Complete index of all Australian bird species

"dhigaraa" [gamilaraay], "dhigayaa" [yuwaalayaay], "ghigayaa" [yuwaalaraay] = bird

This list comprises all bird species presented in most bird guides. NOTE: Only bird species native to Australia are listed here. No introduced species are listed or shown. Names of species described by us are shown in boldface italics font as clickable links. Names of bird species not (yet) found by us are given in brackets, in smaller, grey font and are not clickable.

Australian bird species are listed by their common names, Aboriginal name/s (if known) and their scientific names. To search for a species with a composite name, such as "Grey-crowned Babbler", go to the letter "B" for "Babbler, Grey-crowned".

Common names sorted alphabetically: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   W   Y

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Aboriginal name/s

Scientific name

A

	Albatross		"tarrina" = albatross
		(Amsterdam)		(Diomedea amsterdamensis)
		(Antipodean)		(Diomedea antipodensis)
		(Atlantic Yellow-nosed)		(Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
		Black-browed		Thalassarche melanophris
		Buller's		Thalassarche bulleri
		Campbell		Thalassarche impavida
		(Chatham)		(Thalassarche eremita)
		(Grey-headed)		(Thalassarche chrysostoma)
		Indian Yellow-nosed	"woolwool" (WA)	Thalassarche carteri
		Light-mantled		Phoebetria palpebrata
		Northern Royal		Diomedea sanfordi
		(Salvin's)		(Thalassarche salvini)
		Shy		Thalassarche cauta
		(Sooty)		(Phoebetria fusca)
		Southern Royal		Diomedea epomophora
		(Tristan)		(Diomedea dabbenena)
		Wandering		Diomedea exulans
		(White-capped)		(Thalassarche steadi)
		Apostlebird		Struthidea cinerea
		Avocet, Red-necked	"ngakan-ngakan" [tjapwurrung]; "yadjinkorong" (WA)	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

B

	Babbler			Pomatostomus
		Chestnut-crowned		Pomatostomus ruficeps
		Grey-crowned	Race "temporalis": "dhadhalurraa" [yuwaalaraay]; "gawah-gawang" [western bundjalung]; "wirrbing"	Pomatostomus temporalis
		Hall's		Pomatostomus halli
		White-browed	"ngowen" (WA); "juin-juin"	Pomatostomus superciliosus
		Baza, Pacific		Aviceda subcristata
		Bee-eater, Rainbow	"birrubirruu" [yuwaalaraay]; "dirrandirran" [ngadjon]; "birinbirin", "beringo" (WA)	Merops ornatus
		Bellbird, Crested	"bokonbokon", "barkabark", "dirldirl" (WA); "burn-burn-boolala", "kangoo"	Oreoica gutturalis
	Bittern
		Australasian	"kawoR" [tjapwurrung]; "boordenitj" (WA); "boonboon"	Botaurus poiciloptilus
		Australian Little		Botaurus dubius
		Black	Race "australis": "wandjima" (WA); "woggal"	Botaurus flavicollis
		Boatbill, Yellow-breasted		Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
		Bonnet, Blue	Race "haematorrhous": "bulaybulay" [yuwaalaraay]	Northiella haematogaster
		Boobook, Australian	Race "boobook": "guurrguurr" [yuwaaliyaay]; "guhnggur", "gumgan"/"gumgum" [bundjalung]; "gugu" [ngadjon]; "boobook"; Race "ocellata": "gurrgumarlu" [ngarluma], "goorgoorda", "koorkoo", "koorkoda", "kookobort", "kookomit", "yartj" (WA); "mulara"	Ninox boobook
	Booby			Sula
		Brown		Sula leucogaster
		Masked		Sula dactylatra
		Red-footed		Sula sula
	Bowerbird
		Fawn-breasted		Chlamydera cerviniventris
		Golden		Amblyornis newtonianus
		Great		Chlamydera nuchalis
		Regent	"nyangga"/"nangga-nangga"/"nyanggar"/"ngadjangah" [eastern bundjalung]	Sericulus chrysocephalus
		Satin	"jirguluhm", "wamban" [bundjalung]; "guda-balumbaa", "warrgandala" [ngadjon]; "loRitj" [tjapwurrung]	Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
		Spotted	"wiidhaa" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]	Chlamydera maculata
		Tooth-billed	"wirranba" [ngadjon]	Scenopoeetes dentirostris
		Western		Chlamydera guttata
	Bristlebird			Dasyornis
		(Eastern)		(Dasyornis brachypterus)
		Rufous		Dasyornis broadbenti
		Western	"booderitj", "djidalya"	Dasyornis longirostris
		Brolga	"brolga", "burralga" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay], "burraalga" [yuwalayaay], "baralga" ("poralka"); "mulanyin", "muralmim", "murulmany", "gayugul", "gilgil" [bundjalung]; "kutjun"/"kuRun" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]	Antigone rubicunda
	Bronzewing (see also Dove, Pigeon)			Phaps
		Brush	Race "occidentalis": "ooda*", "moorytch*" (WA)	Phaps elegans
		Common	"tappak", "dhamarr" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "taap"/"tap" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "ooda*", "oot", "ngambin", "moorytch*", "moonbi" (WA); "wingabutta", "gnambam", "murnpip", "warriwarri"	Phaps chalcoptera
		Flock		Phaps histrionica
		Brush-turkey, Australian	Race "lathami": "wagun" ("woggoon"), "wirrila" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "wagun"/"mahgun", "gugabi", "gugubuny" [bundjalung]; "kolapatjin"/"kulapatjin" [yartwatjali, western djadjawurrung], "lawan" [tjapwurrung, eastern djadjawurrung]; "gweela" Race "purpureicollis": "mungarra" [ngadjon], "wundoora"	Alectura lathami
		Budgerigar	"budgerigah", "betcherrygah", "gidjirrigaa" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "dingleyerong" (WA); "gilgilga", "cathathara" ("katatara"), "coolyerrin"	Melopsittacus undulatus
		Bush-hen, Pale-vented		Amaurornis moluccana
		Bushlark, Horsfield's	"tirtiyn tjaRuk"/"turti tjaRuk" [tjapwurrung, eastern djadjawurrung]	Mirafra javanica
		Bustard, Australian	Race "australis": "mantaba", "murranudda", "boorawa" ("burrawa"), "cooraki", "kipara", "kyogle", "nanatee", "nanundi", "numerkah", "pooranna", "ballala", "kio", "gumblegubbin" "bebilya", "kooli", "wabanga", "bibilerak", "barado" (WA)	Ardeotis australis
	Butcherbird		"guburany" [ngadjon]	Cracticus
		Black	Race "rufescens": "galbu" [ngadjon]	Melloria [Cracticus] quoyi
		Black-backed		Cracticus mentalis
		Grey	"koolardi"; Race "leucopterus": "wadowadong", "wardawawt", "yodjidi" (WA)	Cracticus torquatus
		Pied	Race "nigrogularis: "wuhd-wuhd", "wuud-wuud" (bundjalung) Race "picatus: "koodjieko" (WA) More Aboriginal names are available HERE .	Cracticus nigrogularis
		Silver-backed		Cracticus argenteus
	Button-quail (see also Quail)			Turnix
		Black-breasted		Turnix melanogaster
		(Buff-breasted)		(Turnix olivii)
		Chestnut-backed		Turnix castanotus
		Little	"kooradong" (WA)	Turnix velox
		Painted	"nip nip" [tjapwurrung]; "boorolom", "moorolom" (WA)	Turnix varius
		Red-backed		Turnix maculosus
		Red-chested		Turnix pyrrhothorax
		Buzzard, Black-breasted	"koodap" (WA)	Hamirostra melanosternon

C

		Cassowary, Southern	Race "johnsonii": "gumbagan" [ngadjon]	Casuarius casuarius
	Catbird			Ailuroedus
		Green	"jigay"/"jihgay"/"jigaybil" [bundjalung]	Ailuroedus crassirostris
		Spotted	Race "maculosus": "jiguya" [ngadjon]	Ailuroedus melanotis
	Chat (see also Gibberbird)			Epthianur
		Crimson		Epthianura tricolor
		Orange		Epthianura aurifrons
		White-fronted	"yabawilban" (WA)	Epthianura albifrons
		Yellow		Epthianura crocea
		Chough, White-winged	"wuyuu" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]	Corcorax melanorhamphos
		Cicadabird, Sahul		Edolisoma tenuirostre
		Chowchilla	"jawujala" [ngadjon], "chowchilla"	Orthonyx spaldingii
	Cisticola			Cisticola
		Golden-headed		Cisticola exilis
		Zitting		Cisticola juncidis
		Cockatiel	"ooya", "wiyaarr" [yuwaalaraay]; "wooraling", "wira" (WA)	Nymphicus hollandicus
	Cockatoo		"gagudju", "biloola", "braak", "kerang", "moori", "nayook" = cockatoo "tilanbi" = black-cockatoo
		Galah	Race "albiceps": "galah", "gilaa" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "kalemji", "gillumba" Race "roseicapillus": "biako"	Eolophus [Cacatua] roseicapillus
		Gang-gang		Callocephalon fimbriatum
		Glossy Black-	Race "lathami": "bilirr" [gamilaraay]; "wayilayn" [western bundjalung]; "ponpontuRong" [tjapwurrung]	Calyptorhynchus lathami
		Long-billed Black-		Zanda baudinii
		Major Mitchell's	Race "leadbeateri": "gugalarrin" [yuwaalaraay], "wijagala" ("weejugla") [wiradjuri]; Race "mollis": "yakalyakal" (WA)	Cacatua leadbeateri
		Palm		Probisciger aterrimus
		Pink	Race "leadbeateri": "gugalarrin" [yuwaalaraay], "wijagala" ("weejugla") [wiradjuri]; Race "mollis": "yakalyakal" (WA)	Cacatua leadbeateri
		Red-tailed Black-	"wyralla", "anulka", "yarbi" (WA); Race "banksii": "pachang" [pakanh], "inhulg" [uw oykangand], "anhulg" [uw olkola] Race "naso": "karak" [noongar] Race "samueli": "dirandi" (WA), "iranti" [pitjantjatjara] Race "macrorhynchus": "ngarnarrh", "karnamarr-to" [gunwinggu] Race "graptogyne": "treen" [bungandidj]	Calyptorhynchus banksii
		Short-billed Black-		Zanda latirostris
		Sulphur-crested	"gehr" [western bundjalung]; "gayambula" [ngadjon]; "kaneky", "mooyi", "kogga-longo", "arunta", "korina", "kudrungoo", "moorai", "nannawarra", "tingari"	Cacatua galerita
		Yellow-tailed Black-	"wiRan"/"wiRayn" [tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "wayilahr" [western bundjalung], "girayir"/"gireh" [eastern bundjalung]; "wylah"	Zanda funerea
		Coot, Eurasian	"galundirgin" [eastern bundjalung]; "kipul" [tjapwurrung]; "kidjibroon", "moolyawindo" (WA); "kirli"	Fulica atra
	Corella			Cacatua
		Little	Race "gymnopsis": "djayarra", "bidira" (WA); "ngarritj"	Cacatua sanguinea
		Long-billed		Cacatua tenuirostris
		Western	"manyt", "manatj" "nganarra", "binadji"	Cacatua pastinator
	Cormorant (see also Shag)		"muloora", "tantani" = cormorant
		Black-faced		Phalacrocorax fuscescens
		Great	Race "carboides": "bigargin" [eastern bundjalung]; "karbanga", "kardakart" (WA); "muloora"	Phalacrocorax carbo
		Little Black	"go-go"
		Little Pied	Race "melanoleucos": "tiRipilikurrk" [tjapwurrung]; "kokoko" (WA)	Microcarbo [Phalacrocorax] melanoleucos
		Pied	"madi" (WA)	Phalacrocorax varius
		Coucal, Pheasant	"bun-bun" [western bundjalung]; "bunbunbu" [ngadjon]	Centropus phasianinus
	Crake
		Australian Spotted		Porzana fluminea
		Baillon's		Zapornia pusilla
		Red-necked		Rallina tricolor
		Spotless	Race "tabuensis": "warradja" (WA)	Porzana tabuensis
		White-browed		Amaurornis [Porzana] cinerea
	Crane			Antigone
		Brolga	"brolga", "burralga" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay], "burraalga" [yuwalayaay], "baralga" ("poralka"); "mulanyin", "muralmim", "murulmany", "gayugul", "gilgil" [bundjalung]; "kutjun"/"kuRun" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]	Antigone rubicunda
		Sarus		Antigone antigone
	Crow (see also Raven)		"koolpurrie", "kowulka", "narracan", "wagoora", "waitchie", "wardong" = crow; "wagahn" [bundjalung] = crow, raven	Corvus
		Little	"woggura"	Corvus bennetti
		Torresian	"waja" [ngadjon]	Corvus orru
	Cuckoo		"gurrii" [ngadjon] = cuckoo
		Black-eared		Chalcites [Chrysococcyx] osculans
		Brush		Cacomantis variolosus
		Channel-billed	"boggabri" [gamilaraay]; "derang", "duriyang" [bundjalung]; "gurrilngurril" [ngadjon]	Scythrops novaehollandiae
		Chestnut-breasted		Cacomantis castaneiventris
		Fan-tailed	"doolar" (SW WA)	Cacomantis flabelliformis
		(Gould's Bronze-)		(Chalcites minutillus russatus)
		Horsefield's Bronze-	"djorit*" (WA)	Chalcites [Chrysococcyx] basalis
		Little Bronze-		Chalcites [Chrysococcyx] minutillus
		Oriental		Cuculus optatus
		Pallid		Cacomantis pallidus
		Shining Bronze-	"djorit*" (WA)	Chalcites [Chrysococcyx] lucidus
	Cuckoo-shrike			Coracina
		Barred		Coracina lineata
		Black-faced	Race "melanops": "gunidjaa" [yuwaalaraay]; "ngoolako", "karebomdo" (WA)	Coracina novaehollandiae
		Ground	"kooraling" (WA)	Coracina maxima
		White-bellied	Race "artamoides": "bagawang" [bundjalung]	Coracina papuensis
	Curlew (see also Stone-curlew)			Numenius
		Eastern	"widjonong" (WA)	Numenius madagascariensis
		Little		Numenius minutus
	Currawong		"cur-ow-ung" [awaba], "kirriwong" [birbai] = currawong	Strepera
		Black	"cur-ow-ung*" [awaba], "kirriwong*" [birbai]	Strepera fuliginosa
		Grey	"cur-ow-ung*" [awaba], "kirriwong*" [birbai], "wati-eri" [ramindjeri], "kiling-kildi" (lower Murray), "koolardi"; Race "plumbea": "djilok", "bela", "bali", "bil", "djabin" (WA)	Strepera versicolor
		Pied	"cur-ow-ung*" [awaba], "kirriwong*" [birbai]; "jalwahng"/"jalwang"/"jarwang"/"jarwan" [bundjalung]; "kilirn" [tjapwurrung]	Strepera graculina

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		Darter, Australasian	Race "novaehollandiae": "koorowera", "marbangye"; "mimal" (WA)	Anhinga novaehollandiae
	Diving-Petrel
		Common		Pelecanoides urinatrix
		(South Georgian)		(Pelecanoides georgicus)
		Dollarbird	"dawdawgan", "jurgari" [bundjalung]; "didilnggurra" [ngadjon]	Eurystomus orientalis
	Dotterel (see also Plover, Lapwing)
		Black-fronted	"nidoolyorong" (WA)	Charadrius [Elseyornis] melanops
		Inland		Peltohyas australis
		Red-kneed		Erythrogonys cinctus
	Dove (see also Pigeon)		"mooragoo" = dove
		Black-banded Fruit-		Ptilinopus alligator
		Bar-shouldered		Geopelia humeralis
		Brown Cuckoo	Race "phasianella": "gabudjah", "gubudji" [eastern bundjalung]; Race "robinsoni": "judulu" [ngadjon]	Macropygia phasianella
		Diamond	"mennabroonka" (WA)	Geopelia cuneata
		(Grey-capped Emerald)		(Chalcophaps indica)
		Pacific Emerald	Race "rogersi": "gurrbum" [ngadjon]; "punkaree"	Chalcophaps longirostris
		Peaceful	Race "placida": "gunggan.gan"/"gungangan" [eastern bundjalung]; "gurrugu" [ngadjon]	Geopelia placida [striata]
		Rose-crowned Fruit-		Ptilinopus regina
		Superb Fruit-		Ptilinopus superbus
		Wompoo Fruit-	"(gidjuhny) mamugany" [bundjalung]; "bagamu" [ngadjon]	Ptilinopus magnificus
	Dowitcher			Limnodromus
		Asian		Limnodromus semipalmatus
		(Short-billed)		(Limnodromus griseus)
	Duck (see also Teal, Shelduck, Whistling-Duck)		"banadgee", "barrong", "karani", "toolim" = duck; "burrawang", "ouyen" = wild duck; "coondaree", "garrangay" [gamilaraay] = ducks; "makowa" = whistling-duck; "tharalkoo" = teal
		Australian Shel-	"pitjangRo" [yartwatjali], "pitjan.kuR" [tjapwurrung], "piRap" [western djadjawurrung], "minyilak" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "koorak", "kooraka", "nymarak" (WA); "perna"	Tadorna tadornoides
		Australian Wood	"barrgabarrga" [yuwaalaraay], "gunambaay" [gamilaraay], "warraaday" [gumbaynggirr]; "burbigul", "gambawir"/"gambirwir"/"gambabin" [bundjalung]; "piap-piap" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "maranganna", "billira", "boota" (WA); "erialta", "goonahea", "goonaroi", "koonallee", "gnaroo"	Chenonetta jubata
		Blue-billed	"boodo" (SW WA)	Oxyura australis
		Freckled	"paRimakurrk" [tjapwurrung]; "koortgang"	Stictonetta naevosa
		Garganey		Anas querquedula
		Hardhead	"erooto" (WA); "bubbuloo"	Aythya australis
		Musk	"bagabagaali" [yuwaalaraay], "biraala" [gamilaraay]; "murdjam" [western bundjalung]; "ngunyawil" [tjapwurrung]; "nganimil" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "kodara", "koodjak" (SW WA); "benalla", "berallah"/"berala", "nakkare", "pelde", "tatea", "modewarra", "tinbalong"	Biziura lobata
		Pacific Black	"budhanbaa" [yuwaalaraay], "garrangay" [gamilaraay]; "yet", "ngoonana", "bandji" (WA); "ngari" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "barana", "boorandarra", "currinda", "kooberi", "kooroola", "kumboora", "kurrungi", "maneroo", "mooree", "mara", "koona"	Anas superciliosa
		Pink-eared	"wilidhubaay" [yuwaalaraay, yuwaalayaay]; "wiRinut" [tjapwurrung]; "wimbin" (WA)	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
		Plumed Whistling-	"chipala*", "nowee"	Dendrocygna eytoni
		Radjah Shel-	"mahdo" ("mardo")	Tadorna radjah
		Spotted Whistling-		Dendrocygna guttata
		Wandering Whistling-	"chipala*"	Dendrocygna arcuata
		Drongo, Spangled	"bajinjilajila" [ngadjon]	Dicrurus bracteatus

E

	Eagle		"nairana", "walawuru", "warrimoo" = eagle
	(Gurney's)		(Aquila gurneyi)
		Little		Hieraaetus morphnoides
		Wedge-tailed	Race "audax": "bilyara", "wallardoo", "cooradilla", "curawura"/"kurrawurra", "kilpara", "koothalla", "neeyangarra", "otella", "walowoona" "mullian"/"maliyan"/"mollyan", "nompie", "woorawa", "wulde" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "mibany" [bundjalung]; "gurrijala" [ngadjon]; "bunjil" [kulin]; "woldja", "warlitj", "warlik", "warbako", "yelka" (WA)	Aquila audax
		White-bellied Sea-	"djilyon", "ngoolar" (WA); "konkon"	Haliaeetus leucogaster
	Egret
		Eastern Cattle		Ardea coromanda
		Eastern Reef		Egretta [Ardea] sacra
		Great	"moolpa"	Ardea alba [modesta]
		(Former Intermediate)		Ardea plumifera
		Little		Ardea [Egretta] garzetta
		Plumed		Ardea plumifera
		Emu	Race "novaehollandiae": "dhinawan" [gamilaraay]; "noori" [ngemba]; "nguruny"/"ngurihny" [bundjalung]; "yawirr"/"kawirr", "parramal" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; Race "rothschildi": "wetj", "wedji", "kulya", "kaya", "yallibiri" Race "diemenensis" (extinct): "gonanner", "ponanner", "tooteyer" (Tasmania) "atyimba", "boolongena", "kaltee", "miowera", "pinyali", "punnanumta", "wakaje", "warritcha", "beek-beek", "boongil", "boorameel", "burrimul", "cubaree", "goolberri" ("koolbaree"), "kalaya", "kallee", "karawingie", "koolpurrie", "koonappo", "koruni", "langura", "maowera", "marayong", "moorine", "oorooba", "pinyali", "tarrawingie"	Dromaius novaehollandiae
	Emu-wren			Stipiturus
		(Mallee)		(Stipiturus mallee)
		Rufous-crowned		Stipiturus ruficeps
		Southern	Race "polionotum": "tirnwit" [tjapwurrung] Race "westernensis": "djorrdjilya*", "djodal*"	Stipiturus malachurus

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	Fairy-wren			Malurus
		Blue-breasted		Malurus pulcherrimus
		Lovely		Malurus amabilis
		Purple-backed	"miril-yiril-yiri" Collectively, the three species White-winged Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren and Purple-backed Fairy-wren, are called "miril-yiril-yiri" along the northern edge of the Nullarbor	Malurus assimilis
		Purple-crowned		Malurus coronatus
		Red-backed	"banjal" [ngadjon]	Malurus melanocephalus
		Red-winged	"djorrdjilya*", "djodal*"	Malurus elegans
		Splendid	"miril-yiril-yiri" Collectively, the three species White-winged Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren and Purple-backed Fairy-wren, are called "miril-yiril-yiri" along the northern edge of the Nullarbor	Malurus splendens
		Superb	"tjitjiR" [tjapwurrung]	Malurus cyaneus
		Variegated		Malurus lamberti
		White-winged	"miril-yiril-yiri" Collectively, the three species White-winged Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren and Variegated Fairy-wren, are called "miril-yiril-yiri" along the northern edge of the Nullarbor	Malurus leucopterus
	Falcon (see also Kestrel, Hobby)			Falco
		Black		Falco subniger
		Brown	Race "berigora": "kargyne", "dondorn" (WA); "kirkinpa"	Falco berigora
		Grey	"boorga" (WA)	Falco hypoleucos
		Peregrine	Race "macropus": "bihyun" (Gold Coast); "kwetolbo", "moldern" (WA)	Falco peregrinus
	Fantail			Rhipidura
		Arafura		Rhipidura dryas
		Grey	Race "albicauda": "koodjinok", "yadoort", "kedjat" (WA)	Rhipidura albiscapa [fuliginosa]
		Mangrove		Rhipidura phasiana
		Northern		Rhipidura rufiventris
		Rufous	"buurrujingaa" [ngadjon]	Rhipidura rufifrons
		Fernwren		Oreoscopus gutturalis
	Fieldwren			Calamanthus
		Rufous	"boolerdo" (WA)	Calamanthus campestris
		Striated		Calamanthus fuliginosus
		Figbird, Australasian		Sphecotheres viridis
	Finch (see also Mannikin, Firetail)		"jeeree", "pimpinna" = finch
		Beautiful Firetail		Stagonopleura bella
		Red-eared Firetail		Stagonopleura oculata
		Black-throated		Poephila cincta
		Blue-faced Parrot-		Erythrura trichroa
		Crimson		Neochmia phaeton
		Diamond Firetail		Stagonopleura guttata
		Double-barred		Taeniopygia bichenovii
		Gouldian		Erythrura gouldiae
		Long-tailed		Poephila acuticauda
		Masked		Poephila personata
		Painted	"unchurunquar"	Emblema pictum
		Plum-headed		Neochmia modesta
		Red-browed	"naerne"	Neochmia temporalis
		Red-eared Firetail		Stagonopleura oculata
		Star		Neochmia ruficauda
		Zebra	"nyiri-nyiri", "nyi-nyi", "nanakawi"	Taeniopygia guttata
	Firetail		"jeeree", "pimpinna" = finch	Stagonopleura
		Beautiful		Stagonopleura bella
		Diamond		Stagonopleura guttata
		Red-eared	"boorin", "dwerdengolngani", "djiri"	Stagonopleura oculata
	Flycatcher			Myiagra
		Broad-billed		Myiagra ruficollis
		Leaden		Myiagra rubecula
		Lemon-bellied		Microeca flavigaster
		Paperbark		Myiagra nana
		Restless	"juwim-juwim" [bundjalung]; "djidengot", "wiring", "djowidjowi" (WA)	Myiagra inquieta
		Satin		Myiagra cyanoleuca
		Shining	Race "wardelli": "banayirrmban" [ngadjon]	Myiagra alecto
		Yellow-legged		Kempiella [Microeca] griseoceps
	Friarbird			Philemon
		Helmeted		Philemon buceroides
		Little		Philemon citreogularis
		Noisy	Race "corniculatus": "jagaru" [ngadjon] Race "monachus": "dhaguway" [yuwaalaraay]; "currabubula" [gamilaraay]; "galgurang"/"gulgulang" [bundjalung];	Philemon corniculatus
		Silver-crowned		Philemon argenticeps
	Frigatebird			Fregata
		(Christmas)		(Fregata andrewsi)
		Great		Fregata minor
		Lesser		Fregata ariel
	Frogmouth		"galgaman" [ngadjon]	Podargus
		Marbled		Podargus ocellatus
		Papuan		Podargus papuensis
		Tawny	"munnarn", "bingami", "coorameet", "moonyie" Race "strigoides": "buluurr" [yuwaalaraay]; "mumbir mumbir", "junir-junir" [bundjalung] Race "brachypterus": "kambekor", "kambyne" (WA)	Podargus strigoides
	Fruit-Dove see Dove			Ptilinopus
		Fulmar, Southern		Fulmarus glacialoides

G

		Galah	Race "albiceps": "galah", "gilaa" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "kalemji", "gillumba" Race "roseicapillus": "biako"	Eolophus [Cacatua] roseicapillus
	Gannet			Morus
		Australasian	"pakuRum" [tjapwurrung]	Morus serrator
		(Cape)		(Morus capensis)
		Garganey		Anas querquedula
	Gerygone			Gerygone
		Brown		Gerygone mouki
		Dusky		Gerygone tenebrosa
		Fairy		Gerygone palpebrosa
		Green-backed		Gerygone chloronota
		Large-billed		Gerygone magnirostris
		Mangrove		Gerygone levigaster
		Western	Race "fusca": "warylbodang"	Gerygone fusca
		White-throated		Gerygone olivacea
	Giant-Petrel			Macronectes
		Northern		Macronectes halli
		Southern		Macronectes giganteus
		Gibberbird (see also Chat)		Ashbyia lovensis
	Godwit			Limosa
		Bar-tailed		Limosa lapponica
		Black-tailed		Limosa limosa
		Hudsonian		Limosa haemastica
	Goose
		Cape Barren	Race "novaehollandiae": "tulka" [yartwatjali], "kaRal" [tjapwurrung, western djadajwurrung]; "lowrie" Race "grisea": "karnkarn"	Cereopsis novaehollandiae
		Cotton Pygmy-	"widgelow"	Nettapus coromandelianus
		Green Pygmy-	"loonbi"	Nettapus pulchellus
		Magpie	"ngaRuwaRa" [yartwatjali]; "muldrie"	Anseranas semipalmata
	Goshawk (see also Sparrowhawk)			Accipiter
		Brown	Race "fasciatus": "biju" [ngadjon]; "djildjil", "matwelitj", "koodjilarn" (WA)	Accipiter fasciatus
		Grey	White morph: "pukani" [tjapwurrung]	Accipiter novaehollandiae
		Red		Erythrotriorchis radiatus
	Grassbird			Megalurus
		Little		Megalurus gramineus
		Tawny		Megalurus timoriensis
	Grasswren			Amytornis
		Black	"dalal" [wunambal]	Amytornis housei
		Carpentarian		Amytornis dorotheae
		Dusky		Amytornis purnelli
		Eyrean		Amytornis goyderi
		Grey		Amytornis barbatus
		Kalkadoon		Amytornis ballarae
		Striated		Amytornis striatus
		Thick-billed		Amytornis modestus
		Western	Race "textilis": "nyernde", "djira"	Amytornis textilis
		(White-throated)	"yinlinkirrkkirr" [bininj]	(Amytornis woodwardi)
	Grebe
		Australasian	"man.garginy" [western bundjalung]; "kumkurnmitj" [tjapwurrung], "kuRanuRa" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "ngoonan" (WA)	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
		Great Crested	"kiyirn" [tjapwurrung}; "kali" (WA)	Podiceps cristatus
		Hoary-headed	"kumkurnmitj" [tjapwurrung], "kuRanuRa" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "wyooda", "booradjin" (WA)	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
	Greenshank			Tringa
		Common		Tringa nebularia
		(Nordmann's)		(Tringa guttifer)
	Gull
		Black-headed		Chroicocephalus ridibundus
		Kelp		Larus dominicanus
		Pacific		Larus pacificus
		Silver	Race "novaehollandiae": "manggiwarraywarraymal" [yuwaalaraay]; "djidjinook", "djiranger" (WA); "kalliwarra", "koonya", "tarooki"	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

H

		Hardhead		Aythya australis
	Harrier			Circus
		(Papuan)		(Circus spilothorax)
		Spotted	"piyeRng" [eastern djadjawurrung]	Circus assimilis
		Swamp	"tjuRk" [tjapwurrung]; "djilyoordo" (WA)	Circus approximans
	Heathwren			Hylacola
		Chestnut-rumped		Hylacola pyrrhopygia
		Shy		Hylacola cauta
	Heron
		Great-billed		Ardea sumatrana
		Little (formerly Striated)		Butorides atricapilla
		Pied		Egretta [Ardea] picata
		Rufous (Nankeen) Night	Race "hilli": "dharrun" [yuwaalaraay], "yirrin" [yuwaalaraay]; "kuki kalwar" [tjapwurrung]; "ngalgan", "ngalganing" (WA); "oroo"	Nycticorax caledonicus
		(Formerly Striated) Little		Butorides atricapilla
		White-faced	"budhuulgaa" [yuwaalaraay]; "gurehlgam" [western bundjalung]; "takakamuta" [yartwatjali], "karnayn" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "wyan", "boolong" (WA)	Egretta [Ardea] novaehollandiae
		White-necked	"bungubungu" [ngadjon]; "kuki pangga" [tjapwurrung]; "djilimilyan", "koondji", "nanto" (WA); "boonabaroo"	Ardea pacifica
		Hobby, Australian (see also Falcon, Kestrel)	"wowo", "ngowerngo"	Falco longipennis
	Honeyeater (see also Spinebill)		"bindelong"
		Banded		Certhionyx pectoralis
		Bar-breasted		Ramsayornis fasciatus
		Black	"dwerdangokngonin" (WA)	Sugomel [Certhionyx] niger
		Black-chinned		Melithreptus gularis
		Black-headed		Melithreptus affinis
		Blue-faced		Entomyzon cyanotis
		Bridled		Bolemoreus frenatus
		Brown	Race "indistincta": "djindjoko", "kyeet" (WA)	Lichmera indistincta
		Brown-backed		Ramsayornis modestus
		Brown-headed	Race "leucogenys": "djiok*", "berilberil*" (WA)	Melithreptus brevirostris
		Crescent		Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
		Dusky		Myzomela obscura
		Eungella		Bolemoreus hindwoodi
		Fuscous		Ptilotula fusca
		Graceful		Meliphaga gracilis
		Green-backed		Glycichaera fallax
		Grey		Conopophila whitei
		Grey-fronted	Race "plumulus": "bildjart" (SW WA)	Ptilotula plumula
		Grey-headed		Ptilotula keartlandi
		Kimberley		Teritornis fordiana
		Lewin's		Meliphaga lewinii
		Macleay's		Xanthotis macleayanus
		Mangrove		Gavicalis fasciogularis
		New Holland	"longirostris": "bandin*", "woorening"	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
		Painted		Grantiella picta
		Pied		Certhionyx variegatus
		Purple-gaped		Lichenostomus cratitius
		Red-headed		Myzomela erythrocephala
		Regent	"yalgan" [western bundjalung]	Anthochaera phrygia
		Rufous-banded		Conopophila albogularis
		Rufous-throated		Conopophila rufogularis
		Scarlet		Myzomela sanguinolenta
		Singing	Race "virescens": "dooromdoorom", "koolbot" (WA)	Gavicalis virescens
		Spiny-cheeked		Acanthagenys rufogularis
		Striped		Plectorhyncha lanceolata
		Strong-billed		Melithreptus validirostris
		Tawny-breasted		Xanthotis flaviventer
		Tawny-crowned	"melanops": "boolet", "wyrodjodong" (WA)	Glyciphila melanops
		Varied		Gavicalis versicolor
		White-cheeked	"gouldii": "bandin*"	Phylidonyris nigra
		White-eared	Race "leucotis": "malay"/"mali" [eastern bundjalung]	Nesoptilotis leucotis
		White-fronted	"koolbekolbon" (WA)	Purnella [Phylidonyris] albifrons
		White-gaped		Lichenostomus unicolor
		White-lined		Teritornis albilineata
		White-naped	Race "chloropsis": "djiok*", "berilberil*", "djinki", "bongin" (WA)	Melithreptus lunatus
		White-plumed	"chickowee"	Ptilotula penicillata
		White-streaked		Trichodere cockerelli
		White-throated		Melithreptus albogularis
		Yellow		Stomiopera flava
		Yellow-faced		Lichenostomus chrysops
		Yellow-plumed	"miamit" (WA)	Ptilotula ornata
		Yellow-spotted	"birraji" [ngadjon]	Meliphaga notata
		Yellow-throated		Nesoptilotis flavicollis
		Yellow-tinted		Ptilotula flavescens
		Yellow-tufted		Lichenostomus melanops

H

Hoopoe, Eurasian

Upupa epops

I

	Ibis		"panuni", "wanderriby" = ibis
		Australian White		Threskiornis molucca
		Glossy		Plegadis falcinellus
		Straw-necked	"paipan", "murrgumurrgu" [yuwaalaraay, yuwaalayaay]; "jungar*" [western bundjalung]	Threskiornis spinicollis

J

	Jacana
		Comb-crested		Metopidius [Irediparra] gallinacea
		Pheasant-tailed		Hydrophasianus chirurgus
		Jacky Winter	Race "fascinans": "dhunidjuni" [yuwaalaraay]	Microeca fascinans
	Jaeger (see also Skua)			Stercorarius
		Arctic		Stercorarius parasiticus
		Long-tailed		Stercorarius longicaudus
		Parasitic		Stercorarius parasiticus
		Pomarine		Stercorarius pomarinus

K

		Kestrel, Nankeen (see also Falcon, Hobby)	Race "cenchroides": "martiet" (WA); "minmin"	Falco cenchroides
	Kingfisher (see also Kookaburra)		"noorigoo", "perina" = kingfisher
		Azure	Race "azurea": "nyimdjar" [eastern bundjalung]; "jiwunyu" [ngadjon]	Ceyx [Alcedo] azurea
		Buff-breasted Paradise-	Race "sylvia": "giragira" [ngadjon]	Tanysiptera sylvia
		Forest	"dingdingin" [eastern bundjalung]	Todiramphus macleayii
		Little		Ceyx [Alcedo] pusilla
		Red-backed		Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
		Sacred	Race "sanctus": "ding-ding" [western bundjalung]; "panpan yatjuk" [tjapwurrung], "taiRing-taiRing" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "koonyenok", "djok" (WA); "rool" (Bird of Death)	Todiramphus sanctus
		Torresian		Todiramphus sordidus
		Yellow-billed		Syma torotoro
	Kite
		Black	"djillidjilli"	Milvus migrans
		Black-shouldered		Elanus axillaris
		Brahminy	Race "girrenera": "ngamandjin" [eastern bundjalung]	Haliastur indus
		Letter-winged		Elanus scriptus
		Square-tailed	"mararl", "djedurnmalak" (WA)	Lophoictinia isura
		Whistling	"djando" (WA); "kirrkie"	Haliastur sphenurus
	Knot			Calidris
		Great		Calidris tenuirostris
		Red		Calidris canutus
		Koel, Australian		Eudynamys cyanocephalus
	Kookaburra (see also Kingfisher)		"gunggaga" [ngadjon], "lalool", "wakooka", "googaburra" = kookaburra	Dacelo
		Blue-winged	"garrukal" [yolngu]	Dacelo leachii
		Laughing	"gugurrgaagaa" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "gagaru"/"gagurim"/"gahgun"/"gargugan" [bundjalung]; "kurng-kurng"/"kuRu-kuRu" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung], "kurng" [woiwurrung, wathawurrung]	Dacelo novaeguineae

L

	Lapwing (see also Plover, Dotterel)			Vanellus
		Banded	"kilkil" (WA); "kalli-jirr-jirr"	Vanellus tricolor
		Masked	"baaldarradharra" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "dabe-dabehr" [western bundjalung]; "dilbidilbi" [ngadjon]; "perrit-perrit" [yartwatjali], "pirrit-pirrit" [tjapwurrung], "perrit" [western djadjawurrung], "parritj-parritj" [eastern djadjawurrung]	Vanellus miles
		Logrunner, Australian	Race "temminckii": "wangum" [Gold Coast]; "chowchilla*"	Orthonyx temminckii
	Lorikeet
		Little	"jerriang"	Glossopsitta pusilla
		Musk		Glossopsitta concinna
		Purple-crowned	"kowar" (WA)	Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
		Rainbow	"kalingaR" [tjapwurrung]	Trichoglossus haematodus
		Red-collared		Trichoglossus rubritorquis
		Scaly-breasted		Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
		Varied	"wero"	Psitteuteles versicolor
	Lyrebird		"galbuny"/"galwuny" [bundjalung]	Menura
		Albert's		Menura alberti
		Superb	"buln-buln"/"puln puln" [tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "wiwieringgere"	Menura novaehollandiae

M

		Magpie, Australian	Race "tibicen": "burrugaabu" [gamilaraay]; "galamarin"/"gulamburan"/"gulgurang"/"gurahmburuhn" [bundjalung]; Race "terraereginae": "burrugarrbuu" [yuwaalaraay]; "jawajawa" [ngadjon]; Race "dorsalis": "koorbat", "koorbardi", "koorbardo", "parwan" Race "tyrannica": "karrak", "kurruk" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "koora", "barrawarn", "bilinga", "coorabie"	Cracticus tibicen
		Magpie-lark	Race "cyanoleuca": "barriindjiin" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "bilbirin", "bimbim", "bulam-bulam", "bulin-bulihn" [bundjalung}; "biyilbiyil" [ngadjon]; "tjirrmp-tjirrmp"/"tjirrm-tjirrm" [tjapwurrung, eastern djadjawurrung]; "dilabot", "byoolkolyedi", "koolyibarak" (WA); "beelarl", "iyebana", "koolootaroo", "marronoo"	Grallina cyanoleuca
		Malleefowl	"lowan" ("low", "loan", "lawani"); "ngow", "ngowo" (SW WA); "nganamara", "kalbanya", "leipoa", "nunnomutta"	Leipoa ocellata
	Mannikin (see also Finch, Firetail)		"jeeree", "pimpinna" = finch	Lonchura, Heteromunia
		Chestnut-breasted		Lonchura castaneothorax
		Pictorella		Heteromunia pectoralis
		Yellow-rumped		Lonchura flaviprymna
		Manucode, Trumpet		Phonygammus keraudrenii
	Martin (see also Swallow)			Petrochelidon
		Fairy	"boodibodi" (WA)	Petrochelidon [Hirundo] ariel
		Tree	"kybot", "kabikolongkorong", "kabiwatwat", "kybotkybot", "maningwilwil" (WA)	Petrochelidon [Hirundo] nigricans
	Miner			Manorina
		Bell	"jumjum"	Manorina melanophrys
		(Black-eared)		(Manorina melanotis)
		Noisy	"bihm-bim" [western bundjalung]	Manorina melanocephala
		Yellow-throated	"booer", "bilyagorong" (WA)	Manorina flavigula
		Mistletoebird	Race "hirundinaceum": "moonidjidong", "moonidjit" (WA)	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
	Monarch
		Black-faced		Monarcha melanopsis
		Black-winged		Monarcha frater
		Frill-necked		Arses lorealis
		Pied		Arses kaupi
		Spectacled		Symposiarchus [Monarcha] trivirgatus)
		White-eared		Carterornis [Monarcha] leucotis
		Moorhen, Dusky	"mubay-mubay" [eastern bundjalung]; "jandindi", "kilkie"	Gallinula tenebrosa

N

	Native-hen			Tribonyx [Gallinula]
		Black-tailed	"gulbuwi" [yuwaalaraay]; "ngalyan", "belgarbedjal" (WA)	Tribonyx [Gallinula] ventralis
		Tasmanian		Tribonyx [Gallinula] mortierii
		Needletail, White-throated (see also Swift)		Hirundapus caudacutus
	Nightjar			Caprimulgus, Eurostopodus
		Large-tailed		Caprimulgus macrurus
		Spotted	"kalka", "kwoynkordong" (WA)	Eurostopodus argus
		White-throated	"yahdh" [western bundjalung]; "dinggan" [ngadjon]	Eurostopodus mystacalis
	Noddy			Anous
		Black		Anous minutus
		Common		Anous stolidus
		(Lesser)		(Anous tenuirostris)

O

	Oriole			Oriolus
		Olive-backed		Oriolus sagittatus
		(Australasian) Yellow	Race "kingi": "dulgujulu" [ngadjon]	Oriolus flavocinctus
		Osprey, Eastern	"bihyin" [eastern bundjalung]; "wuk" [tjapwurrung]; "yoondoordo" (WA)	Pandion cristatus
	Owl		"yagay" [ngadjon], "piltapari" = owl	Tyto, Ninox
		Australian Masked	Race "novaehollandiae": "bina" (WA)	Tyto novaehollandiae
		Barking	"woorop", "koordemool", "woolbogle" (WA); "gooragang"; Race "connivens": "guliman" [gamilaraay]	Ninox connivens
		Eastern Barn	"birrgala" [ngadjon]; "pokang" [tjapwurrung]; "yondja", "minar" (WA)	Tyto delicatula
		Eastern Grass		Tyto longimembris
		Greater Sooty		Tyto tenebricosa
		Lesser Sooty		Tyto multipunctata
		Powerful		Ninox strenua
		Rufous		Ninox rufa
		Owlet-nightjar, Australian	"cristatus": "yeRata kurrk" [tjapwurrung]; "yoodjyn" (WA); "teringing"	Aegotheles cristatus
	Oystercatcher		"dibing" [eastern bundjalung]	Haematopus
		Australian Pied	"ngakurn ngakurn" [tjapwurrung]; "kornkorn" (WA)	Haematopus longirostris
		Sooty	"goomp goom" (Gold Coast); "kwikan", "boorgortbotong" (WA)	Haematopus fuliginosus
		South Island		Haematopus finschi

P

	Pardalote		"dum-dum" [western bundjalung] = pardalote	Pardalotus
		Forty-spotted		Pardalotus quadragintus
		Red-browed		Pardalotus rubricatus
		Spotted	"bilyabit"*, "widopwidop"* (WA); "weetuwee"	Pardalotus punctatus
		Striated	Race "substriatus": "bilyabit"*, "widopwidop"* (WA)	Pardalotus striatus
	Parrot (see also Cockatoo, Rosella, Lorikeet, Corella)		"bilin-bilin" [western bundjalung, "akala", "goonang", "koorungan", "moolangora", "poolunka" = parrot
		Australian King-	Race "scapularis": "wirtuk tuRong" [tjapwurrung]; race "minor": "biimbirran" [ngadjon]	Alisterus scapularis
		Australian Ringneck	Race "zonarius"/"semitorquatus": "ulbaja", "dowarn", "doomolok"; race "semitorquatus": "toolnut" [noongar]; race "barnardi": "bulla-bulla", "bulun bulun" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]	Barnardius zonarius
		Blue Bonnet	Race "haematorrhous": "bulaybulay" [yuwaalaraay]	Northiella haematogaster
		Blue-winged		Neophema chrysostoma
		Bourke's		Neopsephotus bourkii
		Double-eyed Fig-		Cyclopsitta diophthalma
		Eastern Ground	"yulu yulu (ng)uRak" [tjapwurrung]; "goolinang"	Pezoporus wallicus
		Eclectus		Eclectus roratus
		Elegant	Race "carteri": "bilgir", "koolyederong"	Neophema elegans
		Golden-shouldered	"alwal" [Olkola]	Psephotus chrysopterygius
		Hooded		Psephotus dissimilis
		Mallee Ringneck	Race "zonarius"/"semitorquatus": "ulbaja", "dowarn", "doomolok"; race "semitorquatus": "toolnut" [noongar]; race "barnardi": "bulla-bulla", "bulun bulun" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]	Barnardius zonarius
		Mulga	"djookin" (WA), "baadl-baadl"	Psephotus varius
		Night	"pullen pullen", "myrlumbing"	Pezoporus occidentalis
		(Orange-bellied)		(Neophema chrysogaster)
		Port Lincoln	"ulbaja"	Barnardius zonarius
		Princess	"inilturung"	Polytelis alexandrae
		Red-capped	"djaryl", "djarrailboordang", "djayop"	Purpureicephalus spurius
		Red-cheeked		Geoffroyus geoffroyi
		Red-rumped	"nginungu" [tjapwurrung]; "linden"	Psephotus haematonotus
		Red-winged	"billai"	Aprosmictus erythropterus
		Regent	Race "anthopeplus": "wookonga", "yalop"	Polytelis anthopeplus
		Rock		Neophema petrophila
		Scarlet-chested		Neophema splendida
		Superb		Polytelis swainsonii
		Turquoise		Neophema pulchella
		(Western Ground)		(Pezoporus wallicus)
		Pelican, Australian	"gulaanbali" [yuwaalaraay], "guliyali"/"guliyaali"/"gulayaali" [gamilarray, yuwaalaraay, yuwaaliyaay]; "jungahr"/"jungar"/"jungur*", "ngadjang-nguhr" [bundjalung]; "patjangal"/"paRangal" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "nerimba", "boodelong" "ngooloomberri" (WA); "bilbungra", "boolungal", "millemurro", "nangkero", "parangool", "tarraloo", "thaumpara", "warandoo", "bulwarra", "kunumbirra"	Pelecanus conspicillatus
	Penguin		"kulija" = penguin
		Adelie		Pygoscelis adeliae
		Chinstrap		Pygoscelis antarctica
		Emperor		Aptenodytes forsteri
		(Fiordland)		(Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
		Gentoo		Pygoscelis papua
		King		Aptenodytes patagonicus
		Little	Race "novaehollandiae": "widi", "koolidja" (S WA)	Eudyptula minor
		Macaroni		Eudyptes chrysolophus
		Magellanic		Spheniscus magellanicus
		Rockhopper		Eudyptes chrysocome
		Royal		Eudyptes schlegeli
	Petrel
		Antarctic		Thalassoica antarctica
		(Atlantic)		(Pterodroma incerta)
		(Barau's)		(Pterodroma baraui)
		(Black)		(Procellaria parkinsoni)
		Black-winged		Pterodroma nigripennis
		Blue		Halobaena caerulea
		(Bulwer's)		(Bulweria bulwerii)
		Cape		Daption capense
		(Cook's)		(Pterodroma cookii)
		(Gould's)		(Pterodroma leucoptera)
		(Great-winged)		(Pterodroma macroptera)
		(Grey)		(Procellaria cinerea)
		Grey-faced		Pterodroma gouldi
		(Herald)		(Pterodroma heraldica)
		(Juan Fernandez)		(Pterodroma externa)
		Mottled		Pterodroma inexpectata
		(Kerguelen)		(Lugensa brevirostris)
		Kermadec		Pterodroma neglecta
		Providence		Pterodroma solandri
		(Snow)		(Pagodroma nivea)
		Soft-plumaged		Pterodroma mollis
		Tahiti		Pterodroma [Pseudobulweria] rostrata
		(Westland)		(Procellaria westlandica)
		(White-chinned)		(Procellaria aequinoctialis)
		(White-headed)		(Pterodroma lessonii)
		(White-necked)		(Pterodroma cervicalis)
	(Phalarope)
		(Grey)		(Phalaropus fulicarius)
		(Red-necked)		(Phalaropus lobatus)
		(Wilson's)		(Phalaropus tricolor)
	Pigeon (see also Dove)		"mongabarra", "walara" = pigeon
		Chestnut-quilled Rock-	"kukarook"	Petrophassa rufipennis
		Crested	Race "lophotes": "gulawuliil" [yuwaalaraay], "warakoota"; "wuRep" [tjapwurrung]; Race "whitlocki": "kakara" (WA)	Ocyphaps lophotes
		Nicobar		Caloenas nicobarica
		Partridge	"manga*"	Geophaps smithii
		Spinifex		Geophaps plumifera
		Squatter	"manga*"	Geophaps scripta
		Topknot	"barbam"/"baruban"/"barbung" [bundjalung]; "gulgal" [ngadjon]	Lopholaimus antarcticus
		Torresian Imperial	"ruguju" [ngadjon], "nyungu"	Ducula spilorrhoa
		White-headed		Columba leucomela
		White-quilled Rock-		Petrophassa albipennis
		Wonga	"wululuyn", "walarun", "wumbin", "jawbir" [bundjalung]; "wonga-wonga"	Leucosarcia picata [melanoleuca]
		Pilotbird		Pycnoptilus floccosus
	Pipit			Anthus
		Australian	Race "australis": "bamay yanbay" [western bundjalung]; Race "bilbali": "eroldel", "warradjolon", "beriberit" (WA)	Anthus australis
		(Red-throated)		(Anthus cervinus)
	Pitta			Pitta
		(Blue-winged)		(Pitta moluccensis)
		Noisy	Race "versicolor": "gulbang"/"guhlbang", "jahwun.gawang" [eastern bundjalung]; race "intermedia": "wangawa" [ngadjon]	Pitta versicolor
		Rainbow		Pitta iris
		(Red-bellied)		(Erythropitta erythrogaster)
		(Plains-wanderer)		(Pedionomus torquatus)
	Plover (see also Lapwing, Dotterel)
		(American Golden)		(Pluvialis dominica)
		(Caspian)		(Charadrius asiaticus)
		Double-banded		Charadrius bicinctus
		(Eurasian Golden)		(Pluvialis apricaria)
		Greater Sand		Charadrius leschenaultii
		Grey	"gurimbarr" [ngadjon]	Pluvialis squatarola
		Hooded		Thinornis [Charadrius] rubricollis
		Kentish		Charadrius alexandrinus
		Lesser Sand		Charadrius mongolus
		Little Ringed		Charadrius dubius
		Oriental		Charadrius veredus
		Pacific Golden		Pluvialis fulva
		Red-capped		Charadrius ruficapillus
		Siberian Sand		Charadrius mongolus
		(Ringed)		(Charadrius hiaticula)
		Semipalmated		Charadrius semipalmatus
		Spur-winged	"baaldarradharra" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]; "dabe-dabehr" [western bundjalung]; "dilbidilbi" [ngadjon]; "perrit-perrit" [yartwatjali], "pirrit-pirrit" [tjapwurrung], "perrit" [western djadjawurrung], "parritj-parritj" [eastern djadjawurrung]	Vanellus miles
	Pratincole
		Australian		Stiltia isabella
		Oriental		Glareola maldivarum
	Prion			Pachyptila
		Antarctic		Pachyptila desolata
		(Broad-billed)		(Pachyptila vittata)
		Fairy		Pachyptila turtur
		(Salvin's)		(Pachyptila salvini)
		Slender-billed		Pachyptila belcheri

Q

	Quail (see also Button-quail)		"duluhbir", "dulum", "dulung" [bundjalung], "jibiri" [ngadjon], "baraberi" (SW WA), "purlup", "tulkara" = quail	Coturnix, Excalfactoria
		Brown	Race "australis": "puRunggai" [western djadjawurrung]; "booroolum", "burrandool"; "mooritj" (SW WA)	Coturnix ypsilophora
		King		Excalfactoria chinensis
		Stubble	"baraberi" (WA)	Coturnix pectoralis
	Quail-thrush			Cinclosoma
		(Chestnut)	"booneyong" (WA)	(Cinclosoma castanotum)
		Chestnut-breasted		Cinclosoma castaneothorax
		Cinnamon	"melga"	Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
		(Copperback)		(Cinclosoma clarum)
		Spotted		Cinclosoma punctatum

R

	Rail
		Buff-banded	Race "mellori": "lerp" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "kooli" (WA)	Gallirallus philippensis
		Chestnut		Eulabeornis castaneoventris
		Lewin's	Race "clelandi" (SW WA; extinct): "nooni"	Lewinia pectoralis
	Raven (see also Crow)		"waarn" [kulin] = raven; "wagahn" [bundjalung] = crow, raven	Corvus
		Australian	Race "perplexus": "wodang", "kwokom", "karlo" (WA)	Corvus coronoides
		Forest		Corvus tasmanicus
		Little		Corvus mellori
	Redshank			Tringa
		Common		Tringa totanus
		(Spotted)		(Tringa erythropus)
		Redthroat	"beritberit" (WA)	Pyrrholaemus brunneus
	Reed-Warbler			Acrocephalus
		Australian (Clamorous)	Race "gouldi": "koordjikotji" (WA)	Acrocephalus australis
		(Oriental)		(Acrocephalus orientalis)
	Riflebird			Ptiloris
		Magnificent		Ptiloris magnificus
		Paradise		Ptiloris paradiseus
		Victoria's	"duwuduwu"	Ptiloris victoriae
	Ringneck (see also Parrot)
		Australian	"bulla-bulla", "bulun bulun" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay], "ulbaja"	Barnardius zonarius
		Mallee	"bulla-bulla", "bulun bulun" [gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay]	Barnardius zonarius
	Robin		"tennuluk" = robin
		Buff-sided		Poecilodryas cerviniventris
		Dusky		Melanodryas vittata
		Eastern Yellow	Race "chrysorrhoa": "nayiny"/"ngahny" [bundjalung]; "jibujibu" [ngadjon]	Eopsaltria australis
		Flame		Petroica phoenicea
		Grey-headed	"windan"/"yindan" [ngadjon]	Heteromyias cinereifrons
		Hooded	Race "westralensis": "djilbot", "dodoongle", "kobamodjin" (WA)	Melanodryas cucullata
		Jacky Winter	Race "fascinans": "dhunidjuni" [yuwaalaraay]	Microeca fascinans
		Mangrove		Peneonanthe [Eopsaltria] pulverulenta
		Norfolk		Petroica multicolor
		Northern Scrub-		Drymodes superciliaris
		Pale-yellow		Tregellasia capito
		Pink		Petroica rodinogaster
		Red-capped	"bullawang", "choondah", "tarongo"; "awi irta" [yura ngawarla]; "wi-oombeen", "guniibuu" [yuwaalaraay]; "menekedang" (WA)	Petroica goodenovii
		Rose		Petroica rosea
		Scarlet	Race "campbelli": "kooba", "mendidi", "binibintj", "demclik", "koobadjit" (WA)	Petroica boodang
		Southern Scrub-	"djibot" (WA)	Drymodes brunneopygia
		Western Yellow	"bamborn"	Eopsaltria griseogularis
		White-breasted	"boydjil"	Eopsaltria georgiana
		White-browed		Poecilodryas superciliosa
		White-faced		Tregellasia leucops
		Rock Warbler		Origma solitaria
	Rosella			Platycercus
		Crimson	"yukap"/"yukip" [tjapwurrung, eastern djadjawurrung]; "warren"	Platycercus elegans
		Eastern	"kuitj kuitj"/"kut kut" [tjapwurrung, western djadjawurrung]	Platycercus eximius
		Green		Platycercus caledonicus
		Northern		Platycercus venustus
		Pale-headed		Platycercus adscitus
		Western	"moyadong", "kootonkooton"	Platycercus icterotis
		Ruff		Philomachus [Calidris] pugnax

S

		Sanderling		Calidris alba
	Sandpiper			Calidris, Actitis, Tringa
		Broad-billed		Calidris falcinellus
		Buff-breasted		Tryngites subruficollis
		Common		Actitis hypoleucos
		Cox's
		Curlew		Calidris ferruginea
		Green		Tringa ochropus
		Marsh		Tringa stagnatilis
		Pectoral		Calidris melanotos
		Sharp-tailed		Calidris acuminata
		(Stilt)		(Calidris himantopus)
		Terek		Xenus cinereus
		(Upland)		(Bartramia longicauda)
		(Western)		(Calidris mauri)
		(White-rumped)		(Calidris fuscicollis)
		Wood		Tringa glareola
	Scrub-bird			Atrichornis
		Noisy	"djimolok"	Atrichornis clamosus
		Rufous		Atrichornis rufescens
		Scrubfowl, Orange-footed	Race "castanotus": "jarruga" [ngadjon]; "koogerri"	Megapodius reinwardt
	Scrub-robin			Drymodes
		Northern		Drymodes superciliaris
		Southern	"djibot" (WA)	Drymodes brunneopygia
		Scrubtit		Acanthornis magna
	Scrubwren			Sericornis
		Atherton		Sericornis keri
		Large-billed	Race "viridior": "jarrgim" [ngadjon]	Sericornis magnirostris
		Spotted	"binkimom", "kikal"	Sericornis maculatus
		Tasmanian		Sericornis humilis
		Tropical		Sericornis beccarii
		White-browed	Race "laevigaster": "gubiriyam" [ngadjon]	Sericornis frontalis
		Yellow-throated		Sericornis citreogularis
	Shag (see also Cormorant)		"muloora", "tantani" = cormorant	Phalacrocorax
		Imperial (Macquarie)		Phalacrocorax atriceps
	Shearwater			Ardenna, Puffinus
		Buller's		Ardenna bulleri
		Flesh-footed	"borroot" (S WA)	Ardenna carneipes
		Fluttering		Puffinus gavia
		Hutton's		Puffinus huttoni
		Little		Puffinus assimilis
		Short-tailed		Ardenna tenuirostris
		Sooty		Ardenna grisea
		(Streaked)		(Calonectris leucomelas)
		Wedge-tailed		Ardenna pacifica
	Shelduck see Duck
	Shoveler			Spatula
		Australasian	"bardoongooba" (WA); "thowla"	Spatula [Anas] rhynchotis
		(Northern)		(Spatula clypeata)
	Shrike-thrush			Colluricincla
		Arafura		Colluricincla megarhyncha
		Bower's		Colluricincla boweri
		Grey	Race "harmonica": "dharruwii" [yuwaalaraay]; "diyung" [western bundjalung]; Race "rufiventris": "koodelong" (WA)	Colluricincla harmonica
		Rufous	Race "griseata": "gugubarbi" [ngadjon]	Colluricincla rufogaster
		(Former Little)		Colluricincla rufogaster
		Sandstone		Colluricincla woodwardi
	(Crested) Shrike-tit			Falcunculus
		Eastern		alcunculus frontatus
		Northern		Falcunculus whitei
		(Western)		(Falcunculus leucogaster)
		Silvereye (see also White-eye)	Race "chloronotus": "boang", "djoolwedelong"	Zosterops lateralis
		Sittella, Varied	Race "pileata": "darnakot", "koomalbidyt", "balbin" (WA)	Daphoenositta chrysoptera
	Skua (see also Jaeger)			Stercorarius
		Arctic		Stercorarius parasiticus
		Brown		Stercorarius antarcticus
		Parasitic		Stercorarius parasiticus
		South Polar		Stercorarius maccormicki
	Snipe		"thanpathanpa" = snipe	Gallinago, Rostratula
		Latham's	"tiRmkalk" [yartwatjali], "tjimkalk" [djapwurrung], "tapiyalk" [western djadjawurrung]	Gallinago hardwickii
		Australian Painted	"pulukuR" [tjapwurrung]	Rostratula australis
		(Pin-tailed)		(Gallinago stenura)
		Swinhoe's		Gallinago megala
	Songlark			Cincloramphus
		Brown	"yedjoolop*" (WA)	Cincloramphus cruralis
		Rufous	"yedjoolop*" (WA)	Cincloramphus mathewsi
	Sparrowhawk (see also Goshawk)			Accipiter
		Collared	Race "cirrhocephalus": "galanbany"/"garahbany", "milgin" [bundjalung]; "weRayn-weRayn" [eastern djadjawurrung]; "djilildjili", "minmin", "koordop" (WA); "bilbil"	Accipiter cirrocephalus
	Spinebill (see also Honeyeater)			Acanthorhynchus
		Eastern		Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
		Western	"booldjit"	Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
		Spinifexbird		Poodytes carteri
	Spoonbill			Platalea
		Royal		Platalea regia
		Yellow-billed		Platalea flavipes
		Starling, Metallic	Race "metallica": "jiyirri" [ngadjon]	Aplonis metallica
	Stilt
		Banded		Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
		Pied	"dit", "djandjarok", "djoka" (WA)	Himantopus leucocephalus
	Stint			Calidris
		(Little)		(Calidris minuta)
		Long-toed		Calidris subminuta
		Red-necked		Calidris ruficollis
		Temminck's		Calidris temminckii
	Stone-curlew			Esacus, Burhinus
		Beach	"a-rabinyi", "a-wurrwin" [yanyuwa]	Esacus neglectus
		Bush	"buruhlgan"/"buyuhlgan"/"buruwagan"/"buwagan"/"buyargan" [bundjalung]; "kuRiwiRp' [tjapwurrung]; "wilo", "kwil" (WA); "willaroo", "moolyerra"	Burhinus grallarius
		Stork, Black-necked	"korrorook", "monti"	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
	Storm-Petrel
		(Black-bellied)		(Fregetta tropica)
		(Grey-backed)		(Garrodia nereis)
		(Matsudaira's)		(Oceanodroma matsudairae)
		Coral Sea		Fregetta maoriana
		(White-bellied)		(Fregetta grallaria)
		White-faced	"ngit" (WA)	Pelagodroma marina
		Wilson's		Oceanites oceanicus
		Sunbird, Garden	"tirridirri"	Cinnyris jugularis
	Swallow (see also Martin)
		Barn		Hirundo rustica
		(Pacific)		(Hirundo tahitica)
		(Red-rumped)		(Cecropis daurica)
		Welcome	Race "neoxena": "baringbah"; Race "carteri": "koonamit", "boodibring", "kabritj"	Hirundo neoxena
		White-backed	"boodibodi" (WA)	Cheramoeca leucosternus
		Swamphen, Australasian (Purple)	Race "melanotus": "giyahng" [bundjalung]; "bulindal" [ngadjon]; "booringal", "goolima"; Race "bellus": "kwilom", "koolema", "moolar"	Porphyrio melanotus
	Swan
		Black	"baiamul"/"baayamal" [yuwaalayaay], "barayamal" [gamilaraay], "burunda" [gamilaraay]; "ginibi", "ginygar", "muru-dalang"/"muru-gudjihny"/"muru-gudji" [bundjalung]; "kunuwara" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "kelangunya", "pugherittah" (TAS); "koltjak", "marli", "wilar", "wanar", "woorotho", "koon-war-ror" (WA); "koolyn", "mooroocoochin", "burbugate", "conawarre", "coonawa", "dunedoo", "koogarra", "kooraloo", "koorawarri", "kootie", "kungari", "mullewa";	Cygnus atratus
	Swift (see also Needletail)		"loongana" = swift	Apus, Hirundapus
		Fork-tailed	"wirntjala" [tjapwurrung]	Apus pacificus
		(House)		(Apus nipalensis)
		Pacific	"wirntjala" [tjapwurrung]	Apus pacificus
		Needletail, White-throated		Hirundapus caudacutus
	Swiftlet			Aerodramus
		Australian		Aerodramus terraereginae

T

	Tattler			Tringa [Heteroscelus]
		Grey-tailed		Tringa [Heteroscelus] brevipes
		Wandering		Tringa [Heteroscelus] incana
	Teal (see also Duck)		"tharalkoo" = teal	Anas
		Chestnut	"ngwoolnakerong"	Anas castanea
		Grey	"buuway" [yuwaalaraay]; "kalyong" (WA)	Anas gracilis
	Tern
		Aleutian		Onychoprion aleuticus
		Antarctic		Sterna vittata
		Arctic		Sterna paradisaea
		Australian		Gelochelidon macrotarsa
		(Black)		(Chlidonias niger)
		Black-naped		Sterna sumatrana
		Bridled		Onychoprion anaethetus
		Caspian	"karrynekarryne" (WA)	Hydroprogne caspia
		Common		Sterna hirundo
		Fairy		Sternula nereis
		Greater Crested	Race "cristata": "kaldjikang" (WA)	Thalasseus bergii
		Gull-billed		Gelochelidon nilotica
		Lesser Crested		Sterna [Thalasseus] bengalensis
		Little		Sternula albifrons
		Roseate		Sterna dougallii
		Sooty		Onychoprion [Sterna] fuscata
		Whiskered		Chlidonias hybridus
		White		Gygis alba
		White-fronted		Sterna striata
		White-winged Black		Chlidonias leucopterus
		Ternlet, Grey		Procelsterna albivitta [cerulea]
	Thornbill			Acanthiza
		Brown		Acanthiza pusilla
		Buff-rumped		Acanthiza reguloides
		Chestnut-rumped		Acanthiza uropygialis
		Inland	"djoolbedjoolbong" (WA)	Acanthiza apicalis
		Mountain		Acanthiza katherina
		Slaty-backed		Acanthiza robustirostris
		Slender-billed		Acanthiza iredalei
		Striated		Acanthiza lineata
		Tasmanian		Acanthiza ewingii
		Western	"djoboldjobol"	Acanthiza inornata
		Yellow		Acanthiza nana
		Yellow-rumped	Race "chrysorrhoa": "djidbot"	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
	Thrush			Zoothera
		Bassian		Zoothera lunulata
		Russet-tailed		Zoothera heinei
	Treecreeper		"pimpena" = treecreeper	Climacteris, Cormobates
		Black-tailed		Climacteris melanurus
		Brown	"bibi", "bibii" [yuwaalaraay, gamilaraay]	Climacteris picumnus
		Red-browed		Climacteris erythrops
		Rufous	"djini" (WA)	Climacteris rufus
		White-browed		Climacteris affinis
		White-throated		Cormobates leucophaeus
	Triller			Lalage
		Varied		Lalage leucomela
		White-winged	"koomolkolong" (WA)	Lalage tricolor [sueurii]
	Tropicbird			Phaethon
		Red-tailed		Phaethon rubricauda
		White-tailed		Phaethon lepturus
		Turnstone, Ruddy		Arenaria interpres

W

	Wagtail			Motacilla
		Citrine		Motacilla citreola
		Eastern Yellow		Motacilla tschutschensis
		Grey		Motacilla cinerea
		White		Motacilla alba
		Willie	Race "picata": "deereeree", "dhirriirrii" [yuwaalaraay], "dhirridhirri" [gamilaraay]; "jindirr-jindirr"/"jinggir-jinggihr"/"jinggir-jinggir"/"jingir-jingir"/"jigir-jigir [bundjalung]; "jigirrjigirr" [ngadjon]; "tjerrap tjerrap" [tjapwurrung]; "djitidjiti", "wilaring" (WA); "jitta jitta" [bibbulbum], "jenning-gherrie", "mugana", "tityarokan";	Rhipidura leucophrys
	Warbler (see also Reed-Warbler)
		(Arctic)		(Phylloscopus borealis)
		Rock		Origma solitaria
		Speckled		Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
		Waterhen, White-breasted		Amaurornis phoenicurus
	Wattlebird			Anthochaera
		Little		Anthochaera chrysoptera
		Red	"carunculata": "kani yulong" [tjapwurrung]; "wodjalok", "durdal", "doongorok", "djidero" "woodwardi": "djoongong*" (WA)	Anthochaera carunculata
		Western	"djoongong*"	Anthochaera lunulata
		Yellow		Anthochaera paradoxa
	Wedgebill			Psophodes
		Chiming	"keetado"	Psophodes occidentalis
		Chirruping		Psophodes cristatus
		Weebill	"kiderbot" (WA)	Smicrornis brevirostris
		Whimbrel, Eurasian		Numenius phaeopus
	Whipbird			Psophodes
		Eastern	"guwan", "jarun" [ngadjon]	Psophodes olivaceus
		(Western)	"dading"	(Psophodes nigrogularis)
	Whistler			Pachycephala
		Gilbert's		Pachycephala inornata
		Golden	Race "pectoralis": "wiraynggun" [ngadjon]	Pachycephala pectoralis
		Grey		Pachycephala simplex
		Mangrove Golden		Pachycephala melanura
		Olive		Pachycephala olivacea
		(Red-lored)		(Pachycephala rufogularis)
		Rufous		Pachycephala rufiventris
		Western	"bedilmidong", "bedjemer"	Pachycephala occidentalis
		White-breasted		Pachycephala lanioides
	Whistling-Duck (see also Duck, Teal, Shelduck)		"makowa" = whistling-duck	Dendrocygna
		Plumed	"chipala*", "nowee"	Dendrocygna eytoni
		Spotted		Dendrocygna guttata
		Wandering	"chipala*"	Dendrocygna arcuata
	White-eye (see also Silvereye)			Zosterops
		Ashy-bellied		Zosterops citrinellus
		Yellow		Zosterops luteus
	Whiteface			Aphelocephala
		Banded		Aphelocephala nigricincta
		Chestnut-breasted		Aphelocephala pectoralis
		Southern	"wirtuk" [tjapwurrung]	Aphelocephala leucopsis
		Willie Wagtail	Race "picata": "deereeree", "dhirriirrii" [yuwaalaraay], "dhirridhirri" [gamilaraay]; "jindirr-jindirr"/"jinggir-jinggihr"/"jinggir-jinggir"/"jingir-jingir"/"jigir-jigir [bundjalung]; "jigirrjigirr" [ngadjon]; "tjerrap tjerrap" [tjapwurrung]; "djitidjiti", "wilaring" (WA); "jitta jitta" [bibbulbum], "jenning-gherrie", "mugana", "tityarokan";	Rhipidura leucophrys
		Wood Duck, Australian	"barrgabarrga" [yuwaalaraay], "gunambaay" [gamilaraay], "warraaday" [gumbaynggirr]; "burbigul", "gambawir"/"gambirwir"/"gambabin" [bundjalung]; "piap-piap" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "maranganna", "billira", "boota" (WA); "erialta", "goonahea", "goonaroi", "koonallee", "gnaroo"	Chenonetta jubata
		Woodhen, Lord Howe		Gallirallus sylvestris
	Woodswallow			Artamus
		Black-faced	Race "cinereus": "bewoen*" (WA)	Artamus cinereus
		Dusky	Race "cyanopterus": "bewoen*", "wol", "booan" (WA)	Artamus cyanopterus
		Little		Artamus minor
		Masked	"djilbong" (WA)	Artamus personatus
		White-breasted		Artamus leucorynchus
		White-browed		Artamus superciliosus

Y

	(Yellowlegs)			(Tringa)
		(Greater)		(Tringa melanoleuca)
		(Lesser)		(Tringa flavipes)

Old bird names

For all practical purposes the NEW, modern names for birds, as listed below, should be used.

Alternative (often old) names are given for many bird species on their respective pages. They are provided for the benefit of those who have grown up with the old names. Use the search engine to find the bird under its modern name. Many of the old names are from the book "What bird is that?" by Neville Cayley (1955 edition). Note that many old names (and also a fair number of Aboriginal names) are not unique (marked with an "*"), some are misnomers and in some cases new scientific research has led to entirely new names for bird species (including their scientific classifications). To name an example, there are at least three bird species that used to be called "Banana-bird" in the past.

Aboriginal bird names

Where available, Aboriginal bird names are listed next to both common and scientific names. They are also given in the headers of the respective pages describing the bird species. The sources of these entries are credited here.

So far, we have identified the following Aboriginal bird names that are still OFFICIALLY in use as common names: brolga, wonga wonga, gang gang, galah, budgerigar, boobook, kookaburra (gugurrgaagaa), currawong. Note that "jabiru" is NOT an Aboriginal word (but the name of a South-American stork). Various spellings of these names exist, partly based on different pronunciations in various Aboriginal languages or dialects, partly due to difficulties in transliterating them, in a phonetically correct way, into modern English.

There are many Aboriginal names for entire families of birds, such as e.g. "ducks": chippia, kultown, murrara, tharalkoo. Since these are not specific to one particular bird species, they are not used here. Only names for individual species are listed, such as, e.g., "deereereeree" for Willie Wagtail.