Uncommon Birds in Maine
Our list for Maine has 84 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 37 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
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 84, most common first
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–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