Birds of Victoria
543 bird species have been recorded in Victoria on the eBird network — explore the 539 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
543 bird species have been recorded in Victoria on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 539 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
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Australian BoobookNinox boobook
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
The full checklist — 539 birds of Victoria in our library
- African Collared Dove
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- American Golden Plover
- Antarctic Prion
- Antarctic Tern
- Antipodean Albatross
- Apostlebird
- Arctic Tern
- Asian Dowitcher
- Atlantic Canary
- Atlantic Petrel
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Australasian Bittern
- Australasian Darter
- Australasian Figbird
- Australasian Gannet
- Australasian Grebe
- Australasian Shoveler
- Australasian Swamphen
- Australian Boobook
- 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 Rufous Fantail
- Australian Shelduck
- Australian Tern
- Australian White Ibis
- Azure Kingfisher
- Baillon’s Crake
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Banded Lapwing
- Banded Stilt
- Bar-shouldered Dove
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barau’s Petrel
- Barking Owl
- Bassian Thrush
- Beach Stone-curlew
- Beautiful Firetail
- Bell Miner
- Black Bittern
- Black Falcon
- Black Honeyeater
- Black Kite
- Black Noddy
- Black Petrel
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- 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 Monarch
- Black-faced Woodswallow
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Gull
- Black-tailed Nativehen
- Blue Petrel
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-billed Duck
- Blue-billed White Tern
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Blue-winged Parrot
- Bridled Tern
- Broad-billed Prion
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brolga
- Brown Booby
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove
- Brown Falcon
- Brown Gerygone
- Brown Goshawk
- Brown Honeyeater
- Brown Noddy
- 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
- Bulwer’s Petrel
- Bush Stone-curlew
- California Quail
- Canada Goose
- Cape Barren Goose
- Cape Gannet
- Caspian Tern
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Chestnut Quail-thrush
- Chestnut Teal
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- Chukar Partridge
- Cockatiel
- Collared Sparrowhawk
- 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
- Cotton Pygmy Goose
- Crescent Honeyeater
- Crested Bellbird
- Crested Pigeon
- Crimson Chat
- Crimson Rosella
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Diamond Dove
- Diamond Firetail
- Double-banded Plover
- Double-barred Finch
- Dusky Moorhen
- Dusky Woodswallow
- Eastern Barn Owl
- Eastern Bluebonnet
- Eastern Bristlebird
- Eastern Cattle Egret
- Eastern Grass Owl
- Eastern Rosella
- Eastern Shriketit
- Eastern Spinebill
- Eastern Whipbird
- Eastern Yellow Robin
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Elegant Parrot
- Emu
- Erect-crested Penguin
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- Fairy Martin
- Fairy Prion
- Fairy Tern
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Fiordland Penguin
- Fischer’s Lovebird
- Flame Robin
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Forest Kingfisher
- Forest Raven
- Franklin’s Gull
- Freckled Duck
- Fuscous Honeyeater
- Galah
- Gang-gang Cockatoo
- Garganey
- Gilbert’s Whistler
- Glossy Black Cockatoo
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Pheasant
- Golden-headed Cisticola
- Gould’s Petrel
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Frigatebird
- Great Knot
- Great Shearwater
- Great-winged Petrel
- Greater Crested Tern
- Greater Sand Plover
- Greater Sooty Owl
- Green Pheasant
- Grey Butcherbird
- Grey Currawong
- Grey Falcon
- Grey Fantail
- Grey Goshawk
- Grey Noddy
- 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-tailed Tattler
- Greylag Goose
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Ground Parrot
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hardhead
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Hooded Plover
- Hooded Robin
- Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo
- House Crow
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Hutton’s Shearwater
- Indian Peafowl
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Inland Dotterel
- Inland Thornbill
- Jacky Winter
- Java Sparrow
- Kelp Gull
- Kerguelen Petrel
- King Quail
- Large-billed Scrubwren
- Latham’s Snipe
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Letter-winged Kite
- Lewin’s Honeyeater
- 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 Heron
- Little Penguin
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Little Raven
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Shearwater
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Little Wattlebird
- Long-billed Corella
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-toed Stint
- Macaroni Penguin
- Magpie Goose
- Magpie-lark
- Mallard
- Mallee Emu-wren
- Malleefowl
- Mandarin Duck
- Maned Duck
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Masked Lapwing
- Masked Woodswallow
- Mistletoebird
- Mottled Petrel
- Mulga Parrot
- Muscovy Duck
- Musk Duck
- Nanday Parakeet
- Nankeen Kestrel
- Nankeen Night Heron
- New Holland Honeyeater
- New Zealand Storm Petrel
- Noisy Friarbird
- Noisy Miner
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Northern Shoveler
- Olive Whistler
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Orange Chat
- Orange-bellied Parrot
- Oriental Dollarbird
- Oriental Magpie
- Oriental Plover
- Oriental Pratincole
- Osprey
- Pacific Baza
- Pacific Black Duck
- Pacific Emerald Dove
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Gull
- Pacific Koel
- Pacific Reef Heron
- Pacific Swift
- Painted Buttonquail
- Painted Finch
- Painted Honeyeater
- Pale-headed Rosella
- Pallid Cuckoo
- Papuan Eclectus
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Peaceful Dove
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Butcherbird
- Pied Currawong
- Pied Heron
- Pied Honeyeater
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Pied Stilt
- Pilotbird
- 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
- Pycroft’s Petrel
- Radjah Shelduck
- Rainbow Bee-eater
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Knot
- Red Wattlebird
- Red-backed Kingfisher
- Red-browed Finch
- Red-browed Treecreeper
- Red-capped Plover
- Red-capped Robin
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Red-crowned Parakeet
- Red-footed Booby
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Red-lored Whistler
- Red-necked Avocet
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red-winged Parrot
- Redthroat
- Regent Bowerbird
- Regent Honeyeater
- Regent Parrot
- Restless Flycatcher
- Rock Dove
- Rose Robin
- Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Royal Penguin
- Royal Spoonbill
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous Bristlebird
- Rufous Fieldwren
- Rufous Songlark
- Rufous Whistler
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo
- Sahul Cicadabird
- Salvin’s Albatross
- Salvin’s Prion
- Sanderling
- Satin Bowerbird
- Satin Flycatcher
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
- Scarlet Macaw
- Scarlet Myzomela
- Scarlet Robin
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Semipalmated Plover
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Shy Albatross
- Shy Heathwren
- Siberian Sand Plover
- Silver Gull
- Silvereye
- Singing Bush Lark
- Singing Honeyeater
- Slaty-headed Parakeet
- Slender-billed Prion
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Snares Penguin
- Snowy Albatross
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Song Thrush
- Sooty Albatross
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Sooty Shearwater
- South Island Oystercatcher
- South Polar Skua
- Southern Emu-wren
- Southern Fulmar
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Southern Scrub Robin
- Southern Whiteface
- Spangled Drongo
- Speckled Warbler
- Spectacled Monarch
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
- Splendid Fairywren
- Spotless Crake
- Spotted Dove
- Spotted Harrier
- Spotted Nightjar
- Spotted Pardalote
- Spotted Quail-thrush
- Spotted Redshank
- Square-tailed Kite
- Star Finch
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Straw-necked Ibis
- Streaked Shearwater
- Striated Fieldwren
- Striated Grasswren
- Striated Pardalote
- Striated Thornbill
- Striped Honeyeater
- Stubble Quail
- Subantarctic Shearwater
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Sun Parakeet
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Superb Fairywren
- Superb Lyrebird
- Superb Parrot
- Swamp Harrier
- Swan Goose
- Swift Parrot
- Tahiti Petrel
- Tasmanian Boobook
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Tawny Grassbird
- Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- Terek Sandpiper
- Topknot Pigeon
- Tree Martin
- Tufted Duck
- Turquoise Parrot
- Varied Sittella
- Wandering Tattler
- Wandering Whistling Duck
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Weebill
- Welcome Swallow
- Western Gerygone
- Western Rosella
- Westland Petrel
- 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-cheeked Honeyeater
- White-chinned Petrel
- White-eared Honeyeater
- White-eared Monarch
- 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-necked Petrel
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- 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 Phalarope
- Wilson’s Storm Petrel
- Wonga Pigeon
- Wood Sandpiper
- 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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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 Victoria?
543 species have been recorded in Victoria on eBird; 539 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Victoria 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.