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
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaScarceUncommon27–30 cm
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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