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
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–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