Uncommon Birds in Minnesota
Our list for Minnesota has 86 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 33 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Minnesota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
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