Uncommon Birds in Manitoba
Our list for Manitoba has 93 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 64 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Manitoba in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 93, most common first
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May
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