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
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 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