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
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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