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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 47, most common first
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusWinter visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 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