Australian birds - numbers

[John Tongue <>]

A partial answer to your questions:

http://www.tonypalliser.com/totals.html

Lists the totals seen by those Australian Birders who choose to register their totals.  Richard Baxter has seen 908 species on Mainland and islands, and 810 excluding the islands.  Mike Carter has seen 902 in total, and 858 excluding the islands.

John Tongue

On 3 Jun 2022, at 9:59 am, Charles Hunter via Birding-Aus <m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus");" class="">> wrote:

Hi all,

I had a few questions regarding the number of bird species in Australia.

How many bird species have been sighted in mainland Australia and Tasmania (but excluding islands / territories like Christmas Island, Norfolk Island and Heard Island, etc.).

How many bird species are resident in Australia?

Is a bird considered a resident even if they visit for a few months (e.g. Papuan pitta).

How many bird species are there in Australia excluding vagrants (that have only been seen once or a few times such as Eurasian hoopoe last sighted in Broome in 2015).

Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts.

Warm regards,

Charlie Hunter
Bronte, NSW



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