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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Feb
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jun
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