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738active non-vagrant species

927total species

194observed by me

101families

Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata

Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Expert Not observed

KnownObscure

Weight10

Locales11

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Russell Best / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites lucidus

Cuculidae Cuculiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales5

Eastern NSW, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east Queensland, South-east S…

WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra alecto

Monarchidae Passeriformes Hard Observed

KnownLess known

Weight25

Locales5

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

Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus

Scolopacidae Charadriiformes 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

Short-tailed Grasswren

Amytornis merrotsyi

Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Mallee, South-east South Australia

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

Short-tailed Shearwater

Ardenna tenuirostris

Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0

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

Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

Diomedeidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Nullarbor / Southern Coast, Tasmania

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

Shy Heathwren

Calamanthus cautus

Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

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

Siberian Blue Robin

Larvivora cyane

Muscicapidae Passeriformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0

M.Nishimura / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Siberian Thrush

Geokichla sibirica

Turdidae Passeriformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales1

Eastern NSW

WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Silver Gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Laridae Charadriiformes Easy Observed

KnownFamiliar

Weight80

Locales12

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Nullarbor / Southern …

Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Silver-backed Butcherbird

Cracticus argenteus

Artamidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Cape York, Gulf Country, Top End

TonyCastro / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Silver-backed Needletail

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Apodidae Caprimulgiformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, Victoria

WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Silver-crowned friarbird

Philemon argenticeps

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales5

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

No photo

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Zosteropidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales5

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

Brett Donald / CC BY-SA 2.5 / via Wikimedia Commons

Singing Bushlark

Mirafra javanica

Alaudidae Passeriformes Hard Observed

KnownLess known

Weight25

Locales16

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

Tom Tarrant / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Singing Honeyeater

Gavicalis virescens

Meliphagidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales6

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

hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Singing Starling

Aplonis cantoroides

Sturnidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0

Norwoodpaul / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Slaty-backed Gull

Larus schistisagus

Laridae Charadriiformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Eastern NSW, Victoria

Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Slaty-backed Thornbill

Acanthiza robustirostris

Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Central Australia, Channel Country

AjitK332 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Slaty-breasted Rail

Lewinia striata

Rallidae Gruiformes Medium Vagrant Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales4

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

Joshua Stone / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Slender-billed Prion

Pachyptila belcheri

Procellariidae Procellariiformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0

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

Slender-billed Thornbill

Acanthiza iredalei

Acanthizidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales2

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Richard Fuller / CC0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Slender-billed White-eye

Zosterops tenuirostris

Zosteropidae Passeriformes Medium Not observed

KnownNormal

Weight50

Locales0