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
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 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