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List of birds of Queensland

 
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Queensland, Australia

Queensland is the second-largest State in Australia but has the greatest biodiversity, with over 630 species of bird recorded (far more than closest-rivals New South Wales or West Australia with both around 550) The sum total for continental Australia (including Tasmania) is approximately 815 species. The high avian biodiversity is probably a reflection of the wide variety of habitats, from deserts to rainforests, mangroves to mulga, Queensland is a birders paradise.

This list is based on the classification by Sibley and Monroe 1996 (though there has been a recent (2008) extensive revision of Australian birds by Christidis & Boles [1]) which has resulted in some 'lumping' and 'splitting').

Those species labelled "Endemic" are endemic to mainland Australia, there are 22 species that are only found in Queensland, these are annotated with an asterisk.


Struthioniformes

Casuariidae (Cassowaries, Emu)

Craciformes

Megapodiidae (Megapodes)

Galliformes

Phasianidae (Pheasants & allies)

Blue-breasted Quail

Anseriformes

Anseranatidae (Magpie Goose)

Dendrocygnidae (Whistling-ducks)

Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)

Turniciformes

Turnicidae (Buttonquail)

Male Black-breasted Button-quail

Coraciiformes

Coraciidae (Rollers)

Alcedinidae (River Kingfishers)

Halcyonidae (Tree Kingfishers)

Red-backed Kingfisher

Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Centropodidae (Coucals)

Psittaciformes

Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)

Psittacidae (Parrots)

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Apodiformes

Apodidae (Swifts & Swiftlets)

Strigiformes

Tytonidae (Barn Owls)

Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjar)

Australian Owlet-nightjar

Podargidae (Frogmouths)

Eurostopodidae (Eared Nightjars)

Caprimulgidae (Typical Nightjars)

Columbiformes

Columbidae (Pigeons & Doves)

Male Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

Gruiformes

Otididae (Bustards)

Gruidae (Cranes)

Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)

Ciconiiformes

Pedionomidae (Plains-wanderer)

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & allies)

Rostratulidae (Painted Snipe)

Australian Painted-snipe

Jacanidae (Jacanas)

Burhinidae (Stone-curlew/Thick-knees)

Charadriidae (Plovers & Lapwings)

Glareolidae (Pratincoles)

Laridae (Gulls, Terns & Jaegers)

Bridled Tern

Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles & Kites)

Grey Goshawk

Falconidae (Falcons)

Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)

Sulidae (Gannets & Boobies)

Brown Booby

Anhingidae (Darters)

Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)

Threskiornithidae (Ibis & Spoonbills)

Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

Ciconiidae (Storks)

Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)

Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Storm-petrels & Albatrosses)

Passeriformes

Pittidae (Pittas)

Climacteridae (Australian Treecreepers)

Menuridae (Lyrebirds)

Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)

Regent Bowerbird

Maluridae (Fairy-wrens)

Variegated Fairy-wrens

Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters & Australian Chats)

Male Crimson Chat

Pardalotidae (Pardalotes, Gerygones, Scrubwrens & Bristlebirds)

Spotted Pardalote

Petroicidae (Australian Robins)

Male Rose Robin

Orthonychidae (Logrunner, Chowchilla)

Pomatostomidae (Australasian Babblers)

Corvidae (Crows, Cuckoo-shrikes, Whistlers, Monarchs, Butcherbirds, Woodswallows, Orioles, Fantails)

White-eared Monarch

Muscicapidae (Thrushes, 'Old-world' Chats)

Sturnidae (Starlings)

Hirundinidae (Swallows & Martins)

Fairy Martin

Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Cisticolidae (Cisticolas)

Zosteropidae (White-eyes)

Sylviidae ('Old-world' Warblers)

Alaudidae (Larks)

Nectariniidae (Sunbirds & Flowerpeckers)

Passeridae (Sparrows and 'Estrildid' Finches)

Plum-headed Finch

See also

References


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