Uncommon Birds in Texas
Our list for Texas has 103 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 11 summer visitors, 40 winter visitors and 27 passage migrants
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 103, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
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