Uncommon Birds in New Jersey
Our list for New Jersey has 84 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 17 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors and 23 passage migrants
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 84, most common first
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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