Birds to See in Georgia in October
148 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Hermit Thrush and 21 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Georgia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 148 birds in October
148 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Oct
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.16% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.79% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.50% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Oct
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
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