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
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 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