Uncommon Birds in Western Australia
Our list for Western Australia has 38 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 11 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Western Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiResidentUncommon38–41 cmRecorded all year
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Western WattlebirdAnthochaera lunulataResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Purple-crowned LorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephalaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
BrolgaAntigone rubicundaResidentUncommon100–140 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticaudaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusWinter visitorUncommon30–33 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 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