Rare Birds in Missouri
Our list for Missouri has 44 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 2 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Missouri in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Mar–May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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