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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Pitta, Blue-winged Pitta moluccensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Pitta, Fairy Pitta nympha    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Pitta, Hooded Pitta sordida    (Polytypic)
   Western Hooded Pitta (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Pitta, Noisy Pitta versicolor    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Pitta, Papuan Erythropitta macklotii    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Pitta, Rainbow Pitta iris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Critically Endangered (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Plover, American Golden 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
Plover, Caspian Anarhynchus asiaticus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, Common Ringed Charadrius hiaticula    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, Double-banded Anarhynchus bicinctus    (Polytypic)
   Banded Dotterel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Plover, Eurasian Golden Pluvialis apricaria    (Monotypic)
   European Golden Plover (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, Greater Sand Anarhynchus leschenaultii    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Plover, Grey Pluvialis squatarola    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Hooded Thinornis cucullatus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC) Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Kentish Anarhynchus alexandrinus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Lesser Sand Anarhynchus mongolus    (Polytypic)
   Siberian Sand Plover (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Little Ringed Thinornis dubius    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, New Zealand Anarhynchus obscurus    (Polytypic)
   New Zealand Dotterel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Increasing (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Oriental Anarhynchus veredus    (Monotypic)
   Oriental Dotterel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, Pacific Golden Pluvialis fulva    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Plover, Red-capped Anarhynchus ruficapillus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Plover, Semipalmated Charadrius semipalmatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Plover, Shore Thinornis novaeseelandiae    (Monotypic)
   Charadrius novaeseelandiae (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Plover, Three-banded Thinornis tricollaris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Plover, Tibetan Sand Anarhynchus atrifrons    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Pratincole, Australian Glareola isabella    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Pratincole, Black-winged Glareola nordmanni    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Pratincole, Collared Glareola pratincola    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Pratincole, Oriental Glareola maldivarum    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Prion, Antarctic 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)
Prion, Broad-billed Pachyptila vittata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Prion, Fairy Pachyptila turtur    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Prion, Fulmar Pachyptila crassirostris    (Polytypic)
   Subspecies pyramidalis elevated to full species Pyramid Prion Pachyptila pyramidalis (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Prion, MacGillivray's Pachyptila macgillivrayi    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Prion, Salvin's Pachyptila salvini    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Prion, Slender-billed Pachyptila belcheri    (Monotypic)
   Thin-billed Prion (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
Pygmy-goose, Cotton Nettapus coromandelianus    (Polytypic)
   Cotton Pygmy-Goose (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Pygmy-goose, Green Nettapus pulchellus    (Monotypic)
   Green Pygmy-Goose (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Quail-thrush, Chestnut Cinclosoma castanotum    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Quail-thrush, Chestnut-breasted Cinclosoma castaneothorax    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Quail-thrush, Cinnamon Cinclosoma cinnamomeum    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Quail-thrush, Copperback Cinclosoma clarum    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Quail-thrush, Nullarbor Cinclosoma alisteri    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Quail-thrush, Spotted Cinclosoma punctatum    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Extinct (APAB), Critically Endangered (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Quail-thrush, Western Cinclosoma marginatum    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Quail, Brown Synoicus ypsilophorus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Quail, California Callipepla californica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Quail, King Synoicus chinensis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Quail, New Zealand Coturnix novaezelandiae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1

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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 17, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00

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