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
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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