Rare Birds in New South Wales
Our list for New South Wales has 39 rare birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 15 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New South Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygiaPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentRare16–18 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorRare30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BrolgaAntigone rubicundaResidentRare100–140 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusScarceRare15–17 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Little PenguinEudyptula minorResidentRare30–40 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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