Birds to See in Ontario in February
102 bird species on our list for Ontario are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker and Mourning Dove. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and Turkey Vulture.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Ontario’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 102 birds in February
102 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.96% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.90% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.28% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.72% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.29% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.82% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% 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