Uncommon Birds in Wyoming
Our list for Wyoming has 66 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 24 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 27 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wyoming in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–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