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
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusResidentUncommon13–17 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 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