Rare Birds in Australia
Our list for Australia has 57 rare birds recorded regularly there: 24 residents, 21 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisSummer visitorRare50–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year
Southern CassowaryCasuarius casuariusResidentRare127–170 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiResidentRare33–41 cmRecorded all year
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansResidentRare107–135 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeSummer visitorRare45–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorRare20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceRare44–51 cm
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorRare52–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusScarceRare15–17 cm
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