Rare Birds in Utah
Our list for Utah has 57 rare birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 5 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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