Common Birds in Alberta
Our list for Alberta has 76 common birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 45 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alberta in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–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