Uncommon Birds in Kentucky
Our list for Kentucky has 71 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 12 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors and 20 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kentucky in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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