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
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 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