Rare Birds in United States
Our list for United States has 103 rare birds recorded regularly there: 39 residents, 30 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentRare28–31 cmRecorded all year
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly May–Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 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