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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 130, most common first
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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