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
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
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