Uncommon Birds in Idaho
Our list for Idaho has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 25 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
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 82, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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