Uncommon Birds in Missouri
Our list for Missouri has 81 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 19 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 33 passage migrants
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 81, most common first
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–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