Rare Birds in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 75 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 38 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–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