Uncommon Birds in Maryland
Our list for Maryland has 81 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 19 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors and 18 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maryland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 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