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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Bermuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Apr–May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheScarceUncommon15–16 cm
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorUncommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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