Uncommon Birds in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 78 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 27 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
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