Rare Birds in Georgia
Our list for Georgia has 71 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 5 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Georgia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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