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Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Tasmania

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Difference between Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Tasmania

Fauna of Australia vs. List of birds of Tasmania

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. A total of 262 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait, 182 of which are regularly recorded, while another 79 are vagrants and one is extinct.

Similarities between Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Tasmania

Fauna of Australia and List of birds of Tasmania have 32 things in common (in Unionpedia): Artamidae, Australasian robin, Australian pelican, Cockatoo, Common blackbird, Common starling, Emu, Endemism, European goldfinch, European greenfinch, Extinction, Galah, Honeyeater, House sparrow, Kingfisher, Lark, List of birds of Australia, List of birds of Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, Little penguin, Lyrebird, Mollusca, Pardalote, Parrot, Passerine, Penguin, Ramsar Convention, Seabird, Short-tailed shearwater, Swallow, Tasmania, ..., Thrush (bird), Wedge-tailed eagle. Expand index (2 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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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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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 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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Emu

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

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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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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List of birds of Australia

This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.

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List of birds of Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica

This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, with the doubtfuls omitted.

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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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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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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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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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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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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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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Thrush (bird)

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

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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 Tasmania Comparison

Fauna of Australia has 448 relations, while List of birds of Tasmania has 437. As they have in common 32, the Jaccard index is 3.62% = 32 / (448 + 437).

References

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