Uncommon Birds in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 59 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 6 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
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 59, most common first
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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