A total of 201 species of birds have been recorded on Lord Howe Island, some of these only once, as rare vagrants.

This section of the Biodiversity of Lord Howe Island lists these rare sightings.

There are currently no subcategories belonging to the biodiversity category, Rare visitors and vagrants.

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• Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
• Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica)
• Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
• Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
• Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poicilopterus)
• Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
• Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
• Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)
• Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
• Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
• Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
• Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
• Baillon’s Crake (Porzana pusilla)
• Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
• Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)
• Black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
• Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
• Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
• Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
• Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
• Broad-billed prion (Pachyptila vittata)
• Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
• Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
• Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
• Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
• Buller’s Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri)
• Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
• Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
• Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
• Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
• Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
• Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
• Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
• Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
• Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
• Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)
• Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
• Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
• Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
• Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
• Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
• Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
• Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
• European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
• European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
• Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel)
• Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
• Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
• Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus)
• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
• Gould’s Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)
• Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo )
• Great Egret (Ardea alba)
• Great-winged petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
• Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
• Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
• Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
• Hardhead (Aythya australis)
• Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
• Hutton’s Shearwater (Puffinus hut)
• Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
• Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
• Laughing gull (Larus atricilia)
• Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
• Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
• Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
• Little curlew (Numenius minutus)
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
• Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
• Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
• Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
• Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis)
• Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicauda)
• Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
• Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
• Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)
• Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
• Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
• Northern Royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
• Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
• Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
• Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
• Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
• Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
• Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)
• Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
• Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
• Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
• Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
• Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
• Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
• Richard’s Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
• Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
• Salvin's prion (Pachyptila salvini)
• Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
• Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus)
• Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
• Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae ssp.)
• Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
• Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
• Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
• South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschii)
• Southern Giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
• Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
• Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
• Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
• Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
• Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
• Tree Martin (Hirundo nigricans)
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
• White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)
• White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina ssp.)
• White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
• White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessoni)
• White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis)
• White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
• White-throated Needletail (Hirunda caudacutus)
• White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
• White-winged Triller (Lalage sueurii)
• Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
• Wilson’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
• Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
• Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)