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
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 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