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
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov
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