List of birds of South Australia
Appearance
This is a list of birds of South Australia, a state within 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
- Radjah radjah (radjah shelduck) — occasional visitor
- Tadorna tadornoides (Australian shelduck)
Subfamily Anatinae
- Anas castanea (chestnut teal)
- Anas gracilis (grey teal)
- Anas superciliosa (Pacific black duck)
- Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) — naturalised
- Spatula clypeata (northern shoveller) — occasional visitor
- Spatula querquedula (garganey) — occasional visitor
- Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian shoveller)
- 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 (southern rockhopper penguin) — occasional visitor
- Eudyptes moseleyi (northern rockhopper penguin) — rare 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
- Thalassarche bulleri (Buller's albatross) — occasional visitor
- Thalassarche cauta (shy albatross)
- Thalassarche salvini (Salvin's albatross)
- Thalassarche chlororhynchos (yellow-nosed albatross)
- Thalassarche chrysostoma (grey-headed albatross)
- Thalassarche melanophris (black-browed albatross)
- Thalassarche impavida (Campbell albatross)
- Diomedea epomophora (southern royal albatross) — occasional visitor
- Diomedea sanfordi (northern royal albatross) — occasional visitor
- Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)
- Diomedea antipodensis (Antipodean albatross)
- Phoebetria fusca (sooty albatross) — occasional visitor
- Phoebetria palpebrata (light-mantled sooty albatross)
Family Oceanitidae
- 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
- Microcarbo melanoleucos (little pied cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax fuscescens (black-faced 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 moluccus (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)
- Tribonyx mortierii (Tasmanian nativehen) — naturalized
- Tribonyx ventralis (black-tailed nativehen)
- Gallinula tenebrosa (dusky moorhen)
- 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)
- 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 brevipes (grey-tailed tattler)
- 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)
- Calidris falcinellus (broad-billed sandpiper) — occasional visitor
- Calidris pugnax (ruff)
- Calidris 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 cucullatus (hooded plover)
- Vanellus miles (masked lapwing)
- Vanellus tricolor (banded lapwing)
Family Glareolidae
- Glareola maldivarum (Oriental pratincole) — occasional visitor
- Stiltia isabella (Australian pratincole)
Family Stercorariidae
- 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)
Family Laridae
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)
- Spilopelia chinensis (spotted turtle-dove — naturalised
- Streptopelia risoria (ringed turtle-dove) — naturalised;
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 funereus (yellow-tailed black-cockatoo)
- Calyptorhynchus lathami (glossy black-cockatoo)
- 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)
- 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
- Ceyx azureus (azure kingfisher)
- 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 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)
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 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)
- Anthochaera phrygia (regent honeyeater)
- Sugomel 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)
- Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
- Lichenostomus cratitius (purple-gaped honeyeater)
- Nesoptilotis leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
- Lichenostomus melanops (yellow-tufted honeyeater)
- Ptilotula fusca (fuscous honeyeater)
- Ptilotula keartlandi (grey-headed honeyeater)
- Ptilotula ornata (yellow-plumed honeyeater)
- Ptilotula penicillata (white-plumed honeyeater)
- Ptilotula plumula (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
- Purnella albifrons (white-fronted honeyeater)
- Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland honeyeater)
- Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera (crescent honeyeater)
- Plectorhyncha lanceolata (striped 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)
Family Psophodidae
- Cinclosoma castanotus (chestnut quail-thrush)
- Cinclosoma cinnamomeum (cinnamon quail-thrush)
- Cinclosoma clarum (copperback quail-thrush)
- Cinclosoma alisteri (Nullarbor quail-thrush)
- Cinclosoma punctatum (spotted quail-thrush)
- Psophodes cristatus (chirruping wedgebill)
- Psophodes nigrogularis (western whipbird)
- Psophodes occidentalis (chiming wedgebill)
Family Neosittidae
- Daphoenositta chrysoptera (varied sittella)
Family Pachycephalidae
- Colluricincla harmonica (grey shrike-thrush)
- Falcunculus frontatus (crested shrike-tit)
- Pachycephala inornata (Gilbert's whistler)
- Pachycephala olivacea (olive whistler)
- Pachycephala pectoralis (golden whistler)
- Pachycephala rufiventris (rufous whistler)
- Pachycephala rufogularis (red-lored whistler)
Family Oreoicidae
- Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird)
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)
- Edolisoma tenuirostre (common 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)
- Poodytes carteri (spinifexbird)
- Poodytes 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
- ^ Horton, Philippa (2000). "Birds". In Robinson, A. C.; Casperson, K. D.; Hutchinson, M. N. (eds.). A list of the vertebrates of South Australia. Biological Survey of South Australia.