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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Missouri in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesScarceRare15–18 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cm
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly May–Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct
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