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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–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