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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Idaho in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 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