Uncommon Birds in Oklahoma
Our list for Oklahoma has 81 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 10 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors and 34 passage migrants
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 81, most common first
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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