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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Boobook, Northern Ninox japonica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Boobook, Southern Ninox boobook    (Polytypic)
   Australian Boobook (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Boobook, Tasmanian Ninox leucopsis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Booby, Abbott's Papasula abbotti    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Booby, Brown Sula leucogaster    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Booby, Masked 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)
Booby, Nazca Sula granti    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Booby, Red-footed Sula sula    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bowerbird, Fawn-breasted Chlamydera cerviniventris    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bowerbird, Golden Prionodura newtoniana    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bowerbird, Great Chlamydera nuchalis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Bowerbird, Regent Sericulus chrysocephalus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Bowerbird, Satin Ptilonorhynchus violaceus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bowerbird, Spotted Chlamydera maculata    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Bowerbird, Tooth-billed Scenopoeetes dentirostris    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bowerbird, Western Chlamydera guttata    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Bristlebird, Eastern Dasyornis brachypterus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Near Threatened (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bristlebird, Rufous Dasyornis broadbenti    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Extinct (APAB), Extinct (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bristlebird, Western Dasyornis longirostris    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Brolga Antigone rubicunda    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: Nov 2023 R 1.0
Bronze-Cuckoo, Gould's Chalcites russatus    (Polytypic)
(Not recognised as a species in current HANZAB taxonomy – see Taxonomic changes)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bronze-Cuckoo, Horsfield's Chalcites basalis    (Monotypic)
   Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bronze-Cuckoo, Little Chalcites minutillus    (Polytypic)
   Little Bronze Cuckoo (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Chalcites lucidus    (Polytypic)
   Shining Bronze Cuckoo (AviList 2025) Shining Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bronzewing, Brush Phaps elegans    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bronzewing, Common Phaps chalcoptera    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bronzewing, Flock Phaps histrionica    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Brush-turkey, Australian Alectura lathami    (Polytypic)
   Australian Brushturkey (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bulbul, Red-whiskered Pycnonotus jocosus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Bunting, Cirl Emberiza cirlus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
Bunting, Yellow-breasted Emberiza aureola    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Bush-hen, Pale-vented Amaurornis moluccana    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Bushlark, Horsfield's Mirafra javanica    (Polytypic)
   Singing Bush Lark (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bushwren Xenicus longipes    (Polytypic)
   Bush Wren (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Bustard, Australian Ardeotis australis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Butcherbird, Black Melloria quoyi    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Butcherbird, Black-backed Cracticus mentalis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Butcherbird, Grey Cracticus torquatus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Butcherbird, Pied Cracticus nigrogularis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Butcherbird, Silver-backed Cracticus argenteus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Button-quail, Black-breasted Turnix melanogaster    (Monotypic)
   Black-breasted Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB), Vulnerable (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Buff-breasted Turnix olivii    (Monotypic)
   Buff-breasted Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: Critically Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Chestnut-backed Turnix castanotus    (Monotypic)
   Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Little Turnix velox    (Monotypic)
   Little Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Painted Turnix varius    (Polytypic)
   Painted Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Endangered (APAB), Endangered (EPBC)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Red-backed Turnix maculosus    (Polytypic)
   Red-backed Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Button-quail, Red-chested Turnix pyrrhothorax    (Monotypic)
   Red-chested Buttonquail (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Buzzard, Black-breasted Hamirostra melanosternon    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Buzzard, White-eyed Butastur teesa    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
  • 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.

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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