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
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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