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
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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