Common Birds in United States
Our list for United States has 57 common birds recorded regularly there: 39 residents, 11 summer visitors and 7 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 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