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
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeScarceRare42–51 cm
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
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