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
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 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