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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
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