Uncommon Birds in New South Wales
Our list for New South Wales has 25 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 7 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
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 25, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Rose Robin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- White-cheeked Honeyeater 16–20 cm
- Budgerigar 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Mulga Parrot 27–32 cm
- Apostlebird 29–33 cm
- Cockatiel 30–33 cm
- Australian Hobby 30–35 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Whistling Kite 50–60 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 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