Birds to See in British Columbia in February
115 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, Mallard, Northern Flicker and Bald Eagle. New this month: Eurasian Skylark.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From British Columbia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 115 birds in February
115 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.30% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.09% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
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