Uncommon Birds in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 79 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 34 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 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