackbird, Common Turdus merula    (Polytypic)
   Eurasian Blackbird (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Bluebonnet Northiella haematogaster    (Polytypic)
   Eastern Bluebonnet (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bluebonnet, Naretha Northiella narethae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Boatbill, Yellow-breasted Machaerirhynchus flaviventer    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Boobook, Brown Ninox scutulata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Boobook, Christmas Island Ninox natalis    (Monotypic)
   Christmas Boobook (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • 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.

Content Updates
(For site wide changes and release dates, see Release Notes)

Release 2.0

  • English names from AviList 2025 and NZCL 2024 added if different to the entry English name.
  • Scientific name from NZCL 2024 added if different
  • note added if text covers more than one species
  • other English names added


BirdLife Australia (2023). Species filters. [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-filters/ Accessed: March 16, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00

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