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Australian bird list - section 2
Gruiformes -- Charadriiformes
Cranes, Rails and Bustards -- Shorebirds and Gulls
This list includes those species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. It is based on 'The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories' by Leslie Christidis and Walter E. Boles (1994. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Monograph 2). To it have been added any new species for which records have been accepted by the Records Appraisal Committee of Birds Australia. It omits records of vagrant species not yet accepted, ship-assisted species, introduced species that were established but are now extirpated and species cited in the literature that are now not accepted. No attempt has been made to incorporate taxonomic revisions subsequent to Christidis and Boles; that list is currently being revised and any changes will be reflected here when it is published.
All species without a superscript have been recorded from the mainland, Tasmania or surrounding waters, either breeding or as regular migrants. Species that are mainly reported from, or occur only on, island territories are marked with the appropriate regional superscript:
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Lord Howe Island
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N
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Norfolk Island
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M
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Macquarie Island
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Heard Island
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Christmas Island
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CK
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Cocos-Keeling Island
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TS
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Torres Strait islands
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If a species occurs on the mainland (not as a vagrant) and also on an island territory, it is not listed with a superscript.
The following superscripts are descriptive:
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Vagrant (less than 10 records in total)
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V*
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More than 10 records on the mainland but breeds only on island territories within Australia
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I
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Introduced
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E
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Extinct
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A '/' signifies a combination; for example, N/E is a species recorded from Norfolk Island that is now extinct.
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Scientific name
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English name
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GRUIFORMES
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RAILS, CRANES AND BUSTARDS
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Gruidae
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Cranes
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Grus antigone
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Sarus Crane
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Grus rubicunda
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Brolga
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Rallidae
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Rails, Crakes and Gallinules
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Rallina tricolor
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Red-necked Crake
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Rallina fasciata
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Red-legged CrakeV
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Gallirallus philippensis
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Buff-banded Rail
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Gallirallus sylvestris
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Lord Howe WoodhenLH
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Rallus pectoralis
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Lewin's Rail
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Amaurornis olivaceus
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Bush-hen
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Amaurornis phoenicurus
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White-breasted WaterhenC/V
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Porzana pusilla
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Baillon's Crake
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Porzana fluminea
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Australian Spotted Crake
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Porzana fusca
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Ruddy-breasted Crake C/V
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Porzana tabuensis
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Spotless Crake
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Porzana cinerea
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White-browed Crake
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Eulabeornis castaneoventris
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Chestnut Rail
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Gallicrex cinerea
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Watercock C/V
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Porphyrio porphyrio
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Purple Swamphen
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Porphyrio albus
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White GallinuleLH/E
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Gallinula tenebrosa
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Dusky Moorhen
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Gallinula ventralis
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Black-tailed Native-hen
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Gallinula mortierii
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Tasmanian Native-hen
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Fulica atra
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Eurasian Coot
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Otididae
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Bustards
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Ardeotis australis
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Australian Bustard
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TURNICIFORMES
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BUTTON-QUAIL
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Turnicidae
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Turnix maculosa
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Red-backed Button-quail
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Turnix velox
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Little Button-quail
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Turnix pyrrhothorax
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Red-chested Button-quail
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Turnix castanota
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Chestnut-backed Button-quail
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Turnix olivii
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Buff-breasted Button-quail
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Turnix varia
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Painted Button-quail
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Turnix melanogaster
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Black-breasted Button-quail
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CHARADRIIFORMES
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SHOREBIRDS AND GULLS
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Pedionomidae
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Plains-wanderer
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Pedionomus torquatus
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Plains-wanderer
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Scolopacidae
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Sandpipers
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Gallinago hardwickii
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Latham's Snipe
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Gallinago stenura
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Pin-tailed SnipeV
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Gallinago megala
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Swinhoe's Snipe
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Limosa limosa
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Black-tailed Godwit
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Limosa haemastica
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Hudsonian GodwitV
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Limosa lapponica
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Bar-tailed Godwit
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Numenius minutus
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Little Curlew
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Numenius phaeopus
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Whimbrel
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Numenius madagascariensis
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Eastern Curlew
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Bartramia longicauda
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Upland SandpiperV
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Tringa erythropus
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Spotted RedshankV
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Tringa totanus
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Common Redshank
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Tringa stagnatilis
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Marsh Sandpiper
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Tringa nebularia
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Common Greenshank
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Tringa flavipes
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Lesser YellowlegsV
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Tringa ochropus
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Green SandpiperV
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Tringa glareola
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Wood Sandpiper
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Xenus cinereus
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Terek Sandpiper
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Actitis hypoleucos
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Common Sandpiper
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Heteroscelus brevipes
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Grey-tailed Tattler
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Heteroscelus incanus
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Wandering Tattler
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Arenaria interpres
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Limnodromus semipalmatus
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Asian Dowitcher
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Calidris tenuirostris
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Great Knot
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Calidris canutus
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Red Knot
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Calidris alba
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Sanderling
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Calidris minuta
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Little Stint
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Calidris ruficollis
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Red-necked Stint
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Calidris subminuta
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Long-toed Stint
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Calidris fuscicollis
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White-rumped SandpiperV
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Calidris bairdii
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Baird's SandpiperV
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Calidris melanotos
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Pectoral Sandpiper
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Calidris acuminata
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Calidris alpina
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DunlinV
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Calidris ferruginea
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Curlew Sandpiper
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Micropalama himantopus
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Stilt SandpiperV
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Tryngites subruficollis
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Buff-breasted SandpiperV
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Limicola falcinellus
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Broad-billed Sandpiper
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Philomachus pugnax
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Ruff
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Steganopus tricolor
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Wilson's PhalaropeV
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Phalaropus lobatus
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Red-necked Phalarope
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Phalaropus fulicaria
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Grey PhalaropeV
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Rostratulidae
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Painted Snipe
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Rostratula benghalensis
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Painted Snipe
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Jacanidae
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Jacanas
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Irediparra gallinacea
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Comb-crested Jacana
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Hydrophasianus chirurgus
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Pheasant-tailed JacanaV
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Chionidae
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Sheathbills
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Chionis minor
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Black-faced SheathbillH
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Burhinidae
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Stone-curlews
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Burhinus grallarius
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Bush Stone-curlew
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Esacus neglectus
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Beach Stone-curlew
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Haematopodidae
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Oystercatchers
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Haematopus finschi
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South Island Pied OystercatcherV
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Haematopus longirostris
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Pied Oystercatcher
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Haematopus fuliginosus
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Sooty Oystercatcher
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Recurvirostridae
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Stilts and Avocets
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Himantopus himantopus
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Black-winged Stilt
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Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
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Banded Stilt
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Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
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Red-necked Avocet
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Charadriidae
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Plovers and Lapwings
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Pluvialis fulva
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Pacific Golden Plover
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Pluvialis squatarola
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Grey Plover
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Charadrius hiaticula
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Ringed PloverV
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Charadrius dubius
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Little Ringed PloverV
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Charadrius alexandrinus
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Kentish PloverV
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Charadrius ruficapillus
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Red-capped Plover
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Charadrius bicinctus
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Double-banded Plover
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Charadrius mongolus
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Lesser Sand Plover
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Charadrius leschenaultii
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Greater Sand Plover
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Charadrius asiaticus
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Caspian PloverV,CK/V
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Charadrius veredus
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Oriental Plover
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Charadrius australis
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Inland Dotterel
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Elseyornis melanops
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Black-fronted Dotterel
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Thinornis rubricollis
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Hooded Plover
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Erythrogonys cinctus
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Red-kneed Dotterel
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Vanellus tricolor
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Banded Lapwing
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Vanellus miles
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Masked Lapwing
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Glareolidae
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Pratincoles
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Glareola maldivarum
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Oriental Pratincole
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Stiltia isabella
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Australian Pratincole
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Laridae
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Gulls, Terns and Skuas
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Catharacta skua
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Great Skua
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Catharacta maccormicki
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South Polar SkuaV
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Stercorarius pomarinus
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Pomarine Jaeger
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Stercorarius parasiticus
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Arctic Jaeger
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Stercorarius longicaudus
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Long-tailed Jaeger
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Larus pacificus
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Pacific Gull
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Larus crassirostris
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Black-tailed GullV
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Larus dominicanus
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Kelp Gull
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Larus novaehollandiae
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Silver Gull
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Larus ridibundus
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Black-headed GullV
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Larus atricilla
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Laughing GullV
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Larus pipixcan
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Franklin's GullV
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Larus sabini
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Sabine's GullV
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Sterna nilotica
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Gull-billed Tern
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Sterna caspia
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Caspian Tern
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Sterna bengalensis
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Lesser Crested Tern
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Sterna bergii
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Crested Tern
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Sterna dougallii
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Roseate Tern
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Sterna striata
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White-fronted Tern
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Sterna sumatrana
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Black-naped Tern
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Sterna hirundo
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Common Tern
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Sterna paradisaea
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Arctic Tern
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Sterna vittata
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Antarctic TernV,M,H
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Sterna albifrons
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Little Tern
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Sterna nereis
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Fairy Tern
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Sterna anaethetus
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Bridled Tern
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Sterna fuscata
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Sooty Tern
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Chlidonias hybridus
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Whiskered Tern
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Chlidonias leucopterus
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White-winged Black Tern
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Chlidonias niger
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Black TernV
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Anous stolidus
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Common Noddy
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Anous minutus
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Black Noddy
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Anous tenuirostris
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Lesser Noddy
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Procelsterna cerulea
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Grey TernletV*,LH,N
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Gygis alba
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White Tern
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