FALCONS - Falconidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Peregrine Falcon	67	Falco peregrinus

GEESE & DUCKS - Anatidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Magpie Goose	69	Anseranus semipalmata
Spotted Whistling Duck	69	Dendrocygna guttata
Wandering Whistling Duck	69	Dendrocygna arcuata
White-headed Shelduck	70	Tadorna radijah
Green Pigmy Goose	70	Nettapus pulehellus
Grey Teal	71	Anas gacilis
Pacific Black Duck	71	Anas superciliosa

MEGAPODES or MOUND-BUILDERS - apodiidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Orange-footed Scrubfowl	-	Megapodius reinwardt

CRANES - Gruidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Brolga	79	Grus rubicunda

BUSTARDS - Otididae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Australian Bustard	80	Adeotis australis

JACANAS or LILY TROTTERS - Jacanidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Comb-crested Jacana	80	Irediparra gallinacea

STILTS - Recurvirostridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-headed Stilt	81	Himantopus leucocephalus

STONE-CURLEWS - Burhinidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Beach Stone-Curlew	81	Esacus magnirostris

COUSERS & PRATINCOLES - Glareolidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Oriental Pratincole	82	Glareola maldivarum
Australian Pratincole	82	Stiltia isabella

PLOVERS & DOTTERELS - Charadriidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Masked Lapwing	83	Vanellus miles
Lesser Golden Plover	83	Pluvialis dominica
Red-kneed Dotterel	83	Erythrogonys cinctus
Mongolian Plover	84	Charadrius mongolus
Large Sand Plover	84	Charadrius leschenaultii

CURLEWS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES & ALLIES-Scolopacidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Ruddy Turnstone	85	Arenaria interpres
Little Curlew	86	Numenius minutus
Wood Sandpiper	86	Tringa glareola
Grey-tailed Tattler	86	Tringa brevipes
Common Sandpiper	87	Tringa hypoleucos
Common Greenshank	87	Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper	87	Tringa stagnatilis
Swinhoe's Snipe	89	Gallinago megala
Black-tailed Dodwit	89	Limosa limosa
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	91	Calidris acuminata
Red-necked Stint	91	Calidris ruficollis
Long-toed Stint	92	Calidris subminuta
Curlew Sandpiper	92	Calidris ferruginea

GULLS & TERNS - Laridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Whiskered Tern	96	Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Black Tern	96	Chlidonias leucopterus
Gull-billed Tern	96	Gelochelidon nilotica
Little Tern	98	Sterna albifrons

PIGEONS & DOVES-Columbidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Brown Cuckoo-Dove	101	Macropygia amboinensis
Black-Billed Cuckoo-Dove	101	Macropygia nigrirostris
Emerald Cuckoo-dove	102	Chalcophaps indica
Stephan's Ground-Dove	102	Chalocophaps stephani
Peaceful Dove	102	Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove	103	Geopelia humeralis
Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove	106	Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
Pied Imperial Pigeon or Torres Straight Imperial Pigeon (unified into a single species)	110	Ducula bicolor Ducula spilorrhoa
Pinon Imperial Pigeon	110	Ducula pinon
Collared Imperial Pigeon	110	Ducula muellerii

PARROTS, LORIKEETS & COCKATOOS -Psittacidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Greater Streaked Lory	112	Chalcopsitta scintillata
Rainbow Lorikeet	113	Trichoglossus heamatodus
Red-flanked Lorikeet	115	Charmosyna placentis
Palm Cockatoo	117	Probosciger aterrimus
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo	117	Cacatua galerita
Little Corella	117	Cacatua pastinator
Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot	118	Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii
Red-cheeked Parrot	121	Geoffroyus geoffroyi
Eclectus Parrot	121	Eclectus roratus
Red-winged Parrot	122	Aprosmictus erythropterus

CUCKOOS, KOELS and COUCALS-Cuculidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Oriental Cuckoo	123	Cuculus saturatus
Brush Cuckoo	124	Cacomantis variolosus
Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo	125	Chrysococcyx basalis
Malay Bronze-Cuckoo	126	Chrysococcyx minutillus
Common Koel	127	Eudynamys scolopacea
Great Black Coucal	128	Centropus menbeki
Lesser Black Coucal	129	Centropus bernsteini
Pheasant Coucal	129	Centropus phasianinus

BARN OWLES-Tytonidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Masked Owl	130	Tyto novaehollandiae

TYPICAL OWLES-Strigidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Barking Owl	131	Ninox connivens

FROGMOUTHS-Podargidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Marbled Frogmouth	133	Podargus ocellatus
Papuan Frogmouth	133	Podargus papuensis

OWLET-NIGHTJARS-Aegothelidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Barred Owlet-Nightjar	134	Aegotheles bennettii

NIGHTJARS-Caprimulgidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-throated Nightjar	135	Eurostopodus mystacalis
Papuan Nightjar	135	Eurostopodus papuensis
Large-tailed Nightjar	136	Caprimulgus macrurus

TREE-SWIFTS-Hemiprocndae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Moustached tree-swift	136	Hemiprocne mystacea

SWIFTS & SWIFTLETS-Apodidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Papuan Spine-tailed Swift	138	Mearnsia novaeguinae
Fork-tailed Swift	138	Apus pacificus

KINGFISHERS & KOOKABURRAS-Alcedinidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Rufous-belled Kookaburra	141	Dacelo Gaudichaud
Spangled Kookaburra	141	Dacelo gaudichaud
Blue-winged Kookaburra	141	Dacelo leachii
Forest Kingfisher	142	Halcyon macleayii
Sacred Kingfisher	142	Halcyon sancta
Yellow-billed Kingfisher	142	Halcyon torotoro
Dwarf Kingfisher	143	Ceyx lepidus
Little Kingfisher	143	Alecedo pusilla
Azure Kingfisher	143	Alecedo asurea

BEE-EATERS-Meropidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Blue-tailed Bee-eater	144	Merops philippinus
Rainbow Bee Eater	144	Merops ornatus

ROLLERS-Coraciidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Dollarbird	145	Eurystomus orientalis

PITTAS-Pittidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Noisy Pitta	146	Pitta versicolor

LARKS-Alaudidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Singing Bushlark	146	Mirafra javanica

SWALLOWS & MARTINS-Hirundinidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Pacific Swallow	147	Hirundo tahitica
Tree Martin	148	Hirundo nigricans

WAGTAILS & PIPITS-Motacillidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Yellow Wagtail	148	Motacilla flava

CUCKOO-SHRIKES & TRILLERS-Campephagidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-Bellied Cuckoo-shrike	150	Coricina papuensis
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	150	Coricina novaehollandiae
Cicadabird	151	Coricina tenuirostris
Varied Triller	152	Lalage leucomela

FALSE BABBLERS-Pomatostomatidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Grey-crowned Babbler	158	Pomatostomus temporalis

OLD WORLD WARBLERS-Sylviidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Clamorous Reed-Warbler	158	Acrocephalus stentoreus
Tawny Grassbird	159	Megalurus timoriensis
Fly River Grassbird	159	Megalurus albolimbatus
Golden-headed Cisticola	159	Cisticola exilis
Zitting Cisticola	160	Cisticola juncidis

FAIRY-WRENS-Maluridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-shouldered Fairy-Wren	161	Malurus alboscapulatus

AUSTRALIAN-WARBLERS-Acanthizidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Beccari's Scrub-Wren	163	Sericornis beccarii
Yellow-bellied Gerygone	165	Gerygone chrysogaster
Greeb-backed Gerygone	165	Gerygone chloronotus
Fairy Gerygone	166	Gerygone palpebrosa
Large-billed Gerygone	166	Gerygone magnirostris

FANTAILS-Rhipiduridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Rufus Fantail	168	Phipidura rufifrons
Rufus-backed Fantail	168	Rhipidura rufidora
Willie Wagtail	170	Rhipidura leucophrys

MONARCHS-Myiagridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Spectacled Monarch	172	Monarcha trivirgatus
Frilled Monarch	173	Arses telescophthalmus
Shining Flycather	174	Myiagra alecto
Restless Flycatcher	175	Myiagra inequieta
Yellow-brested Boatbill	175	Machaerirhynchus flaviventer

AUSTRALIAN ROBINS (FLYCATCHERS)-Eopsaltriidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher	176	Microeca flavovigaster

WHISTLERS, PITOHUIS, &ALLIES-Pachycephalidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
little Shrike-Thrush	185	Colluricincla megarhyncha
Grey Shrike-Thrush	186	Colliricincla harmonica

FLOWERPECKERS & BERRYPECKERS-Dicaeidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Papuan Flowerpecker	191	Dicaeum pectorale

SUNBIRDS-Nectariniidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Black Sunbird	192	Nectarinia apasia
Yellow-bellied Sunbird	192	Nectarinia Jugularis

WHITE-EYES-Zosteropidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
New Guinea White-eye	194	Zosterops novaeguineae

HONEYEATERS, MELIPHAGA & FRIARBIRDS-Meliphagidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Long-billed Honeyeater	195	Melilestes megarhynchus
Pygmy Honeyeater	196	Oedistoma pygmaeum
Green-backed Honeyeater	196	Glycichaera fallax
Brown Honeyeater	196	Lichmera indistincta
Dusky Myzomela	197	Myzomela obscura,
Puff-Backed Meliphaga	201	Meliphaga aruensis
Mimic Meliphaga	201	Meliphaga analoga
Graceful Meliphaga	201	Meliphaga gracilis
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater	203	Xantholis flaviventer
White-throated Honeyeater	203	Melithreptis albogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater	203	Entomyzon cyanotis
Plain Honeyeater	203	Pycnopygius ixoides
Streak-Headed Honeyeater	204	Pycnphygius stictocephalus
Meyer's Friarbird	204	Philemon meyeri
Little Friarbird	204	Philemon citreogularis
Helmeted Friarbird	205	Philemon buceroides
Noisy Friarbird	205	Philemon corniculatus
Brown-backed Honeyeater	209	Ramsayornis modestus
Rufus-banded Honeyeater	209	Conopophila albogularis

MANNIKINS, PARROT-FINCHES & ALLIES-Estrildidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Crimson Finch	212	Neochmea phaeton

ORIOLES-Oriolidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Brown Oriole	214	Oriolus szalayi
Yellow Oriole	215	Oriolus flavocinctus

DRONGOS-Dicruridae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Spangled Drongo	216	Dicrurus hottentottus

MAGPIE-LARKS-Grallinidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Magpie-lark	216	Grallina cyanoleuca

WOOD-SWALLOWS-Artamidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-brerasted Wood-Swallow	217	Artamus leucorhynchus

BUTCHERBIRDS, PELLTOPS & ALLIES-Cracticidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Black-backed Butcherbird	218	Cracticus mentalis
Australian Magpie	218	Gymnorhina tibicens

BOWERBIRDS-Ptilonorhynchidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
White-eared Catbird	220	Ailuroedus buccoides
Spotted Catbird	220	Ailuroedus melanotis
Fawn-brested Bowerbird	222	Chlamydera cerviniventris

MANUCODES-Manucodia

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Gloss-mantled Manucode	224	Manucodia atra

CROWS-Covidae

Common Name	Reference Beehler's	Scientific Name
Torresian Crow	234	Corvus orru