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
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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