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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Arkansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarceRare40–50 cm
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaScarceRare16–22 cm
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly May–Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 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