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
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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