Uncommon Birds in United States
Our list for United States has 130 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 36 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 130, most common first
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 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