List of birds of Queensland

Queensland, Australia

Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia but has the greatest biodiversity, with over 630 species of bird recorded (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 and mangroves to mulga, which make Queensland a birders paradise.

This list is based on the 1996 classification by Sibley and Monroe (though there has been a recent (2008) extensive revision of Australian birds by Christidis and 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 and allies)

Blue-breasted quail

Anseriformes

Anseranatidae (magpie goose)

Dendrocygnidae (whistling ducks)

Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans)

Coraciiformes

Coraciidae (rollers)

Alcedinidae (kingfishers)

Red-backed kingfisher

Meropidae (bee-eaters)

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae (cuckoos)

Channel-billed cuckoo

Centropodidae (coucals)

Psittaciformes

Cacatuidae (cockatoos)

Psittaculidae (parrots)

Scaly-breasted lorikeet

Apodiformes

Apodidae (swifts and 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 and doves)

Male rose-crowned fruit-dove

Otidiformes

Otididae (bustards)

Gruiformes

Gruidae (cranes)

Rallidae (rails, crakes and coots)

Charadriiformes

Pedionomidae (plains-wanderer)

Turnicidae (buttonquail)

Male black-breasted button-quail

Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies)

Rostratulidae (painted snipe)

Australian painted-snipe

Jacanidae (jacanas)

Burhinidae (stone-curlew/thick-knees)

Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings)

V. m. miles, the northern subspecies of the masked lapwing

Glareolidae (pratincoles)

Laridae (gulls, terns and jaegers)

Bridled tern

Accipitriformes

Accipitridae (hawks, eagles and kites)

Grey goshawk

Falconiformes

Falconidae (falcons)

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae (grebes)

Phaethontiformes

Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)

Suliformes

Sulidae (gannets and boobies)

Brown booby

Anhingidae (darters)

Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

Fregatidae (frigatebirds)

Pelecaniformes

Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)

Threskiornithidae (ibis and spoonbills)

Pelecanidae (pelicans)

Ciconiiformes

Ciconiidae (storks)

Procelariiformes

Procellariidae (petrels, shearwaters, storm petrels and albatrosses)

Passeriformes

Pittidae (pittas)

Climacteridae (Australian treecreepers)

Menuridae (lyrebirds)

Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

Regent bowerbird

Maluridae (fairy-wrens)

Variegated fairy-wrens

Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats)

Male crimson chat

Pardalotidae (pardalotes)

Spotted pardalote

Dasyornithidae (bristlebirds)

Dicruridae (drongos)

Acanthizidae (Australasian warblers)

Petroicidae (Australian robins)

Male rose robin

Orthonychidae (logrunner and chowchilla)

Pomatostomidae (Australasian babblers)

Cinclosomatidae

Corcoracidae

Neosittidae

Oreoicidae

Pachycephalidae

Oreoicidae

Colluricinclidae

Corvidae (crows)

Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)

Artamidae (butcherbirds and woodswallows)

Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes)

Rhipuridae (fantails)

Monarchidae (monarchs)

Muscicapidae (thrushes, Old World chats)

Sturnidae (starlings)

Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

Fairy martin

Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)

Cisticolidae (cisticolas)

Zosteropidae (white-eyes)

Acrocephalidae (Acrocephalid warblers)

Locustellidae (Locustellid warblers)

Alaudidae (larks)

Nectariniidae (sunbirds and flowerpeckers)

Passeridae (Old World sparrows)

Estrildidae (estrildid finches)

Plum-headed finch

See also

References

  1. ↑ Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds

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