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Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia Records ofthe Western Australian Museum Supplement No. 63: 75-90 (2001). Checklist of the birds of Western Australia RE. Johnstone Western Australian Museum, Frands Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia INTRODUCTION e.G. Sibley and Re. Monroe (1990), The Taxonomy In 1948 H.M. Whittell and D.L. Serventy published and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories by A Systematic List of the Birds of Western Australia L. Christidis and W.E. Boles (1994), An Annotated (Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region by T. Australia Special Publication No. 1). The next forty­ Inskipp, N. Lindsey and W. Duckworth (1996), the eight years witnessed such a resurgence in fieldwork, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 37.2 especially in the tropical north, deserts, seas, coasts (Columbidae to Coraciidae) by R. Schodde and I.J. and wetlands, that a further 110 species and many Mason (1997), Handbook of Western Australian Birds subspecies have been added to the State list. At the Volume I- non-passerines (Emu to Dollarbird) by same time the classification of the birds has been RE. Johnstone and G.M. Storr (1998) and The improved and the distribution of the species and Directory of Australian Birds, Passerines by R subspecies better defined. The area covered by this Schodde and I.J. Mason (1999). list includes the seas and islands of the adjacent Species and subspecies requiring confirmation are continental shelf, including Ashmore Reef. enclosed in square brackets. Considering its large size Western Australia has a relatively small avifauna. The 547 species recorded Manuscript received 5 November 1997; accepted 13 October for the State include 385 breeding species, 145 non­ 1999. breeding visitors and 17 foreign or introduced species. Sixteen species are endemic to the State namely: Carnaby's Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus Class AVES latirostris, Baudin's Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus Order STRUTHIONIFORMES baudinii, Western Long-billed Corella Cacatua pastinator, Red-capped Parrot Platycercus spurius, Family CASUARIIDAE Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis, Noisy Scrub­ Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Emu bird Atrichornis clamosus, Red-winged Fairy-wren Malurus elegans, Black Grasswren Amytornis housei, Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris, Dusky Order GALLIFORMES Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa, Western Thornbill Family MEGAPODIIDAE Acanthiza inornata, Western White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis, Western Megapodius reinwardt Dumont, 1823 Orange-legged Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus, Western Scrubfowl (Orange-footed Scrubfowl) Little Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata, White­ M. r. tumulus Gould, 1842 breasted Robin Eopsaltria georgiana, and Red-eared Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840 Malleefowl Firetail Stagonopleura oculata. The principal sources of reference for this list are Family PHASIANIDAE the Check-list of Birds of the World by J.L. Peters et al. Coturnix pectoralis Gould, 1837 Stubble Quail (1931-79), Checklist of the Birds of Australia Non­ Coturnix ypsilophora Bosc, 1792 Brown Quail passerines by H.T. Condon (1975), Interim List of C. y. cervina Gould, 1865 Australian Songbirds by R Schodde (1975), Field C. y. australis (Latham, 1802) Guide to the Birds of Western Australia by G.M. Storr Coturnix chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) King Quail and RE. Johnstone (1979), The New Guide to the Birds C. c. lineata (Scopoli, 1786) of New Zealand by R.A. Falla et al. (1982), Birds of 1Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 New Guinea by B.M. Beehler et al. (1986), The Birds of Common Pheasant (Domestic Pheasant) Wallacea by e.M.N. White and M.D. Bruce (1986), Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution and Taxonomy ofthe Birds of the World by Common Peafowl (Indian Peafowl) 1 According to Condon (1975), the Common Pheasants introduced into Australia are of mixed hybrid stock. Small feral colonies of Silver Pheasants Lophura nycthemera, Domestic Turkeys Meleagris gal/opavo and Helmeted Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris occurred briefly in Western Australia. 76 R.E. Johnstone Order ANSERIFORMES Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) RockhopperPenguin Family ANATIDAE E. c. filholi Hutton, 1879 Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) E. c. moseleyi Mathews and Iredale, 1921 Magpie Goose (Pied Goose) Eudyptes pachyrhynchus G. R. Gray, 1845 Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) Fiordland Penguin Plumed Whistling Duck Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 Erect-crested Penguin Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) Wandering EUdyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) Whistling Duck (Chestnut Whistling Duck) Macaroni Penguin Oxyura australis Gould, 1836 Blue-billed Duck 2E. c. schlegeli Finsch, 1876 Royal Penguin Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796) Musk Duck Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781) Little Penguin Stictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841) Freckled Duck E. m. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) Mute Swan Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) Black Swan Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham, 1802 Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Cape Barren Goose C. n. grisea (Vieillot, 1818) Family PROCELLARIIDAE Ta-dorna tadornoides (Jardine and Selby, 1828) Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck) Southern Giant Petrel Tadorna radjah (Lesson, 1828) Radjah Shelduck Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 T. r. rufitergum Hartert, 1905 Burdekin Duck Northern Giant Petrel Nettapus pulchellus Gould, 1842 Green Pygmy Goose Fulmarus glacialoides (A. Smith, 1840) Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1802) Southern Fulmar Australian Wood Duck (Wood Duck) Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, 1789) Antarctic Petrel Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 Grey Teal Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) Cape Petrel Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838) Chestnut Teal Pterodroma rostrata (Peale, 1848) Tahiti Petrel Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 Mallard Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, 1840) Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 Pacific Black Duck Great-winged Petrel Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 Pintail P. m. macroptera (Smith, 1840) A. a. acuta Linnaeus, 1758 P. m. gouldi (Hutton, 1869) Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 Garganey Pterodroma lessonii (Gamot, 1826) Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1802 Australasian Shoveler White-headed Petrel Anas r. rhynchotis Latham, 1802 Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 Northern Shoveler Soft-plumaged Petrel Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1802) P. m. mollis (Gould, 1844) Pink-eared Duck P. m. dubius Mathews, 1924 Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838) Hardhead Pterodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) Kerguelen Petrel Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioni and Salvadori, 1869) Herald Petrel Family PODICIPEDIDAE P. a. arminjoniana (Giglioni and Salvadori, 1869) Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) ­ Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) Barau's Petrel Australasian Grebe (Black-throated Grebe) Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) Gould's Petrel T. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) P. 1. leucoptera (Gould, 1844) Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine and Selby, 1827) Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789) Blue Petrel Hoary-headed Grebe Pachyptila vittata (G. Forster, 1777) Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Broad-billed Prion Great Crested Grebe Pachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) Salvin's Prion P. c. australis Gould, 1844 P. s. salvini (Mathews, 1912) P. s. macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) Antarctic Prion Order SPHENISCIFORMES Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912) Slender-billed Prion Family SPHENISCIDAE Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) Fairy Prion Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 King Penguin Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine and Selby, 1828) A. p. halli Mathews, 1911 Bulwer's Petrel 2 Often treated as a full species E. schlegeli. Birds 77 Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 Oceanites nereis (Gould, 1841), White-chinned Petrel Grey-backed Storm Petrel P. a. aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 Oceanites marinus (Latham, 1790) Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, 1789 Grey Petrel White-faced Storm Petrel Ca10nectris 1eucome1as (Temminck, 1835) O. m. du1ciae (Mathews, 1912) Streaked Shearwater Oceanites tropicus (Gould, 1844) Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) Black-bellied Storm Petrel Wedge-tailed Shearwater Oceanodroma 1eucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 Leach's Storm Petrel Fleshy-footed Shearwater O. 1. 1eucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Sooty Shearwater sOceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867) Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Short-tailed Shearwater Oceanodroma matsudariae Kuroda, 1922 Puffinus gavia (J. R. Forster, 1844) Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912 Hutton's Shearwater Order PELECANIFORMES Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 Little Shearwater P. a. assimilis Gould, 1838 Family PHAETHONTIDAE Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 Family PELECANOIDIDAE Red-tailed Tropicbird Pe1ecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) Phaethon 1epturus Daudin, 1802 Common Diving Petrel White-tailed Tropicbird P. u. exsu1 Salvin, 1896 Family SULIDAE Family DIOMEDEIDAE Su1a abbotti Ridgway, 1893 Abbott's Booby Diomedea exu1ans Linnaeus, 1758 Su1a (bassana) capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) Wandering Albatross Cape Gannet D. e. chionoptera Salvin, 1896 Su1a (bassana) serrator (G. R. Gray, 1843) 3D. e. gibsoni Robertson and Warham 1992 Australasian Gannet Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 Su1a dacty1atra Lesson, 1831 Masked Booby Royal Albatross (Southern Royal Albatross) S. d. personata Gould, 1846 D. e. epomophora Lesson, 1825 Su1a su1a (Linnaeus, 1766) Red-footed Booby 4Diomedea me1anophris Temminck, 1828
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