Western Australia bird checklist
606 bird species in 93 families have been recorded in Western Australia, according to eBird; about 451 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 Western Australia right now
1Pacific Black Duck
2Rock Pigeon
3Silver Gull
4Great Egret
5Australian Ibis
6Little Black Cormorant
7Great Crested Tern
8Gray Teal
9Little Pied Cormorant
10Australasian Swamphen
Western Australia bird checklist
606 species · loading the checklist tools…
Ostriches
- Common Ostrich
Cassowaries and Emu
- Emu
Magpie Goose
- Magpie Goose
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Plumed Whistling-Duck
- Wandering Whistling-Duck
- Graylag Goose
- Swan Goose
- Cape Barren Goose
- Freckled Duck
- Mute Swan
- Black Swan
- Radjah Shelduck
- Australian Shelduck
- Muscovy Duck
- Green Pygmy-Goose
- Maned Duck
- Garganey
- Australasian Shoveler
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Pacific Black Duck
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Gray Teal
- Chestnut Teal
- Pink-eared Duck
- Hardhead
- Blue-billed Duck
- Musk Duck
Megapodes
- Malleefowl
- Orange-footed Megapode
Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Indian Peafowl
- Red Junglefowl
- Brown Quail
- Blue-breasted Quail
- Stubble Quail
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- African Collared-Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Pacific Emerald Dove
- Common Bronzewing
- Brush Bronzewing
- Flock Bronzewing
- Crested Pigeon
- Spinifex Pigeon
- Partridge Pigeon
- White-quilled Rock-Pigeon
- Diamond Dove
- Peaceful Dove
- Bar-shouldered Dove
- Nicobar Pigeon
- Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
Bustards
- Australian Bustard
Cuckoos
- Pheasant Coucal
- Asian Koel
- Pacific Koel
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo
- Oriental Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Spotted Nightjar
Frogmouths
- Tawny Frogmouth
Owlet-nightjars
- Australian Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
- White-throated Needletail
- White-nest Swiftlet
- Pacific Swift
- House Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Chestnut Rail
- Buff-banded Rail
- Black-tailed Nativehen
- Australian Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Dusky Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- Australasian Swamphen
- White-browed Crake
- Watercock
- Pale-vented Bush-hen
- Red-legged Crake
- 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
- Little Ringed Plover
- Gray-headed Lapwing
- Banded Lapwing
- Masked Lapwing
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Inland Dotterel
- Oriental Plover
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Tibetan Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Double-banded Plover
- Red-capped Plover
- Javan Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Australian Painted-Snipe
Jacanas
- Comb-crested Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Little Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Asian Dowitcher
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Latham's Snipe
- Red Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Nordmann's Greenshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Buttonquail
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Little Buttonquail
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
- Painted Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Australian Pratincole
- Collared 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
- Black-headed Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Pacific Gull
- Black-tailed Gull
- Common Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Lesser Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Little Tern
- Australian Fairy Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Australian Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Common Tern
- Roseate Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Grebes
- Australasian Grebe
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Penguins
- King Penguin
- Little Penguin
- Fiordland Penguin
- Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Albatrosses
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Snowy Albatross
- Antipodean Albatross
- Amsterdam Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed 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
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Northern Storm-Petrels
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel
- Northern Giant-Petrel
- Southern Fulmar
- Pintado Petrel
- Kerguelen Petrel
- Great-winged Petrel
- Gray-faced Petrel
- Kermadec Petrel
- Trindade Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Barau's Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Atlantic Petrel
- Cook's Petrel
- Gould's Petrel
- Blue Petrel
- Fairy Prion
- Broad-billed Prion
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Jouanin's Petrel
- Tahiti Petrel
- Gray Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Streaked Shearwater
- Cory's Shearwater
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater
- Hutton's Shearwater
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Little Shearwater
- Heinroth's Shearwater
- Common Diving-Petrel
Storks
- Black-necked Stork
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Abbott's Booby
- Australasian Gannet
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
- Nazca Booby
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 Bittern
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Yellow Bittern
- Black-backed Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Little Egret
- Pied Heron
- White-faced Heron
- Little Heron
- Chinese Pond-Heron
- Javan Pond-Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Pacific Heron
- Great Egret
- Medium Egret
- Plumed Egret
- Purple Heron
- Great-billed Heron
Pelicans
- Australian Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Letter-winged Kite
- Pacific Baza
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Black-breasted Kite
- Square-tailed Kite
- Little Eagle
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Gray Goshawk
- Brown Goshawk
- Red Goshawk
- Swamp Harrier
- Spotted Harrier
- Black Kite
- Brahminy Kite
- Whistling Kite
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Barn-Owls
- Australian Masked-Owl
- Australasian Grass-Owl
- Eastern Barn Owl
Owls
- Rufous Owl
- Barking Owl
- Australian Boobook
- Northern Boobook
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- Rainbow Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Azure Kingfisher
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Blue-winged Kookaburra
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Torresian Kingfisher
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Collared Kingfisher
Rollers
- Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
- Nankeen Kestrel
- Eurasian Hobby
- Australian Hobby
- Brown Falcon
- Gray Falcon
- Black Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Cockatiel
- Galah
- Pink Cockatoo
- Western Corella
- Little Corella
- Long-billed Corella
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Old World Parrots
- Superb Parrot
- Regent Parrot
- Princess Parrot
- Red-winged Parrot
- Papuan Eclectus
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Ground Parrot
- Night Parrot
- Bourke's Parrot
- Elegant Parrot
- Rock Parrot
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Australian Ringneck
- Crimson Rosella
- Northern Rosella
- Eastern Rosella
- Western Rosella
- Naretha Bluebonnet
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Mulga Parrot
- Red-capped Parrot
- Budgerigar
- Varied Lorikeet
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Red-collared Lorikeet
Pittas
- Blue-winged Pitta
- Fairy Pitta
- Rainbow Pitta
Scrub-birds
- Noisy Scrub-bird
Bowerbirds
- Western Bowerbird
- Great Bowerbird
Australasian Treecreepers
- White-browed Treecreeper
- Black-tailed Treecreeper
- Rufous Treecreeper
Fairywrens
- Pilbara Grasswren
- Sandhill Grasswren
- Western Grasswren
- Black Grasswren
- Dusky Grasswren
- Southern Emuwren
- Rufous-crowned Emuwren
- Purple-crowned Fairywren
- Red-winged Fairywren
- Blue-breasted Fairywren
- Purple-backed Fairywren
- Splendid Fairywren
- White-winged Fairywren
- Red-backed Fairywren
Honeyeaters
- Western Spinebill
- Pied Honeyeater
- Kimberley Honeyeater
- White-gaped Honeyeater
- White-fronted Honeyeater
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater
- Yellow-throated Miner
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Western Wattlebird
- Red Wattlebird
- Singing Honeyeater
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
- Gray-headed Honeyeater
- Gray-fronted Honeyeater
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater
- Gray Honeyeater
- Yellow Chat
- Crimson Chat
- Orange Chat
- White-fronted Chat
- Black Honeyeater
- Dusky Myzomela
- Red-headed Myzomela
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Banded Honeyeater
- Brown Honeyeater
- New Holland Honeyeater
- White-cheeked Honeyeater
- White-eared Honeyeater
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- White-throated Honeyeater
- Gilbert's Honeyeater
- Brown-headed Honeyeater
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Little Friarbird
- Silver-crowned Friarbird
Bristlebirds
- Western Bristlebird
Pardalotes
- Spotted Pardalote
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Striated Pardalote
Thornbills and Allies
- Redthroat
- Shy Heathwren
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Western Fieldwren
- Weebill
- Spotted Scrubwren
- Southern Whiteface
- Banded Whiteface
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Inland Thornbill
- Slaty-backed Thornbill
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- Western Thornbill
- Green-backed Gerygone
- Large-billed Gerygone
- White-throated Gerygone
- Dusky Gerygone
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Western Gerygone
Pseudo-Babblers
- Gray-crowned Babbler
- White-browed Babbler
Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers
- Copperback Quail-thrush
- Western Quail-thrush
- Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Cuckooshrikes
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike
- White-winged Triller
- Varied Triller
- Sahul Cicadabird
Sittellas
- Varied Sittella
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Western Whipbird
- Chiming Wedgebill
Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
- Crested Bellbird
Shrike-tits
- Western Shrike-tit
- Northern Shrike-tit
Whistlers and Allies
- Sandstone Shrikethrush
- Gray Shrikethrush
- Little Shrikethrush
- Gilbert's Whistler
- Golden Whistler
- Black-tailed Whistler
- Rufous Whistler
- White-breasted Whistler
Old World Orioles
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Green Oriole
- Australasian Figbird
Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Masked Woodswallow
- White-browed Woodswallow
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Little Woodswallow
- Gray Butcherbird
- Silver-backed Butcherbird
- Pied Butcherbird
- Black Butcherbird
- Australian Magpie
- Gray Currawong
Fantails
- Northern Fantail
- Willie-wagtail
- Arafura Fantail
- Gray Fantail
- Mangrove Fantail
Drongos
- Spangled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
- Island Monarch
- Magpie-lark
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Broad-billed Flycatcher
- Restless Flycatcher
- Paperbark Flycatcher
- Shining Flycatcher
Shrikes
- Tiger Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- House Crow
- Torresian Crow
- Little Crow
- Australian Raven
- Little Raven
Australasian Robins
- Red-capped Robin
- Scarlet Robin
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
- Jacky-winter
- Southern Scrub-Robin
- Buff-sided Robin
- Hooded Robin
- Mangrove Robin
- Western Yellow Robin
- White-breasted Robin
Larks
- Singing Bushlark
Cisticolas and Allies
- Zitting Cisticola
- Golden-headed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Oriental Reed Warbler
- Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Spinifexbird
- Little Grassbird
- Brown Songlark
- Rufous Songlark
- Tawny Grassbird
Swallows
- White-backed Swallow
- Welcome Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Fairy Martin
- Tree Martin
Leaf Warblers
- Arctic Warbler
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Australian Yellow White-eye
- Silvereye
Starlings
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
Thrushes and Allies
- Eyebrowed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Brown-streaked Flycatcher
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher
- Narcissus Flycatcher
- Blue Rock-Thrush
Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird
Waxbills and Allies
- Pictorella Munia
- Diamond Firetail
- Red-eared Firetail
- Crimson Finch
- Red-browed Firetail
- Painted Firetail
- Star Finch
- Double-barred Finch
- Zebra Finch
- Masked Finch
- Long-tailed Finch
- Pale-headed Munia
- Yellow-rumped Munia
- Chestnut-breasted Munia
- Gouldian Finch
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Forest Wagtail
- Gray Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Australian Pipit
- Pechora Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- European Goldfinch
- Island Canary
- Red Siskin
Most common birds in Western 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 Western Australia’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Australian IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Gray TealAnas gracilis
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
Largest bird families in Western Australia
Among its regular birds.
- Honeyeaters37
- Sandpipers and Allies25
- Shearwaters and Petrels22
- Old World Parrots21
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl20
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers19
- Thornbills and Allies19
- Pigeons and Doves16
Reported in the last 30 days
421 species reported to eBird in Western Australia in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Australian Owlet-nightjar, Eastern Barn Owl, Oriental Plover, Australian Boobook, Bush Thick-knee, Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Australian Raven, Australian Magpie, Red-capped Parrot, Singing Honeyeater, Rainbow Lorikeet, Pacific Black Duck, Silver Gull, Welcome Swallow, Galah, Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Gray Fantail, Western Gerygone, Western Wattlebird, Australian Ringneck, Australian Ibis, Splendid Fairywren, Magpie-lark, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Striated Pardalote, Common Bronzewing, Brown Honeyeater, Inland Dotterel, Silvereye, New Holland Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Rufous Whistler, Rock Pigeon, Rainbow Bee-eater, Willie-wagtail, Golden Whistler, Elegant Parrot, Laughing Dove, Maned Duck, Buff-banded Rail, …
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Eurasian Coot
Bar-tailed Godwit
Welcome Swallow
White-faced Heron
Australasian Grebe
Tree Martin
Galah
Australian Magpie
Little Egret
Rainbow Lorikeet
Nankeen Night Heron
Silvereye
Red Knot
Magpie-lark