All Scientific Names of NSW Birds

Guess as many of the scientific names of NSW's 464 native bird species as you can!

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Common Name	Scientific Name
Albert's Lyrebird	Menura alberti
Antarctic Prion	Pachyptila desolata
Apostlebird	Struthidea cinerea
Arctic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
Australasian Bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian Darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian Figbird	Sphecotheres vieilloti
Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator
Australasian Grass-Owl	Tyto longimembris
Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australasian Shoveler	Spatula rhynchotis
Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus
Australian Brush-turkey	Alectura lathami
Australian Bustard	Ardeotis australis
Australian Hobby	Falco longipennis
Australian King-Parrot	Alisterus scapularis
Australian Little Bittern	Ixobrychus dubius
Australian Logrunner	Orthonyx temminckii
Australian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian Masked-Owl	Tyto novaehollandiae
Australian Owlet-nightjar	Aegotheles cristatus
Australian Painted-Snipe	Rostratula australis
Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus
Australian Pied Oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris
Australian Pipit	Anthus australis
Australian Pratincole	Stiltia isabella
Australian Raven	Corvus coronoides
Australian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus australis
Australian Ringneck	Barnardius zonarius
Australian Shelduck	Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Spotted Crake	Porzana fluminea
Australian White Ibis	Threskiornis moluccana
Australian Wood Duck	Chenonetta jubata
Azure Kingfisher	Ceyx azureus
Baillon's Crake	Zapornia pusilla
Banded Lapwing	Vanellus tricolor
Banded Stilt	Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Banded Whiteface	Aphelocephala nigricincta
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
Barking Owl	Ninox connivens
Barn Owl	Tyto alba
Barred Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina lineata
Bassian Thrush	Zoothera lunulata
Beach Stone-curlew	Esacus magnirostris
Beautiful Firetail	Stagonopleura bella
Bell Miner	Manorina melanophrys
Black Bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis
Black Falcon	Falco subniger
Black Honeyeater	Sugomel nigrum
Black Kite	Milvus migrans
Black Noddy	Anous minutus
Black Petrel	Procellaria parkinsoni
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica
Black-breasted Buttonquail	Turnix melanogaster
Black-breasted Buzzard	Hamirostra melanosternon
Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris
Black-chinned Honeyeater	Melithreptus gularis
Black-eared Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx osculans
Black-faced Cormorant	Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
Black-faced Monarch	Monarcha melanopsis
Black-faced Woodswallow	Artamus cinereus
Black-fronted Dotterel	Elseyornis melanops
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus axillaris
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
Black-tailed Native-hen	Tribonyx ventralis
Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis
Blue-billed Duck	Oxyura australis
Blue-faced Honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis
Blue-winged Parrot	Neophema chrysostoma
Bourke's Parrot	Neophema bourkii
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus
Brolga	Antigone rubicunda
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
Brown Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia phasianella
Brown Falcon	Falco berigora
Brown Gerygone	Gerygone mouki
Brown Goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
Brown Honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta
Brown Quail	Synoicus ypsilophorus
Brown Skua	Stercorarius antarcticus
Brown Songlark	Cincloramphus cruralis
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
Brown Treecreeper	Climacteris picumnus
Brown-headed Honeyeater	Melithreptus brevirostris
Brush Bronzewing	Phaps elegans
Brush Cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus
Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis
Buff-rumped Thornbill	Acanthiza reguloides
Buller's Albatross	Thalassarche bulleri
Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri
Bush Stone-curlew	Burhinus grallarius
Cape Petrel	Daption capense
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Channel-billed Cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae
Chestnut Quail-thrush	Cinclosoma castanotum
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin	Lonchura castaneothorax
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush	Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Chestnut-crowned Babbler	Pomatostomus ruficeps
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren	Hylacola pyrrhopygia
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill	Acanthiza uropygialis
Chirruping Wedgebill	Psophodes cristatus
Cinnamon Quail-thrush	Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus
Collared Sparrowhawk	Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Comb-crested Jacana	Irediparra gallinacea
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera
Common Cicadabird	Edolisoma tenuirostre
Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Common Noddy	Anous stolidus
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii
Cotton Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus
Crescent Honeyeater	Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
Crested Bellbird	Oreoica gutturalis
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes
Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
Crimson Chat	Epthianura tricolor
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Diamond Dove	Geopelia cuneata
Diamond Firetail	Stagonopleura guttata
Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis
Double-banded Plover	Charadrius bicinctus
Double-barred Finch	Stizoptera bichenovii
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa
Dusky Woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus
Eastern Bristlebird	Dasyornis brachypterus
Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis
Eastern Reef Egret	Egretta sacra
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius
Eastern Shrike-tit	Falcunculus frontatus
Eastern Spinebill	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Eastern Whipbird	Psophodes olivaceus
Eastern Yellow Robin	Eopsaltria australis
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis
Emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel
Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur
Fairy Tern	Sternula nereis
Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis
Flame Robin	Petroica phoenicea
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes
Flock Bronzewing	Phaps histrionica
Fluttering Shearwater	Puffinus gavia
Forest Kingfisher	Todiramphus macleayii
Forest Raven	Corvus tasmanicus
Freckled Duck	Stictonetta naevosa
Fuscous Honeyeater	Ptilotula fusca
Galah	Eolophus ruficapillus
Gang-gang Cockatoo	Callocephalon fimbriatum
Gibberbird	Ashbyia lovensis
Gilbert's Whistler	Pachycephala inornata
Glossy Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus lathami
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Golden Whistler	Pachycephala pectoralis
Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis
Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris
Great-winged Petrel	Pterodroma macroptera
Greater Bluebonnet	Northiella haematogaster
Greater Sand-Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii
Green Catbird	Ailuroedus crassirostris
Grey Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus
Grey Currawong	Strepera versicolor
Grey Falcon	Falco hypoleucos
Grey Fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa
Grey Goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae
Grey Grasswren	Amytornis barbatus
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Grey Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Grey Teal	Anas gracilis
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel	Garrodia nereis
Grey-crowned Babbler	Pomatostomus temporalis
Grey-faced Petrel	Pterodroma gouldii
Grey-fronted Honeyeater	Ptilotula plumula
Grey-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes
Ground Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina maxima
Ground Parrot	Pezoporus wallicus
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
Hall's Babbler	Pomatostomus halli
Hardhead	Aythya australis
Hoary-headed Grebe	Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Hooded Plover	Thinornis cucullatus
Hooded Robin	Melanodryas cucullata
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis
Horsfield's Bushlark	Mirafra javanica
Hutton's Shearwater	Puffinus huttoni
Inland Dotterel	Peltohyas australis
Inland Thornbill	Acanthiza apicalis
Intermediate Egret	Ardea intermedia
Jacky Winter	Microeca fascinans
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus
Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta
King Quail	Synoicus chinensis
Large-billed Scrubwren	Sericornis magnirostris
Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Leaden Flycatcher	Myiagra rubecula
Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel
Lesser Sand-Plover	Charadrius mongolus
Letter-winged Kite	Elanus scriptus
Lewin's Honeyeater	Meliphaga lewinii
Lewin's Rail	Lewinia pectoralis
Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Bronze-Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx minutillus
Little Buttonquail	Turnix velox
Little Corella	Cacatua sanguinea
Little Crow	Corvus bennetti
Little Curlew	Numenius minutus
Little Eagle	Hieraaetus morphnoides
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Little Friarbird	Philemon citreogularis
Little Grassbird	Poodytes gramineus
Little Lorikeet	Parvisitta pusilla
Little Penguin	Eudyptula minor
Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos
Little Raven	Corvus mellori
Little Shearwater	Puffinus assmilis
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
Little Wattlebird	Anthochaera chrysoptera

Common Name	Scientific Name
Little Woodswallow	Artamus minor
Long-billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus
Magpie Goose	Anseranas semipalmata
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo	Lophochroa leadbeateri
Malleefowl	Leipoa ocellata
Mangrove Gerygone	Gerygone levigaster
Mangrove Honeyeater	Gavicalis fasciogularis
Marbled Frogmouth	Podargus ocellatus
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles
Masked Woodswallow	Artamus personatus
Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata
Mulga Parrot	Psephotus varius
Musk Duck	Biziura lobata
Musk Lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Nankeen Kestrel	Falco cenchroides
Nankeen Night-Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus
New Holland Honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Noisy Friarbird	Philemon corniculatus
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala
Noisy Pitta	Pitta versicolor
Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli
Olive Whistler	Pachycephala olivacea
Olive-backed Oriole	Oriolus sagittatus
Orange Chat	Epthianura aurifrons
Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus
Oriental Plover	Charadrius veredus
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Pacific Baza	Aviceda subcristata
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa
Pacific Emerald-Dove	Chalcophaps longirostris
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Pacific Gull	Larus pacificus
Pacific Koel	Eudynamys orientalis
Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus
Painted Buttonquail	Turnix varius
Pale-headed Rosella	Platycercus adscitus
Pale-vented Bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana
Pale-yellow Robin	Tregellasia capito
Pallid Cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus
Paradise Riflebird	Ptilorus paradiseus
Peaceful Dove	Geopelia placida
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Pheasant Coucal	Centropus phasianinus
Pied Butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis
Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax varius
Pied Currawong	Strepera graculina
Pied Honeyeater	Certhionyx variegatus
Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus
Pilotbird	Pycnoptilus floccosus
Pink-eared Duck	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Plains-wanderer	Pedionomus torquatus
Plum-headed Finch	Aidemosyne modesta
Plumed Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna eytoni
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus
Powerful Owl	Ninox strenua
Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri
Purple-backed Fairywren	Malurus assimilis
Radjah Shelduck	Radjah radjah
Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Red Knot	Calidris canutus
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata
Red-backed Buttonquail	Turnix maculosa
Red-backed Fairywren	Malurus melanocephalus
Red-backed Kingfisher	Todiramphus pyrrhopygia
Red-browed Finch	Neochmia temporalis
Red-browed Pardalote	Pardalotus rubricatus
Red-browed Treecreeper	Climacteris erythrops
Red-capped Plover	Charadrius ruficapillus
Red-capped Robin	Petroica goodenovii
Red-chested Buttonquail	Turnix pyrrhothorax
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
Red-kneed Dotterel	Erythrogonys cinctus
Red-lored Whistler	Pachycephala rufogularis
Red-necked Avocet	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus banksii
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda
Red-winged Parrot	Aprosmictus erythropterus
Redthroat	Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Regent Bowerbird	Sericulus chrysocephalus
Regent Honeyeater	Anthochaera phrygia
Regent Parrot	Polytelis anthopeplus
Restless Flycatcher	Myiagra inquieta
Rockwarbler	Origma solitaria
Rose Robin	Petroica rosea
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina
Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora
Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons
Rufous Fieldwren	Calamanthus campestris
Rufous Scrub-bird	Atrichornis rufescens
Rufous Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla rufogaster
Rufous Songlark	Cincloramphus matthewsi
Rufous Whistler	Pachycephala rufiventris
Russet-tailed Thrush	Zoothera heinei
Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Satin Bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Satin Flycatcher	Myiagra cyanoleuca
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet	Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Scarlet Honeyeater	Myzomela sanguinolenta
Scarlet Robin	Petroica boodang
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus
Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris
Shy Albatross	Thalassarche cauta
Shy Heathwren	Hylacola cauta
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Singing Honeyeater	Gavicalis virescens
Slender-billed Prion	Pachyptila belcheri
Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis
Sooty Owl	Tyto tenebricosa
Sooty Oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Southern Boobook	Ninox boobook
Southern Emuwren	Stipiturus malachurus
Southern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialoides
Southern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes giganteus
Southern Scrub-Robin	Drymodes brunneopygia
Southern Whiteface	Aphelocephala leucopsis
Spangled Drongo	Dicrurus bracteatus
Speckled Warbler	Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
Spectacled Monarch	Symposiachrus trivirgatus
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater	Acanthagenys rufogularis
Splendid Fairywren	Malurus splendens
Spotless Crake	Zapornia tabuensis
Spotted Bowerbird	Chlamydera maculata
Spotted Harrier	Circus assimilis
Spotted Nightjar	Eurostopodus argus
Spotted Pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
Spotted Quail-thrush	Cinclosoma punctatum
Square-tailed Kite	Lophoictinia isura
Straw-necked Ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis
Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas
Striated Fieldwren	Calamanthus fuliginosus
Striated Grasswren	Amytornis striatus
Striated Heron	Butorides striata
Striated Pardalote	Pardalotus striatus
Striated Thornbill	Acanthiza lineata
Striped Honeyeater	Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Stubble Quail	Coturnix pectoralis
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Superb Fairywren	Malurus cyaneus
Superb Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus superbus
Superb Lyrebird	Menura novaehollandiae
Superb Parrot	Polytelis swainsonii
Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans
Swift Parrot	Lathamus discolor
Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata
Tawny Frogmouth	Podargus strigoides
Tawny Grassbird	Cincloramphus timoriensis
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater	Gliciphila melanops
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
Topknot Pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus
Torresian Crow	Corvus orru
Torresian Kingfisher	Todiramphus sordidus
Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans
Turquoise Parrot	Neophema pulchella
Varied Sittella	Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Varied Triller	Lalage leucomela
Variegated Fairywren	Malurus lamberti
Wandering Albatross	Diomedea exulans
Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana
Wandering Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arcuata
Wedge-tailed Eagle	Aquila audax
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica
Weebill	Smicrornis brevirostris
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Western Gerygone	Gerygone fusca
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeophus
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
Whistling Kite	Haliastur sphenurus
White-backed Swallow	Cheramoeca leucosterna
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina papuensis
White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus
White-browed Babbler	Pomatostomus superciliosus
White-browed Scrubwren	Sericornis frontatus
White-browed Treecreeper	Climacteris affinis
White-browed Woodswallow	Artamus superciliosus
White-cheeked Honeyeater	Phylidonyris niger
White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis
White-eared Honeyeater	Nesoptilotis leucotis
White-eared Monarch	Carterornis leucotis
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
White-faced Storm-Petrel	Pelagodroma marina
White-fronted Chat	Epthianura albifrons
White-fronted Honeyeater	Purnella albifrons
White-fronted Tern	Sterna striata
White-headed Petrel	Pterodroma lessonii
White-headed Pigeon	Columba leucomela
White-naped Honeyeater	Melithreptus lunatus
White-necked Heron	Ardea pacifica
White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis
White-plumed Honeyeater	Ptilotula penicillata
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
White-throated Gerygone	Gerygone olivacea
White-throated Honeyeater	Melithreptus albogularis
White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
White-throated Nightjar	Eurostopodus mysticalis
White-throated Treecreeper	Cormobates leucophaea
White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucoptera
White-winged Chough	Corcorax melanorhamphos
White-winged Fairywren	Malurus leucopterus
White-winged Triller	Lalage tricolor
Willie Wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus
Wompoo Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus magnificus
Wonga Pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Yellow Thornbill	Acanthiza nana
Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Platalea flavipes
Yellow-faced Honeyeater	Caligavis chrysops
Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater	Ptilotula ornata
Yellow-rumped Thornbill	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Zanda funerea
Yellow-throated Miner	Manorina flavigula
Yellow-throated Scrubwren	Sericornis citreogularis
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater	Lichenostomus melanops
Zebra Finch	Taeniopygia guttata

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