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
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–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