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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alberta in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Nov
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–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