Common Birds in Manitoba
Our list for Manitoba has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 58 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Manitoba in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
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