Rare Birds in Victoria
Our list for Victoria has 34 rare birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 16 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Victoria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Mulga ParrotPsephotellus variusResidentRare27–32 cmRecorded all year
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusSummer visitorRare30–33 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Little PenguinEudyptula minorResidentRare30–40 cmRecorded all year
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinereaResidentRare29–33 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–May
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisSummer visitorRare50–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Australian BustardArdeotis australisResidentRare100–140 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
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