Common Birds in Alabama
Our list for Alabama has 53 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 9 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
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