Birds to See in Idaho in February
102 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Mallard, House Finch, Northern Flicker and American Robin. New this month: Sandhill Crane, Common Grackle, Black-backed Woodpecker and Red-breasted Sapsucker.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
Leaving soon
From Idaho’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 102 birds in February
102 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.56% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.70% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Feb
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