Birds to See in Kentucky in February
89 bird species on our list for Kentucky are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Common Starling and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Rough-legged Hawk and Great Black-backed Gull.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Kentucky’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 89 birds in February
89 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 5.25% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.79% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.60% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.51% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 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