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
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 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