Birds are considered rare when they appear at unexpected places or at unexpected times. A bird commonly seen at a winter feeding station for instance is probably rare in the dog days of summer. Other species are simply not expected to be in our state at all. This list is of those species with ten or fewer records for which careful details are evaluated by the Arkansas Records Committee to add to our collective knowledge of bird distribution.
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Tundra Bean-Goose
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Brant
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Barnacle Goose
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Garganey
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Tufted Duck
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Ruffed Grouse
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Least Grebe
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White-throated Swift
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Mexican Violetear
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Rivoli's Hummingbird
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Calliope Hummingbird
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Allen's Hummingbird
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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Broad-billed Hummingbird
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Buff-bellied Hummingbird
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Black Rail
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Limpkin
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Whooping Crane
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Wilson's Plover
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Mountain Plover
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Snowy Plover
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Curlew Sandpiper
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Purple Sandpiper
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Pomarine Jaeger
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Long-tailed Jaeger
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Long-billed Murrelet
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Black-headed Gull
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Short-billed Gull
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California Gull
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Sooty Tern
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Bridled Tern
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Gull-billed Tern
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Royal Tern
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Black Skimmer
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Yellow-billed Loon
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Brown Booby
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Northern Gannet
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Northern Goshawk
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Snowy Owl
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Lewis's Woodpecker
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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Crested Caracara
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
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Great Kiskadee
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Tropical Kingbird
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Couch's Kingbird
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Cassin's Kingbird
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Gray Kingbird
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher
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Northern Shrike
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Bohemian Waxwing
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Sage Thrasher
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Mountain Bluebird
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Varied Thrush
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Northern Wheatear
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow
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Brambling
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Pine Grosbeak
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Lesser Goldfinch
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Thick-billed Longspur
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Snow Bunting
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Cassin's Sparrow
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Lark Bunting
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Brewer's Sparrow
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Green-tailed Towhee
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Bullock's Oriole
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Scott's Oriole
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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