Uncommon Birds in Bermuda
Our list for Bermuda has 78 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 23 winter visitors, 44 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bermuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made