Birds to See in Manitoba in October
126 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Blue Jay, Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatch and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: Common Redpoll, Snow Bunting, American Tree Sparrow and Bohemian Waxwing and 17 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 126 birds in October
126 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 5.24% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.05% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.72% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.33% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.28% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.26% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.21% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.98% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.96% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.88% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.88% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.71% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.54% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.53% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.32% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.15% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
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