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Name Used In This Resource Alternate Names Scientific Names Alternative Scientific names CASUARIIFORMES Casuariidae Southern Cassowary Double-wattled Cassowary Casuarius casuarius Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus PODICIPEDIFORMES Podicipedidae Australasian Grebe Australian Grebe, Australian Little Grebe, Australian Dabchick Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Podiceps gularis, Pociceps novaehollandiae Little Grebe Red-throated Little Grebe, European Dabchick, Red-throated Dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis Colymbus ruficollis, Podiceps ruficolis, PROCELLARIFORMES Procellariidae Tahiti Petrel Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata, Pterodroma rostrata, Oestrelata rostrata, Procellaria rostrata Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki Southern Giant Petrel Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea Adamastor cinereus, Gould's Petrel White-winged Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera Procellaria leucoptera, Procellaria cooki, Oestrelata leucoptera, Pterodroma cooki Collared Petrel White winged Petrel, Gould’s Petrel, Pterodroma brevipes Procellaria brevipes, P. torquata, Oeastrelata leucoptera, O. torquata, Aestrelata brevipes, P. leucoptera brevipes, Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma hypoleucanigripennis wrongly = Oestrelata mollis Mottled Petrel Scaled P., Peale's Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata Procellaria inexpectata Providence Petrel Brown-headed P., Solander's P., Bird of Providence Pterodroma solandri Procellaria solandri Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta Procellaria neglecta Herald Petrel Trinidade Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Aestrelata [sic] Oestrelata arminjoniana, Pterodroma arminjoniana White-necked Petrel White-naped P., Black-capped P., Sunday Island P., Pterodroma cervicalis Oestralata cervicalis Gould's Petrel White-winged P., Sooty-capped P., White-throated P., Collared P. Pterodroma leucoptera Procellaria leucoptera Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis Oestrelata nigripennis Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Procellaria bulwerii Audubon's Shearwater Dusky-backed S., Bannerman's S., Persian S., Baillon's S., Dusky S. More accepting change to Tropical Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Pufflnus [sic] Lherminieri Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni formerly part of P lhirminieri Short-tailed Shearwater Muttonbird, Slender-billed S., Slender-billed Petrel, Tasmanian Muttonbird Ardenna tenuirostris Puffinus brevicaudus Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi Puffinns [sic] heinrothi Fluttering Shearwater Brown-beaked S., Forster's S., Forster's Petrel, Puffinus gavia Procellaria gavia Flesh-footed Shearwater Pale-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Puffinus carneipes Sooty Shearwater Sombre petrel, Sombre S. Ardenna grisea Procellaria grisea, Puffinus griseus Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica Procellaria pacifica, Puffinus pacificus Streaked Shearwater Striped-headed Shearwater, White-faced Shearwater, White-fronted S. Calonectris leucomelas Puffinus leucomelas, Procellaria leucomelas Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata Hydrobatidae Matsudaira's Storm-petrel Hydrobates matsudairae Oceanodroma melania, O. matsudairae, O. matsudariae [sic] Madeiran Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro Oceanitidae Wilson's Storm-Petrel Flat-clawed Storm-petrel, Yellow-webbed Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Procellaria oceanica, Fregetta oceanicus, Black-bellied Storm-petrel Gould's Storm-petrel, Striped Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica Thalassidroma tropica White-bellied Storm-petrel Viellot's Storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria Procellaria grallaria Polynesian Storm-petrel White-throated Storm-petrel, Samoan Storm-petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa Procellaria fuliginosa, Fregetta fulginosa, Diomedeidae Wandering Albatross Snowy Albatross, White-winged Albatross Diomedia exulans Black-browed Albatross Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophris Diomedia melanophris Australian Pelican Spectacled Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus PHAETHONTIFORMES Phaethontidae Red-tailed Tropicbird Red-tailed Bosunbird, Silver Bosunbird Phaethon rubricauda Scaeophaethon rubricauda, Phaeton [sic] rubricauda White-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Bosunbird, White-tailed Boatswains bird, Yellow-billed T-bird, Golden B-bird Phaethon lepturus P. candidus, Phaeton flavirostris, Phaëton [sic] lepturus, PHALACROCORACIFORMES Sulidae Masked Booby Blue-faced Booby, Masked Gannet, White Booby Sula dactylatra Possibly S. fusca as atra & fusca + black., Parasula dactylatra Brown Booby Brown Gannet, White-bellied Booby Sula leucogaster Sula piscatory, Pelecanus Leucogaster, Sula piscator?, Prob S. fusca as "fusca" = brown, Red-footed Booby Sula sula Dysporus sula, Piscatrix sula, Pelecanus sula Fregatidae Lesser Frigatebird Least Frigatebird Fregata ariel Tachypetes aquila[=Ascension Frig], T. aquilus, Atagen ariel Great Frigatebird Pacific Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird (!) Fregata minor Pelecanus minor, Fregata aquila Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Pied Cormorant Little Pied Shag Microcarbo melanoleucos, Hydrocorax melanoleucos, Carbo melanoleucos , Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Black Cormorant Little Black Shag Phalcrocorax sulcirostris Mesocarbo sulcirostris Anhingidae Australasian Darter Snakebird, Darter, Oriental Darter, Indian Darter, African Darter, Australian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Anhinga melanogaster CICONIFORMES Pelecanidae Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus Ciconidae Black-necked Stork Jabiru, Green-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Mycteria asiatica Ardeidae White-necked Heron Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica Pied Heron Little Pied Heron Egretta picata, Tonophoyx picata, Herodias picata, Ardea picata Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana Typhon sumatranus Striated Heron Little Mangrove, Green-backed, Little Green H., Green H., Mangrove H., Lava H., Galapagos H., Red H., Mangrove Bittern Butorides striatus B. javanica, Ardetta stagnatilis, Ardeola striata Nankeen Night Heron Rufous Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus N. mandibularis New Guinea Tiger-heron New Guinea Bittern, Forest B., Zebra B. Eastern Reef Egret Pacific Heron, Eastern Reef Egret, Reef Heron Egretta sacra Demiegretta sacra, Ardea sacra, Herodias albolineata, E. brevipes Eastern Great Egret White Egret, Great White Heron, Great White Egret, Large Egret, Great American Egret Ardea modesta Casmerodius albus, Cosmerodius albus, Ardea alba, Egretta alba Cattle Egret Buff-backed Heron Ardea ibis, Ardeola ibis, Bubulcus ibis Intermediate Egret Lesser Egret, Yellow-billed Egret, Plumed Egret, Median Egret, Smaller Egret Ardea intermedia, Mesophoyx intermedia, Egretta intermedia Little Egret Snowy Egret, Western Reef-egret, Western Reef Heron, Dimorphic Heron Egretta garzetta Ardea garzetta White-faced Heron White-fronted Heron, Blue Crane Egretta novaehollandiae Notophoyx novaehollandiae, Ardea novaehollandiae, Herodias novae-hollandiae Australasian Bittern Australasian B., Brown B., Boomer, Bull-bird, Australian Brown Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus Ardea poiciloptila, B. poicephalus (in error) Striated Heron Butorides striatus Butorides javanica Black Bittern Yellow-necked B., Mangrove B. Ixobrychus flavicollis Ardea flavicollis, Ardeiralla woodfordi, Erythrophyx woodfordi, Dupetor flavicollis, D nesophilus, Yellow Bittern Chinese Bittern, Chinese Little Bittern, Long-nosed B. Ixobrychus sinensis Ardea sinensis Australian Little Bittern Black-backed Least Bittern, Australian Little B., New Zealand Little B. Ixobrychus dubius Ardea minuta, Ixobrychus minuta, Ixobrychus minutus, Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Forest Bittern New Guinea Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus Threskiornithidae Australian White Ibis White Ibis, Sacred Ibis, Black-necked Ibis Threskiornis molucca Ibis molucca Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Ibis spinicollis Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Tantalus falcinellus Royal Spoonbill Black-billed Spoonbill, Australian Royal Spoonbill Platelea regia Platalea leucorodia regia, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Yellow-legged Spoonbill Platalea flavipes ANSERIFORMES Anseranatidae Magpie Goose Pied Goose, Semipalmated Goose Anseranes semipalmata Anas semipalmata Anatidae Spotted Whistling Duck Spotted Tree Duck Dendrocygna guttata Wandering Whistling Duck Diving Whistling Duck, Wandering Tree-Duck, Whistling Tree-Duck, Water, Water Whistle Duck Dendrocygna arcuata D. gouldi, Anas arcuata Plumed Whistling Duck Plumed Tree Duck, Red-legged Tree Duck, Eyton's Whistling Duck, Tree Duck, Grass Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni Leptotarsis eytoni Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black Swan Cygnus atratus Radjah Shelduck White-headed Shelduck, Black-backed Shellcuck, Burdekin Duck, Burdikin Shelduck Tadorna radjah Anas radjah Cotton Pygmy-goose White Pygmy Goose, White-quilled Goose-Teal, White-quilled Pygmy-goose, White-quilled Dwarf-goose, Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Cheniscus coromandelianus, Anas coromandeliana Green Pygmy-goose Australian Green Goose-teal, Green Dwarf-goose, Green Goose Nettapus pulchellus Cheniscus pulchellus Maned Goose Wood Duck, Maned Duck, Maned Wood-Duck, Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Anas jubata Salvadori's Teal Salvadori's Duck, Mountain Duck Salvadorina waigiuensis, Anas waigiuensis Grey Teal Slender Teal, Andaman Teal, Andaman Grey, East Indian, Indonesian Grey, Sunda Teal, Australian, Australasian Grey Teal Anas gracilis Wrongly=Mareca castanea, Virago gibberifrons, Anas gibberifrons Brown Teal Auckland Island Teal-(A flightless bird S of NZ) Anas chlorotis
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