Common Birds in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 59 common birds recorded regularly there: 31 residents, 9 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 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