page_title: Threatened fauna of Australia
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Threatened fauna of Australia / Vulnerable / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: Cowan NSW Australia, 02-Sep-2006
context_page_description: Threatened fauna of Australia are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs, crustaceans and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The classifications are based on those used by the World Conservation Union, however IUCN and Australian rankings do differ. Each state and territory has its own legislation relating to environmental protection]].
context_section_description: Slender-billed thornbill (western subspecies), Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
  Grey grasswren (Bulloo River subspecies), Amytornis barbatus barbatus
  Thick-billed grasswren (eastern subspecies), Amytornis textilis modestus
  Thick-billed grasswren (Gawler Ranges subspecies), Amytornis textilis myall
  Lesser noddy (Australian subspecies), Anous tenuirostris melanops
  Noisy scrub-bird, Atrichornis clamosus
  Muir's corella, Cacatua pastinator pastinator
  Baudin's black-cockatoo, long-billed black-cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus baudinii
  Cape Barren goose (south-western subspecies), Recherche Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea
  Western bristlebird, Dasyornis longirostris
  Antipodean albatross, Diomedea antipodensis
  Southern royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora
  Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
  Gibson's albatross, Diomedea gibsoni
  Red goshawk, Erythrotriorchis radiatus
  Crested shrike-tit (northern subspecies), northern shrike-tit, Falcunculus frontatus whitei
  Christmas Island frigatebird, Andrew's frigatebird, Fregata andrewsi
  White-bellied storm-petrel (Tasman Sea or Australasian subspecies), Fregetta grallaria grallaria
  Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies), Geophaps scripta scripta
  Partridge pigeon (western subspecies), Geophaps smithii blaauwi
  Partridge pigeon (eastern subspecies), Geophaps smithii smithii
  Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea
  Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata
  Northern giant-petrel, Macronectes halli
  Purple-crowned fairy-wren, (western subspecies), Malurus coronatus coronatus
  White-winged fairywren (Barrow Island subspecies), Barrow Island black-and-white fairywren, Malurus leucopterus edouardi
  White-winged fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island subspecies), Dirk Hartog black-and-white fairy-wren, Malurus leucopterus leucopterus
  Crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies), Neochmia phaeton evangelinae
  Christmas Island hawk-owl, Ninox natalis
  Golden whistler (Norfolk Island subspecies), Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta
  Red-lored whistler, Pachycephala rufogularis
  Fairy prion (southern subspecies), Pachyptila turtur subantarctica
  Plains-wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus
  Scarlet robin (Norfolk Island subspecies), Petroica multicolor multicolor
  Heard shag, Phalacrocorax nivalis
  Macquarie shag, Phalacrocorax purpurascens
  Sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca
  Princess parrot, Alexandra's parrot, Polytelis alexandrae
  Regent parrot (eastern subspecies), Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides
  Superb parrot, Polytelis swainsonii
  Western whipbird (eastern subspecies), Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster
  Western whipbird (western mallee subspecies), Psophodes nigrogularis oberon
  Soft-plumaged petrel, Pterodroma mollis
  Kermadec petrel (western subspecies), Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
  Australian painted snipe, Rostratula australis
  Antarctic tern (Indian Ocean subspecies), Sterna vittata vittata
  Southern emu-wren (Eyre Peninsula subspecies), Stipiturus malachurus parimeda
  Mallee emu-wren, Stipiturus mallee
  Lord Howe Island currawong, pied currawong (Lord Howe Island subspecies), Strepera graculina crissalis
  Buller's albatross, Thalassarche bulleri
  Indian yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche carteri
  Shy albatross, Thalassarche cauta
  Grey-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma
  Campbell albatross, Thalassarche impavida
  Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris
  Pacific albatross, Thalassarche nov. sp.
  Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini
  White-capped albatross, Thalassarche steadi
  Lord Howe woodhen, Tricholimnas sylvestris
  Black-breasted button-quail, Turnix melanogaster
  Abrolhos painted buttonquail, Turnix varius scintillans
  Masked owl (northern subspecies), Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli
caption: Golden whistler
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