Uncommon Birds in District of Columbia
Our list for District of Columbia has 56 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in District of Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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