List of birds of the Houtman Abrolhos

The Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, is one of the most important areas in the world for breeding colonies of seabirds.[1] Around 90 species of seabird occur there, as well as three species of shore bird, and six species of land bird.[2]

Common nameScientific nameFamily
Little penguinEudyptula minor novaehollandiaeSpheniscidae
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidae
Grey-headed albatrossDiomedea chrysostyomaDiomedeidae
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrossDiomedea clororhychosDiomedeidae
Southern giant petrelMacronectes giganteusProcellariidae
Cape petrelDaption capenseProcellariidae
Great-winged petrelPterodroma macroptera macropteraProcellariidae
White-headed petrelPterodroma lessoniiProcellariidae
Soft-plumaged petrelPterodroma mollis mollisProcellariidae
Prion (bird)Pachyptila spp.Procellariidae
White-chinned petrelProcellaria aequinoctialisProcellariidae
Streaked shearwaterCalonectris leucomelaenaProcellariidae
Flesh-footed shearwaterPuffinus carneipesProcellariidae
Wedge-tailed shearwaterPuffinus pacificusProcellariidae
Little shearwaterPuffinus assimilis assimilisProcellariidae
Wilson's storm petrelOceanites oceanicusHydrobatidae
White-faced storm petrelOceanites marinus dulciaeHydrobatidae
Red-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon rubricaeudaPhaethontidae
White-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturusPhaethontidae
Australian pelicanPelicanus conspicillatusPelecanidae
Australasian gannetMorus serratorSulidae
Great cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiaePhalacrocoracidae
Pied cormorantPhalacrocorax variusPhalacrocoracidae
Little pied cormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucosPhalacrocoracidae
Australasian darterAnthinga novaehollandiaePhalacrocoracidae
White-faced heronArdea nobaehollandiaeArdeidae
Eastern reef egretEgretta sacraArdeidae
Black swanCygnus atratusAnatidae
Australian shelduckTadorna tadornoidesAnatidae
Grey tealAnas gibberifrons gracilisAnatidae
White-bellied sea eagleHaliaeetus leucogasterAccipitridae
OspreyPandion haliaetus cristatusAccipitridae
Australian kestrelFalco cenchroides cenchroidesFalconidae
Stubble quailCoturnix novaezelandiae pectoralisPhasianidae
Abrolhos painted buttonquailTurnix varius scintillansTurnicidae
Buff-banded railGallirallus philippensis melloriRallidae
Spotted crakePorzana flumineaRallidae
Spotless crakePorzana tabuensisRallidae
Pied oystercatcherHaematopus longirostrisHaematopodidae
Sooty oystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus fuliginosusHaematopodidae
Banded lapwingVanellus tricolorCharadriidae
Grey ploverPluvialis squatarolaCharadriidae
Pacific golden ploverPluvialis fulvaCharadriidae
Hooded ploverThinornis cucullatusCharadriidae
Red-capped ploverCharadrius ruficapillusCharadriidae
Greater sand ploverCharadrius leschenaultiiCharadriidae
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus variegatusScolopacidae
Eastern curlewNumenius madagascariensisScolopacidae
Black-tailed godwitLimosa limosa melanuroidesScolopacidae
Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponica baueriScolopacidae
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScolopacidae
Terek sandpiperTringa terekScolopacidae
Common sandpiperTringa hypoleucosScolopacidae
Grey-tailed tattlerTringa brevipesScolopacidae
Ruddy turnstoneArenaria interpres interpresScolopacidae
Great knotCalidris tenuirostrisScolopacidae
SanderlingCalidris albaScolopacidae
Red-necked stintCalidris ruficollisScolopacidae
Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminataScolopacidae
Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScolopacidae
Black-winged stiltHimantopus himantopis leucocephalusRecurvirostridae
Banded stiltCladorhynchus leucocephalaRecurvirostridae
Red-necked avocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeRecurvirostridae
Oriental pratincoleGlareola maldivarumGlareolidae
Great skuaStercorarius skua lonnbergiLaridae
Silver gullLarus novaehollandiae novaehollandiaeLaridae
Pacific gullLarus pacificus georgiiLaridae
Common noddyAnous stolidus pileatusLaridae
Lesser noddyAnous tenuirostris melanopsLaridae
Caspian ternSterna caspiaLaridae
Crested ternSterna bergiiLaridae
Roseate ternSterna dougalliiLaridae
Bridled ternSterna anaethetus anaethetusLaridae
Sooty ternSterna fuscataLaridae
Little ternSterna sinensisLaridae
Fairy ternSterna nereis nereisLaridae
Brush bronzewingPhaps elegansColumbidae
GalahCacatua roseicapillaPsittacidae
Little corellaCacatua sanguineaPsittacidae
Horsfield's bronze cuckooChrysococcyx basalisCuculidae
Barn owlTyto alba deliculaStrigidae
White-throated needletailHirundapus caudacutusApodidae
Sacred kingfisherHalcyon sancta sanctaAlcedinidae
White-backed swallowCheramoeca leucosternaHirundinidae
Welcome swallowHirundo neoxenaHirundinidae
Richard's pipitAnthus novaeseelandiae australisMotacillidae
Black-faced cuckoo-shrikeCoracina novaehollandiaeCampephagidae
Red-capped robinPetroica goodenoviiPachycephalidae
Rufous whistlerPachycephala rufiventris rufiventrisPachycephalidae
Willie wagtailRhipidura leucophrys leucophrysMonarchidae
White-browed scrubwrenSericornis frontalis balstoniAcanthizidae
Little grassbirdMegalurus gramineusSylviidae
Rufous songlarkCinclorhamphus mathewsiSylviidae
Brown songlarkCincloramphus cruralisSylviidae
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis gouldiZosteropidae
Australian ravenCorvus coronoides perplexusCorvidae

References

  1. Fuller, P. J.; Burbidge, A. A.; Owens, R. (1994). "Breeding seabirds of the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia". Corella. 18 (4): 97–113.
  2. Storr, G. M., Johnstone, R. E. and Griffin, P. (1986). "Birds of the Houtman Abholhos, Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum (Supplement No. 24).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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