Birds of Ashmore Reef

The Birds of Ashmore Reef comprise three main groups:

  1. Seabirds, including at least five species of breeding terns, with several other seabirds, including petrels, recorded in the surrounding waters
  2. Migratory shorebirds en route from northern Asia to Australia
  3. Landbirds, only three breeding species (two herons and a rail) but several others, including passerines, visit, either on migration to northern Australia or as vagrants

List of birds

Procellariidae

Hydrobatidae

Phaethontidae

Sulidae

Fregatidae

Ardeidae

Rallidae

Turnicidae

Scolopacidae

Charadriidae

Stercorariidae

Laridae

Accipitridae

Cuculidae

Centropodidae

Caprimulgidae

Apodidae

Alcedinidae

Meropidae

Coraciidae

Monarchidae

Motacillidae

Estrildidae

Passeridae

Hirundinidae

Acrocephalidae

Locustellidae

Phylloscopidae

Muscicapidae

References

Notes

  1. Birding-Aus Mailing List Archives.

Sources

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