Species Guides
Australia's Most Sought-After Birds
Detailed guides to finding Australia's rarest, most elusive, and most spectacular birds — with expert advice on locations, seasons, and the tours that will get you there.
Orange-bellied Parrot
Neophema chrysogaster
One of the world's rarest birds makes an annual journey between Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia
A bird so rare its song is being forgotten — now learning to sing from captive-raised companions.
Swift Parrot
Lathamus discolor
The fastest parrot in Australia makes a winter migration that's one of conservation's most urgent battles.
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus
Australia's rarest grassland bird — a living fossil with no close relatives on Earth.
Gouldian Finch
Erythrura gouldiae
The most colourful finch in the world calls the Northern Territory home.
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Victoria's avian emblem — a creaking, clowning cockatoo of the mountain forests.
Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius
Australia's most dangerous bird — and one of its most magnificent.
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami
The quietest, most elusive of the black cockatoos.
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Australia's ancient megapode — an engineer that builds mounds the size of a small car.
Superb Lyrebird
Menura novaehollandiae
Nature's greatest mimic lives in Victoria's mountain ash forests.
Ready to tick your targets?
Browse expert-led birding tours focused on Australia's most sought-after species. Tours run when enough birders commit — no cancellations.
Browse birding tours