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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 40, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeScarceRare42–51 cm
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarceRare62–68 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceRare52–64 cm
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarceRare60–75 cmRegularly Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Jun
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Apr–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly 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