| Checklist Name | Antarctic Birds |
|---|---|
| Description | The definite list of Antarctic birds with status on breeding, vagrant or visitor to the region. |
| Purpose/Comments | This list from the SCAR Expert Group on Birds, May 2005. See http://www.birds.scar.org/. It does not include sub-Antarctic species unless they are visitors or vagrants. |
List of 83 species sorted by family. (View same list sorted by Kingdom)
See full details on a species by clicking on the Scientific Name.
| Family | Scientific Name | Authority | Common Name | Status | Link to data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatidae | Anas eatoni | (Sharpe, 1875) | Eaton's Pintail | Vagrant | ||
| Anatidae | Anas georgica | Gmelin, 1789 | Yellow-billed Pintail | Vagrant | ||
| Anatidae | Anas sibilatrix | Poeppig, 1829 | Chiloe Wigeon | Vagrant | ||
| Anatidae | Cygnus melanocorypha | (Molina, 1782) | Black-necked Swan | Vagrant | ||
| Ardeidae | Bubulcus ibis | Linnaeus, 1758 | Cattle Egret | Vagrant | ||
| Chionidae | Chionis alba | Gmelin, 1789 | Snowy Sheathbill | Breeding | ||
| Diomedeidae | Diomedea epomophora | Lesson,1825 | Southern Royal Albatross | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Diomedea exulans | Linnaeus,1758 | Wandering Albatross | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Diomedea exulans chionoptera | Wandering Albatross (southern or Macquarie Is.) | Visitor | |||
| Diomedeidae | Phoebetria fusca | Hilsenberg,1822 | Sooty Albatross | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Phoebetria palpebrata | Forster,1785 | Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Thalassarche bulleri | Rothschild, 1893 | Buller's Albatross | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Diomedeidae | Thalassarche carteri | (Mathews, 1912) | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Forster,1785 | Grey-headed Albatross | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Diomedeidae | Thalassarche eremita | (Murphy, 1930) | Chatham Albatross | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Diomedeidae | Thalassarche melanophrys | Temminck, 1828 | Black-browed Albatross | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Hirundinidae | Hirundo rustica | Linnaeus,1758 | Barn Swallow | Vagrant | ||
| Hydrobatidae | Fregetta grallaria grallaria | (Vieilott, 1817) | White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Hydrobatidae | Fregetta grallaria | (Vieillot,1817) | White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | ||
| Hydrobatidae | Fregetta tropica | (Gould,1844) | Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Hydrobatidae | Garrodia nereis | (Gould,1841) | Grey-backed Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Hydrobatidae | Oceanites oceanicus | (Kuhl,1820) | Wilson's Storm Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Hydrobatidae | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | (Vieillot,1818) | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Vagrant | ||
| Laridae | Catharacta chilensis | (Bonaparte, 1857) | Chilean Skua | Vagrant | ||
| Laridae | Catharacta lonnbergi | Mathews, 1912 | Brown Skua | Breeding | ||
| Laridae | Catharacta lonnbergi lonnbergi | Subantarctic Skua (southern) | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions | |
| Laridae | Catharacta maccormicki | (Saunders,1893) | South Polar Skua | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Laridae | Larus dominicanus | Lichtenstein, 1823 | Kelp Gull | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Laridae | Stercorarius parasiticus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Parasitic Jaeger | Vagrant | ||
| Laridae | Stercorarius pomarinus | (Temminck,1815) | Pomarine Jaeger, Pomarine Skua | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Laridae | Sterna paradisaea | Pontoppidan,1763 | Arctic Tern | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Laridae | Sterna vittata | Gmelin,1789 | Antarctic Tern | Breeding | Bioregions | |
| Laridae | Sterna vittata vittata | Gmelin, 1789 | Antarctic Tern (Indian Ocean) | Breeding | Observations | |
| Laridae | Sterna vittata bethunei | Buller, 1896 | Antarctic Tern (New Zealand) | Breeding | ||
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax brandsfieldensis | Murphy, 1936 | Antarctic Shag | Breeding | ||
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax nivalis | Falla, 1937 | Heard Shag | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax purpurascens | Macquarie Shag | Breeding | |||
| Procellariidae | Daption capense | (Linnaeus,1758) | Cape Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Fulmarus glacialoides | (Smith,1840) | Southern Fulmar | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Halobaena caerulea | (Gmelin,1789) | Blue Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Lugensa brevirostris | (Lesson,1831) | Kerguelen Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Macronectes giganteus | Gmelin,1789 | Southern Giant Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Macronectes halli | Mathews,1912 | Northern Giant Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila belcheri | (Mathews,1912) | Slender-billed Prion | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila crassirostris | (Mathews,1912) | Fulmar Prion | Vagrant | Bioregions | |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni | Fulmar Prion (southern) | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions | |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila desolata | (Gmelin,1789) | Antarctic Prion | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila turtur | (Kuhl,1820) | Fairy Prion | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila turtur subantarctica | Fairy Prion (southern) | Vagrant | |||
| Procellariidae | Pachyptila vittata | Forster, 1777 | Broad-billed Prion | Vagrant | ||
| Procellariidae | Pagodroma nivea | (Forster,1777) | Snow Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pelecanoides georgicus | Murphy and Harper,1916 | South Georgian Diving Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pelecanoides urinatrix | (Gmelin,1789) | Common Diving-Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Linnaeus,1758 | White-chinned Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Procellaria cinerea | Gmelin,1789 | Grey Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma incerta | (Schlegel,1863) | Atlantic Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma inexpectata | (Forster,1844) | Mottled Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma lessonii | (Garnot,1826) | White-headed Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma leucoptera | (Gould,1844) | Gould's Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma macroptera | (Smith,1840) | Great-winged Petrel | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma mollis | (Gould,1844) | Soft-plumaged Petrel | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Pterodroma mollis deceptornis | Soft-plumaged Petrel (northern) | Visitor | |||
| Procellariidae | Puffinus gavia | (Forster,1844) | Fluttering Shearwater | Vagrant | Observations | |
| Procellariidae | Puffinus griseus | (Gmelin,1789) | Sooty Shearwater | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Puffinus tenuirostris | (Temminck,1835) | Short-tailed Shearwater | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Procellariidae | Thalassoica antarctica | (Gmelin,1789) | Antarctic Petrel | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Scolopacidae | Bartramia longicauda | (Bechstein,1812) | Upland Sandpiper | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Calidris bairdii | (Coues,1861) | Baird's Sandpiper | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Calidris fuscicollis | (Vieillot,1819 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | (Vieillot,1819) | Pectoral Sandpiper | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Calidris minutilla | Viellot, 1819 | Least Sandpiper | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Phalaropus fulicaria | (Linnaeus,1758) | Grey Phalarope | Vagrant | ||
| Scolopacidae | Steganopus tricolor | (Vieillot,1819) | Wilson's Phalarope | Vagrant | ||
| Spheniscidae | Aptenodytes forsteri | Gray, 1844 | Emperor Penguin | Breeding | Observations | |
| Spheniscidae | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Miller,1778 | King Penguin | Visitor | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Eudyptes chrysocome | (Forster,1781) | Rockhopper Penguin | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Eudyptes chrysocome filholi | Rockhopper Penguin (eastern) | Vagrant | Observations | Bioregions | |
| Spheniscidae | Eudyptes chrysolophus | (Brandt,1837) | Macaroni Penguin | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Pygoscelis adeliae | (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) | Adelie Penguin | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Pygoscelis antarctica | (Forster,1781) | Chinstrap Penguin | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Pygoscelis papua | (Forster,1781) | Gentoo Penguin | Breeding | Observations | Bioregions |
| Spheniscidae | Spheniscus magellanicus | (Forster,1781) | Magellanic Penguin | Vagrant | ||
| Thinocoridae | Thinocorus rumicovorus | Eschscholtz, 1829 | Least Seedsnipe | Vagrant |
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