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This web site uses the taxonomy (species list) defined by BirdLife Australia as their 'Working List of Australia Birds v3', available for download here. To see just the changes (and some notes on 'splits' and 'lumps') . Note that currently we only allow photos to be identified at the Species level. However, members may provide additional taxonomic information, as per the 'Working List of Australia Birds v3', in the ‘Comments’ field when submitting photos.

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Order	Status	Population	Notes	Images	Actions
Ostrich	Struthio camelus	Ostriches (Struthionidae)	Struthioniformes	Introduced	Introduced		11
Southern Cassowary	Casuarius casuarius	Emus and Cassowaries (Casuariidae)	Struthioniformes	Vulnerable	Australian		34
Emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae	Emus and Cassowaries (Casuariidae)	Struthioniformes	Least concern	Endemic		55
Australian Brush-turkey	Alectura lathami	Megapodes (Megapodiidae)	Galliformes	Least concern	Endemic		40
Malleefowl	Leipoa ocellata	Megapodes (Megapodiidae)	Galliformes	Vulnerable	Endemic		27
Orange-footed Scrubfowl	Megapodius reinwardt	Megapodes (Megapodiidae)	Galliformes	Least concern	Australian		11
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Guineafowl (Numididae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		10
California Quail	Callipepla californica	New World Quail (Odontophoridae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		13
Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		15
Stubble Quail	Coturnix pectoralis	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Least concern	Endemic		11
Brown Quail	Synoicus ypsilophorus	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Least concern	Australian		36
King Quail	Synoicus chinensis	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Least concern	Australian		1
Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		4
Green Junglefowl	Gallus varius	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		6
Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		5
Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Pheasants and Quail (Phasianidae)	Galliformes	Introduced	Introduced		3
Magpie Goose	Anseranas semipalmata	Magpie Goose (Anseranatidae)	Anseriformes	Least concern	Australian		70
Spotted Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna guttata	Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)	Anseriformes	Least concern	Australian		13
Plumed Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna eytoni	Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)	Anseriformes	Least concern	Australian		73
Wandering Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arcuata	Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)	Anseriformes	Least concern	Australian		32

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