Rare Birds in Maine
Our list for Maine has 41 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 7 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantRare140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 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