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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Silvereye Zosterops lateralis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Sittella, Varied Daphoenositta chrysoptera    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Skua, Brown Stercorarius antarcticus    (Polytypic)
   Southern Skua (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Skua, Chilean Stercorarius chilensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Skua, South Polar Stercorarius maccormicki    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Skylark, Eurasian Alauda arvensis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Snipe, Chatham Islands Coenocorypha pusilla    (Monotypic)
   Chatham Island Snipe (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Snipe, Latham's Gallinago hardwickii    (Monotypic)
   Japanese Snipe (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Vulnerable (APAB)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Snipe, North Island Coenocorypha barrierensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Snipe, Pintail Gallinago stenura    (Monotypic)
   Pin-tailed Snipe (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Snipe, Snares Coenocorypha huegeli    (Monotypic)
   Snares Island Snipe (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Snipe, South Island Coenocorypha iredalei    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Extinct (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Snipe, Subantarctic Coenocorypha aucklandica    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS) Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Snipe, Swinhoe's Gallinago megala    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
snipe, Unidentified Gallinago Gallinago spp
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Songlark, Brown Cincloramphus cruralis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Songlark, Rufous Cincloramphus mathewsi    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Passer montanus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Sparrow, House Passer domesticus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
Sparrow, Java Padda oryzivora    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Endangered (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Sparrowhawk, Collared Tachyspiza cirrocephala    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 11 March 2025 R 1.1
Sparrowhawk, Japanese Tachyspiza gularis    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Spinebill, Eastern Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Spinebill, Western Acanthorhynchus superciliosus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Content Update (No release date)
Spinifexbird Poodytes carteri    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Spoonbill, Royal Platalea regia    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Platalea flavipes    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Starling, Chestnut-cheeked Agropsar philippensis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Starling, Common Sturnus vulgaris    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
Starling, Metallic 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
Starling, Purple-backed Agropsar sturninus    (Monotypic)
   Daurian Starling (AviList 2025)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Starling, Rosy Pastor roseus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Starling, Singing Aplonis cantoroides    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Starling, Tasman Aplonis fusca    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Extinct (IUCN)
    • Australia: Extinct (APAB), Extinct (EPBC)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Stilt, Banded Cladorhynchus leucocephalus    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
Stilt, Black Himantopus novaezelandiae    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Critically Endangered (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Critical (NZTCS)
  • Content Update (No release date)
Stilt, Pied Himantopus leucocephalus    (Monotypic)
   Himantopus himantopus (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Not Evaluated (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Stint, Little Calidris minuta    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Stint, Long-toed Calidris subminuta    (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
Stint, Red-necked Calidris ruficollis    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Near Threatened (APAB)
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Stint, Temminck's Calidris temminckii    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • New Zealand: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable (NZTCS)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
  • Content Update (No release date)
Stone-curlew, Beach Esacus magnirostris    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Near Threatened (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Stone-curlew, Bush Burhinus grallarius    (Monotypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Stork, Black-necked Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB), Not Listed (EPBC)
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Stork, White Ciconia ciconia    (Polytypic)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: AviList 2025
Storm-Petrel, Band-rumped Hydrobates castro    (Monotypic)
   Band-rumped Storm Petrel (NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0
Storm-Petrel, Black-bellied Fregetta tropica    (Polytypic)
   Black-bellied Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
Storm-Petrel, Grey-backed Garrodia nereis    (Monotypic)
   Grey-backed Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Least Concern (IUCN)
    • Australia: Least Concern (APAB)
    • New Zealand: At Risk (NZTCS)
    • Antarctica: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content Update (No release date)
Storm-Petrel, Leach's Hydrobates leucorhous    (Polytypic)
   Leach’s Storm Petrel (AviList 2025, NZCL 2024)
  • Status by distribution:
    • Global: Vulnerable (IUCN)
    • Australia: –
    • New Zealand: –
  • Taxonomic change Latest: HANZAB 2023
  • Content change Latest: 19 January 2026 R 2.0

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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 20, 2026 Time Zone: +10:00

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