Uncommon Birds in Australian Capital Territory
Our list for Australian Capital Territory has 12 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Australian Capital Territory in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Rose RobinPetroica roseaResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaeResidentUncommon150–190 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Rose Robin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Eastern Yellow Robin 15–16 cm
- Eurasian Skylark 16–18 cm
- Australian Hobby 30–35 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Whistling Kite 50–60 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Emu 150–190 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made