Uncommon Birds in North Carolina
Our list for North Carolina has 89 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 21 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
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 89, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentUncommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
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