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
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaScarceRare20–22 cm
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarceRare40–50 cm
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly May–Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusScarceRare30–38 cm
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceRare43–51 cm
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceRare64–79 cm
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–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