Uncommon Birds in Washington
Our list for Washington has 77 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 19 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
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 77, most common first
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–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