Uncommon Birds in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 77 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 19 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
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 77, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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