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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 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