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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
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