Rare Birds in Alabama
Our list for Alabama has 52 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 2 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceRare37–60 cm
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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