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
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–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