Common Birds in Australia
Our list for Australia has 19 common birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
GalahEolophus roseicapillaResidentCommon35–38 cmRecorded all year
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataResidentCommon33–37 cmRecorded all year
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeResidentCommon41–47 cmRecorded all year
Australian RavenCorvus coronoidesResidentCommon46–53 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentCommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalisResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Red-browed Finch 11–12 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Eastern Yellow Robin 15–16 cm
- New Holland Honeyeater 16–20 cm
- Willie Wagtail 19–22 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Rainbow Lorikeet 25–30 cm
- Little Wattlebird 25–30 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Red Wattlebird 33–37 cm
- Galah 35–38 cm
- Coot 36–42 cm
- Australian Magpie 37–43 cm
- Laughing Kookaburra 41–47 cm
- Australian Raven 46–53 cm
- Whistling Kite 50–60 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 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