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
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 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