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
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Apr–May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusScarceRare20–24 cm
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 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