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
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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