Rare Birds in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 69 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 12 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
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