Rare Birds in Washington
Our list for Washington has 67 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 15 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceRare14–16 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaScarceRare28–34 cm
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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