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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxaResidentUncommon37–45 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaResidentUncommon22–25 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Purple-crowned LorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephalaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
Mulga ParrotPsephotellus variusResidentUncommon27–32 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