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As of 1 January 2012, BOCA has merged with Birds Australia to become BirdLife Australia. The new BirdLife Australia website will go live in early February, and until then the current BOCA site will continue to be available.

At BirdLife Australia we are dedicated to achieving outstanding conservation results for our native birds and their habitats. With our specialised knowledge and the commitment of an Australia-wide network of members, volunteers and supporters, we are creating a bright future for Australia’s birds. Look out for our new website from February 2012 at birdlife.org.au

BOCA's Little Blue Birdlist

A pocket checklist for Australian birdwatchers.

Published by BOCA as BOCA’s Little Blue Birdlist’ 2008
Checklist of the birds of Australia - caters for 12 field trips
Size: 100x150mm Weight: 25g

The Little Blue Birdlist may be purchased from the Blue Wren Gift Shop.

The book consists a list of the birds (common names only) of Australia in taxonomic sequence, with 12 convenient columns to check off birds as you see them on trips, along with a space for notes and a place to record the details of each trip (location, date/time, weather and habitat type). The small size of the book means that it fits most pockets!

A "must have" for all birdwatching trips Australia wide.

The Little Blue Birdlist contains common names of birds for:

Australian mainland and Tasmania
Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
Ashmore Reef
inshore local islands
Australian continental seas

Lists for other Australian localities [Boigu, Christmas, Cocos-Keeling, Heard, Macquarie, Saibai Islands] are not included.

This list of Australian birds follows the nomenclature, taxonomic order and recommended English names, of the list prepared by Dr. Leslie Christidis (Head of Sciences Department, Museum Victoria, Melbourne) and Walter E. Boles (Scientific Officer in the Ornithology Section and also Collection Manager of Terrestrial Vertebrates, Australian Museum, Sydney). Several additional species and some taxonomic name changes are also included from Schodde & Mason (1997, 1999). Some recently accepted vagrant species have also been added. Where space permits, previously used names are included in square brackets.

For a general discussion on checklists, species, lifelists etc. see our FAQs.

In addition you may download checklists for Australia and the States/Territories from a number of sources, such as AviBase and Printable Bird Checklists, but these are unlikely to be as convenient for field trips as the "The Little Blue Birdlist", and the taxonomy used may not agree with that used in the Birdlist.

The following links are provided as a convenience to the AviBase site:

Links to other items in Publications

Australian Birdsong CDs	Australian Field Ornithology	BOCA Leaflets	BOCA Reports
Emu - Austral Ornithology	The Bird Observer	Victorian Bird Report