Uncommon Birds in Georgia
Our list for Georgia has 77 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 15 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
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 77, most common first
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
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