Rare Birds in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 39 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScarceRare28–32 cm
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly Oct–May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceRare33–42 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
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