Rare Birds in Texas
Our list for Texas has 66 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 9 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWinter visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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