Rare Birds in Oklahoma
Our list for Oklahoma has 48 rare birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 2 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Oklahoma in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 48, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly May
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisScarceRare26–28 cm
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Mar–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaScarceRare12–14 cm
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr
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