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
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 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