Rare Birds in Ohio
Our list for Ohio has 56 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 11 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly May
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cm
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
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