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
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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