Uncommon Birds in Utah
Our list for Utah has 74 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 18 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
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 74, most common first
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–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