Common Birds in Idaho
Our list for Idaho has 59 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 18 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Idaho in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 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