Uncommon Birds in Florida
Our list for Florida has 86 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 5 summer visitors, 36 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
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