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
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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