Rare Birds in Arkansas
Our list for Arkansas has 41 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 1 summer visitor, 10 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arkansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–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