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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov
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