Uncommon Birds in Michigan
Our list for Michigan has 85 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 35 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Michigan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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