Uncommon Birds in Wisconsin
Our list for Wisconsin has 79 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 28 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 21 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wisconsin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 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