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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Western Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaeResidentUncommon150–190 cmRecorded all year
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantUncommon30–34 cmRegularly Feb–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Australian BustardArdeotis australisResidentUncommon100–140 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Mulga ParrotPsephotellus variusResidentUncommon27–32 cmRecorded all year
Gouldian FinchChloebia gouldiaeWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansPassage migrantUncommon107–135 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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