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Australian bird list - section 4
Passeriformes (Pittidae -- Laniidae)
Songbirds: Pittas -- Shrikes
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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Norfolk Island
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Macquarie Island
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Heard Island
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Christmas Island
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Cocos-Keeling Island
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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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More than 10 records on the mainland but breeds only on island territories within Australia
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Introduced
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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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English name
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CORACIIFORMES
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KINGFISHERS, ROLLERS AND BEE-EATERS
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Alcedinidae
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Water Kingfishers
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Alcedo azurea
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Azure Kingfisher
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Alcedo pusilla
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Little Kingfisher
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Halcyonidae
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Tree Kingfishers
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Tanysiptera sylvia
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Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
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Dacelo novaeguineae
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Laughing Kookaburra
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Dacelo leachii
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Blue-winged Kookaburra
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Syma torotoro
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Yellow-billed Kingfisher
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Todiramphus macleayii
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Forest Kingfisher
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Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
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Red-backed Kingfisher
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Todiramphus sanctus
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Sacred Kingfisher
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Todiramphus chloris
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Collared Kingfisher
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Meropidae
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Bee-eaters
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Merops ornatus
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Rainbow Bee-eater
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Coraciidae
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Rollers
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Eurystomus orientalis
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Dollarbird
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PASSERIFORMES
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SONGBIRDS
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Pittidae
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Pittas
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Pitta erythrogaster
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Red-bellied Pitta
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Pitta moluccensis
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Blue-winged PittaV
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Pitta versicolor
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Noisy Pitta
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Pitta iris
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Rainbow Pitta
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Menuridae
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Lyrebirds
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Menura alberti
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Albert's Lyrebird
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Menura novaehollandiae
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Superb Lyrebird
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Atrichornithidae
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Scrub-birds
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Atrichornis rufescens
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Rufous Scrub-bird
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Atrichornis clamosus
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Noisy Scrub-bird
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Climacteridae
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Treecreepers
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Cormobates leucophaeus
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White-throated Treecreeper
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Climacteris affinis
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White-browed Treecreeper
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Climacteris erythrops
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Red-browed Treecreeper
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Climacteris picumnus
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Brown Treecreeper
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Climacteris melanura
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Black-tailed Treecreeper
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Climacteris rufa
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Rufous Treecreeper
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Maluridae
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Fairy-wrens
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Malurus coronatus
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Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
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Malurus cyaneus
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Superb Fairy-wren
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Malurus splendens
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Splendid Fairy-wren
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Malurus lamberti
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Variegated Fairy-wren
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Malurus amabilis
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Lovely Fairy-wren
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Malurus pulcherrimus
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Blue-breasted Fairy-wren
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Malurus elegans
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Red-winged Fairy-wren
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Malurus leucopterus
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White-winged Fairy-wren
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Malurus melanocephalus
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Red-backed Fairy-wren
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Stipiturus malachurus
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Southern Emu-wren
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Stipiturus mallee
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Mallee Emu-wren
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Stipiturus ruficeps
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Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
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Amytornis barbatus
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Grey Grasswren
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Amytornis housei
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Black Grasswren
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Amytornis woodwardi
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White-throated Grasswren
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Amytornis dorotheae
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Carpentarian Grasswren
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Amytornis striatus
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Striated Grasswren
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Amytornis goyderi
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Eyrean Grasswren
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Amytornis textilis
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Thick-billed Grasswren
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Amytornis purnelli
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Dusky Grasswren
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Pardalotidae
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Pardalotes, Gerygones, Scrubwrens and Thornbills
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Pardalotus punctatus
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Spotted Pardalote
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Pardalotus quadragintus
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Forty-spotted Pardalote
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Pardalotus rubricatus
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Red-browed Pardalote
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Pardalotus striatus
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Striated Pardalote
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Dasyornis brachypterus
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Eastern Bristlebird
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Dasyornis longirostris
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Western Bristlebird
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Dasyornis broadbenti
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Rufous Bristlebird
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Pycnoptilus floccosus
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Pilotbird
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Origma solitaria
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Rockwarbler
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Oreoscopus gutturalis
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Fernwren
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Sericornis citreogularis
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Yellow-throated Scrubwren
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Sericornis frontalis
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White-browed Scrubwren
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Sericornis humilis
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Tasmanian Scrubwren
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Sericornis keri
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Atherton Scrubwren
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Sericornis magnirostris
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Large-billed Scrubwren
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Sericornis beccarii
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Tropical Scrubwren
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Acanthornis magnus
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Scrubtit
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Hylacola pyrrhopygia
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Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
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Hylacola cauta
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Shy Heathwren
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Calamanthus fuliginosus
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Striated Fieldwren
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Calamanthus campestris
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Rufous Fieldwren
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Pyrrholaemus brunneus
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Redthroat
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Chthonicola sagittata
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Speckled Warbler
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Smicrornis brevirostris
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Weebill
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Gerygone mouki
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Brown Gerygone
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Gerygone modesta
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Norfolk Island GerygoneN
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Gerygone tenebrosa
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Dusky Gerygone
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Gerygone levigaster
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Mangrove Gerygone
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Gerygone fusca
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Western Gerygone
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Gerygone insularis
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Lord Howe GerygoneLH/E
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Gerygone magnirostris
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Large-billed Gerygone
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Gerygone chloronotus
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Green-backed Gerygone
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Gerygone palpebrosa
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Fairy Gerygone
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Gerygone olivacea
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White-throated Gerygone
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Acanthiza katherina
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Mountain Thornbill
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Acanthiza pusilla
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Brown Thornbill
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Acanthiza apicalis
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Inland Thornbill
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Acanthiza ewingii
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Tasmanian Thornbill
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Acanthiza uropygialis
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Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
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Acanthiza robustirostris
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Slaty-backed Thornbill
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Acanthiza inornata
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Western Thornbill
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Acanthiza reguloides
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Buff-rumped Thornbill
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Acanthiza iredalei
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Slender-billed Thornbill
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Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Acanthiza nana
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Yellow Thornbill
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Acanthiza lineata
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Striated Thornbill
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Aphelocephala leucopsis
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Southern Whiteface
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Aphelocephala pectoralis
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Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
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Aphelocephala nigricincta
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Banded Whiteface
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Meliphagidae
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Honeyeaters
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Anthochaera carnunculata
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Red Wattlebird
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Anthochaera paradoxa
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Yellow Wattlebird
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Anthochaera chrysoptera
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Little Wattlebird
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Acanthagenys rufogularis
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
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Plectorhyncha lanceolata
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Striped Honeyeater
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Philemon buceroides
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Helmeted Friarbird
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Philemon argenticeps
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Silver-crowned Friarbird
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Philemon corniculatus
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Noisy Friarbird
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Philemon citreogularis
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Little Friarbird
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Xanthomyza phrygia
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Regent Honeyeater
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Entomyzon cyanotis
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Blue-faced Honeyeater
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Manorina melanophrys
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Bell Miner
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Manorina melanocephala
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Noisy Miner
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Manorina flavigula
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Yellow-throated Miner
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Manorina melanotis
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Black-eared Miner
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Xanthotis macleayana
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Macleay's Honeyeater
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Xanthotis flaviventer
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Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
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Meliphaga lewinii
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Lewin's Honeyeater
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Meliphaga notata
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Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
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Meliphaga gracilis
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Graceful Honeyeater
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Meliphaga albilineata
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White-lined Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus frenatus
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Bridled Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus hindwoodi
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Eungella Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus chrysops
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Yellow-faced Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus virescens
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Singing Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus versicolor
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Varied Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus fasciogularis
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Mangrove Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus unicolor
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White-gaped Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus flavus
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Yellow Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus leucotis
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White-eared Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus flavicollis
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Yellow-throated Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus melanops
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Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus cratitius
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Purple-gaped Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus keartlandi
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Grey-headed Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus ornatus
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Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus plumulus
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Grey-fronted Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus fuscus
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Fuscous Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus flavescens
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Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
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Lichenostomus penicillatus
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White-plumed Honeyeater
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Melithreptus gularis
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Black-chinned Honeyeater
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Melithreptus validirostris
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Strong-billed Honeyeater
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Melithreptus brevirostris
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Brown-headed Honeyeater
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Melithreptus albogularis
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White-throated Honeyeater
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Melithreptus lunatus
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White-naped Honeyeater
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Melithreptus affinis
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Black-headed Honeyeater
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Glycichaera fallax
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Green-backed Honeyeater
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Lichmera indistincta
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Brown Honeyeater
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Trichodere cockerelli
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White-streaked Honeyeater
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Grantiella picta
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Painted Honeyeater
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Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
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Crescent Honeyeater
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Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
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New Holland Honeyeater
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Phylidonyris nigra
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White-cheeked Honeyeater
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Phylidonyris albifrons
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White-fronted Honeyeater
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Phylidonyris melanops
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Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
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Ramsayornis modestus
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Brown-backed Honeyeater
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Ramsayornis fasciatus
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Bar-breasted Honeyeater
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Conopophila albogularis
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Rufous-banded Honeyeater
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Conopophila rufogularis
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Rufous-throated Honeyeater
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Conopophila whitei
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Grey Honeyeater
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Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
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Eastern Spinebill
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Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
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Western Spinebill
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Certhionyx pectoralis
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Banded Honeyeater
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Certhionyx niger
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Black Honeyeater
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Certhionyx variegatus
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Pied Honeyeater
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Myzomela obscura
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Dusky Honeyeater
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Myzomela erythrocephala
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Red-headed Honeyeater
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Myzomela sanguinolenta
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Scarlet Honeyeater
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Epthianura tricolor
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Crimson Chat
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Epthianura aurifrons
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Orange Chat
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Epthianura crocea
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Yellow Chat
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Epthianura albifrons
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White-fronted Chat
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Ashbyia lovensis
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Gibberbird
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Petroicidae
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Australasian Robins
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Microeca fascinans
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Jacky Winter
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Microeca flavigaster
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Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
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Microeca griseoceps
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Yellow-legged Flycatcher
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Petroica multicolor
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Scarlet Robin
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Petroica goodenovii
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Red-capped Robin
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Petroica phoenicea
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Flame Robin
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Petroica rosea
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Rose Robin
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Petroica rodinogaster
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Pink Robin
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Melanodryas cucullata
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Hooded Robin
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Melanodryas vittata
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Dusky Robin
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Tregellasia capito
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Pale-yellow Robin
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Tregellasia leucops
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White-faced Robin
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Eopsaltria australis
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Eastern Yellow Robin
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Eopsaltria griseogularis
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Western Yellow Robin
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Eopsaltria georgiana
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White-breasted Robin
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Eopsaltria pulverulenta
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Mangrove Robin
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Poecilodryas superciliosa
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White-browed Robin
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Heteromyias albispecularis
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Grey-headed Robin
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Drymodes superciliaris
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Northern Scrub-robin
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Drymodes brunneopygia
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Southern Scrub-robin
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Orthonychidae
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Logrunners
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Orthonyx temminckii
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Logrunner
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Orthonyx spaldingii
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Chowchilla
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Pomatostomidae
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Australo-Papuam Babblers
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Pomatostomus temporalis
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Grey-crowned Babbler
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Pomatostomus superciliosus
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White-browed Babbler
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Pomatostomus halli
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Hall's Babbler
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Pomatostomus ruficeps
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Chestnut-crowned Babbler
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Laniidae
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Shrikes
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Lanius cristatus
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Brown ShrikeCI/V
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