Common Birds in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 81 common birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 36 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
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