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
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
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