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 · Oct
Share 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
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Nov
Australian BustardArdeotis australisWinter visitorRare100–140 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly Jan
Common OstrichStruthio camelusSummer visitorRare210–275 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansResidentRare107–135 cmRegularly May–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul
Purple-crowned LorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephalaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
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