Rare Birds in North Carolina
Our list for North Carolina has 77 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 10 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Dec
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Dec
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusScarceRare14–18 cmRegularly Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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