Common Birds in Arkansas
Our list for Arkansas has 58 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 11 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Arkansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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