CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 223 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
40 077001 Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) white-bellied sea-eagle 1999-10-12
40 077901 Haliaeetus spp. 2012-10-05
40 077002 Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) brahminy kite 1999-10-12
40 077902 Haliastur spp. 2012-10-05
40 077003 Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) osprey 1999-10-12
40 077903 Pandion spp. 2012-10-05
40 077000 Accipitridae eagles, hawks, kites and sea-eagles 1999-10-12
40 071001 Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham, 1802 Cape Barren goose 1999-10-12
40 071901 Cereopsis spp. 2012-10-05
40 071002 Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) black swan 2006-05-16 2006-05-16
40 071902 Cygnus spp. 2012-10-05
40 071000 Anatidae ducks, geese and swans 1999-10-12 2006-05-16
40 055001 Butorides striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) striated heron 1999-10-12
40 055901 Butorides spp. 2012-10-05
40 055002 Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) eastern reef egret 1999-10-12
40 055902 Egretta spp. 2012-10-05
40 055000 Ardeidae herons and egrets 1999-10-12
40 123001 Esacus neglectus Matthews, 1912 beach stone-curlew 1999-10-12
40 123901 Esacus spp. 2012-10-05
40 123000 Burhinidae thick-knees 1999-10-12
40 126001 Chionis minor Hartlaub, 1841 black-faced sheathbill 1999-10-12
40 126901 Chionis spp. 2012-10-05
40 126000 Chionididae sheathbills 1999-10-12
40 040018 Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskitch, 1983 Amsterdam albatross 2004-02-04 2004-02-04
40 040011 Diomedea antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992 antipodean albatross 2001-09-06 2004-02-04
40 040019 Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929 Tristan albatross 2004-02-04 2004-02-04
40 040005 Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 southern royal albatross 1999-10-12 2001-09-06
40 040006 Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 wandering albatross 1999-10-12
40 040010 Diomedea gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992 Gibson's albatross 2001-09-06 2004-02-04
40 040012 Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917 northern royal albatross 2001-09-06 2001-11-06
40 040901 Diomedea spp. 2012-10-05
40 040008 Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) sooty albatross 1999-10-12
40 040009 Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster, 1785) light-mantled sooty albatross 1999-10-12 2001-11-06
40 040902 Phoebetria spp. 2012-10-05
40 040001 Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) Buller's albatross 1999-10-12 2001-11-06
40 040014 Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903) Indian yellow-nosed albatross 2001-09-06 2001-11-06
40 040002 Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841) shy albatross 1999-10-12 2005-12-05
40 040003 Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1786) yellow-nosed albatross 1999-10-12 2001-09-06
40 040004 Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785) grey-headed albatross 1999-10-12 2001-09-06
40 040017 Thalassarche eremita (Murphy, 1930) Chatham albatross 2001-11-06 2001-11-06
40 040013 Thalassarche impavida (Mathews, 1912) Campbell albatross 2001-09-06 2001-09-06
40 040007 Thalassarche melanophrys (Temminck, 1828) black-browed albatross 1999-10-12 2001-09-06
40 040015 Thalassarche platei (Reichenow, 1898) Pacific albatross 2001-09-06 2001-11-06
40 040016 Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893) Salvin's albatross 2001-11-06 2001-11-06
40 040903 Thalassarche spp. 2012-10-05
40 040000 Diomedeidae albatrosses 1999-10-12
40 050001 Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914 Christmas frigatebird 1999-10-12
40 050002 Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845) lesser frigatebird 1999-10-12
40 050003 Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789) great frigatebird 1999-10-12
40 050901 Fregata spp. 2012-10-05
40 050000 Fregatidae frigatebirds 1999-10-12
40 117001 Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845 sooty oystercatcher 1999-10-12
40 117002 Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 pied oystercatcher 1999-10-12
40 117901 Haematopus spp. 2012-10-05
40 117000 Haematopodidae oystercatchers 1999-10-12
40 042001 Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot, 1818) white-bellied storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042002 Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) black-bellied storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042901 Fregetta spp. 2012-10-05
40 042003 Garrodia nereis (Gould, 1841) grey-backed storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042902 Garrodia spp. 2012-10-05
40 042004 Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) Wilson's storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042903 Oceanites spp. 2012-10-05
40 042005 Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) Leach's storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042006 Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, 1922 Matsudaira's storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042904 Oceanodroma spp. 2012-10-05
40 042007 Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) white-faced storm-petrel 1999-10-12
40 042905 Pelagodroma spp. 2012-10-05
40 042000 Hydrobatidae storm-petrels 1999-10-12
40 128001 Anous minutus Boie, 1844 black noddy 1999-10-12
40 128002 Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) common noddy 1999-10-12
40 128003 Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) lesser noddy 1999-10-12
40 128902 Anous spp. 2012-10-05
40 128004 Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893) south polar skua 1999-10-12
40 128005 Catharacta skua Brunnich, 1764 great skua 1999-10-12
40 128903 Catharacta spp. 2012-10-05
40 128006 Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas, 1811) whiskered tern 1999-10-12
40 128007 Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815) white-winged black tern 1999-10-12
40 128008 Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) black tern 1999-10-12
40 128904 Chlidonias spp. 2012-10-05
40 128009 Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786) white tern 1999-10-12
40 128905 Gygis spp. 2012-10-05
40 128010 Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758 laughing gull 1999-10-12
40 128011 Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818 black-tailed gull 1999-10-12
40 128012 Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 kelp gull 1999-10-12
40 128013 Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826 silver gull 1999-10-12
40 128014 Larus pacificus Latham, 1802 Pacific gull 1999-10-12
40 128015 Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1831 Franklin's gull 1999-10-12
40 128016 Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766 black-headed gull 1999-10-12
40 128017 Larus sabini Sabine, 1819 Sabine's gull 1999-10-12
40 128906 Larus spp. 2012-10-05
40 128018 Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett, 1840) grey ternlet 1999-10-12
40 128907 Procelsterna spp. 2012-10-05
40 128019 Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 long-tailed jaeger 1999-10-12
40 128020 Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Arctic jaeger 1999-10-12
40 128021 Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) pomarine jaeger 1999-10-12
40 128908 Stercorarius spp. 2012-10-05
40 128022 Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 little tern 1999-10-12
40 128023 Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 bridled tern 1999-10-12
40 128024 Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831 lesser crested tern 1999-10-12
40 128025 Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823 crested tern 1999-10-12
40 128026 Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 Caspian tern 1999-10-12
40 128027 Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 roseate tern 1999-10-12
40 128028 Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 sooty tern 1999-10-12
40 128029 Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 common tern 1999-10-12
40 128030 Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) fairy tern 1999-10-12
40 128031 Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789 gull-billed tern 1999-10-12
40 128032 Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 Arctic tern 1999-10-12
40 128033 Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789 white-fronted tern 1999-10-12
40 128034 Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822 black-naped tern 1999-10-12
40 128035 Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789 Antarctic tern 1999-10-12
40 128901 Sterna spp. terns 2005-12-21 2005-12-21
40 128000 Laridae gulls, skuas, noddys and terns 1999-10-12
40 046001 Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 Australian pelican 1999-10-12
40 046901 Pelecanus spp. 2012-10-05
40 046000 Pelecanidae pelecans 1999-10-12
40 045001 Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 white-tailed tropicbird 1999-10-12
40 045002 Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 red-tailed tropicbird 1999-10-12
40 045901 Phaethon spp. 2012-10-05
40 045000 Phaethontidae tropicbirds 1999-10-12
40 048001 Leucocarbo atriceps (King, 1828) imperial shag 1999-10-12
40 048901 Leucocarbo spp. 2012-10-05
40 048002 Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) great cormorant 1999-10-12
40 048003 Phalacrocorax fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) black-faced cormorant 1999-10-12
40 048004 Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) little pied cormorant 1999-10-12
40 048005 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) little black cormorant 1999-10-12
40 048006 Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) pied cormorant 1999-10-12
40 048902 Phalacrocorax spp. 2012-10-05
40 048000 Phalacrocoracidae cormorants 1999-10-12
40 041001 Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine and Selby, 1828) Bulwer's petrel 1999-10-12
40 041901 Bulweria spp. 2012-10-05
40 041002 Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1835) streaked shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041902 Calonectris spp. 2012-10-05
40 041003 Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) Cape petrel 1999-10-12
40 041903 Daption spp. 2012-10-05
40 041004 Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith, 1840) southern fulmar 1999-10-12
40 041904 Fulmarus spp. 2012-10-05
40 041005 Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789) blue petrel 1999-10-12
40 041905 Halobaena spp. 2012-10-05
40 041006 Lugensa brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) Kerguelen petrel 1999-10-12
40 041906 Lugensa spp. 2012-10-05
40 041007 Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) southern giant-petrel 1999-10-12
40 041008 Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 northern giant-petrel 1999-10-12
40 041907 Macronectes spp. 2012-10-05
40 041009 Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912) slender-billed prion 1999-10-12
40 041010 Pachyptila crassirostris (Mathews, 1912) fulmar prion 1999-10-12
40 041011 Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) Antarctic prion 1999-10-12
40 041012 Pachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) Salvin's prion 1999-10-12
40 041013 Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) fairy prion 1999-10-12
40 041014 Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777) broad-billed prion 1999-10-12
40 041051 Pachyptila spp. prions 2009-08-18
40 041015 Pagodroma nivea (Forster, 1777) snow petrel 1999-10-12
40 041908 Pagodroma spp. 2012-10-05
40 041016 Pelecanoides georgicus Murphy & Harper, 1916 South Georgian diving-petrel 1999-10-12
40 041017 Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) common diving-petrel 1999-10-12
40 041049 Pelecanoides spp. diving-petrels 2009-08-18 2009-08-18
40 041018 Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 white-chinned petrel 1999-10-12
40 041019 Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, 1789 grey petrel 1999-10-12
40 041020 Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, 1862 black petrel 1999-10-12
40 041021 Procellaria westlandica Falla, 1946 westland petrel 1999-10-12
40 041909 Procellaria spp. 2012-10-05
40 041022 Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1848) Tahiti petrel 1999-10-12
40 041910 Pseudobulweria spp. 2012-10-05
40 041023 Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli and Salvadori, 1869) herald petrel 1999-10-12
40 041024 Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) Barau's petrel 1999-10-12
40 041025 Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) white-necked petrel 1999-10-12
40 041026 Pterodroma cookii (Gray, 1843) Cook's petrel 1999-10-12
40 041027 Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) Juan Fernandez petrel 1999-10-12
40 041028 Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster, 1844) mottled petrel 1999-10-12
40 041029 Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) white-headed petrel 1999-10-12 2007-07-31
40 041030 Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) Gould's petrel 1999-10-12
40 041031 Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, 1840) great-winged petrel 1999-10-12
40 041032 Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) soft-plumaged petrel 1999-10-12
40 041033 Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863) Kermadec petrel 1999-10-12
40 041034 Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893) black-winged petrel 1999-10-12
40 041035 Pterodroma solandri (Gould, 1844) providence petrel 1999-10-12
40 041911 Pterodroma spp. 2012-10-05
40 041036 Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 little shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041037 Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 Buller's shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041038 Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 flesh-footed shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041039 Puffinus creatopus Coues, 1864 pink-footed shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041040 Puffinus gavia (Forster, 1844) fluttering shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041041 Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) great shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041042 Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) sooty shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041043 Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912 Hutton's shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041044 Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 Audubon's shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041045 Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) wedge-tailed shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041046 Puffinus puffinus (Brunnich, 1764) Manx shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041047 Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835) short-tailed shearwater 1999-10-12
40 041050 Puffinus spp. shearwaters 2009-08-18
40 041048 Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, 1789) Antarctic petrel 1999-10-12
40 041912 Thalassoica spp. 2012-10-05
40 041000 Procellariidae petrels, prions and shearwaters 1999-10-12
40 119001 Steganopus tricolor Vieillot, 1819 Wilson's phalarope 1999-10-12
40 119901 Steganopus spp. 2012-10-05
40 119000 Scolopacidae snipes 1999-10-12
40 001001 Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 emperor penguin 1999-10-12
40 001002 Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 king penguin 1999-10-12
40 001901 Aptenodytes spp. 2012-10-05
40 001003 Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) rockhopper penguin 1999-10-12
40 001004 Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) macaroni penguin 1999-10-12
40 001005 Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray, 1845 fiordland penguin 1999-10-12
40 001006 Eudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953 snares penguin 1999-10-12
40 001007 Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 erect-crested penguin 1999-10-12
40 001902 Eudyptes spp. 2012-10-05
40 001008 Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781) little penguin 1999-10-12
40 001903 Eudyptula spp. 2012-10-05
40 001009 Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Adelie penguin 1999-10-12
40 001010 Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster, 1781) chinstrap penguin 1999-10-12
40 001011 Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781) gentoo penguin 1999-10-12
40 001904 Pygoscelis spp. 2012-10-05
40 001012 Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) magellanic penguin 1999-10-12
40 001905 Spheniscus spp. 2012-10-05
40 001000 Spheniscidae penguins 1999-10-12
40 047001 Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) Cape gannet 1999-10-12
40 047002 Morus serrator (Gray, 1843) Australasian gannet 1999-10-12
40 047901 Morus spp. 2012-10-05
40 047003 Papasula abbotti (Ridgway, 1893) Abbott's booby 1999-10-12
40 047902 Papasula spp. 2012-10-05
40 047004 Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 masked booby 1999-10-12
40 047005 Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) brown booby 1999-10-12
40 047006 Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) red-footed booby 1999-10-12
40 047903 Sula spp. 2012-10-05
40 047000 Sulidae gannets and boobies 1999-10-12

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