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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 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