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
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaScarceUncommon14–17 cm
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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