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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
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