Uncommon Birds in Australia
Our list for Australia has 34 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 7 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Australian King-parrotAlisterus scapularisResidentUncommon40–43 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiResidentUncommon38–41 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Rose RobinPetroica roseaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentUncommon30–33 cmRecorded all year
BrolgaAntigone rubicundaResidentUncommon100–140 cmRecorded all year
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinereaResidentUncommon29–33 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaeResidentUncommon150–190 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
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