Uncommon Birds in Tasmania
Our list for Tasmania has 24 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 9 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tasmania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraResidentUncommon115–123 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaResidentUncommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusSummer visitorUncommon70–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansWinter visitorUncommon107–135 cmRecorded all year
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisResidentUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year
Little PenguinEudyptula minorResidentUncommon30–40 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeSummer visitorUncommon45–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Australian Hobby 30–35 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Little Penguin 30–40 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Southern Rockhopper Penguin 45–58 cm
- White-chinned Petrel 50–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Gentoo Penguin 75–90 cm
- King Penguin 70–100 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Southern Royal Albatross 115–123 cm
- Wandering Albatross 107–135 cm
- Indian Peafowl 86–230 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