CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 57 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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Animalia (kingdom)   Chordata (phylum)   Aves (class)   Charadriiformes (order)

CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
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 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 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 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

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