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
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
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