Rare Birds in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 85 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 16 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 cm
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusScarceRare46–51 cm
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaScarceRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaScarceRare17–20 cm
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarceRare33–39 cmRegularly May
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