This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones.
The Australasian biogeographic region has the highest number of endemic families of any zoogeographic region except the Neotropics, and many of these families are endemic to Australia itself — the country therefore stakes a strong claim to be the world's greatest hotspot of bird endemism.
BirdLife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in Australia: Christmas Island, an Australian territory, is also an EBA.
In addition the following are classified as secondary areas (areas with at least one restricted-range bird species, but not meeting the criteria to qualify as EBAs): To be completed later.
The following is a list of bird species endemic to Australia: Many, but some include; The chestnut rail is near-endemic to this region of Australia, elsewhere only being found on the Aru Islands.