Uncommon Birds in South Australia
Our list for South Australia has 30 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents and 11 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 30, most common first
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
BrolgaAntigone rubicundaResidentUncommon100–140 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Red-browed Finch 11–12 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Redthroat 12–14 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Eastern Yellow Robin 15–16 cm
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet 15–17 cm
- Eurasian Skylark 16–18 cm
- Budgerigar 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Little Wattlebird 25–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Mulga Parrot 27–32 cm
- Apostlebird 29–33 cm
- Cockatiel 30–33 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Australian Hobby 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Brolga 100–140 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