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Bird List M-T
The following is a list of birds that can be found in the dry tropics region. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| Maluridae | Malurus amabilis | lovely fairy-wren |
| Maluridae | Malurus cyaneus | superb fairy-wren |
| Maluridae | Malurus lamberti | variegated fairy-wren |
| Maluridae | Malurus leucopterus | white-winged fairy-wren |
| Maluridae | Malurus melanocephalus | red-backed fairy-wren |
| Megaluridae | Cincloramphus cruralis | brown songlark |
| Megaluridae | Cincloramphus mathewsi | rufous songlark |
| Megaluridae | Eremiornis carteri | spinifexbird |
| Megaluridae | Megalurus gramineus | little grassbird |
| Megaluridae | Megalurus timoriensis | tawny grassbird |
| Megapodiidae | Alectura lathami | Australian brush-turkey |
| Megapodiidae | Megapodius reinwardt | orange-footed scrubfowl |
| Meliphagidae | Acanthagenys rufogularis | spiny-cheeked honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | eastern spinebill |
| Meliphagidae | Cissomela pectoralis | banded honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Conopophila albogularis | rufous-banded honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Conopophila rufogularis | rufous-throated honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Entomyzon cyanotis | blue-faced honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Epthianura aurifrons | orange chat |
| Meliphagidae | Epthianura tricolor | crimson chat |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus chrysops | yellow-faced honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus fasciogularis | mangrove honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus flavescens | yellow-tinted honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus flavus | yellow honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus frenatus | bridled honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus fuscus | fuscous honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus hindwoodi | Eungella honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus keartlandi | grey-headed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus leucotis | white-eared honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus penicillatus | white-plumed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus plumulus | grey-fronted honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus unicolor | white-gaped honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus versicolor | varied honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichenostomus virescens | singing honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Lichmera indistincta | brown honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Manorina flavigula | yellow-throated miner |
| Meliphagidae | Manorina melanocephala | noisy miner |
| Meliphagidae | Meliphaga gracilis | graceful honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Meliphaga lewinii | Lewin's honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Meliphaga notata | yellow-spotted honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Melithreptus albogularis | white-throated honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Melithreptus brevirostris | brown-headed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Melithreptus gularis | black-chinned honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Melithreptus gularis laetior | golden-backed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Melithreptus lunatus | white-naped honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Myzomela erythrocephala | red-headed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Myzomela obscura | dusky honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Myzomela sanguinolenta | scarlet honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Philemon argenticeps | silver-crowned friarbird |
| Meliphagidae | Philemon buceroides | helmeted friarbird |
| Meliphagidae | Philemon citreogularis | little friarbird |
| Meliphagidae | Philemon corniculatus | noisy friarbird |
| Meliphagidae | Phylidonyris niger | white-cheeked honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Plectorhyncha lanceolata | striped honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Purnella albifrons | white-fronted honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Ramsayornis fasciatus | bar-breasted honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Ramsayornis modestus | brown-backed honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Sugomel niger | black honeyeater |
| Meliphagidae | Xanthotis macleayanus | Macleay's honeyeater |
| Meropidae | Merops ornatus | rainbow bee-eater |
| Monarchidae | Arses kaupi | pied monarch |
| Monarchidae | Carterornis leucotis | white-eared monarch |
| Monarchidae | Grallina cyanoleuca | magpie-lark |
| Monarchidae | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | yellow-breasted boatbill |
| Monarchidae | Monarcha melanopsis | black-faced monarch |
| Monarchidae | Myiagra alecto | shining flycatcher |
| Monarchidae | Myiagra cyanoleuca | satin flycatcher |
| Monarchidae | Myiagra inquieta | restless flycatcher |
| Monarchidae | Myiagra rubecula | leaden flycatcher |
| Monarchidae | Myiagra ruficollis | broad-billed flycatcher |
| Monarchidae | Symposiarchus trivirgatus | spectacled monarch |
| Motacillidae | Anthus novaeseelandiae | Australasian pipit |
| Motacillidae | Motacilla cinerea | grey wagtail |
| Motacillidae | Motacilla flava sensu lato | yellow wagtail |
| Nectariniidae | Dicaeum hirundinaceum | mistletoebird |
| Nectariniidae | Nectarinia jugularis | olive-backed sunbird |
| Neosittidae | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | varied sittella |
| Numididae | Numida meleagris | helmeted guineafowl |
| Oceanitidae | Fregetta grallaria | white-bellied storm-petrel |
| Oceanitidae | Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson's storm-petrel |
| Oceanitidae | Pelagodroma marina | white-faced storm-petrel |
| Oriolidae | Oriolus flavocinctus | yellow oriole |
| Oriolidae | Oriolus sagittatus | olive-backed oriole |
| Oriolidae | Sphecotheres vieilloti | Australasian figbird |
| Orthonychidae | Orthonyx spaldingii | chowchilla |
| Otididae | Ardeotis australis | Australian bustard |
| Pachycephalidae | Colluricincla boweri | Bower's shrike-thrush |
| Pachycephalidae | Colluricincla harmonica | grey shrike-thrush |
| Pachycephalidae | Colluricincla megarhyncha | little shrike-thrush |
| Pachycephalidae | Falcunculus frontatus | crested shrike-tit |
| Pachycephalidae | Oreoica gutturalis | crested bellbird |
| Pachycephalidae | Pachycephala lanioides | white-breasted whistler |
| Pachycephalidae | Pachycephala melanura | mangrove golden whistler |
| Pachycephalidae | Pachycephala pectoralis | golden whistler |
| Pachycephalidae | Pachycephala rufiventris | rufous whistler |
| Pachycephalidae | Pachycephala simplex peninsulae | grey whistler |
| Paradisaeidae | Ptiloris victoriae | Victoria's riflebird |
| Pardalotidae | Pardalotus punctatus | spotted pardalote |
| Pardalotidae | Pardalotus rubricatus | red-browed pardalote |
| Pardalotidae | Pardalotus striatus | striated pardalote |
| Passeridae | Passer domesticus | house sparrow |
| Pelecanidae | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Australian pelican |
| Petroicidae | Eopsaltria australis | eastern yellow robin |
| Petroicidae | Heteromyias cinereifrons | grey-headed robin |
| Petroicidae | Melanodryas cucullata | hooded robin |
| Petroicidae | Microeca fascinans | jacky winter |
| Petroicidae | Microeca flavigaster | lemon-bellied flycatcher |
| Petroicidae | Peneonanthe pulverulenta | mangrove robin |
| Petroicidae | Petroica goodenovii | red-capped robin |
| Petroicidae | Petroica rosea | rose robin |
| Petroicidae | Poecilodryas superciliosa | white-browed robin |
| Petroicidae | Tregellasia capito | pale-yellow robin |
| Phaethontidae | Phaethon lepturus | white-tailed tropicbird |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Microcarbo melanoleucos | little pied cormorant |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax carbo | great cormorant |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | little black cormorant |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax varius | pied cormorant |
| Phasianidae | Coturnix pectoralis | stubble quail |
| Phasianidae | Coturnix ypsilophora | brown quail |
| Phasianidae | Excalfactoria chinensis | king quail |
| Phasianidae | Gallus gallus | red junglefowl |
| Phasianidae | Pavo cristatus | Indian peafowl |
| Phasianidae | Phasianus spp. | true pheasants |
| Pittidae | Pitta versicolor | noisy pitta |
| Podargidae | Podargus ocellatus marmoratus | marbled frogmouth |
| Podargidae | Podargus papuensis | Papuan frogmouth |
| Podargidae | Podargus strigoides | tawny frogmouth |
| Podicipedidae | Podiceps cristatus | great crested grebe |
| Podicipedidae | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | hoary-headed grebe |
| Podicipedidae | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | Australasian grebe |
| Pomatostomidae | Pomatostomus temporalis | grey-crowned babbler |
| Procellariidae | Ardenna bulleri | Buller's shearwater |
| Procellariidae | Ardenna grisea | sooty shearwater |
| Procellariidae | Ardenna pacifica | wedge-tailed shearwater |
| Procellariidae | Ardenna tenuirostris | short-tailed shearwater |
| Procellariidae | Macronectes giganteus | southern giant-petrel |
| Procellariidae | Puffinus gavia | fluttering shearwater |
| Procellariidae | Puffinus huttoni | Hutton's shearwater |
| Psittacidae | Alisterus scapularis | Australian king-parrot |
| Psittacidae | Aprosmictus erythropterus | red-winged parrot |
| Psittacidae | Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana | Macleay's fig-parrot |
| Psittacidae | Glossopsitta concinna | musk lorikeet |
| Psittacidae | Glossopsitta pusilla | little lorikeet |
| Psittacidae | Melopsittacus undulatus | budgerigar |
| Psittacidae | Neophema pulchella | turquoise parrot |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus adscitus | pale-headed rosella |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus adscitus adscitus | pale-headed rosella (northern form) |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus adscitus palliceps | pale-headed rosella (southern form) |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus elegans | crimson rosella |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus elegans elegans | crimson rosella (nom. subsp.) |
| Psittacidae | Platycercus eximius | eastern rosella |
| Psittacidae | Psephotus haematonotus | red-rumped parrot |
| Psittacidae | Psephotus pulcherrimus | paradise parrot |
| Psittacidae | Psitteuteles versicolor | varied lorikeet |
| Psittacidae | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | scaly-breasted lorikeet |
| Psittacidae | Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus | rainbow lorikeet |
| Psittacidae | Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis | red-collared lorikeet |
| Psophodidae | Psophodes cristatus | chirruping wedgebill |
| Psophodidae | Psophodes olivaceus | eastern whipbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Ailuroedus melanotis | spotted catbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Amblyornis newtonianus | golden bowerbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Ptilonorhynchus maculatus | spotted bowerbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis | great bowerbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | satin bowerbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Scenopoeetes dentirostris | tooth-billed bowerbird |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Sericulus chrysocephalus | regent bowerbird |
| Rallidae | Amaurornis cinerea | white-browed crake |
| Rallidae | Amaurornis moluccana | pale-vented bush-hen |
| Rallidae | Fulica atra | Eurasian coot |
| Rallidae | Gallinula tenebrosa | dusky moorhen |
| Rallidae | Gallirallus philippensis | buff-banded rail |
| Rallidae | Lewinia pectoralis | Lewin's rail |
| Rallidae | Porphyrio porphyrio | purple swamphen |
| Rallidae | Porzana fluminea | Australian spotted crake |
| Rallidae | Porzana pusilla | Baillon's crake |
| Rallidae | Porzana tabuensis | spotless crake |
| Rallidae | Rallina tricolor | red-necked crake |
| Rallidae | Tribonyx ventralis | black-tailed native-hen |
| Recurvirostridae | Himantopus himantopus | black-winged stilt |
| Recurvirostridae | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | red-necked avocet |
| Rhipiduridae | Rhipidura albiscapa | grey fantail |
| Rhipiduridae | Rhipidura leucophrys | willie wagtail |
| Rhipiduridae | Rhipidura rufifrons | rufous fantail |
| Rhipiduridae | Rhipidura rufiventris | northern fantail |
| Rostratulidae | Rostratula australis | Australian painted snipe |
| Scolopacidae | Actitis hypoleucos | common sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Arenaria interpres | ruddy turnstone |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris acuminata | sharp-tailed sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris alba | sanderling |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris alpina | dunlin |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus | red knot |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris ferruginea | curlew sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | pectoral sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris ruficollis | red-necked stint |
| Scolopacidae | Calidris tenuirostris | great knot |
| Scolopacidae | Gallinago hardwickii | Latham's snipe |
| Scolopacidae | Heteroscelus sp. | |
| Scolopacidae | Limicola falcinellus | broad-billed sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Limosa lapponica | bar-tailed godwit |
| Scolopacidae | Limosa limosa | black-tailed godwit |
| Scolopacidae | Numenius madagascariensis | eastern curlew |
| Scolopacidae | Numenius minutus | little curlew |
| Scolopacidae | Numenius phaeopus | whimbrel |
| Scolopacidae | Philomachus pugnax | ruff |
| Scolopacidae | Tringa brevipes | grey-tailed tattler |
| Scolopacidae | Tringa glareola | wood sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Tringa incana | wandering tattler |
| Scolopacidae | Tringa nebularia | common greenshank |
| Scolopacidae | Tringa stagnatilis | marsh sandpiper |
| Scolopacidae | Xenus cinereus | terek sandpiper |
| Spheniscidae | Eudyptula minor | little penguin |
| Stercorariidae | Stercorarius parasiticus | Arctic jaeger |
| Stercorariidae | Stercorarius pomarinus | pomarine jaeger |
| Strigidae | Ninox boobook | southern boobook |
| Strigidae | Ninox connivens | barking owl |
| Strigidae | Ninox rufa queenslandica | rufous owl (southern subspecies) |
| Strigidae | Ninox sp. | |
| Strigidae | Ninox strenua | powerful owl |
| Sturnidae | Aplornis metallica | metallic starling |
| Sturnidae | Sturnus tristis | common myna |
| Sturnidae | Sturnus vulgaris | common starling |
| Sulidae | Morus serrator | Australasian gannet |
| Sulidae | Sula dactylatra | masked booby |
| Sulidae | Sula leucogaster | brown booby |
| Sulidae | Sula sula | red-footed booby |
| Threskiornithidae | Platalea flavipes | yellow-billed spoonbill |
| Threskiornithidae | Platalea regia | royal spoonbill |
| Threskiornithidae | Plegadis falcinellus | glossy ibis |
| Threskiornithidae | Threskiornis molucca | Australian white ibis |
| Threskiornithidae | Threskiornis spinicollis | straw-necked ibis |
| Timaliidae | Zosterops lateralis | silvereye |
| Timaliidae | Zosterops luteus | yellow white-eye |
| Turdidae | Zoothera heinei | russet-tailed thrush |
| Turdidae | Zoothera lunulata | Bassian thrush |
| Turdidae | Zoothera lunulata cuneata | bassian thrush (north-east Queensland) |
| Turdidae | Zoothera sp. | |
| Turnicidae | Turnix maculosus | red-backed button-quail |
| Turnicidae | Turnix pyrrhothorax | red-chested button-quail |
| Turnicidae | Turnix varius | painted button-quail |
| Turnicidae | Turnix velox | little button-quail |
| Tytonidae | Tyto javanica | eastern barn owl |
| Tytonidae | Tyto longimembris | eastern grass owl |
| Tytonidae | Tyto novaehollandiae | masked owl |
| Tytonidae | Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli | masked owl (northern subspecies) |
| Tytonidae | Tyto sp. | |
| Tytonidae | Tyto tenebricosa multipunctata | lesser sooty owl |
| Tytonidae | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | sooty owl |
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