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
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusScarceRare120–150 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarceRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaScarceRare36–42 cm
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusScarceRare30–38 cm
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 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