Uncommon Birds in Alabama
Our list for Alabama has 85 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 13 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors and 19 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
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