Common Birds in Georgia
Our list for Georgia has 49 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 6 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Georgia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 49, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
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