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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceRare38–44 cm
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusScarceRare28–38 cmRegularly Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
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