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
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
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