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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
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