List of birds of South Australia

This is a list of birds of South Australia:^[1]

Order Struthioniformes

Family Casuariidae

• Dromaius baudinianus (Kangaroo Island emu) — extinct
• Dromaius novaehollandiae (emu) — Native on mainland, introduced to Kangaroo and Wedge Islands

Family Struthionidae

• Struthio camelus (ostrich) — naturalised

Order Galliformes

Family Megapodiidae

• Alectura lathami (Australian brush-turkey) — naturalised
• Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl)

Family Phasianidae

• Coturnix chinensis (king quail)
• Coturnix pectoralis (stubble quail)
• Coturnix ypsilophora (brown quail)
• Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) — naturalised

Order Anseriformes

Family Anseranatidae

• Anseranas semipalmata (magpie goose)

Family Anatidae

Subfamily Dendrocygninae

• Dendrocygna eytoni (plumed whistling duck)

Subfamily Oxyurinae

• Oxyura australis (blue-billed duck)
• Biziura lobata (musk duck)

Subfamily Stictonettinae

• Stictonetta naevosa (freckled duck)

Subfamily Anserinae

• Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape Barren goose)
• Cygnus atratus (black swan)

Subfamily Tadorninae

• Tadorna radjah (radjah shelduck) — occasional visitor
• Tadorna tadornoides (Australian shelduck)

Subfamily Anatinae

• Anas castanea (chestnut teal)
• Anas clypeata (northern shoveler) — occasional visitor
• Anas gracilis (grey teal)
• Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) — naturalised
• Anas querquedula (garganey) — occasional visitor
• Anas rhynchotis (Australasian shoveler)
• Anas superciliosa (Pacific black duck)
• Aythya australis (hardhead)
• Chenonetta jubata (Australian wood duck)
• Malacorhynchus membranaceus (pink-eared duck)

Hybrids between Anas platyrhynchos and A. superciliosa also occur.

Order Podicipediformes

Family Podicipedidae

• Podiceps cristatus (great crested grebe)
• Poliocephalus poliocephalus (hoary-headed grebe)
• Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian grebe)

Order Sphenisciformes

Family Spheniscidae

• Aptenodytes patagonicus (king penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptes chrysocome (rockhopper penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptes chrysolophus (macaroni penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptes pachyrhynchus (Fiordland penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptes robustus (Snares penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptes sclateri (erect-crested penguin) — occasional visitor
• Eudyptula minor (little penguin)

Order Procellariiformes

Family Procellariidae

• Daption capense (Cape petrel)
• Fulmarus glacialoides (southern fulmar)
• Halobaena caerulea (blue petrel)
• Lugensa brevirostris (Kerguelen petrel)
• Macronectes giganteus (southern giant-petrel)
• Macronectes halli (northern giant-petrel)
• Pachyptila belcheri (slender-billed prion)
• Pachyptila desolata (Antarctic prion)
• Pachyptila salvini (Salvin’s prion)
• Pachyptila turtur (fairy prion)
• Pachyptila vittata (broad-billed prion)
• Pagodroma nivea (snow petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pelecanoides georgicus (South Georgian diving-petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pelecanoides urinatrix (common diving petrel)
• Procellaria aequinoctialis (white-chinned petrel) — occasional visitor
• Procellaria cinerea (grey petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pterodroma inexpectata (mottled petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pterodroma lessonii (white-headed petrel)
• Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould's petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pterodroma macroptera (great-winged petrel)
• Pterodroma mollis (soft-plumaged petrel) — occasional visitor
• Ardenna carneipes (flesh-footed shearwater)
• Ardenna tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater)
• Ardenna gravis (great shearwater) — occasional visitor
• Ardenna griseus (sooty shearwater) — occasional visitor
• Ardenna pacificus (wedge-tailed shearwater) — occasional visitor
• Puffinus huttoni (Hutton's shearwater)
• Puffinus gavia (fluttering shearwater)
• Puffinus assimilis (little shearwater) — occasional visitor)
• Puffinus puffinus (Manx shearwater) — occasional visitor
• Thalassoica antarctica (Antarctic petrel) — occasional visitor

Family Diomedeidae

• Diomedea bulleri (Buller's albatross) — occasional visitor
• Diomedea cauta (shy albatross)
• Diomedea chlororhynchos (yellow-nosed albatross)
• Diomedea chrysostoma (grey-headed albatross)
• Diomedea epomophora (royal albatross) — occasional visitor
  • Diomedea epomophora sanfordi (northern royal albatross) — occasional visitor
• Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)
• Diomedea fusca (sooty albatross) — occasional visitor
• Diomedea melanophris (black-browed albatross)
• Diomedea palpebrata (light-mantled sooty albatross)

Family Hydrobatidae

• Fregetta tropica (black-bellied storm petrel) — occasional visitor
• Oceanites nereis (grey-backed storm petrel) — occasional visitor
• Oceanites oceanicus (Wilson's storm petrel)
• Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Leach’s storm-petrel) — occasional visitor
• Pelagodroma marina (white-faced storm petrel)

Order Phaethontiformes

Family Phaethontidae

• Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird) — occasional visitor

Order Suliformes

Family Sulidae

• Morus serrator (Australasian gannet)

Family Anhingidae

• Anhinga melanogaster (darter)

Family Phalacrocoracidae

• Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
• Phalacrocorax fuscescens (black-faced cormorant)
• Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (little pied cormorant)
• Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (little black cormorant)
• Phalacrocorax varius (pied cormorant)

Order Pelecaniformes

Family Pelecanidae

• Pelecanus conspicillatus (Australian pelican)

Family Ardeidae

• Ardea modesta (eastern great egret)
• Ardea ibis (cattle egret)
• Ardea intermedia (intermediate egret)
• Ardea pacifica (white-necked heron)
• Ardea picata (pied heron) — occasional visitor
• Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian bittern)
• Egretta garzetta (little egret)
• Egretta novaehollandiae (white-faced heron)
• Egretta sacra (eastern reef egret)
• Ixobrychus dubius (Australian little bittern)
• Nycticorax caledonicus (nankeen night heron)

Family Threskiornithidae

• Platalea flavipes (yellow-billed spoonbill)
• Platalea regia (royal spoonbill)
• Plegadis falcinellus (glossy ibis)
• Threskiornis molucca (Australian white ibis)
• Threskiornis spinicollis (straw-necked ibis)

Order Accipitriformes

Family Accipitridae

Subfamily Pandioninae

• Pandion haliaetus (osprey)

Subfamily Accipitrinae

• Accipiter cirrhocephalus (collared sparrowhawk)
• Accipiter fasciatus (brown goshawk)
• Accipiter novaehollandiae (grey goshawk) — occasional visitor
• Aquila audax (wedge-tailed eagle)
• Circus approximans (swamp harrier)
• Circus assimilis (spotted harrier)
• Elanus axillaris (black-shouldered kite)
• Elanus scriptus (letter-winged kite)
• Haliaeetus leucogaster (white-bellied sea eagle)
• Haliastur sphenurus (whistling kite)
• Hamirostra melanosternon (black-breasted buzzard)
• Hieraaetus morphnoides (little eagle)
• Lophoictinia isura (square-tailed kite)
• Milvus migrans (black kite)

Order Falconiformes

Family Falconidae

• Falco berigora (brown falcon)
• Falco cenchroides (nankeen kestrel)
• Falco hypoleucos (grey falcon)
• Falco longipennis (Australian hobby)
• Falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon)
• Falco subniger (black falcon)

Order Gruiformes

Family Gruidae

• Grus rubicunda (brolga)

Family Rallidae

• Fulica atra (Eurasian coot)
• Gallinula mortierii (Tasmanian native-hen) — naturalised
• Gallinula tenebrosa (dusky moorhen)
• Gallinula ventralis (black-tailed native-hen)
• Gallirallus philippensis (buff-banded rail)
• Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian swamphen)
• Porzana fluminea (Australian spotted crake)
• Porzana pusilla (Baillon's crake)
• Porzana tabuensis (spotless crake)
• Rallus pectoralis (Lewin's rail)

Order Otidiformes

Family Otididae

• Ardeotis australis (Australian bustard)

Order Charadriiformes

Family Turnicidae

• Turnix pyrrhothorax (red-chested buttonquail)
• Turnix varius (painted buttonquail)
• Turnix velox (little buttonquail)

Family Pedionomidae

• Pedionomus torquatus (plains-wanderer)

Family Scolopacidae

Subfamily Gallinagoninae

• Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's snipe)

Subfamily Tringinae

• Actitis hypoleucos (common sandpiper)
• Heteroscelus brevipes (grey-tailed tattler)
• Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) — occasional visitor
• Limosa lapponica (bar-tailed godwit)
• Limosa limosa (black-tailed godwit)
• Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
• Numenius minutus (little curlew)
• Numenius phaeopus (whimbrel)
• Tringa flavipes (lesser yellowlegs) — occasional visitor
• Tringa glareola (wood sandpiper)
• Tringa nebularia (common greenshank)
• Tringa stagnatilis (marsh sandpiper)
• Tringa totanus (common redshank) — occasional visitor
• Xenus cinereus (Terek sandpiper)

Subfamily Arenariinae

• Arenaria interpres (ruddy turnstone)

Subfamily Calidrinae

• Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper)
• Calidris alba (sanderling)
• Calidris bairdii (Baird's sandpiper) — occasional visitor
• Calidris canutus (red knot)
• Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper)
• Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper) — occasional visitor
• Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper)
• Calidris minuta (little stint) — occasional visitor

Calidris paramelanotos (Cox’s sandpiper) is now known to be a hybrid between C. ferruginea and C. melanotos.

• Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint)
• Calidris subminuta (long-toed stint)
• Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
• Limicola falcinellus (broad-billed sandpiper) — occasional visitor
• Philomachus pugnax (ruff)
• Tryngites subruficollis (buff-breasted sandpiper) — occasional visitor

Subfamily Phalaropodinae

• Phalaropus fulicaria (grey phalarope) — occasional visitor
• Phalaropus lobatus (red-necked phalarope) — occasional visitor

Family Rostratulidae

• Rostratula benghalensis (greater painted-snipe)

Family Burhinidae

• Burhinus grallarius (bush stone-curlew)

Family Haematopodidae

• Haematopus fuliginosus (sooty oystercatcher)
• Haematopus longirostris (pied oystercatcher)

Family Recurvirostridae

• Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (banded stilt)
• Himantopus himantopus (black-winged stilt)
• Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (red-necked avocet)

Family Charadriidae

• Charadrius australis (inland dotterel)
• Charadrius bicinctus (double-banded plover)
• Charadrius dubius (little ringed plover) — occasional visitor
• Charadrius hiaticula (ringed plover) — occasional visitor
• Charadrius leschenaultii (greater sand plover)
• Charadrius mongolus (lesser sand plover)
• Charadrius ruficapillus (red-capped plover)
• Charadrius veredus (Oriental plover)
• Elseyornis melanops (black-fronted dotterel)
• Erythrogonys cinctus (red-kneed dotterel)
• Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden plover)
• Pluvialis squatarola (grey plover)

• Thinornis rubricollis (hooded plover)
• Vanellus miles (masked lapwing)
• Vanellus tricolor (banded lapwing)

Family Glareolidae

• Glareola maldivarum (Oriental pratincole) — occasional visitor
• Stiltia isabella (Australian pratincole)

Family Laridae

Subfamily Stercorariinae

• Catharacta skua (great skua)
• Catharacta maccormicki (south polar skua) — occasional visitor
• Stercorarius longicaudus (long-tailed jaeger) — occasional visitor
• Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic jaeger)
• Stercorarius pomarinus (pomarine jaeger)

Subfamily Larinae

• Larus dominicanus (kelp gull)
• Larus pacificus (Pacific gull)
• Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (silver gull)
• Leucophaeus pipixcan (Franklin’s gull) — occasional visitor
• Xema sabini (Sabine’s gull) — occasional visitor

Subfamily Sterninae

• Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
• Chlidonias hybrida (whiskered tern)
• Chlidonias leucopterus (white-winged black tern)
• Sternula albifrons (little tern)
• Sternula nereis (fairy tern)
• Onychoprion anaethetus (bridled tern) — occasional visitor
• Onychoprion fuscatus (sooty tern) — occasional visitor
• Thalasseus bergii (greater crested tern)
• Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern)
• Sterna hirundo (common tern)
• Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern) — occasional visitor
• Sterna striata (white-fronted tern)
• Sterna vittata (Antarctic tern) — occasional visitor

Order Columbiformes

Family Columbidae

• Columba livia (rock dove — naturalised
• Geopelia cuneata (diamond dove)
• Geopelia placida (peaceful dove)
• Geophaps plumifera (spinifex pigeon)
• Ocyphaps lophotes (crested pigeon)
• Phaps chalcoptera (common bronzewing)
• Phaps elegans (brush bronzewing)
• Phaps histrionica (flock bronzewing)
• Streptopelia chinensis (spotted turtle-dove — naturalised
• Streptopelia risoria (ringed turtle-dove) — naturalised; this is a domesticated form of Streptopelia roseogrisea (African collared-dove)

Order Psittaciformes

Family Cacatuidae

• Eolophus roseicapilla (galah)
• Lophochroa leadbeateri (Major Mitchell's cockatoo)
• Cacatua galerita (sulphur-crested cockatoo)
• Cacatua sanguinea (little corella)
• Cacatua tenuirostris (long-billed corella)
• Callocephalon fimbriatum (gang-gang cockatoo)
• Calyptorhynchus banksii (red-tailed black-cockatoo)
  • Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne
  • Calyptorhynchus banksii samueli
• Calyptorhynchus funereus (yellow-tailed black-cockatoo)
• Calyptorhynchus lathami (glossy black-cockatoo)
  • Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus
• Nymphicus hollandicus (cockatiel)

Family Psittacidae

• Aprosmictus erythropterus (red-winged parrot)
• Barnardius zonarius (Australian ringneck)
• Glossopsitta concinna (musk lorikeet)
• Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (purple-crowned lorikeet)
• Glossopsitta pusilla (little lorikeet)
• Lathamus discolor (swift parrot)
• Melopsittacus undulatus (budgerigar)
• Neophema chrysogaster (orange-bellied parrot)
• Neophema chrysostoma (blue-winged parrot)
• Neophema elegans (elegant parrot)
• Neophema petrophila (rock parrot)
• Neophema pulchella (turquoise parrot) — occasional visitor
• Neophema splendida (scarlet-chested parrot)
• Neopsephotus bourkii (Bourke's parrot)
• Northiella haematogaster (blue bonnet)
  • Northiella haematogaster narethae
• Pezoporus occidentalis (night parrot)
• Pezoporus wallicus (ground parrot)
• Platycercus elegans (crimson rosella)
• Platycercus eximius (eastern rosella)
• Polytelis alexandrae (princess parrot)
• Polytelis anthopeplus (regent parrot)
• Psephotus haematonotus (red-rumped parrot)
• Psephotus varius (mulga parrot)
• Trichoglossus haematodus (rainbow lorikeet)

Order Cuculiformes

Family Cuculidae

• Cacomantis flabelliformis (fan-tailed cuckoo)
• Cacomantis variolosus (brush cuckoo) — occasional visitor
• Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo)
• Chrysococcyx lucidus (shining bronze-cuckoo)
• Chrysococcyx osculans (black-eared cuckoo)
• Cuculus pallidus (pallid cuckoo)
• Cuculus optatus (Oriental cuckoo) — occasional visitor
• Scythrops novaehollandiae (channel-billed cuckoo) — occasional visitor

Order Strigiformes

Family Strigidae

• Ninox connivens (barking owl)
• Ninox novaeseelandiae (southern boobook)
• Ninox strenua (powerful owl) — occasional visitor

Family Tytonidae

• Tyto alba (barn owl)
• Tyto capensis (grass owl)
• Tyto novaehollandiae (masked owl)

Order Caprimulgiformes

Family Podargidae

• Podargus strigoides (tawny frogmouth)

Family Caprimulgidae

• Eurostopodus argus (spotted nightjar)

Family Aegothelidae

• Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)

Order Apodiformes

Family Apodidae

• Apus affinis (house swift) — occasional visitor
• Apus pacificus (fork-tailed swift)
• Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail)

Order Coraciiformes

Family Alcedinidae

Subfamily Alecedininae

• Alcedo azurea (azure kingfisher)

Subfamily Halcyoninae

• Dacelo novaeguineae (laughing kookaburra)
• Todiramphus pyrrhopygia (red-backed kingfisher)
• Todiramphus sanctus (sacred kingfisher)

Family Meropidae

• Merops ornatus (rainbow bee-eater)

Family Coraciidae

• Eurystomus orientalis (dollarbird) — occasional visitor

Order Passeriformes

Family Climacteridae

• Climacteris affinis (white-browed treecreeper)
• Climacteris picumnus (brown treecreeper)
• Climacteris rufa (rufous treecreeper)
• Cormobates leucophaeus (white-throated treecreeper)

Family Maluridae

Subfamily Malurinae

• Malurus cyaneus (superb fairy-wren)
• Malurus lamberti (variegated fairy-wren)
• Malurus leucopterus (white-winged fairy-wren)
• Malurus pulcherrimus (blue-breasted fairy-wren)
• Malurus splendens (splendid fairy-wren)
• Stipiturus malachurus (southern emu-wren)
  • Stipiturus malachurus malachurus
  • Stipiturus malachurus halmaturinus
  • Stipiturus malachurus intermedius
  • Stipiturus malachurus parimeda
• Stipiturus mallee (mallee emu-wren)
• Stipiturus ruficeps (rufous-crowned emu-wren)

Subfamily Amytornithinae

• Amytornis barbatus (grey grasswren)
• Amytornis goyderi (Eyrean grasswren)
• Amytornis merrotsyi (short-tailed grasswren)
• Amytornis purnelli (dusky grasswren)
• Amytornis striatus (striated grasswren)
• Amytornis textilis (thick-billed grasswren)
  • Amytornis textilis textilis
  • Amytornis textilis modestus
  • Amytornis textilis myall

Family Pardalotidae

• Pardalotus punctatus (spotted pardalote)
  • Pardalotus punctatus xanthopyge (yellow-rumped pardalote)
• Pardalotus rubricatus (red-browed pardalote)
• Pardalotus striatus (striated pardalote)

Family Acanthizidae

Subfamily Dasyornithinae

• Dasyornis broadbenti (rufous bristlebird)

Subfamily Acanthizinae

• Acanthiza apicalis (inland thornbill)
• Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (yellow-rumped thornbill)
• Acanthiza iredalei (slender-billed thornbill)
• Acanthiza lineata (striated thornbill)
• Acanthiza nana (yellow thornbill)
• Acanthiza pusilla (brown thornbill)
• Acanthiza reguloides (buff-rumped thornbill)
• Acanthiza robustirostris (slaty-backed thornbill)
• Acanthiza uropygialis (chestnut-rumped thornbill)
• Aphelocephala leucopsis (southern whiteface)
• Aphelocephala nigricincta (banded whiteface)
• Aphelocephala pectoralis (chestnut-breasted whiteface)
• Calamanthus campestris (rufous fieldwren)
  • Calamanthus campestris campestris
• Calamanthus fuliginosus (striated fieldwren)
• Gerygone fusca (western gerygone)
• Gerygone olivacea (white-throated gerygone)
• Hylacola cauta (shy heathwren)
• Hylacola pyrrhopygius (chestnut-rumped heathwren)
• Pyrrholaemus brunneus (redthroat)
• Sericornis frontalis (white-browed scrubwren)
• Smicrornis brevirostris (weebill)

Family Meliphagidae

• Acanthagenys rufogularis (spiny-cheeked honeyeater)
• Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (eastern spinebill)
• Anthochaera carunculata (red wattlebird)
• Anthochaera chrysoptera (little wattlebird)
• Certhionyx niger (black honeyeater)
• Certhionyx variegatus (pied honeyeater)
• Conopophila whitei (grey honeyeater)
• Entomyzon cyanotis (blue-faced honeyeater)
• Gliciphila melanops (tawny-crowned honeyeater)
• Grantiella picta (painted honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus cratitius (purple-gaped honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus fuscus (fuscous honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus keartlandi (grey-headed honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus melanops (yellow-tufted honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus ornatus (yellow-plumed honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus penicillatus (white-plumed honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus plumulus (grey-fronted honeyeater)
• Lichenostomus virescens (singing honeyeater)
• Lichmera indistincta (brown honeyeater)
• Manorina flavigula (yellow-throated miner)
  • Manorina flavigula melanotis (black-eared miner)
• Manorina melanocephala (noisy miner)
• Melithreptus brevirostris (brown-headed honeyeater)
• Melithreptus gularis (black-chinned honeyeater)
  • Melithreptus gularis laetior (golden-backed honeyeater)
• Melithreptus lunatus (white-naped honeyeater
• Philemon citreogularis (little friarbird)
• Philemon corniculatus (noisy friarbird) — occasional visitor
• Phylidonyris albifrons (white-fronted honeyeater)
• Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland honeyeater)
• Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera (crescent honeyeater)
• Plectorhyncha lanceolata (striped honeyeater)
• Xanthomyza phrygia (regent honeyeater)

Subfamily Epthianurinae

• Ashbyia lovensis (gibberbird)
• Epthianura albifrons (white-fronted chat)
• Epthianura aurifrons (orange chat)
• Epthianura crocea (yellow chat)
• Epthianura tricolor (crimson chat)

Family Petroicidae

• Drymodes brunneopygia (southern scrub-robin)
• Eopsaltria australis (eastern yellow robin)
• Eopsaltria griseogularis (western yellow robin)
• Melanodryas cucullata (hooded robin)
• Microeca fascinans (jacky winter)
• Petroica goodenovii (red-capped robin)
• Petroica multicolor (scarlet robin)
• Petroica phoenicea (flame robin)
• Petroica rodinogaster (pink robin)
• Petroica rosea (rose robin)

Family Pomatostomidae

• Pomatostomus ruficeps (chestnut-crowned babbler)
• Pomatostomus superciliosus (white-browed babbler)
• Pomatostomus temporalis (grey-crowned babbler)
  • Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis

Family Eupetidae

• Cinclosoma castanotus (chestnut quail-thrush)
  • Cinclosoma castanotus castanotus
• Cinclosoma cinnamomeum (cinnamon quail-thrush)
  • Cinclosoma cinnamomeum alisteri (Nullarbor quail-thrush)
• Cinclosoma punctatum (spotted quail-thrush)
  • Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
  • Cinclosoma punctatum punctatum — possibly extinct in South Australia
• Psophodes cristatus (chirruping wedgebill)
• Psophodes nigrogularis (western whipbird)
  • Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster
  • Psophodes nigrogularis lashmari

• Psophodes occidentalis (chiming wedgebill)

Family Neosittidae

• Daphoenositta chrysoptera (varied sittella)

Family Pachycephalidae

• Colluricincla harmonica (grey shrike-thrush)
• Falcunculus frontatus (crested shrike-tit)
• Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird)
• Pachycephala inornata (Gilbert's whistler)
• Pachycephala olivacea (olive whistler)
• Pachycephala pectoralis (golden whistler)
• Pachycephala rufiventris (rufous whistler)
• Pachycephala rufogularis (red-lored whistler)

Family Dicruridae

• Dicrurus bracteatus (spangled drongo) — occasional visitor
• Grallina cyanoleuca (magpie-lark)
• Monarcha melanopsis (black-faced monarch) — occasional visitor
• Myiagra cyanoleuca (satin flycatcher)
• Myiagra inquieta (restless flycatcher)
• Myiagra rubecula (leaden flycatcher) — occasional visitor
• Rhipidura albiscapa (grey fantail)
• Rhipidura leucophrys (willie wagtail)
• Rhipidura rufifrons (rufous fantail)

Family Artamidae

• Artamus cinereus (black-faced woodswallow)
• Artamus cyanopterus (dusky woodswallow)
• Artamus leucorynchus (white-breasted woodswallow)
• Artamus minor (little woodswallow)
• Artamus personatus (masked woodswallow)
• Artamus superciliosus (white-browed woodswallow)
• Cracticus nigrogularis (pied butcherbird)
• Cracticus torquatus (grey butcherbird)
• Gymnorhina tibicen (Australian magpie)
• Strepera versicolor (grey currawong)

Family Campephagidae

• Coracina novaehollandiae (black-faced cuckooshrike)
• Coracina maxima (ground cuckooshrike)
• Coracina papuensis (white-bellied cuckooshrike)
• Coracina tenuirostris (cicadabird) — occasional visitor
• Lalage tricolor (white-winged triller)

Family Oriolidae

• Oriolus sagittatus (olive-backed oriole)

Family Corvidae

• Corvus bennetti (little crow)
• Corvus coronoides (Australian raven)
• Corvus mellori (little raven)
• Corvus orru (Torresian crow)
• Corvus tasmanicus (forest raven)

Family Corcoracidae

• Corcorax melanorhamphos (white-winged chough)
• Struthidea cinerea (apostlebird)

Family Ptilonorhynchidae

• Chlamydera guttata (western bowerbird)
• Chlamydera maculata (spotted bowerbird) – extinct in South Australia

Family Turdidae

• Turdus merula (Eurasian blackbird) — naturalised
• Zoothera lunulata (bassian thrush)

Family Sturnidae

• Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) — naturalised

Family Hirundinidae

• Cheramoeca leucosternus (white-backed swallow)
• Hirundo neoxena (welcome swallow)
• Hirundo rustica (barn swallow) — occasional visitor
• Petrochelidon ariel (fairy martin)
• Petrochelidon nigricans (tree martin)

Family Zosteropidae

• Zosterops lateralis (silvereye)

Family Acrocephalidae

• Acrocephalus australis (Australian reed warbler)

Family Locustellidae

• Cincloramphus cruralis (brown songlark)
• Cincloramphus mathewsi (rufous songlark)
• Eremiornis carteri (spinifexbird)
• Megalurus gramineus (little grassbird)

Family Cisticolidae

• Cisticola exilis (golden-headed cisticola)

Family Alaudidae

• Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark) — naturalised
• Mirafra javanica (Horsfield’s bushlark)

Family Dicaeidae

• Dicaeum hirundinaceum (mistletoebird)

Family Passeridae

• Passer domesticus (house sparrow — naturalised

Family Motacillidae

• Anthus novaeseelandiae (Richard's pipit)
• Motacilla cinerea (grey wagtail) — occasional visitor
• Motacilla citreola (citrine wagtail) — occasional visitor
• Motacilla flava (yellow wagtail) — occasional visitor

Family Estrildidae

• Emblema pictum (painted finch)
• Neochmia temporalis (red-browed finch)
• Stagonopleura bella (beautiful firetail)
• Stagonopleura guttata (diamond firetail)
• Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch)

Family Fringillidae

• Carduelis carduelis (European goldfinch) — naturalised
• Chloris chloris (European greenfinch) — naturalised

References

1. Horton, Philippa (2000). "Birds". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. A list of the vertebrates of South Australia. Biological Survey of South Australia.