Birds of Ashmore Reef
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The Birds of Ashmore Reef comprise three main groups:
- Seabirds, including at least five species of breeding terns, with several other seabirds, including petrels, recorded in the surrounding waters
- Migratory shorebirds en route from northern Asia to Australia
- Landbirds, only three breeding species (two herons and a rail) but several others, including passerines, visit, either on migration to northern Australia or as vagrants
[edit] List of birds
- Procellariidae
- Bulwer's Petrel, Bulweria bulwerii - vagrant
- Jouanin's Petrel, Bulweria fallax - vagrant
- Tahiti Peterel, Pseudobulweria rostrata - vagrant
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus - regular visitor
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis – vagrant
- Phaethontidae
- White-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus - regular visitor
- Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda - regular visitor
- Sulidae
- Abbott's Booby, Papasula abbotti - vagrant
- Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra - regular visitor
- Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster - regular visitor
- Red-footed Booby, Sula sula - regular visitor
- Fregatidae
- Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel - regular visitor
- Great Frigatebird, Fregata minor - regular visitor
- Ardeidae
- Great Egret, Ardea alba - vagrant
- Little Egret, Egretta garzetta - breeding
- Eastern Reef Egret, Egretta sacra - breeding
- Nankeen Night Heron, Nycticorax caledonicus – vagrant
- Rallidae
- White-breasted Waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus - vagrant
- Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis – breeding
- Turnicidae
- Red-backed Button-quail, Turnix maculosa – vagrant
- Scolopacidae
- Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos - passage migrant
- Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres - passage migrant
- Sanderling, Calidris alba - passage migrant
- Red Knot, Calidris canutus - passage migrant
- Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea - passage migrant
- Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis - passage migrant
- Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris - passage migrant
- ?Snipe, Gallinago sp. - passage migrant
- Grey-tailed Tattler, Heteroscelus brevipes - passage migrant
- Asian Dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus - passage migrant
- Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica - passage migrant
- Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa - passage migrant
- Eastern Curlew, Numenius madagascariensis - passage migrant
- Little Curlew, Numenius minutus - passage migrant
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus - passage migrant
- Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia - passage migrant
- Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis - passage migrant
- Common Redshank, Tringa totanus - passage migrant
- Charadriidae
- Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultii - passage migrant
- Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus - passage migrant
- Oriental Plover, Charadrius veredus - passage migrant
- Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva - passage migrant
- Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola – vagrant
- Laridae
- Long-tailed Jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus - vagrant
- Arctic Jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus - vagrant
- Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus - vagrant
- Black Noddy, Anous minutus - breeding
- Common Noddy, Anous stolidus - breeding
- Lesser Noddy, Anous tenuirostris - possibly breeding
- Little Tern, Sterna albifrons - vagrant
- Bridled Tern, Sterna anaethetus - breeding
- Crested Tern, Sterna bergii - breeding
- Sooty Tern, Sterna fuscata – breeding
- Cuculidae
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx basalis - vagrant
- Little Bronze Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus - vagrant
- Gould's Bronze Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx russatus - vagrant
- Oriental Cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus - vagrant
- Common Koel, Eudynamys scolopacea – vagrant
- Centropodidae
- Lesser Coucal, Centropus bengalensis – vagrant
- Caprimulgidae
- Grey Nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus – vagrant
- Apodidae
- House Swift, Apus affinis - vagrant
- Fork-tailed Swift, Apus pacificus – vagrant
- Halcyonidae
- Collared Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris – vagrant
- Sacred Kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus – vagrant
- Meropidae
- Rainbow Bee-eater, Merops ornatus – vagrant
- Coraciidae
- Dicruridae
- Island Monarch, Monarcha cinerascens – vagrant
- Motacillidae
- Pechora Pipit, Anthus gustavi - vagrant
- Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea - vagrant
- Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava - passage migrant
- Passeridae
- Pale-headed Munia , Lonchura pallida – vagrant
- Hirundinidae
- Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica – vagrant
- Sylviidae
- Oriental Reed-Warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis - vagrant
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella ochotensis - vagrant
- Tawny Grassbird, Megalurus timoriensis - vagrant
- Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis - regular visitor
- Muscicapidae
- Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica - vagrant
[edit] References
- Birds Australia Rarities Committee – decisions and case summaries
- Birding-Aus Mailing List Archives
- Birds WA sightings
- Commonwealth of Australia. (2002). Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plans. Environment Australia: Canberra.
