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738active non-vagrant species

927total species

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101families

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White-throated Needletail

Hirundapus caudacutus

Apodidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

Central Australia, Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-throated Nightjar

Eurostopodus mystacalis

Eurostopodidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Patrick_K59 / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-throated Treecreeper

Cormobates leucophaea

Climacteridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Frank Vassen / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-winged Black Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, Victor…

Patrick_K59 / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-winged Chough

Corcorax melanorhamphos

Corcoracidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales5

Eastern NSW, Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia,…

JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-winged Fairy-wren

Malurus leucopterus

Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-winged Triller

Lalage tricolor

Campephagidae Passeriformes Hard Observed

KnownLess known

Weight25

Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Rhipiduridae Passeriformes Iconic Observed

KnownWell known

Weight100

Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

VJAnderson / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Wilson's Phalarope

Steganopus tricolor

Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

Oceanitidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0

SandyCole (mailto:sandyc@dicksandy.org) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Megaloprepia magnifica

Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Wet Tropics

JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Wonga Pigeon

Leucosarcia melanoleuca

Columbidae Columbiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Nilanjanb / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, Victoria

Charles Lam from Hong Kong, China / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

Ardeidae Pelecaniformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow Chat

Epthianura crocea

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Hard Not observed

KnownLess known

Weight25

Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow Honeyeater

Stomiopera flava

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow Thornbill

Acanthiza nana

Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, Victoria

Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow Wattlebird

Anthochaera paradoxa

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales1

Tasmania

Tommy Andriollo / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow White-eye

Zosterops luteus

Zosteropidae Passeriformes Hard Not observed

KnownLess known

Weight25

Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Francesco Veronesi from Italy / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Syma torotoro

Alcedinidae Coraciiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales1

Cape York

Grahame / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Platalea flavipes

Threskiornithidae Pelecaniformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales6

Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin,…

TonyCastro / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Machaerirhynchus flaviventer

Machaerirhynchidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Михаил Голомысов / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Phylloscopidae Passeriformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales1

Eastern NSW

Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of Singapore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Caligavis chrysops

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, Victoria