Uncommon Birds in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 12 summer visitors, 36 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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