Rare Birds in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 40 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 4 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 40, most common first
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantRare35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 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