Uncommon Birds in Montana
Our list for Montana has 69 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 34 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Montana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
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