Common Birds in Florida
Our list for Florida has 47 common birds recorded regularly there: 31 residents, 4 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 47, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 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