Uncommon Birds in West Virginia
Our list for West Virginia has 64 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 15 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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