This is a list of birds of Victoria, Australia.
Victoria is Australia's second-smallest state but has high biodiversity, with 516 bird species recorded — around 54% of Australia's total of 959 bird species in just 3% of Australia's land area.
Birds are present in high concentrations in some areas, including the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee in Melbourne's suburbs, which is a haven for tens of thousands of birds, due to a combination of permanent water, varied landforms and plant species.
Victoria contains a wider variety of natural habitats than any area of similar size in Australia. Habitats range from warm temperate rainforest in the far east of the state (East Gippsland), cool temperate rainforest, heathlands, mallee (stunted eucalypt) scrubland, grasslands, open woodland, montane forest, permanent lakes, estuaries, large permanent rivers, ocean and bay coastline. 4 million hectares of the state's 23.7 million hectare total land and marine area is protected in National Parks and conservation reserves.
Key locations
The state of Victoria includes the following 36 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) classified by BirdLife International: Anderson Inlet Australian Alps Barmah-Millewa Bendigo Box-Ironbark Region Bellarine Wetlands Carrum Wetlands Cheetham & Altona Corner Inlet Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds Devilbend Reservoir Gabo & Tullaberga Islands Gippsland Lakes Lake Corangamite Complex Lawrence Rocks Little Desert Lower Brodribb River Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region Murray-Sunset, Hattah-Kulkyne & Annuello Nadgee to Mallacoota Inlet Natimuk-Douglas Wetlands North Victorian Wetlands Otway Range Patho Plains Phillip Island Port Fairy to Warrnambool Puckapunyal Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region Swan Bay & Port Phillip Bay Islands Wandown Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region Werribee & Avalon Western Port Wilsons Promontory Islands Wyperfeld, Big Desert & Ngarkat Yambuk
Several sites in Victoria have been listed amongst Australia's top ten birdwatching locations including: Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, 40 km west of Melbourne Mallacoota, East Gippsland, 513 km east of Melbourne Dandenong Ranges 40 km east of Melbourne Chiltern 290 km northeast of Melbourne Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Mallee (Victoria) 495 km northwest of Melbourne
The following Victorian sites have been listed amongst Australia's top 100 birdwatching locations: Banyule Flats Reserve, Banyule, 20 km northeast of Melbourne Phillip Island, South Gippsland, 142 km southeast of Melbourne Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, 500 km east of Melbourne You Yangs Regional Park, 60 km west of Melbourne Port Fairy Pelagic, Port Fairy 288 km west of Melbourne Bunyip State Park, West Gippsland, 86 km east of Melbourne Serendip Sanctuary, 60 km west of Melbourne Cabbage Tree Creek Nature Conservation Reserve, East Gippsland 408 km east of Melbourne Tarra-Bulga National Park, South Gippsland, 193 km southeast of Melbourne Little Desert National Park 373 km northwest of Melbourne Wilsons Promontory National Park, South Gippsland, 213 km southeast of Melbourne Sale Common Nature Conservation Reserve, Sale, East Gippsland 216 km southeast of Melbourne Bronzewing Flora & Fauna Reserve, Ouyen Mallee (Victoria), 425 km northwest of Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne 53 km southeast of Melbourne