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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Idaho in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
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