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Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Australia

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Difference between Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Australia

Fauna of Australia vs. List of birds of Australia

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Similarities between Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Australia

Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Australia have 39 things in common (in Unionpedia): Artamidae, Australasian robin, Australasian treecreeper, Australian brushturkey, Australian pelican, Bird-of-paradise, Bowerbird, Cockatoo, Common blackbird, Common myna, Common starling, CSIRO, Emu, European goldfinch, European greenfinch, Extinction, Galah, Honeyeater, House sparrow, Kingfisher, Lark, Little penguin, Lyrebird, Malleefowl, Megapode, Paradise parrot, Pardalote, Parrot, Passerine, Penguin, ..., Satin bowerbird, Seabird, Short-tailed shearwater, Southern cassowary, Sunbird, Swallow, Thrush (bird), Torres Strait, Wedge-tailed eagle. Expand index (9 more) »

Artamidae

Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia.

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Australasian robin

The bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera.

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Australasian treecreeper

There are 7 species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae.

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Australian brushturkey

The Australian brushturkey or Australian brush-turkey (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the scrub turkey or bush turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Eurobodalla on the south coast of New South Wales.

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Australian pelican

The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird of the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand.

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Bird-of-paradise

The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes.

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Bowerbird

Bowerbirds make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae.

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Cockatoo

A cockatoo is a parrot that is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea.

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Common blackbird

The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush.

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Common myna

The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a member of the family Sturnidae (starlings and mynas) native to Asia.

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Common starling

The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research.

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Emu

The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich.

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European goldfinch

The European goldfinch or goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.

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European greenfinch

The European greenfinch, or just greenfinch (Chloris chloris), is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Galah

The galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo, galah cockatoo, pink and grey cockatoo or roseate cockatoo, is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.

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Honeyeater

The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds.

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House sparrow

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.

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Lark

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

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Little penguin

The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin.

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Lyrebird

A lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds that compose the genus Menura, and the family Menuridae.

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Malleefowl

The malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related).

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Megapode

The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae.

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Paradise parrot

The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) was a colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland – New South Wales border area of eastern Australia.

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Pardalote

Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks.

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Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Penguin

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds.

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Satin bowerbird

The satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a bowerbird endemic to eastern Australia.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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Short-tailed shearwater

The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris; formerly Puffinus tenuirostris), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested.

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Southern cassowary

The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird.

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Sunbird

The sunbirds and spiderhunters make up a family, Nectariniidae, of passerine birds.

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Swallow

The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica.

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Thrush (bird)

The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds with a worldwide distribution.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Wedge-tailed eagle

The wedge-tailed eagle or bunjil (Aquila audax) is the largest bird of prey in Australia, and is also found in southern New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.

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The list above answers the following questions

Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Australia Comparison

Fauna of Australia has 448 relations, while List of birds of Australia has 1056. As they have in common 39, the Jaccard index is 2.59% = 39 / (448 + 1056).

References

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