Rare Birds in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 94 rare birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 7 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors, 39 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 94, most common first
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceRare52–60 cm
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusScarceRare28–38 cm
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaScarceRare17–19 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Oct
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