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
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
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