Uncommon Birds in Arkansas
Our list for Arkansas has 87 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 13 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 36 passage migrants
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 87, most common first
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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