Rare Birds in Idaho
Our list for Idaho has 36 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 7 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Idaho in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaScarceRare12–15 cm
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataScarceRare53–69 cm
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
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