Uncommon Birds in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 73 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 21 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
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