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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 88, most common first
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 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