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
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
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