Common Birds in District of Columbia
Our list for District of Columbia has 65 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 12 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in District of Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 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