South Australia bird checklist
476 bird species in 85 families have been recorded in South Australia, according to eBird; about 379 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
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Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in South Australia right now
1Great Egret
2Little Pied Cormorant
3Australian Ibis
4Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
5Tree Martin
6Gray Teal
7Pacific Black Duck
8Galah
9Australasian Grebe
10European Starling
South Australia bird checklist
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Ostriches
- Common Ostrich
Cassowaries and Emu
- Emu
Magpie Goose
- Magpie Goose
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Plumed Whistling-Duck
- Graylag Goose
- Cape Barren Goose
- Freckled Duck
- Black Swan
- Egyptian Goose
- Australian Shelduck
- Muscovy Duck
- Maned Duck
- Australasian Shoveler
- Northern Shoveler
- Pacific Black Duck
- Mallard
- Gray Teal
- Chestnut Teal
- Pink-eared Duck
- Hardhead
- Blue-billed Duck
- Musk Duck
Megapodes
- Australian Brushturkey
- Malleefowl
Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
New World Quail
- California Quail
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Wild Turkey
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Indian Peafowl
- Red Junglefowl
- Brown Quail
- Stubble Quail
- Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- White-headed Pigeon
- African Collared-Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Common Bronzewing
- Brush Bronzewing
- Flock Bronzewing
- Crested Pigeon
- Spinifex Pigeon
- Diamond Dove
- Peaceful Dove
Bustards
- Australian Bustard
Cuckoos
- Pacific Koel
- Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Spotted Nightjar
- White-throated Nightjar
Frogmouths
- Tawny Frogmouth
Owlet-nightjars
- Australian Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
- White-throated Needletail
- Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Lewin's Rail
- Buff-banded Rail
- Black-tailed Nativehen
- Australian Crake
- Dusky Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- Australasian Swamphen
- Baillon's Crake
- Spotless Crake
Cranes
- Brolga
Thick-knees
- Beach Thick-knee
- Bush Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt
- Banded Stilt
- Red-necked Avocet
Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Sooty Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- American Golden-Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Hooded Plover
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Gray-headed Lapwing
- Banded Lapwing
- Masked Lapwing
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Inland Dotterel
- Oriental Plover
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Double-banded Plover
- Red-capped Plover
Plains-wanderer
- Plains-wanderer
Painted-Snipes
- Australian Painted-Snipe
Jacanas
- Comb-crested Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Little Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Latham's Snipe
- Red Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Buttonquail
- Little Buttonquail
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Painted Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Australian Pratincole
- Oriental Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Brown Skua
- South Polar Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Sabine's Gull
- Silver Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Pacific Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Bridled Tern
- Little Tern
- Australian Fairy Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Australian Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Antarctic Tern
- Common Tern
- White-fronted Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Grebes
- Australasian Grebe
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
Penguins
- King Penguin
- Little Penguin
- Fiordland Penguin
Albatrosses
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Snowy Albatross
- Antipodean Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Gray-headed Albatross
- Buller's Albatross
- White-capped Albatross
- Salvin's Albatross
- Black-browed Albatross
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
- White-faced Storm-Petrel
- New Zealand Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel
- Northern Giant-Petrel
- Southern Fulmar
- Pintado Petrel
- Great-winged Petrel
- Gray-faced Petrel
- Kermadec Petrel
- Providence Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Cook's Petrel
- Gould's Petrel
- Blue Petrel
- Fairy Prion
- Salvin's Prion
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- Gray Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Buller's Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Hutton's Shearwater
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Common Diving-Petrel
Boobies and Gannets
- Australasian Gannet
Anhingas
- Australasian Darter
Cormorants and Shags
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
- Little Black Cormorant
- Pied Cormorant
- Black-faced Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- Australian Ibis
- Straw-necked Ibis
- Royal Spoonbill
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Australasian Bittern
- Black-backed Bittern
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Little Egret
- White-faced Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Pacific Heron
- Great Egret
- Plumed Egret
Pelicans
- Australian Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Letter-winged Kite
- Black-breasted Kite
- Square-tailed Kite
- Little Eagle
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Gray Goshawk
- Brown Goshawk
- Swamp Harrier
- Spotted Harrier
- Black Kite
- Whistling Kite
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Barn-Owls
- Australian Masked-Owl
- Australasian Grass-Owl
- Eastern Barn Owl
Owls
- Powerful Owl
- Barking Owl
- Australian Boobook
- Tasmanian Boobook
Bee-eaters
- Rainbow Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Azure Kingfisher
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Sacred Kingfisher
Rollers
- Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
- Nankeen Kestrel
- Australian Hobby
- Brown Falcon
- Gray Falcon
- Black Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Cockatiel
- Gang-gang Cockatoo
- Galah
- Pink Cockatoo
- Little Corella
- Long-billed Corella
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Old World Parrots
- Superb Parrot
- Regent Parrot
- Princess Parrot
- Australian King-Parrot
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Bourke's Parrot
- Blue-winged Parrot
- Elegant Parrot
- Rock Parrot
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Turquoise Parrot
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Swift Parrot
- Australian Ringneck
- Crimson Rosella
- Eastern Rosella
- Greater Bluebonnet
- Naretha Bluebonnet
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Mulga Parrot
- Budgerigar
- Little Lorikeet
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet
- Musk Lorikeet
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Yellow-collared Lovebird
Bowerbirds
- Western Bowerbird
Australasian Treecreepers
- White-throated Treecreeper
- White-browed Treecreeper
- Brown Treecreeper
- Rufous Treecreeper
Fairywrens
- Gray Grasswren
- Sandhill Grasswren
- Striated Grasswren
- Short-tailed Grasswren
- Western Grasswren
- Thick-billed Grasswren
- Eyrean Grasswren
- Dusky Grasswren
- Southern Emuwren
- Rufous-crowned Emuwren
- Mallee Emuwren
- Blue-breasted Fairywren
- Purple-backed Fairywren
- Splendid Fairywren
- Superb Fairywren
- White-winged Fairywren
Honeyeaters
- Eastern Spinebill
- Pied Honeyeater
- White-fronted Honeyeater
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater
- Noisy Miner
- Yellow-throated Miner
- Black-eared Miner
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Little Wattlebird
- Red Wattlebird
- Singing Honeyeater
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Fuscous Honeyeater
- Gray-headed Honeyeater
- Gray-fronted Honeyeater
- Gray Honeyeater
- Gibberbird
- Yellow Chat
- Crimson Chat
- Orange Chat
- White-fronted Chat
- Black Honeyeater
- Scarlet Myzomela
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Brown Honeyeater
- Crescent Honeyeater
- New Holland Honeyeater
- White-eared Honeyeater
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- White-naped Honeyeater
- Brown-headed Honeyeater
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Striped Honeyeater
- Painted Honeyeater
- Little Friarbird
- Noisy Friarbird
Bristlebirds
- Rufous Bristlebird
Pardalotes
- Spotted Pardalote
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Striated Pardalote
Thornbills and Allies
- Redthroat
- Shy Heathwren
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
- Striated Fieldwren
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Weebill
- White-browed Scrubwren
- Spotted Scrubwren
- Southern Whiteface
- Banded Whiteface
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Yellow Thornbill
- Striated Thornbill
- Inland Thornbill
- Brown Thornbill
- Slaty-backed Thornbill
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- Buff-rumped Thornbill
- White-throated Gerygone
- Western Gerygone
Pseudo-Babblers
- Gray-crowned Babbler
- White-browed Babbler
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers
- Spotted Quail-thrush
- Chestnut Quail-thrush
- Copperback Quail-thrush
- Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Cuckooshrikes
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike
- White-winged Triller
Sittellas
- Varied Sittella
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Western Whipbird
- Chiming Wedgebill
- Chirruping Wedgebill
Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
- Crested Bellbird
Shrike-tits
- Eastern Shrike-tit
Whistlers and Allies
- Gray Shrikethrush
- Olive Whistler
- Red-lored Whistler
- Gilbert's Whistler
- Golden Whistler
- Rufous Whistler
Old World Orioles
- Olive-backed Oriole
Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Masked Woodswallow
- White-browed Woodswallow
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Little Woodswallow
- Gray Butcherbird
- Pied Butcherbird
- Australian Magpie
- Pied Currawong
- Gray Currawong
Fantails
- Willie-wagtail
- Gray Fantail
Monarch Flycatchers
- Magpie-lark
- Satin Flycatcher
- Restless Flycatcher
White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
- White-winged Chough
- Apostlebird
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Torresian Crow
- Little Crow
- Australian Raven
- Little Raven
- Forest Raven
Australasian Robins
- Red-capped Robin
- Rose Robin
- Pink Robin
- Flame Robin
- Scarlet Robin
- Jacky-winter
- Southern Scrub-Robin
- Hooded Robin
- Eastern Yellow Robin
- Western Yellow Robin
Larks
- Singing Bushlark
- Eurasian Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
- Golden-headed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- Spinifexbird
- Little Grassbird
- Brown Songlark
- Rufous Songlark
Swallows
- White-backed Swallow
- Welcome Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Fairy Martin
- Tree Martin
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Silvereye
Starlings
- European Starling
- Common Myna
Thrushes and Allies
- Bassian Thrush
- Eurasian Blackbird
Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird
Waxbills and Allies
- Diamond Firetail
- Beautiful Firetail
- Red-browed Firetail
- Painted Firetail
- Zebra Finch
- Java Sparrow
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Australian Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- European Greenfinch
- European Goldfinch
Most common birds in South Australia
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of South Australia’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Australian IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Gray TealAnas gracilis
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- HardheadAythya australis
- Gray FantailRhipidura albiscapa
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
Largest bird families in South Australia
Among its regular birds.
- Honeyeaters37
- Sandpipers and Allies22
- Old World Parrots21
- Thornbills and Allies20
- Shearwaters and Petrels17
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl16
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers14
- Plovers and Lapwings13
Reported in the last 30 days
326 species reported to eBird in South Australia in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Galah, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Red Wattlebird, Crimson Rosella, Little Wattlebird, Gray Fantail, Eurasian Blackbird, Striated Pardalote, Australian Magpie, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, Little Corella, New Holland Honeyeater, Australian Ibis, Black-shouldered Kite, Yellow-throated Miner, White-plumed Honeyeater, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Rock Parrot, Pacific Gull, Willie-wagtail, Little Pied Cormorant, European Starling, Royal Spoonbill, White-browed Scrubwren, Eastern Spinebill, Common Bronzewing, Gray Currawong, Little Raven, Striated Thornbill, Laughing Kookaburra, Superb Fairywren, White-throated Treecreeper, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Crescent Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater, Restless Flycatcher, Australasian Darter, Australasian Grebe, Great Egret, …
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Little Corella
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Magpie
Australian Pelican
Rainbow Lorikeet
Eurasian Coot
Hardhead
Gray Fantail
Australasian Swamphen
Straw-necked Ibis
Welcome Swallow
Rock Pigeon
White-faced Heron
Great Crested Tern