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
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 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