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
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 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