Common Birds in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 60 common birds recorded regularly there: 31 residents, 14 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
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