Uncommon Birds in Alberta
Our list for Alberta has 79 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 49 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alberta in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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