Common Birds in Canada
Our list for Canada has 74 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 33 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 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