Rare Birds in Western Australia
Our list for Western Australia has 25 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 6 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 8 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Western Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Red-browed Finch 11–12 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Little Penguin 30–40 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Pomarine Jaeger 46–51 cm
- Long-tailed Jaeger 48–58 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Mute Swan 140–160 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