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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–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