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
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusScarceRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusScarceRare19–23 cm
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaScarceRare28–34 cm
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusScarceRare16–20 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May
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