Birds to See in Manitoba in February
44 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Blue Jay and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Golden Eagle, Boreal Owl and Rock Ptarmigan.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
White-breasted NuthatchBusiest month of the year · All year
House SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Downy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Hairy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Common RedpollBusiest month of the year · Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Leaving soon
From Manitoba’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 44 birds in February
44 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 8.29% in Feb- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 8.01% in Feb
- House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 7.27% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.83% in Feb- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 6.60% in Feb
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 6.02% in Feb
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 5.15% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.19% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.03% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.91% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.91% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% 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