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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Victoria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraResidentRare115–123 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansResidentRare107–135 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerResidentRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusResidentRare12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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