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
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 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