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
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
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