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
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–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