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
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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