Birds Seen in 2026
@ Adrian Tritschler · Thursday, Jan 1, 2026 · 6 minute read · Update at Jan 1, 2026 ·

A list of the birds I see and can positively identify in 2026

Third year in a row I’ve decided to log this here; following on from and .

The first birds I heard on New Years Day were a pair of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos flying over the house as I lay in bed, I think they’ll always be my favourites. Then a galah and some sparrows cheeping from the neighbour’s garden, but I hadn’t seen them yet, so I couldn’t put them in here just yet …

Common name Scientific name date Location pp.
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator <2026-04-17 Fri> Broulee, NSW 84.1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo <2026-01-02 Fri> Lorne, Vic 92.1
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius <2026-01-09 Fri> Footscray, Vic 94.1
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 100.1
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus <2026-01-09 Fri> Footscray, Vic 100.2
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 120.1
Hooded Plover Thinomis cucullatus <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 134.3
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 136.2
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 138.2
Black Swan Cygnus atratus <2026-01-09 Fri> Marshall, Vic 166.1
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 168.1
Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 168.2
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 172.1
Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 172.2
Pacific Black duck Anas superciliosa <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 178.3
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae <2026-01-02 Fri> Erskine Falls, Lorne, Vic 182.1
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica <2026-01-02 Fri> Jamieson River, Vic 182.2
Pied Heron Ardea picata <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 182.3
Great Egret Ardea alba <2026-02-08 Sun> Karkarook Lake, Clarinda, Vic 186.1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta <2026-02-08 Sun> Karkarook Lake, Clarinda, Vic 188.1
Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus <2026-06-24 Wed> Kakadu, NT 190.1
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia <2026-06-22 Mon> Jabiru, NT 196.1
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca <2026-01-09 Fri> Footscray, Vic 196.3
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis <2026-02-16 Mon> Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Vic 196.4
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus <2026-06-24 Wed> Kakadu, NT 196.5
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus <2026-06-22 Mon> Oenpelli, NT 198.3
Pukeko / Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio meanotus <2026-01-02 Fri> Kennett River, Vic 206.1
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra <2025-01-09 Thu> Karkarook lake, Heatherton, Vic 208.1
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa <2026-01-02 Fri> Kennett River, Vic 208.2
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 212.3
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster <2026-04-17 Fri> Broulee, NSW 222.2
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax <2026-01-27 Tue> Porepunkah, Vic 224.2
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus <2026-06-23 Tue> Kakadu, NT 226.1
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 226.2
Black Kite Milvus migrans <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 226.3
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides <2026-01-09 Fri> Lara, Vic 238.1
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis <2026-04-15 Wed> Weerewa, NSW 240.1
Barking Owl Ninox connivens <2026-06-22 Mon> Jabiru, NT 248.3
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides <2026-01-06 Tue> Boyd Park, Murrumbeena, Vic 250.1
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii <2026-06-23 Tue> Kakadu, NT 256.2
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 258.1
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 258.3
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum <2026-01-23 Fri> Bright, Vic 260.1
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris <2026-01-04 Sun> Lorne, Vic 262.1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 262.4
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus <2026-01-05 Mon> Clayton, Vic 264.1
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna <2026-01-21 Wed> Galbally Reserve, Hughesdale, Vic 266.1
Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 272.1
Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 272.2
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans <2026-01-23 Fri> Bright, Vic 274.2
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius <2026-02-08 Sun> Karkarook Lake, Clarinda, Vic 276.1
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus <2026-02-08 Sun> Karkarook Lake, Clarinda, Vic 278.1
Rock Dove Columba livia <2026-01-04 Sun> Lorne, Vic 286.1
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis <2026-01-04 Sun> Lara, Vic 286.3
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera <2026-01-03 Sat> Lorne, Vic 290.1
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes <2026-01-07 Wed> Boyd Park, Murrumbeena, Vic 290.4
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 294.2
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa <2026-07-26 Sun> Darwin, NT 302.1
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 312.2
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii <2026-06-22 Mon> Kakadu, NT 312.3
Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii <2026-06-24 Wed> Kakadu, NT 316.1
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus <2026-01-22 Thu> Wandiligong, Vic 316.2
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 320.1
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 326.1
Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae <2026-04-18 Sat> Araluen, NSW 334.1
Eastern Bristlebird1 Dasyornis brachypterus <2026-04-17 Fri> Broulee, NSW 338.1
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla <2026-07-25 Sat> Lorne, Vic 352.2
Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus <2026-06-25 Thu> Katherine, NT 360.3
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 362.1
White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 382.1
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis <2026-06-23 Tue> Kakadu, NT 384.3
White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor <2026-06-22 Mon> Fogg dam, NT 386.4
Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis <2026-06-23 Tue> Kakadu, NT 390.4
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura <2026-06-26 Fri> Katherine, NT 394.3
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 398.3
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris <2026-01-04 Sun> Lorne, Vic 400.3
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis <2026-01-22 Thu> Bright, Vic 402.4
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala <2026-01-05 Mon> Clayton, Vic 404.1
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 406.3
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis <2026-06-24 Wed> Kakadu, NT 408.4
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 418.1
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae <2026-01-27 Tue> Porepunkah, Vic 426.1
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 426.2
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 430.1
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 432.1
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis <2026-06-22 Mon> Ubirr, NT 434.1
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus <2026-01-13 Tue> Monash University, Clayton, Vic 434.2
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 436.1
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos <2026-01-22 Thu> Wandiligong, Vic 436.2
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea <2026-06-26 Fri> Katherine, NT 436.3
Little Raven Corvus mellori <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 438.3
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus <2026-01-23 Fri> Bright, Vic 446.2
Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis <2026-06-24 Wed> Kakadu, NT 448.3
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 450.1
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 450.3
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus <2026-06-21 Sun> Darwin, NT 450.4
Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca <2026-01-02 Fri> Lorne, Vic 452.1
Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana <2026-06-23 Tue> Jabiru, NT 452.4
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula <2026-06-26 Fri> Katherine, NT 454.2
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa <2026-01-02 Fri> Kennet River, Vic 460.1
Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys <2026-01-09 Fri> Freshwater Creek, Vic 462.3
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster <2026-06-20 Sat> Darwin, NT 464.2
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis <2026-02-07 Sat> Wonga Park, Vic 470.1
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica <2026-01-02 Fri> Kennett River, Vic 482.1
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum <2026-06-23 Tue> Kakadu, NT 484.2
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis <2026-04-13 Mon> Heygate, Bungendore, NSW 486.1
Common Blackbird Turdus merula <2026-01-10 Sat> Lorne, Vic 506.3
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis <2026-01-04 Sun> Lara, Vic 514.1
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris <2026-01-02 Fri> Lorne, Vic 514.2
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii <2026-06-22 Mon> Ubirr, NT 522.2
Red-browed finch Neochmia temporalis <2026-01-10 Sat> Wye River, Vic 524.1
House Sparrow Passer domesticus <2026-01-01 Thu> Lorne, Vic 530.1
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last reviewed or updated 2026-07-26 Sun

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