Birds around Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Melbourne (-40° to -35° latitude, 140° to 145° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Musk Lorikeet around 12 October
- Australian Reed Warbler around 5 October
- Pacific Koel around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen | 1,043,414 | 110.9 |
| Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus | 967,224 | 102.8 |
| Little Raven Corvus mellori | 912,127 | 96.9 |
| Common Blackbird Turdus merula | 841,804 | 89.5 |
| Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis | 798,819 | 84.9 |
| Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus | 419,619 | 44.6 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 305,944 | 32.5 |
| Silvereye Zosterops lateralis | 296,189 | 31.5 |
| Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata | 288,470 | 30.7 |
| New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae | 260,064 | 27.6 |
| Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus | 247,807 | 26.3 |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita | 190,952 | 20.3 |
| European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | 180,565 | 19.2 |
| Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala | 174,657 | 18.6 |
| Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica | 166,287 | 17.7 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 82 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.