BIRDS AUSTRALIA RARITIES
COMMITTEE: REVIEW LIST
Introduction
This list represents species that require (in the opinion of the committee) a submission prior to acceptance by any ornithologically interested parties. Generally, only species that have occurred less than five times over any five year period are included. Although, (at the committees discretion) species considered to be difficult to identify or rare species that may be away from known breeding colonies (such as Herald Petrel sightings in NSW) are also included. Additionally any species that could be regarded as new for Australia or its Territories are to be added.
Additionally, other species may be dealt with by appropriate State appraisal committees.
BARC Review List (Revised June 2008)
| Spotted Whistling Duck | .....Dendrocygna guttata | ...7 |
| Canada Goose | .....Branta canadensis | |
| Paradise Shelduck | .....Tadorna variegata | |
| Northern Pintail | .....Anas acuta | |
| Emperor Penguin | .....Aptenodytes forsteri | |
| King Penguin | .....Aptenodytes patagonicus | ...1 |
| Gentoo Penguin | .....Pygoscelis papua | ...1 |
| Adelie Penguin | .....Pygoscelis adeliae | ...1 |
| Chinstrap Penguin | .....Pygoscelis antarctica | ...1 |
| Rockhopper Penguin | .....Eudyptes chrysocome | ...1 |
| Snares Penguin | .....Eudyptes robustus | |
| Erect-crested Penguin | .....Eudyptes sclateri | |
| Magellanic Penguin | .....Spheniscus magellanicus | |
| Antarctic Petrel | .....Thalassoica antarctica | |
| Atlantic Petrel | .....Pterodroma incerta | |
| Herald Petrel | .....Pterodroma arminjoniana | ...1 |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | .....Pterodroma externa | |
| Barau's Petrel | .....Pterodroma baraui | |
| Cook's Petrel | .....Pterodroma cookii | |
| Collared Petrel | .....Pterodroma brevipes | |
| Snow Petrel | .....Pagodroma nivea | |
| Broad-billed Prion | .....Pachyptila vittata | |
| Fulmar Prion | .....Pachyptila crassirostris | ...1 |
| Bulwer's Petrel | .....Bulweria bulwerii | ...2 |
| Jouanin's Petrel | .....Bulweria fallax | |
| Westland Petrel | .....Procellaria westlandica | |
| Black Petrel | .....Procellaria parkinsoni | ...4 |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | .....Puffinus creatopus | |
| Great Shearwater | .....Puffinus gravis | |
| Manx Shearwater | .....Puffinus puffinus | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | .....Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Newell's Shearwater | .....Puffinus (aricularis) newelli | |
| Laysan Albatross | .....Diomedea immutabilis | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | .....Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |
| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | .....Oceanodroma matsudairae | ...2 |
| Tristram's Storm-Petrel | .....Oceanodroma tristrami | |
| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | .....Oceanodroma Monorhis | |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | .....Nesofregetta fuliginosa | |
| South Georgian Diving Petrel | .....Pelecanoides georgicus | |
| Cape Gannet | .....Morus capensis | |
| Abbott's Booby | .....Sula abbotti | ...6 |
| Christmas Frigatebird | .....Fregata andrewsi | ...1 |
| Western Reef Egret | .....Egreta gularis | |
| Grey Heron | .....Ardea cinerea | |
| Chinese Pond Heron | .....Ardeola bacchus | |
| Javan Pond Heron | .....Ardeola speciosa | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | .....Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Malayan Night Heron | .....Gorsachius melanolopus | |
| Japanese Night Heron | .....Gorsachius goisagi | |
| Yellow Bittern | .....Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | .....Ixobrychus cinnamoneus | |
| Shrenck's Bittern | .....Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Gurney's Eagle | .....Aquila gurneyi | |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | .....Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Greater Flamingo | .....Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | .....Amaurornis phoenicurus | ...6 |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | .....Porzana fusca | |
| Watercock | .....Gallicrex cinerea | |
| Red-legged Crake | .....Rallina fasciata | |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | .....Gallinago stenura | |
| Eurasian Curlew | .....Numenius arquata | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | .....Limosa haemastica | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | .....Limnodromus griseus | |
| Upland Sandpiper | .....Bartramia longicauda | |
| Spotted Redshank | .....Tringa erythropus | |
| Nordmann's Greenshannk | .....Tringa guttifer | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | .....Tringa flavipes | |
| Little Stint | .....Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | .....Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | .....Calidris bairdii | |
| Dunlin | .....Calidris alpina | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | .....Micropalama himantopus | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | .....Tryngites subruficollis | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | .....Steganopus tricolor | |
| Grey Phalarope | .....Phalaropus fulicaria | |
| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | .....Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| South Island Pied Oystercatcher | .....Haematopus finschi | |
| American Golden Plover | .....Pluvialis dominica | |
| Ringed Plover | .....Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | .....Charadrius dubius | ...2 |
| Kentish Plover | .....Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Caspian Plover | .....Charadrius asiaticus | |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | .....Vanellus cinereus | |
| South Polar Skua | .....Catharacta maccormicki | |
| Mew Gull | .....Larus canus | |
| Black-tailed Gull | .....Larus crassirostris | |
| Black-headed Gull | .....Larus ridibundus | |
| Laughing Gull | .....Larus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | .....Larus pipixcan | |
| Sabine's Gull | .....Larus sabini | |
| Slaty-backed Gull | .....Larus schistisagus | |
| Saunder's Tern | .....Sterna saundersi | |
| Antarctic Tern | .....Sterna vittata | ...1 |
| Black Tern | .....Chlidonias niger | |
| Elegant Imperial-Pigeon | .....Ducula concinna | |
| Collared Imperial-Pigeon | .....Ducula mullerii |
...3 |
| Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove | .....Ptilinopus iozonus | |
| Red Collared Dove | .....Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Night Parrot | .....Pezoporus occidentalis | |
| Long-tailed Cuckoo | .....Eudynamys taitensis | |
| Asian Koel | .....Eudynamys scolopacea | |
| Large Hawk Cuckoo | .....Hierococcyx sarverioides | |
| Lesser Coucal | .....Centropus bengalensis | |
| Brown Hawk-Owl | .....Ninox scutulata | |
| Savanna Nightjar | .....Caprimulgus affinis | |
| Grey Nightjar | .....Caprimulgus indicus | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | .....Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | .....Collocalia vanikorensis | |
| Asian House Martin | .....Delichon dasypus | |
| House Swift | .....Apus affinis | |
| Papuan Spine-tailed Swift | .....Mearnsia novaeguineae | |
| Common Kingfisher | .....Alcedo atthis | |
| Blue-winged Pitta | .....Pitta moluccensis | |
| Fairy Pitta | .....Pitta nympha | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | .....Monticola solitarius | |
| Red-throated Pipit | .....Anthus cervinus | |
| Pechora Pipit | .....Anthus gustavi | |
| White Wagtail | .....Motacilla alba | |
| Citrine Wagtail | .....Motacilla citreola | |
| Brown Shrike | .....Lanius cristatus | |
| Tiger Shrike | .....Lanius tigrinus | |
| Island Monarch | .....Monarcha cinerascens | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | .....Muscicapa daurica | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | .....Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | .....Ficedula carcissina | |
| Middendorff's Warbler | .....Locustella ochotensis | |
| Red-capped Flowerpecker | .....Dicaeum geelvinkianum | ...3 |
| Pale-headed Munia | .....Lonchura pallida | |
| Common Chaffinch | .....Fringilla coelebs | |
| Yellowhammer | .....Emberiza citrinella | |
| Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling | .....Sturnus sturninus | |
| Rosy (Rose-Coloured) Starling | .....Pastor roseus | |
| Singing Starling | .....Aplonis cantoroides | ...3 |
| Isabelline Wheatear | .....Oenanthe isabellina | |
Note: 1 Away from breeding localities
Note: 2 All areas except WA, NT & QLD.
Note: 3 Except Boigu, Saibai Islands
Note: 4 All areas outside NSW & SE QLD
Note: 5 All areas except NE Queensland
Note: 6 Except Christmas Island
Note: 7 All except Torres Strait & Cape York