Birdwatching Guides

How to birdwatch, made simple. These practical guides will help you learn the basics, identify Australian species, and build your skills with confidence.

Bird Identification

A Crested Tern with black crest, white face, gray back, and yellow beak standing on sandy ground.

Bird ID Guides

Learn how to identify common Australian birds

Check out the guides

A Grey Butcherbird with a black and white head, long beak, and gray and white body, surrounded by a circular border with green leaves.

ID Birds by Sight

Focus on shape, size, colour, and key body features

Learn how

Colorful Rainbow Lorikeet bird with a dark blue head, red beak, and bright green, yellow, and red feathers, framed by green leaves.

Describe a bird

Get to know bird anatomy and how to describe it

Find out more

Binoculars

Pair of binoculars lying on the grass, surrounded by daisy flowers

Buy Binoculars

What to look for when choosing binoculars

Get the basics

Woman in a gray hoodie with a backpack holding binoculars and looking up in a forest.

Use Binoculars

Tips for using binoculars comfortably and effectively

Get started

Next Level Birdwatching

A Hobby bird is perched on a tree branch against a blue background.

Speak Birding Slang

Boost your vocabulary and speak like a birder

Learn the lingo

Colorful Rainbow Bee-eater bird with green and yellow feathers, red eye, black and turquoise markings on face, perched on a branch with small yellow berries and greenery

Lifer List

Track the birds you've seen and celebrate new sightings

Learn more

A colorful King Parrot bird with bright orange face and chest, green wings, and dark beak, standing on a branch with small yellow flowers.

Local Big Year

Take on a birdwatching challenge in your local area

Challenge yourself

Two small Silvereye birds perched on a thin branch, with a blurred green and brown background and small decorative yellow berries and leaves in the corner.

Garden for Birds

Create a bird-friendly garden for wild visitors

Level up your garden