Complete list of birds recorded near or at Ashmore Reef. Compiled by Rohan Clarke Feb 2011

Common Name Species Conservation Estimated number Type of status under EPBC that will be effect Act affected. Hardhead Aythya australis Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti EN No live birds, only TA dead birds (to date one vagrant record) Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Red-footed Booby Sula sula Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Little Egret Egretta garzetta Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra Great Egret Ardea alba Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Striated Heron Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Australian Hobby Falco longipennis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Little Curlew Numenius minutus Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Common Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Grey-tailed tattler Heteroscelus brevipes Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba Little Stint Calidris minuta Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis Crested Tern Sterna bergii Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Little Tern Sterna albifrons Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Common Noddy Anous stolidus Black Noddy Anous minutus Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris White Tern Gygis alba Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus House Swift Apus affinis Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Yellow Chat Ephthianura crocea Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii Torresian Crow Corvus orru Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis Pale White-eye Zosterops citrinellus Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus