Uncommon Birds in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 88 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 15 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors and 23 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 88, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 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