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
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 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