Rare Birds in New Jersey
Our list for New Jersey has 57 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 9 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 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