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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May
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