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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 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