Birds of South Australia
475 bird species have been recorded in South Australia on the eBird network — explore the 472 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
475 bird species have been recorded in South Australia on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 472 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
Antarctic TernSterna vittata
Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Australian BoobookNinox boobook
Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
Australian BustardArdeotis australis
Australian CrakePorzana fluminea
Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Australian HobbyFalco longipennis
Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Australian Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiae
Australian Owlet-nightjarAegotheles cristatus
Australian Painted-snipeRostratula australis
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Australian Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Australian PipitAnthus australis
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
The full checklist — 472 birds of South Australia in our library
- African Collared Dove
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- American Golden Plover
- Antarctic Prion
- Antarctic Tern
- Antipodean Albatross
- Apostlebird
- Arctic Tern
- Australasian Bittern
- Australasian Darter
- Australasian Gannet
- Australasian Grebe
- Australasian Shoveler
- Australasian Swamphen
- Australian Boobook
- Australian Brushturkey
- Australian Bustard
- Australian Crake
- Australian Golden Whistler
- Australian Hobby
- Australian King Parrot
- Australian Magpie
- Australian Masked Owl
- Australian Owlet-nightjar
- Australian Painted-snipe
- Australian Pelican
- Australian Pied Cormorant
- Australian Pipit
- Australian Pratincole
- Australian Raven
- Australian Reed Warbler
- Australian Ringneck
- Australian Shelduck
- Australian Tern
- Australian White Ibis
- Azure Kingfisher
- Baillon’s Crake
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Banded Lapwing
- Banded Stilt
- Banded Whiteface
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barking Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Bassian Thrush
- Beach Stone-curlew
- Beautiful Firetail
- Black Falcon
- Black Honeyeater
- Black Kite
- Black Swan
- Black-backed Bittern
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel
- Black-breasted Buzzard
- Black-browed Albatross
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Black-eared Miner
- Black-faced Cormorant
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Nativehen
- Blue Petrel
- Blue-billed Duck
- Blue-breasted Fairywren
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Blue-winged Parrot
- Bourke’s Parrot
- Bridled Tern
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brolga
- Brown Falcon
- Brown Goshawk
- Brown Honeyeater
- Brown Quail
- Brown Skua
- Brown Songlark
- Brown Thornbill
- Brown Treecreeper
- Brown-headed Honeyeater
- Brush Bronzewing
- Budgerigar
- Buff-banded Rail
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Buff-rumped Thornbill
- Buller’s Albatross
- Buller’s Shearwater
- Bush Stone-curlew
- California Quail
- Cape Barren Goose
- Caspian Tern
- Chestnut Quail-thrush
- Chestnut Teal
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- Chiming Wedgebill
- Chirruping Wedgebill
- Chukar Partridge
- Cinnamon Quail-thrush
- Citrine Wagtail
- Cockatiel
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Common Blackbird
- Common Bronzewing
- Common Diving Petrel
- Common Greenshank
- Common Myna
- Common Ostrich
- Common Pheasant
- Common Redshank
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Starling
- Common Tern
- Cook’s Petrel
- Copperback Quail-thrush
- Crescent Honeyeater
- Crested Bellbird
- Crested Pigeon
- Crimson Chat
- Crimson Rosella
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Diamond Dove
- Diamond Firetail
- Double-banded Plover
- Dusky Grasswren
- Dusky Moorhen
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Eastern Barn Owl
- Eastern Bluebonnet
- Eastern Cattle Egret
- Eastern Grass Owl
- Eastern Rosella
- Eastern Shriketit
- Eastern Spinebill
- Eastern Yellow Robin
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Egyptian Goose
- Elegant Parrot
- Emu
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- Eyrean Grasswren
- Fairy Martin
- Fairy Prion
- Fairy Tern
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Fiordland Penguin
- Flame Robin
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Flock Bronzewing
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Forest Raven
- Franklin’s Gull
- Freckled Duck
- Fuscous Honeyeater
- Galah
- Gang-gang Cockatoo
- Gibberbird
- Gilbert’s Whistler
- Glossy Black Cockatoo
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden-headed Cisticola
- Gould’s Petrel
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Knot
- Great Shearwater
- Great-winged Petrel
- Greater Crested Tern
- Greater Sand Plover
- Grey Butcherbird
- Grey Currawong
- Grey Falcon
- Grey Fantail
- Grey Goshawk
- Grey Grasswren
- Grey Honeyeater
- Grey Petrel
- Grey Plover
- Grey Shrikethrush
- Grey Teal
- Grey-backed Storm Petrel
- Grey-crowned Babbler
- Grey-faced Petrel
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater
- Grey-headed Albatross
- Grey-headed Honeyeater
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Greylag Goose
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hardhead
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Hooded Plover
- Hooded Robin
- Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hutton’s Shearwater
- Indian Peafowl
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Inland Dotterel
- Inland Thornbill
- Jacky Winter
- Java Sparrow
- Kelp Gull
- Kermadec Petrel
- King Penguin
- Latham’s Snipe
- Laughing Gull
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Letter-winged Kite
- Lewin’s Rail
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Little Black Cormorant
- Little Buttonquail
- Little Corella
- Little Crow
- Little Curlew
- Little Eagle
- Little Egret
- Little Friarbird
- Little Grassbird
- Little Penguin
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Little Raven
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Little Wattlebird
- Little Woodswallow
- Long-billed Corella
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-toed Stint
- Magpie Goose
- Magpie-lark
- Mallard
- Mallee Emu-wren
- Malleefowl
- Maned Duck
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Masked Lapwing
- Masked Woodswallow
- Mistletoebird
- Mulga Parrot
- Muscovy Duck
- Musk Duck
- Nankeen Kestrel
- Nankeen Night Heron
- Naretha Bluebonnet
- New Holland Honeyeater
- New Zealand Storm Petrel
- Noisy Friarbird
- Noisy Miner
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Northern Shoveler
- Nullarbor Quail-thrush
- Olive Whistler
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Orange Chat
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Oriental Dollarbird
- Oriental Plover
- Oriental Pratincole
- Osprey
- Pacific Black Duck
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Gull
- Pacific Koel
- Pacific Reef Heron
- Pacific Swift
- Painted Buttonquail
- Painted Finch
- Painted Honeyeater
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Peaceful Dove
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Butcherbird
- Pied Currawong
- Pied Honeyeater
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Pied Stilt
- Pink Cockatoo
- Pink Robin
- Pink-eared Duck
- Pintado Petrel
- Plains-wanderer
- Plumed Egret
- Plumed Whistling Duck
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Powerful Owl
- Princess Parrot
- Providence Petrel
- Purple-backed Fairywren
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red Wattlebird
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Red-browed Finch
- Red-browed Pardalote
- Red-capped Plover
- Red-capped Robin
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Red-lored Whistler
- Red-necked Avocet
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Redthroat
- Regent Parrot
- Restless Flycatcher
- Rock Dove
- Rock Parrot
- Rose Robin
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Royal Spoonbill
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous Bristlebird
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Rufous Songlark
- Rufous Treecreeper
- Rufous Whistler
- Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
- Sabine’s Gull
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Salvin’s Albatross
- Salvin’s Prion
- Sanderling
- Sandhill Grasswren
- Satin Flycatcher
- Scarlet Myzomela
- Scarlet Robin
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Semipalmated Plover
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-tailed Grasswren
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Shy Albatross
- Shy Heathwren
- Siberian Sand Plover
- Silver Gull
- Silvereye
- Singing Bush Lark
- Singing Honeyeater
- Slaty-backed Thornbill
- Slender-billed Prion
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Snowy Albatross
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Sooty Albatross
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Sooty Shearwater
- South Polar Skua
- Southern Emu-wren
- Southern Fulmar
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Southern Scrub Robin
- Southern Whiteface
- Spinifex Pigeon
- Spinifexbird
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Splendid Fairywren
- Spotless Crake
- Spotted Dove
- Spotted Harrier
- Spotted Nightjar
- Spotted Pardalote
- Spotted Quail-thrush
- Spotted Scrubwren
- Square-tailed Kite
- Straw-necked Ibis
- Striated Fieldwren
- Striated Grasswren
- Striated Pardalote
- Striated Thornbill
- Striped Honeyeater
- Stubble Quail
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Superb Fairywren
- Superb Parrot
- Swamp Harrier
- Swift Parrot
- Tasmanian Boobook
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Terek Sandpiper
- Thick-billed Grasswren
- Torresian Crow
- Tree Martin
- Turquoise Parrot
- Varied Sittella
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Weebill
- Welcome Swallow
- Western Bowerbird
- Western Gerygone
- Western Grasswren
- Western Whipbird
- Western Yellow Robin
- Whiskered Tern
- Whistling Kite
- White Wagtail
- White-backed Swallow
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- White-browed Babbler
- White-browed Scrubwren
- White-browed Treecreeper
- White-browed Woodswallow
- White-chinned Petrel
- White-eared Honeyeater
- White-faced Heron
- White-faced Storm Petrel
- White-fronted Chat
- White-fronted Honeyeater
- White-fronted Tern
- White-headed Petrel
- White-headed Pigeon
- White-naped Honeyeater
- White-necked Heron
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- White-throated Gerygone
- White-throated Needletail
- White-throated Nightjar
- White-throated Treecreeper
- White-winged Chough
- White-winged Fairywren
- White-winged Tern
- White-winged Triller
- Wild Turkey
- Willie Wagtail
- Wilson’s Storm Petrel
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow Chat
- Yellow Thornbill
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill
- Yellow-collared Lovebird
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Yellow-throated Miner
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
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Birds of South Australia by bird group
- Honeyeaters of South Australia (39 species)
- Parrots, Cockatoos & Allies of South Australia (35 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of South Australia (31 species)
- Petrels & Shearwaters of South Australia (27 species)
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of South Australia (19 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of South Australia (19 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in South Australia?
475 species have been recorded in South Australia on eBird; 472 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in South Australia right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.