Uncommon Birds in Ohio
Our list for Ohio has 75 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 17 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 22 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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