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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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