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
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 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