Rare Birds in Florida
Our list for Florida has 79 rare birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 4 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaScarceRare36–42 cm
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–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