Uncommon Birds in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 69 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 20 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 26 passage migrants
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 69, most common first
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
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