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
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
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