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
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–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