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
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 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