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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Georgia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantRare38–43 cmRegularly Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaPassage migrantRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosScarceRare66–102 cm
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